Tired of making excuses for bad game play

User Rating: 4.5 | Gran Turismo 5 Prologue PS3
GT suffers from nothing less than bad game play. Perhaps I will state that more politely and say that IMHO the gameplay is substandard. Whether it is the ability to bounce off other cars, the lack of damage, the ability to mysteriously go from 16th to first in one lap or whatever, I can't buy into the GT game play. Also, I respectfully suggest that the graphics while good are over-rated. I was especially looking forward to the presentation of London. Rather than the jaw dropping replicas of landmarks I was expecting from the reviews, I find a generic representation of London-style buildings. Of course the cars look good, but I have been driving the BMW and can't say it looks more realistic than in the PS 2 version. I realize that a bad review of this game may seem deliberately contrarian, but I think I am being fair. Had they put in license tests, I would have graded this one a zero. I can't imagine playing it for more than another week at most, while other driving games I keep going back to months later. If there is magic here, I can't find it.