Gran Turismo 5 is probably the most highly anticipated racing game ever released. It hit shelves yesterday, and already, competing publishers are taking swipes at the PS3 exclusive.<\/p>\n
EA considers the upcoming Need For Speed: Shift 2 a direct competitor to GT5, and a better one at that. Speaking to CVG<\/a>, EA’s senior vice president Patrick Soderlund had this to say:<\/p>\n “I think they have a very sterile, almost car collecting type of product where that’s mainly what we do and I think we can offer something different.”<\/p>\n Codemasters also took a shot, on the heels of their recently released F1 2010. CEO Rod Cousens opened with a compliment, calling GT5 a “phenomenal product”. However, he proceeded to call it “boring”, which is kinda weird because we would have thought that in gaming terms, “boring” and phenomenal” would be mutually exclusive adjectives. <\/p>\n Elaborating to clear up the confusion, Cousens said that “you can have a technically phenomenal game, but you can also have a game concept that doesn’t really appeal [to some racing fans] and could be accused of – and you have to be careful how you write this – of being boring.”<\/p>\n GT5 has been out for just over 24 hours , reviews have been mixed. <\/p>\n