GameDaily have posted their impressions of Tourist Trophy. A few points from the article:
On changing bike settings:
“There are plenty of bikes in this game, but it appears that it’s not option intense. You can’t just go all out and customize your bike, though you do have modest control over tires, transmission, and riding form, which […]
Today marks the opening of MotoReview, my new site which has all the latest news from MotoGP, World Superbikes and British Superbikes. As well as the site itself you can chat with other bike racing fans in the MotoGP forums, and guess what? There’s also a dedicated Tourist Trophy forum which can also be accessed […]
Game Informer have posted a new hands-on preview of TT. On the whole it is fairly brief but does offer one previously unknown bit of info:
Since the game will not feature any motocross bikes, none of the rally tracks from Gran Turismo 4 will be appearing in the game.
This is a shame but perhaps […]
In addition to IGN’s extensive preview, Gamespy have also had their hands on Tourist Trophy and have posted their TT preview. There’s not a great deal of new info available but they do clarify the in-game controls:
The left analog steers, the right analog controls throttle and braking, and L2 plus the left analog allows for […]
The official Japanese Playstation shop now has a listing for Tourist Trophy which includes the TT boxart:
Thanks to Alpha from GT Planet for spotting this.
IGN have once again come up with the goods, this time in the form of a new three page hands-on preview. Here are some of the most interesting bits of the article:
Whereas most every racing game gives you direct control over your vehicle, Tourist Trophy is a little bit different in that it simulates the […]
Perhaps unsurprisingly Polyphony announced today that Tourist Trophy’s Japanese release has been pushed back to February 2006.
Whether this effect’s the fairly vague ‘Spring 2006’ US release date is not not know for sure but, as C&VG suggest, it would seem likely.
Tourist Trophy has not yet been confirmed for European release.