Video: Gran Turismo 5 Course Maker in action

Filed under: Etc. , Videos , Toys/Games Gran Turismo 5 Course Maker – Click above to watch video after the jump As of right now, we’re a little more than a week away from the latest official release date for Gran Turismo 5 . Thanks to the ridiculous frequency of delays, we aren’t exactly betting on having the game in our hands on November 24. But if, like us, you’ve been confounded by the repeated launch setbacks, you’ll likely find this latest video intriguing.

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Videos: Gran Turismo 5 intro, game play hit the web

Filed under: Videos , Toys/Games A Pagani Zonda takes on Eiger Nordwand in the rain – Click above to watch video after the jump Somewhere out there on a secluded hog farm, an adorable baby piglet was just born with butterfly wings. A rash of new Gran Turismo 5 gameplay videos have made their way to the information super highway, including a full clip of the racing simulator’s seven-minute introduction video. Make sure you’ve got plenty of break time saved up before diving into that particular gem. The other clips focus on racing in the rain around Eiger Nordwand and darting through Tsukaba Circuit

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HKS Racing Controller for PS3 just makes sense

Filed under: Technology , Toys/Games A steering-wheel-and-pedal setup for your PS3 starts at around $50, but you’ll spend at least double that to get into the good stuff. HKS has teamed with InterWorks on a game controller solution that stays at the $50 mark but could work just as well as a wheel while being a little less intrusive. The hot-coal red Hipermax III replaces the analog joysticks with a thumb wheel on the left side and throttle and brake buttons on the right side. The wheel has center stripe to aid steering, and the precise inputs of the throttle and brake controls are registered in the digital readout in the center of the controller.

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Video: Latest Gran Turismo 5 trailer reveals Stig, Vettel, and night racing

Filed under: Motorsports , Etc. , Technology , Videos , Toys/Games New Gran Turismo 5 trailer – Click above to watch video after the jump Now that we have an official launch date for Polyphony Digital’s Gran Turismo 5 , it’s hard to contain our anticipation. It doesn’t help that the company keeps teasing us with new trailers for the game, each showing some new bit of detail that we hadn’t foreseen or been previously able to confirm. The latest spot features a little voiceover action from none other than Sebastian Vettel .

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Faster Downloads: Exotic Racing Series DLC coming to NFS Shift [w/video]

Filed under: Videos , Toys/Games Need for Speed SHIFT Exotic Racing Series DLC – Click above for high-res image gallery Playstation3 gamers: If you were disappointed that only XBox 360 players got the Ferrari DLC package for Need for Speed SHIFT , take heart, because the next one’s got your name on it, too. The Exotic Racing Series pack is being released by EA for both platforms (though not for PC, PSP or mobile platforms) on March 18, with some of the most alluring machinery this side of Maranello. Included in the downloadable content package are the McLaren MP4-12C and SLR Stirling Moss, the Alfa 8C Competizione and Maserati GranTurismo S , BMW M1 Procar , Gumpert Apollo and Acura NSX .

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Video: Gran Turismo 5 "Nights" trailer has it all

Filed under: Videos , Toys/Games Gran Turismo 5 “Nights” trailer – Click above to watch video after the jump Perhaps Polyphony Digital should just go into the commercial rendering business. Gran Turismo 5 remains stuck behind a palisade of silence, but new trailers for the game are thrown over the barriers to the salivating hordes every couple of weeks. A few days ago, Polyphony laid out a NASCAR feast , while this latest, called “Nights,” is a potluck dinner with regular gameplay, sports car racing, pit stops, NASCAR, night racing and damage scenes. Plus, a lot of the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG

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