Honestly, the menu system does suck a little bit, but I don't find myself spending tons of time trying to find cars or remember the makes/models/years. I know

Honestly, the menu system does suck a little bit, but I don't find myself spending tons of time trying to find cars or remember the makes/models/years. I know "ok this requires 1970s cars made in Europe." ...nothing in the used cars section so I'll do something else. The author on Ars blew it out of proportion a bit. What is frustrating is navigating around the dashboard page because sometimes the selector jumps to an area I'm not expecting based on the direction I pressed on the d-pad. Also, some shortcuts could have been implemented to make buying cars for races easier but it's not much different from previous titles in the Gran Turismo franchise. My only gripe with the game has been that you can't invite someone into a game in online play. Call of Duty makes this very simple and GT5 missed it by a long shot. Hopefully an update will fix this but I doubt it. Otherwise, the game has been great and I'm having a blast playing it.