I'm eager to hear Bonus Questions for both series actually. Especially since Gran Turismo had a few semi-recent releases in its series, and also because Twisted Metal has a PS3 game in development.

My vote: Undecided.

Some weeks I hold off on weighing the pros and cons until the debate is actually up, and this is one of those times. My gut says Twisted Metal, but since this is a series debate . . . Gran Turismo has achieved a whole lot more thus far . . . a lot more.

Damn, yeah. I'm gonna have to vote against a series I actually don't enjoy much.

VOTE: Gran Turismo series, regrettably.

BQ TM: Extensive map making capabilities. Not minimal capabilities like was seen in Smash Bros Brawl. The rest I will trust the people in charge to do their thang.

BQ GT: I hate critiquing games/art/anything without also being able to offer suggestions, but I'm somewhat stumped with this series. I'm tempted to say make all of USA's major highways and major cities and let us drive through any/all of them, but that's an unrealistic demand. I'm really not sure. Looking forward to what you all come up with.

Argggg so tempted to switch votes because of Twisted Metal multiplayer replayability.

@DaedHead8 -- you're crazy! TM2 was the peak! I don't dare go back and play it again because I know it's severely choppy models and horrendous frame rates will kill my memory, but damnit, we played the fuck out of that thing when it was new. the first time you saw the Eiffel Tower get blown up was a classic moment of that era.

Twisted Metal, easily.

1) I've never liked sim racers
2) Twisted Metal is just that awesome. Spectre ftw!

bonus question: Transformers crossover

Twisted Metal for me. Although, to be fair, the last Grand Turismo I played was the second one. TM Black is still fresh in my mind, and I played the hell out of TM Head On. Also, I'm not a big fan of racing games, especially racing sims.

For the future? TWISTED METAL FOR PS3! MAKE IT HAPPEN SONY!

Twisted Metal.

Gran Turismo has always been pretty, but it bores me.

What do I want for the future of Twisted Metal? ANOTHER DAMN GAME PLS. :D

Do you guys pick these drasicl diffrent games on purpose? Can't both be fine games all there own?

Gran Turismo for sure. Twisted Metal hasn't been good since its PS1 days in my opinion.

Pre-TLDR (aka "Don't make me read to find your answer"): Twisted Metal

I like GT compared to other pure racing games, but for pure fun with a vehicle Twisted Metal takes it by a long shot. The only thing that's even remotely close are the top tier incarnations of the agency vehicles in Crackdown - IMO.

Twisted Metal

BQ: Add David Jaffe as a secret unlockable character, and his special is that someone calls him a fag and he gets really upset about it and the other players feel really awkward.

Gran turismo rules. I can the replays of
my drifts and epic wins!

I do love twisted metal, but I bought a ps one for gt2 and then bought a ps2 for gt3. Oh, and I bought a ps3 for gt5 prologue.

I'm not much of a fan of racing games, so obviously the escapist fun of Twisted Metal gets my vote, although I haven't played that much of either series. Personally, I prefer Burnout.

Twisted Metal. I can fondly remember the hours spent with it as one of my first PS1 games. Good memories = my vote.

Gran Turismo hands down.

The METAL!! But seriously, Twisted Metal is fun from the moment you start playing. Turismo is uber realistic which, for a guy who has ADD, is a bit too much...

Twisted Metal. Even when I got GT it was just too serious. I mean it was a serious game but sometimes I felt it took itself too seriously. I think if we stopped calling GT a game and painted it more as a simulator or an experimental tool it would be a lot more acurate.

What I hope to see from each series is:

Twisted Metal - A strong single player component. I want the single player to be fleshed out with a shit ton of options to constantly keep me interested. Far too much emphasis is put on the online experience and the single player experience is either shafted or not all it could be. The type of game that TM is totally provides the basis for changing that. Also I do want a greater emphasis on split-screen multiplayer. Nothing like it and it too takes the back seat to online. Lastly, cool user created content a la LBP.

Gran Turismo - Simple: more game, less simulator. Gran Turismo was cool little experiment back in the day because the technology it ran on was new. 3D was new, those levels of realism were new, it was all unseen in your living room. Now it's a standard. We expect everything they package to us from a technical standpoint and instead of buying a tech demo we're looking for a game. We want features that make the experience fun. Fluid learning curves, pretty environment, incentives to play the game better and not just to grind our way to the top, these are all issues GT has always had. At least from my perspective as a dabbler in the simulator genre. This doesn't mean I wouldn't give GT the time of day. I want to love it. But it's just so damn tech heavy. It's not even pretty anymore. Like an old pornstar with all the moves but none of the style or attractiveness. I want GT to retain it's very Asian style and it's tech-y sort of gameplay feel but take it and put in a fucking game. GT does not feel like a game to me. It's a glorified tech demo. And on that end you can argue it's ability to simulate but I won't judge that.

Twisted Metal

Gran Turismo is my vote.

Twisted Metal was fun, but just lacked the depth offered by Gran Turismo. And I guess ultimately the car bashing in Twisted Metal just never did it for me.

Bonus: I hope to see more cars, better physics that are more true to the cars in real life as well as weather conditions more true to life. I also want to see some some underground racing incorporated into it. Online multiplayer championships. Sportbike support as well as 3-screen support.

Gotta go with Gran Turismo.

Not to say Twisted Metal is not good, in fact it is a quality game from the mind of David Jaffe, but the two series are radically different from each other that it makes it hard to make a sound decision based on what is offered in the two series.

BQ - Since GT5 will have a drifting mode, I hope GT will add some mountain courses. The last game that had technical courses like that was TXR Drift/Kaido Battle 3 and that game is still on my PS2 HDD.

GT

twisted metal wore out its welcome to me

Gran Turismo. I just hope that in GT5 and beyond, players can still access cars on other logins when playing splitscreen.

TWISTED METAL! I respect Gran Turismo, but I LOVE Twisted Metal. Some very fond memories are brought on every time I think back to playing the first one.

Same goes for Black. I still remember getting my PS2 and everywhere near me was out of memory cards.So I just left my system on for a day and a half till I could get one, not wanting to lose my progress.

BQ: I would like to see a sandbox style one player mode (as stated earlier) in Twisted Metal with a huge focus on story driven gameplay with the different characters. With the traditional play we love for online matches, of course.

Gran Turismo.

Gran Turismo seems to improve with everyone that comes out. I like the fact that its "real". I have spent countless hours tuning cars and setting them up, for no other reason to see how if i could shave one second of a lap time. I love that about the game. But I also love blowing up cars, or ice cream trucks for that matter. But I only had twisted metal two and four. And there wasn't anything really different between them. So, Gran Turismo.

Twisted Metal! Black was amazing