Update 1.32 (January Update) speculation thread - update released!

[Auditore]

Thats a good point but slightly flawed when you consider one of the new Tokyo layouts has a straight right next to a Shinkansen line with nothing more than a waist high guard rail separating the two. I may have been imagining this but, due to the FIA certification, wasn't there something about all the non-dirt tracks having to be FIA spec?

EDIT: Dammit, I should have read just a few responses later...

Well, thats that then!

It's kinda hard to believe FIA standards when Macau is aprooved by them,in my opinion that track is a death trap.But FIA thinks its safe so who am i to judge....

Would Trial Mountain be fine as a track for FIA if it was a dirt track?

 

[Fosterions]

My gut, which can be reliable, is starting to think, cause that’s where my thinking comes from, that we’re only getting the cars and usual smattering of tweaks and new league races and not a track in this update. I feel like there’d be another clue by now if there were something big coming.

If true this makes me think, my brain thinking not my gut thinking, two things. One it’s another example of PD’s interesting planning strategy where they look like they don’t have a plan. Why not give all those people that got the game for Christmas a nice update to keep emgoing. And two, that a bigger update could be coming next month as in throw the kids a bone to shut em up for a second, and only a second, while they work on getting a track finished up. Just gut speculation with head rationalization attached.

 

[GBalao888]

Given that the Toyota has showcased the FT1 and those VGT things in GT6 and the GR SUpra is in GT3 class then yeah, they would be doing great advertising to add the Supra as an N400 car with a slew of videos and media material in the game.

The new Supra is actually an N300 car as it has 335hp.

 

[Loverson]

Would be nice from them to tease a track this time like before the July(?) update. Whatever happened to those teases?

Either St. Croix was a special case (like they were so confident on that track) or they tested waters. Maybe the reception of that track wasn't as great as they hoped it would be.

 

[GiuliettaQV82]

what does it means?

 

[GBalao888]

what does it means?

That's from an unofficial site, so I don't think that would mean anything, except them giving away their promos.

 

[Victoria H]

At this point I'm pretty sure we won't get a new track.

Shame because I'm not too excited about the car list they choose for this update. Glad for people who liked it though...

 

[VeeDoubleU]

At this point I'm pretty sure we won't get a new track.

What do you mean, 'at this point'? Only once have PD ever promoted a new track themselves through social media. All other additions have either not been mentioned, or been shown at the Live Events, and there hasn't been one recently obviously.

There is absolutely nothing to suggest the addition or lack of addition of a new track based on the silence about a new track, because only once have they been vocal.

 

[BrunusCL82]

Intriguing.

You are discussing the "FIA standards", "FIA rules", about the standard that PD must follow for the formation of its original circuits ...

But you forget the inside layout of Blue Moon Bay, which has haunting and heinous details, like a bridge over a lake and a "break-suspension" at the junction of the circuits.

As one FIA director has already said, the FIA is only concerned that the PD tries to be faithful only with the actual circuits. With the original circuits, it will continue with your personal creativity without interference.

 

[V1LR-GUE10]

Almost every car that has daily front led lights are disable in the game.

Why is that?

I hate how cars with LED DRLs are off in GT Sport. Only a few like the Mustang and Focus ST have them on. It’s so annoying...

 

[Victoria H]

What do you mean, 'at this point'? Only once have PD ever promoted a new track themselves through social media. All other additions have either not been mentioned, or been shown at the Live Events, and there hasn't been one recently obviously.

There is absolutely nothing to suggest the addition or lack of addition of a new track based on the silence about a new track, because only once have they been vocal.

You're right. I don't follow the speculations threads very closely, to be honest.

To be fair with you, that's probably me being less than optimistic again. Can't help myself sometimes

 

[Fosterions]

You're right. I don't follow the speculations threads very closely, to be honest.

To be fair with you, that's probably me being less than optimistic again. Can't help myself sometimes

Fair enough. My gut though....

 

[O604]

To be fair with you, that's probably me being less than optimistic again. Can't help myself sometimes

Then I suggest never, ever going into the "Your daily workout gift" thread. Most pessimistic place ever.

 

[DJShadesUK]

It's kinda hard to believe FIA standards when Macau is aprooved by them,in my opinion that track is a death trap.

True.

 

[Rinsky]

I hate how cars with LED DRLs are off in GT Sport. Only a few like the Mustang and Focus ST have them on. It’s so annoying...

You do know DRL can be disabled in the settings of your real car. At least every new car I've owned since DRL were introduced has had the option to disable them.

 

[MatskiMonk]

You do know DRL can be disabled in the settings of your real car. At least every new car I've owned since DRL were introduced has had the option to disable them.

That depends on when you think DRL were introduced I guess.

 

[ARTAsean]

You do know DRL can be disabled in the settings of your real car. At least every new car I've owned since DRL were introduced has had the option to disable them.

The most common form of DRL's are simply the standard hi-beam bulbs running at low voltage. These usually cannot be disabled any simpler than re-wiring the feature out, which is no small task. This was true of most cars manuf. in the 00's before LED's became proliferated. Off the top of my head I can't think of any hi-beam based DRL's that came with an on-off switch standard outside of luxury german cars, which started the trend of removing the headlight control from the turn signal stalk. It's certainly not as common as you make it out to be.

 

[Auditore]

Either St. Croix was a special case (like they were so confident on that track) or they tested waters. Maybe the reception of that track wasn't as great as they hoped it would be.

My theory is that the July update was a little off the schedule so they used those teases to remind people there was a update coming

And wasn't Saint Croix the first big fantasy circuit coming to GTS?

 

[Loverson]

My theory is that the July update was a little off the schedule so they used those teases to remind people there was a update coming

And wasn't Saint Croix the first big fantasy circuit coming to GTS?

That too, that's why it was sort of special.

 

[ScottPuss20]

It's kinda hard to believe FIA standards when Macau is aprooved by them,in my opinion that track is a death trap.But FIA thinks its safe so who am i to judge....

It's amazing what money can do.

 

[ARTAsean]

My theory is that the July update was a little off the schedule so they used those teases to remind people there was a update coming

And wasn't Saint Croix the first big fantasy circuit coming to GTS?

In hindsight it's pretty funny how much they hyped up this mediocre circuit.

 

[Auditore]

In hindsight it's pretty funny how much they hyped up this mediocre circuit.

I like it,it's very wide and a very fast circuit,stands out from the other fantasy tracks.

 

[TonyJZX]

Was there any hype for St. Croix? They sort of just dropped it as a patch after we knew what cars were coming.

There was the trailer but that came same day as the patch.

 

[05XR8]

Was there any hype for St. Croix? They sort of just dropped it as a patch after we knew what cars were coming.

There was the trailer but that came same day as the patch.

They kept showing bits: flowers, the castle, dark sky. People were guessing where it was located.

 

[ARTAsean]

Was there any hype for St. Croix? They sort of just dropped it as a patch after we knew what cars were coming.

There was the trailer but that came same day as the patch.

IIRC they released 2 teaser trailers and a screenshot or 2 of the track in the weeks leading up to the update. There was indeed hype, and a whole lot of people grasping at straws that it was Spa

 

[Auditore]

It's amazing what money can do.

"BREAKING NEWS.The owners of the Trial Mountain circuit were caught in a bribe scheme with the F.I.A,the scheme was to keep the circuit as a F.I.A certified circuit"

Can't wait for the illegal schemes DLC

IIRC they released 2 teaser trailers and a screenshot or 2 of the track in the weeks leading up to the update. There was indeed hype, and a whole lot of people grasping at straws that it was Spa

I remember the flower teaser reminded me of Driveclub,i thought they were going to reuse a Driveclub track

 

[V1LR-GUE10]

You do know DRL can be disabled in the settings of your real car. At least every new car I've owned since DRL were introduced has had the option to disable them.

They are always on automatically... and yes you can turn them off but why would you? Those lights are there to enhance the look of your car...

 

[Grandea GTR]

They are always on automatically... and yes you can turn them off but why would you? Those lights are there to enhance the look of your car...

...No???? The primary purpose of DRLs is to increase visibility of the car to other drivers during daytime...

 

[AlanH49]

It's kinda hard to believe FIA standards when Macau is aprooved by them,in my opinion that track is a death trap.But FIA thinks its safe so who am i to judge....

Would Trial Mountain be fine as a track for FIA if it was a dirt track?

I never really understand why people go on about FIA standards. Pretty much all major motorsport venues are built to FIA standards and graded as such. The Nordschleife for example now deems GTE/GT3 level cars as the quickest they’ll allow in competitive racing. In the UK many smaller venues have similar speed restrictions. Back in the day Brands Hatch hosted prototypes and F1. Today the quickest cars they’ll allow are DTM. Even then the circuit had to undergo a number of safety upgrades. There are of course many street courses and ovals where hitting the wall in an accident is inevitable. This is deemed an acceptable risk and the most they can do is more absorbent barriers and, where possible, run-off areas.

There’s also FIA Hillclimb series with prototype’s and single-seaters running on glorified rally stages. Minimal safety barriers and crowd control is again deemed enough.

So, if we where implementing full FIA rules, it would restrict the vehicles you could run. Not change the circuits in any dramatic manner.

 

[zdenko]

They are always on automatically... and yes you can turn them off but why would you? Those lights are there to enhance the look of your car...

...No???? The primary purpose of DRLs is to increase visibility of the car to other drivers during daytime...

Lol, can't you see he was being sarcastic.