Gran Turismo 5’s biggest update yet, Spec 2.0, is here! It weighs in at exactly 1192 MB, and is available now at no charge – just load up your game and put your Internet connection to work.
Here’s a complete overview of everything that’s been changed, tweaked, added, and implemented. As always head on over to GTPlanet’s Gran Turismo 5 forum for more discussion, analysis, and debate!
Major Changes and New Features
– Standard Cars now given simplified cockpit views
The over 800 standard cars included in the game are now given simplified cockpit views. You can change your view using the SELECT button when racing, to change your display to the exciting cockpit view.
*Unlike the cockpit view of premium cars, the simplified cockpit is shown in a dark silhouette, and the gauges used for the car will be standard in-game instruments.– New Opening Movie
A new opening movie is now available from “Gran Turismo TV”. When you download this movie, it will replace the current opening movie. The previous version will be viewable within Gran Turismo TV.– Addition of the weather change menu
On some tracks with weather changes, it is now possible for the user to set time and weather changes from the Quick Menu in both the Arcade Mode, and “Practice” of the GT Mode. Also, you can make more detailed time and weather changes while editing in the course maker and in the online lounge.– Multiple car settings/save feature
We’ve added a setting sheet feature that allows you to save multiple car settings.
From the [Setting Sheet] on the lower right of the screen, you can check the current settings. You can switch between 3 settings A, B, and C, allowing you to change between your personal settings easily according to the type of race and your objectives.– Added 11 NASCAR cars
The newest NASCAR 2011 models have been added to the car dealerships. The added cars are the following:
- Toyota 2011 Denny Hamlin #11 FedEx TOYOTA CAMRY ’11
- Chevrolet 2011 Tony Stewart #14 Office Depot CHEVROLET IMPALA ’11
- Toyota 2011 Kyle Busch #18 M&M’SR TOYOTA CAMRY ’11
- Toyota 2011 Joey Logano #20 The Home Depot TOYOTA CAMRY ’11
- Chevrolet 2011 Jeff Gordon #24 Drive to End Hunger CHEVROLET IMPALA ’11
- Chevrolet 2011 Juan Montoya #42 Target CHEVROLET IMPALA ’11
- Ford 2011 AJ Allmendinger #43 Best Buy FORD FUSION ’11
- Chevrolet 2011 Jimmie Johnson #48 Lowe’s CHEVROLET IMPALA ’11
- Toyota 2011 Brian Vickers #83 Red Bull TOYOTA CAMRY ’11
- Chevrolet 2011 Dale Earnhardt Jr. #88 AMP Energy/National Guard CHEVROLET IMPALA ’11
- Ford 2011 Carl Edwards #99 Aflac FORD FUSION ’11
– Added the Nissan GT-R N24 Schulze Motor Sports
The Nisssan GT-R N24 Schulze Motor Sports has been added to the car dealer. This is the car entered in the 2011 Nurburgring 24 hour race by Schulze Motorsports of Germany, and is the very car in which Kazunori Yamauchi drove and achieved a class victory.– Avatar now usable in Photo Travel
An Avatar ON/OFF feature has been added to Photo Travel. Now you can photograph your avatar together with your car.
You can turn the driver avatar ON/OFF by pressing the △ button while positioning the car.– Replay Fast Forward/Rewind
All replay videos recorded after the 2.0 update will have [Forward] [Rewind] buttons.
You can now easily search for the scene you are looking for and play back a certain section whenever you want to, adding even more fun to the photo mode.-Improved Online Lounge
[Car Restrictions] has been added in the regulations. You can now limit participants to specific categories such as “NASCAR” and “Super GT”. Also, there are now more cars that can be used in shuffle races, and a new “Shuffle Base” setting allows you to set the performance level of cars allocated to each player.
For details, please see Top screen – [Manual] – [Online Race] – [Event Settings] and the “Regulation Settings”.– Additional features to Remote Racing
A “Graph Display” has been added to the remote race screen in GT My Home of granturismo.com, where you can enjoy B-Spec racing. This allows you to visually see the changes in positions in each lap. A time difference display for each car in the race has also been added.– New Photo Stage Added
The “Indy: NASCAR Pit Stop” stage has been added to photo travel. We invite you to come see and capture the energy of NASCAR’s famous pit stops.– Addition of the Consecutive Login Bonus
When a user logs in consecutively, a bonus will now be applied to experience and race rewards.
It will increase to 110% in the 1st day, 130% in the 2nd day, 150% in the 3rd day, 170% in the 4th, to a maximum of 200% in the 5th day. This will apply to all events both online and offline, so logging in every day will make the game progress faster.– DLC (Downloadable Content) Compatibility
A [Downloadable Content] button has been added to the lower right of the top screen. Here you can install content purchased from the PlayStation®Store, which will be made available on October 18th.– Official Support for the G25/G27 Racing Wheels
The Logitech G25 Racing Wheel and G27 Racing Wheel are now officially supported. You can now change button assignments for various racing controls on these wheels.Other Improvements
– User interface improvement
– Quick Menu can now be accessed while the race is loading.
– It is now possible to save and resume endurance races.
– Two NASCAR cars selectable in Arcade Mode have been changed from the 2010 models to 2011 models.
– In the Arcade Settings of [Options], AI Car Characteristics settings has been added. You can now change the aggressiveness of the AI against you in Arcade races.
– Some effects of Traction Control have been adjusted. When the TCS level is set to 1, it will not come into effect as much especially in tight corners on dirt tracks.
– Surface Water and Tire Load Indicator displays have been added to the race screen. The Tire Load Indicator can be set from the Quick Options menu that is displayed during the race (when the game is paused using the START button), or the standard Options menu.
– The option to Create Thumbnails for All Cars has been added to the context menu of the Garage. This will update the thumbnails of all cars in the garage.
– Experience gained in online races have been increased by 60%, and rewards have been increased by 66%.
– You can now change the Slipstream Strength settings in the lounge.
– In the Lounge and in [Option] – [General] – [Arcade], it is now possible to turn Visible Damage ON or OFF.
– Drivetrain settings has been added to the regulation settings in the Lounge.
– A setting to prohibit “Tuning” of cars has been added to the regulations settings in the Lounge.
– Adjusted the driving speed of formula cars in banks, and auto-drive when coming onto straights.
– Added a button to [Reset Playlist to Original Settings] under the settings menus of [Menu BGM], [Race BGM] and [Slideshow BGM].
– Personal BGM can now also be set in [Slideshow BGM]
– A new brand “AMG” has been added to the MUSEUM.Correction of Known Issues
– Corrected an issue where the “Torque Sensing Center Differential” installed on a Lancer Evolution X was not functioning.
– Fixed an issue where you could participate in the Intermediate/Tarmac Rally of the Gran Turismo Rally in a Ferrari F1 by using the power limiter.
– Fixed an issue where the Controller Steering Sensitivity was not applied correctly.
– Fixed an issue where there was a server connection problem in certain network environments.
– Fixed an issue where auto-drive would make braking mistakes.
– Fixed an issue where the system would misjudge whether deceleration happens in time when making pit stops in the rain.
New Seasonal Event
To help celebrate the fact the game’s Standard cars can now be played using the “interior view” (including open-cockpit cars), a new Seasonal Event featuring the Formula GT has also gone live along with this update and includes the following events:
- High Speed Ring (10 laps)
- Grand Valley Speedway (10 laps)
- Nuburgring 24H (2 laps)
- Tokyo Route R246 Reverse (10 laps)
- Eifel Circuit 11A (10 laps)
GT5 Photomode image by Spark_GTP.
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Finally, a fantastic update. I am going back to playing this game.
FINALLY ENDURANCE SAVES!
& I thought they fix the stupid photography problem they have. LET ME REMIND & FORWARD pressing R2 or L2 to where I want it to go. Not this skip around BS. Don’t see why they haven’t done that? & anyone else get annoyed of when the replay is playing & you change the camera direction using select, take a picture then continue the replay. It resets where your camera angle is??? Seriously these little things can make a HUGE difference in this game. Less problems for consumers means better business & better reviews!
TAKE NOTES!
I just noticed this last night.
calling that “fast forward” and “rewind” is about one of the dumbest things I’ve seen.
Hopefully some legit controls are planned for future updates
I know right?? Its retarded…. When your trying to get that perfect shot you need a fast forward & rewind like that. Not something that skips scenes?? I was really excited when I first read there was going to be a fast forward & rewind but the 2.0 update REALLY disappointed me!
Has anyone figured out how to enable the save feature on the endurance races????
Just pull into the pits and it should give you the option to “suspend” the race.
i suspended a race and now that i resumed it my car is driving by itself and has no gas what happened?
Was it the 9H one?
PD, thanks again for the great update and DLC.
But something I’ve noticed since the update, when switching between settings sheets (2 and 3) why do the wheels get automatically changed back to the previous set of wheels that were fitted?
Also some further things I would like to see implemented, it would be great to have a rolling start option and a starting fuel load option for online races.
And another small thing that would be great to see is, when using the cockpit cam, the drivers reaction is slow changing the gears and placing his hand back on the wheel. It would be good to have more human like reactions.
High/low beams and being able to flash the headlights for STANDARD cars would also be great.
Thanks PD.
Bad news…they took away the 400,000 CR from the special events and made it to 100,000 range. So now we are back to grind mode! Sigh! Come on! Leave that alone.
They had to go fk that up
Sheesh!
WARNING
Before updating, get your 20,000,000 credit with the special event…cause they have reduced the amount there drastically
And buy all the cars from the Online dealership since after this update, the price doubles.. That sucks too!
@cpgmm The prices were never doubled. They were just reduced to half a few months ago and they’ve been at half price for months. Now they are just back the the original prices.
Intro movie is far far better than old version
After I got the update. My ps3 froze up 4 times. I hope I can finsh at least one race without it freezing.
I tried the install the update last night 3 times. Error everytime. I left it on overnight one more time. When I woke up, ERROR. BOOOOOOOOO
Same here. I’m getting mighty sick for waiting over 12 hours just to see error screens.
What’s happening?
You can certainly see how popular that new opening video is. It’s averaging over 14,000 views a day!
Looks pretty good!!
The lack of European and American exotic cars really sucks and whats with this another GTR? Does Nissan pay PD? Honestly we have to accept Forza 4 for now is the king until gt6 if there will be changes
Yes, GT and Nissan have a partnership with each other. Nissan hired the GT Team to create and install the on-board computer system seen in the newer models of the GT-Rs, and in return GT gets exclusive rights with Nissan.
So….Infinity being Nissan, ca we expect the Redbull F1 to be in a future DLC? Say it is so PD!
Oh and another thing, the track creator. It’s great and I hope you can add to it/improve it.
I would like more control over it. Be able to make a point to point road and make tracks longer than is currently doable.
Some new themes would be great for the track creator.
Thanks again.
+1
Thanks for the great update PD.
I like the new feel of the physics and judging by the new spec 2 opening movie, the roll over physics look more realistic.
I like the standard car interiors but I hope you can work on them more. Add wipers, and make the bonnet viewable.
The online restrictions are a great step, hope you can fine tune this more. Add a restriction for ABS:ON/OFF and Interior View: ON/OFF and restrictions for individual parts as well as make and model of cars.
About the weather system, I like having the control of it since the update but I did like it before the update too, it was random I didn’t know what the weather would do so I think there should be a Random Weather option still.
Keep it up PD. Thank you. ありがとう。おねがいします！
I don’t know if anyone else has had this problem, but i dont seem to have the option to save during an endurance race… If you could help, would be much appreciated! Cheers :D
Just go to the pits and select “suspend”
Would have to say pd have done a great job. Like many have said it still has a few issues but overall it isn’t bad at all. The new physics is great. Better then before. Great to see support for the g25/27 wheels. Maybe a great option would be if we could also adjust the turning degree on the g25/27 wheels. That would be great if we can adjust in say 10 degree increments from say 90 to 900. Would make life awesome with some of the f1 races. I don’t think it would be difficult to implement. Peoples thoughts on this.
Great idea. I don’t know if GT5 could do anything about this though; it sounds more like a job for Logitech.
if you turn you steering sensitivity up to 3 or 4 in the driving options it solves having to turn the wheel too much. was racing the Formula GT yesterday with the new interior view (love it) and I had the steering sensitivity set at 0 first and it took too much wheel turn in certain areas so I just upped the sensitivity to 4 and it was right where it needed to be. same with the x1 time trial that takes about level 6
the the way my g27 feels now…..I’m not sure if I tuned to making it feel perfection before and now with the new physics my tunes are off or what but things feel a little spongy…..but I did go back to default tunes and it was better so I’m guessing my tunes are just WAY OFF again.
I was REALLY hoping for more clutch engagement sweep and the annoying neutral you get unless you perfectly time your shifts and are off throttle enough. I want power on tap my clutch and bang a gear power shifting like in a REAL car…….. don’t know if this is something gt5 can or will work out or if it’s a Logitech deal that won’t change…….any thoughts?
overall love the update….will deff buy the DLC….I loved the SIMULATOR when I started playing it back in January and they just keep adding things and making it better… well done PD… REALLY interested in new tracks…..cough Infineon cough!
as for you negative Forza GAME fanboys…..why be part of a community that is for GRAN TURISMO and talk all your crap about gt5 and how forza is sooo much better???? seems REALLY STUPID………… HERE’S A VERY SIMPLE SOLUTION……delete account and go play your game and join a forza forum and talk crap about gt5 there…..
Kazunori just tweeted that another update will be coming at the end of October. Part of it will be to fix issues with the G27 wheel.
I Love this update, I love the new physics and the AI is preety impressive in Arcade mode, GT5 owns all, Now please Kaz if you can add some more races after level 40 in Aspec I would be very happy
Yamauchi reads my mind!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think that this update is awesome… The new physics are a lot better and the difference is noticeable… The soft cushion of understeer when flailing at the wheel is now gone…
And… I don’t know if anyone else’s mentioned this… When you set weather conditions to exteme setting with a lot changeability, you can get snow… I was in an online room last night in the Nordschleife, weather =>75% changeability =>4 and it was snowing for at least 1 lap… With the lights and the whipers on it is a mindblowing experience…
And I too would like this game to have everything I like in every other game (like a livery editor), but the fact is that it is now the most complete racing game out there… If you don’t think it’s 100%, that’s your opinion, but I don’t think you can rate any racing game higher than GT5 right now… Including the, so called, hardcore sims like the ones based on the ISI engine (rFactor, GTR2)or the tricked out old Nascar engine (iRacing). And I’m brave enough to say that I think GT5, after this suttle physics change, is now on a par with those games in terms of achieved realism… (From the games above I have not played iRacing, I have competed in quite a few GTR2 and GTL online leagues though.)
theres a lot of games throwing around the ‘Most complete driving game ever’ tag around… but I thought while playing GT5, is there a game that has Road cars, from the humble hatchbacks or europe and Japan, to the Italian supercars and muscle cars America and with them, official rally cars, a host of different race car types, GT, Touring etc, F1 cars, Go Karts.
Then add to that an unrivaled physics engine, Dynamic weather, Dynamic time change, Night racing and healthy and large online community.
I’m asking because I cant think of a game that spreads itself over such a wide area as GT5, sure it has its flaws, but surely the games missing anything from that list here now in the 21st Century is more flawed than ever.
While other games may do some things better, I do believe only GT5 does it all…
Thank you PD
Where the hell is the Test Track? Ghey.
Hey montecarlo87, I am having the same problem like you. I did the 9h save, came back and the car acting crazy and everything. I tried it in the Bspec and all is great, so I am assuming it is only happening in this A spec race
Dont know if its been mentioned but the G27 button mapping – It appears that they have mixed up the top two buttons on the wheel and the left and right hand red buttons on the gearstick bit.
If like me you want ra menu on top left wheel button and adjust ra menu + on the top right one then swap them around, ie have left hand red button on gearstick as ra menu, and the top button on wheel as rear view or whatever it was on gearstick left button.
The middle and bottom buttons on wheel are ok. Bit of a careless mistake? You’d have thought someone might have checked it before release ^^
Also disgusted at prices of dlc. What happened to it being free ? I hate rumour like that.
Sorry bit confusing above. TOP LEFT RED BUTTON ON WHEEL=LEFTMOST RED BUTTON ON GEARSTICK AND VICE VERSA.
TOP RIGHT RED BUTTON ON WHEEL=RIGHTMOST RED BUTTON ON GEARSTICK AND VICE VERSA.
Kazunori stated that the next update, coming by the end of October, would fix this problem.
Can´t wait to get my new internet service! Although since I have a new PS3 and I´m running on the release version of GT5 it´s going to take me like 9000 hours to download everything!!!!! :O
I´m kind of sad they didn´t fix the paddle shifting glitch, or the cars that had some minor details like the tachometer stopping before the red line(M5, Alfa 8C, SL55) speedometers maxing out almost instantly(Dodge Viper, C3 Corvette) the invisible shift stick in the F430 and GT Citroen. I hope that my M5 gets its overall look fixed (specially the axle width and front brake calipers). I don´t know about sounds, but I wish that they fix some sound samples that are incorrect in some cars. As for the sound FX in general, I hope they don´t change anything. GT5 is the best sounding car game since GT5P!
But I´m happy and proud of PD! I can´t imagine all the effort put in this update. This brings life back to the game. Level 40 and 24h races, HERE I COME!!!
This was by far the best update. I am having an issue and wondered how many others were facing the same problem. Last night I finally tried the Tsukuba 9hr with the endurance saves, got 3 and a half hours through 211 laps with my ZR-1 and suspended the race till now. As the race came back, my ZR-1 went nuts crashing into the wall and doing laps on it’s own. Anyone else discovering that glitch?
Hey montecarlo87, I am having the same problem like you. I did the 9h save, came back and the car acting crazy and everything. I tried it in the Bspec and all is great, so I am assuming it is only happening in this A spec race
I did not like that!! the car’s prices raised up, almost the double (gran turismo F1) on the online stores, online events dropped the prizes and the download was terrible ( 3 hours to complete the process with several errors).
Lets just have an update that turns the game in to forza
you like arcade racers then? if so go play nfs or forza, this page isnt for crap like that so drop it
Let Gran Turismo be its own entity, instead of trying to copy something else.
Anyone from Malaysia fail to download?? mine internet has no problem but when download the data keep stating error not even 2%….pls help
i hope if i make a U.S. account it might download the right data …..
new car dealership says 0 cars available at my level which is 40/40??grrr
im guessing that my U.S. game disc isnt compatable with my aussie version 2.0.stealth cars i have dont show up either coz they are PAL?
Excellent update, I love the settings save sheet idea, I don’t think I’ve seen anything like that in a racing game before ever. That’ll come in really handy for having a seperate setup for offline or online racing. I kinda laughed though when I noticed the top speed on the settings sheet only shows kmph, not mph. Oh well, stupid but not a big problem.
I also love the additional limitations on online races, though I still like to be able to require specific years, or countries. How about that PD? I’m tired of kicking people out of my rooms online :)
Or a seperate setup just for Daytona!! Yesssss!!
i cant open any of the new car dealerships??…havent checked anything else yet!!…to scared
thumbnails didnt work first time in favorites,i try standard,900 cras though
gunnatake an hour to update thumbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbs
it is’t only the PS3 problem…it’s the programe of GT! I noticed it in GT1,2,3,4! But here it’s clear because of the HD resoloution.
Anyone noticed that cars donta have frontends? Black interior is ok, but no front end? Just go and see for your self, take any car with hood mounted mirrors. Thats uncool, it spoils the feal of the interior.
Yeah I noticed that when I drove my Datsun, felt like I was in a crazy cardboard box that floated! Even the PSP GT had the hood. At least it’s better than nothing…
I noticed that yesterday when couldn’t see the hood of my favorite muscle car. :(
these are what I think about GT5
1000+ cars (is awesome but) 200+ premium cars with highly detailed cockpit view, 800+ standard cars less detailed and didn’t have a cockpit view until this latest update and cockpit on most cars is just black silhouette from psp (dissapointing move for a 5 year development that had a hell lot of delays and the only dissapointing part of the latest update)
some new tracks (great move)
trees are 2d (wtf?) pixelated shadows (incredibly dissapointing)
returned race mods on very few cars (ok)
body kits can be added to few cars, wheels cannot be changed on standard cars (are you kidding)
limitless body and wheel color changes (nice move)
weather changes, night racing, and some tracks have day to night cycle(awesome new feature)
still no livery editor (dissapointing)
course maker with very limited options (ook)
Photo mode and Photo travel looks amazing
realistic physics (incredible move)
stupid AI but 15 AI in racing (pretty awesome)(hopefully they get better on future updates)
thats about it…
give me real G27 force feedback!! now
Downloaded 2.0, & the camera is going BLANK several times @ High Speed Ring after taking picture(NEVER done that before). In course maker test drive, car would rev up but wouldn’t move.
All this happened within the first coupla minutes. Hope this download isn’t a BUG FEST.
Turned it off.
Am going to go instal forza 4 now. Hope it’s better than forza 3. But, no matter how good it is, it’ll NEVER be as good as Gran Turismo.
I sold my ps3 with GT5 and my dfgt a few months ago because I played it too much. I bought a 360 and forza 3 so I could do controller racing with some friends and save a few bucks. I am feeling kinda sick right now. Anyone wanna trade GT5 and a ps3 for a 360 and an inferior racing game? :)
No One way road or Loop option on course creator? Now I can’t make a nice one way Touge :(
Ok realy you call that an interior fix?
C’mon PPD this is making Forza 4 a much better work of art.
The only thing GT5 has over Forza 4 I would say is the Logitech Driving Force GT wheel!
That’s a little bit of a stretch now isn’t it?….
They didn’t fix the AI as promised. They were practically letting me pass when I did the Formula Gran Turismo Seasonal.
Dude the new Nissian GT-R 24-H car absolutely eats people in the corners! The engine sound fantastic, with that deep throaty roar of a racing car, and it even sounds good turbo charged and with an upgraded exsaust. The high pitched whinning of the turbo ontop of the deep throaty roar sounds great.
The cockpit cameras on standard cars are great….. unless you were planin on using a closed cockpit car. The open cockpits have good onboards, but every closed I’ve seen is all black except for windows an mirrors.
I was kindof disappointed when I jacked the AI level up to 10 and did a race in my tuned Chrysler 300C. It was me and about 12 other white Citroen GT’s….awesome work on fixing the AI.
Correction: You mean the AI’s cars. It’s still the Death-Train of the Living Dead running the track in GT5.
So, still no online laptime leaderboard?! ALL I want is to be able to race the ghost cars of my friends best laps. But seems its never going to happen. Guess I was expecting too much of the “best racing game of all time”.
I was looking forward to the UI improvements, but I see no difference whatsoever.
Endurance saves is good, but I just dont feel very motived when I can do them in the FGT if I want. Yeah, you could say I can choose to do them in a crap car to make it a challenge, but I want the game to challenge me. I don’t want to create my own challenges. The trophies are worthless because people will always assume you did it in your best car.
I guess blowing off the dust was a bit premature. Back on the shelf.
(and now I sit back and wait for the wrath of the GT fanboys. “nobodys forcing you to play the game… blah blah blah…”
Yeah… … I know. Enjoy your game.)
:-)
Yea they should fix the wheels. I wish they would add the Koenigsegg CCX !!! That is such an amazing car!
i hate that the g27 mapping is still busted. it was fine with the top 2 buttons rear view and lights because i could look back w/o taking my hand off the wheel. but now they are stuck as the horn and lights but all the other ones can be changed. either have full support or go back to the way it was. i was fine with changing tcs and abs and honking the horn with my ps controller as controller 1.
They STILL have NOT fixed the issue were you can’t put aftermarket wheels on standard cars. This should of been fixed…
Loving my BMW v12 LMR interior….basic but 100 times better!
Looks like the return of the “Test Track” @ the end of the video…
Another problem that needs to be fixed is the Personal BGM. I always my personal BGM on for races. But, when the race starts the original game soundtrack plays instead. I keep trying to the restart the race, or going to My Home and going back to a race, but sometimes it works but other times it does not work for more than half the times I’ve had the Personal BGM on.
OMG thats what gt5 fans waiting for years
Finalllllly
ps: the stig is driving the zonda R :D
i have problem after the update i didnt receive any $ from online racing
Yea I didn’t either….. Go figure!
Oh no! I didn’t receive $2,000! Compared to what everybody has in GT5, the online races are pocket change. There is no recession in GT5, just a government controlled price ceiling.
Ugh, 1192mb, its gonna take 19 mins. I cant wait that long.
it took mine 110 min in total
Am i the only one who realized that the physics changed?
yeah, i keep running into walls at the nurburgring.:)….i really feel like im playing an all new game. I got GT fever all over again lol
Yes and to me feels perfect with the G27 wheel. I made some crazy races with the FGT, the BMW V12 LMR and i bought the GT-R Schulze from Kaz and made a lap in Nurburgring in 7.13.832 at the first attemp. Max Speed 270 – 280. It feels like a new game no doubt of it.
What is really new here in this update, that shouldn’t have been in the game in the first place ?
The endurance races saves look a bit half hearted, once you pit in and save you have to quit the game, i would have expected being able to suspend it, play the new seasonal for example then return, it would appear not. Who really cares about new nascars, or the ability to photo them in the pits? How many people use the interior view, and their pretty awful looking,mostly just plain black!! Being able to change time and weather is cool, but not many tracks support changeable weather and time, so again its a bit of a short fall. As far as the DLC goes, yes the cars look cool, and yes the kart track looks fun, and sap, fair enough but its a bit short of what we could have expected, still no test track, its cant be that difficult, and drag racing, so many people want it, why not include it, on the test track perhaps…2 birds with one stone. The damage is still grim, especially on standards. and i had an idea they were gonna mess with the money so i clocked 20 mil in the bank over the weekend. This still is’nt the game it could/should be. Im kinda getting sick defending its flaws.
Feeling better now that you got all that off your chest? You pretty much wasted your time, writing all that.
Lol at the standard interiors. Although the FGT is quite good. I have completed all endurance races on both a spec and b spec apart from the nurburgring 24 hours, so the save option will be useful for a day or two. I don’t like nascar and have no need to save multiple set ups. Looking forward to the dlc to see if that will revive this already aging game.
Am I the only one who isnt seeing the new opening movie?
Yea I don’t see it under Gran Turismo TV either…..
So wheres this new intro video? I heard its suppose to be under the Gran Turismo TV but I don’t have anything?
The Spec II update ROCKS!!! :D Aww complainers never learn the word *Respact* to these beauties. ;)
My Game keeps freezing anyone else having the same problem?
Welcome to GT5
spec 2 sucks, doubling the cost of cars in the OCD and cutting seasonal events by 2/3 -_-
wOw!!! This is great. Can’t believe after all this people are still complaining.
the only complaint i have left are the shadows because of how much i love watching my replays and and showing them to my wife .besides that the games pretty much perfect in my eyes, i just bought a $20 PSN card for that DLC. cant wait for spa!!
It`s easy to complain if the developer promises me lots of features, however they are implemented one year after the release of the game, when most people have already lost interest in the game, especially the single player “career”.
As long as i can`t choose all 1000 cars in splitscreen in a way that won`t let me scroll 1000 cars from left to right, i`m not gonna insert GT5 in my PS3 again.
The new intro video is A.W.E.S.O.M.E!!!!
Agreed – the piano music in the opening sequence is brilliant. Once it transitions to the Nascar shot and onto drifting, etc., it’s great. The camera angles were incredible.
Am I the only one who realise new cars and new RM’s and track’s check the video clip again ppl the DLC will be beast
3:07,3:16,4:18,4:24,4:30,5:00
Worst thing ever, leaving the 400 & 1000m races out of GT in any version.
slightly disappointed by v2.0 I expected more :(
Where is the X2011 driving in the end in the opening movie ? could it be the test course ?
Don’t you guys ever wanted to be able set how many AI to race with and choosing their car individually?. I sometimes like to use my imagination and create a scenario like those on automotive magazines for example, Ferrari 458 vs MP4-12C or Doing the three nemesis M3 vs C63 vs IS-F. That kind of simple updates will be lovely!! and oh, a drag strip, 0-100 km/h timer, and 400, 1000m timer would also be cool!
totally agree with you there.
Cool ideas
GT5 2.0 FAIL
why is it so hard to just give the drag racers on this game a drag strip so we can be happy. we don’t want much…
Quit complaning. Spec 2’s out and DLC is next week. Use Spa, Nurburgring or Sarthe without chicanes.
Or better yet GO PLAY SHIFT 2.
Please, not Shift 2, that`s torture.
Quick idea for future update, in the Quick Options menu could we have a ‘Display Instruments Only’ setting so we just have the dials on screen and the rest of the junk/data erased like in the old GT4 HUD menu, can’t see any reason technically why this can’t be done at all and would be a nice addition for us Standard Car racers out there.
I’d love a way to customise what does and does not display in the HUD. The options, as they are are not ideal. I like racing with the HUD off, but would like to know what lap and position I’m in.
@Obli – or at least the option to turn off the driver position list would be a start, i mean we can turn the map off so why not drivers? but yeah better HUD customisation for the future please.
The G27 mapping dont save ???????? Anyone else with this problem ?
With the wheel buttons i had a problem. The top red buttons ( from both sides the top 2 buttons left and right) i can´t set up them. But the rest working good.Little error.
Has anyone tried racing with the ‘tyre load’ option switched on, OMG! distracting much?? in car view on standard cars works nicely though, has that similar cut out to the PSP version but much better implemented.
LOL, yeah I tried that for one race then turned it off straight after. why not put it down the left side under the map and make it smaller, duh.
it should have a seizure warning when you go to turn it on -haha- but why that size and in the middle of the screen!? my mind boggles as to how Kaz could think this a good position to have it.
– The UI is much snappier – good!
– Settings sheet is awesome.
– Replay controls welcome but not ideal (you can skip forwards or backwards in X minute chunks).
– Endurance save (when pitting) is much appreciated – I can complete the game now.
– Consecutive login bonuses for race money and experience is a nice touch.
– Changes to online like car restrictions, drivetrain type and tuned / un-tuned cars, adjustable slip-stream and more diverse shuffle races is most welcome!
– AI aggression setting only on Arcade? I set it to 10 (max) – it was a mild improvement, but nothing wild. Had a couple of enjoyable A-spec races too but that might be a placebo effect.
– new intro video awesome!
Thanks PD – great work!
Awesome update, the load times are so fast now, you enter in the track in 3 seconds!!! The G27 mapping is also great, it’s like a new wheel on the game!!! I’ve played around with FGT, Toyota Minolta, BMW V12 LMR… amazing standard views!!! This update is the GT5 we wanted!!! Thanks PD, thanks GTP members!!!
I thought the load times were fast as well, at first. I have noticed you can’t start a race on the next screen until all the cars “load” on the right hand side first. It takes just as long as before, if you are not changing settings.
I friggin’ LOVE this update!! It’s insane! :D :D :D
Once you download the new spec 2 intro from GT TV, it will automatically replace the existing video when GT boots up.
Me this morning at school:’Cant wait till I see the new Interiors, I have been waiting for this a year’, ran away from school. Now:Oh they only added some black colour to the standard cars :( Ok back to FIFA
Love the update! Took about 15 minutes to download and install can’t wait to get back home to play it!. DLC looks fantastic!
If this game did not come out with the gran turismo name behind it, everybody here would be bagging this saying how it is incomplete.it has taken a year for a decent upgrade and the dlc doesnt look all that good.and everybody is raving how good it is.and when a negative comment is made everybody wants to jump on you.
I agree with you man. WE are the true fans. If this was Forza 4 people would be ripping it apart on here. I bet these people all love Apple products like nothing else. Forza 3 car packs were awesome, a little pricey but great cars from all over the world and all different time periods. I LOVE the GT-R, I LOVE IT !!!!!!!!! But this is just stupid. I have around 20. I want Porsche, missing a entire great company of racing cars, I want more Lambos, Gumbo, Saleen….I could go on and on. If Kaz had it is way, the game would be all GT-R’s and Mazda’s…………….
Finally a decent update!!!! And its about 1gb!!! Was expectiing it to be around 2 gb due to all the new stuff
”Adjusted the driving speed of formula cars in banks, and auto-drive when coming onto straights.”
can anyone explain what is meant by this please?!
Yeah, I dont get it either…
auto-drive – isn’t that when you hit pause whilst online, and the car gets driven for you?
Nobody even noticed that know the Special Events prize money is WAYYYYYYYYYY less after this crap. No more 500,000 for CDLS, now its around 100,000 something. Wow, this is retarded. That one race was how I would get some money. I also love the huge increase for online rewards. They realized that the online was awful and not many people play. The ratio to units sold/ number played online is so weak. Where as MW2 is like 95%. Different style games, I know but before it came out, everyone was talking about GT5 online. Then the played, it sucked. I can not race a racing game where the cars magically jump around the track. I run 15MB internet speed to so wayyyyyy more the plenty. GT overall, I love you as a series. GT5, lame, boring, over hyped and the same thing over and over. Who would do Bspec after you get to level 40 ??? Why is there even a level cap. I love NASCAR but I know most of the world does not. I know they wanted more F1 cars and RM’s then NASCARs. This DLC that is coming out is us just paying for PD move. We are basically going to break them even to move their game studio. A true fane does not blindly follow GT5, they tell it like it is.
The triple EXP and rewards wasn’t going to last forever. I’m just glad it lasted as long as it did.
U gotta chill :) if u dont like it dont play it quit complaninnn
still making 250k – 300k a race, good enough for me. thats 3,000,000 in 10 races
But I’m really liking the loading times.
Unfortunately it looks like the only cars that got any extra special interior treatment were the ones that had no roof. Bughatti Veyron still doesn’t have an interior, it’s just black. :P
Now that’s what I call an opening movie! Way better than that Planetary Go intro!
I agree.
cant believe that even after this update, people are still complaining. i mean is not like japan is still recovering from the earthquake and nuclear crisis or anything (sarcasm). im pretty sure that if it took PD to do this update this long is because it must be hard to do changes to a game that is already out and making sure those changes work. im very pleased with this update, and the upcoming DLC. GT is one of the main reason im not playing Forsking. GT has always been the first, only real racing game out there. Love this comment or not, im still getting my good night sleep, and i love my sleep. Drive hard, fast and to win.
I lived in Japan for 4 years. Don’t act like PD was at all affected by what happend. They are not manufacturing anything. They just need electricity. They were not in the location this happened. I have even been to Sendai before which got leveled. They are a private company. They still have power to power their PC’s. They still kept working. They are not a goverment agency constrained by budget talks or manpower sent to help. They showed up still everyday for work. The huge hurricanes that hit the US. Only the cities leveled are affected. Are you telling me that even 20 miles away that a town that was not hit by a hurricane or a tornado that all works stops ???? No, you just watch on the news and say “Oh, that sucks for them” and your life and work keep on going. Navy beats Army again this year !!!!!!!!
Yea I love people that are STILL using the tsunami as an excuse… THEY WEREN’T AFFECTED
true, my bad. forgot they werent affected by the tsunami. my bad. PD, shame on you for being so lazy. im getting an xbox to play forskin now….
That’s shocking chat boys, 15,000 people died, i’m pretty sure PD were affected 1 way or another?
@ geomallan: thats exactly my point. but there’s some people that are only good for complaining and whining about every single detail. i bet those kind of people are still playing the game and are gonna buy all the dlc’s to come.
It took them to update this game so long, because this is the moment when their biggest competitor is launching their new game. This is not suprise we see this update the same week as Forza 4 is out. Just trying to draw some attention, but it’s too little too late. Get real.
Ohhh that it’s,super update thanks GT5
Funny how they released this update the same day Forza 4 comes out.
It’s called marketing lol.
Anyone of you noticed the TEST TRACK in this video???? Take a look at 2:20….see the X2011….500….600…700…O_O It will be back soon i can feel it. KAZ teasing us…haha.
Yes, I thought it was the test track too…
Agressive AI and Spa are all I ever needed the rest is a massive bonus for me, Thank you Kaz
Can anyone till me what the track is that the BMW M5 is driving on at around 3:32 – 3:34? The new X11 also drives on it at the end of the video from 5:04 – 5:11.
5:04 – 5:11 made me think ‘test track’ ! But I don’t know
YAY the game is almost finished! 8 years in the making and still counting!
Where on earth do you come up with 8 years?
@HPUnleashed. You can’t figure that out, you sure are stupid !!!
@km1983:
No, I’m not stupid. GT4 was released in 2004. 2011 minus 2004 comes out to 7 years. But beyond that, I was trying to show that PD created 3 games prior to GT5’s release. Tourist Trophy, Gran Turismo PSP, and GT5 Prologue.
I know they say GT5 Prologue was a foreshadowing to GT5, but it takes a lot of time to go through the different alpha, beta, and stable stages of development and provide online events. And for a group of over 100 employees to create that many games in 7 years, I think, is an achievement.
I’m tired of everyone stating GT5 this way; like all Polyphony Digital’s been doing this whole time is sitting on their rear.
WOW FIRST TEST COMPLETED…NURBURGRING LOADED IN LESS THAN 10 SECONDS WTF!!! WOW!! (sorry for caps) Now i´m going to test the AI at the max level (10) and see what happens and also the time and weather.
Please do update us if we got Lewis Hamilton style agressive coz I love looking over my mirrors and see 5 cars fighting for a piece of me
Well i tried with a 458 Italia in Nurburgring with AI set to 10 (in the options menu – arcade settings) and the AI in the track was tons of Veyrons, TBR Cerbera Speed and GT by Citroën…i pass them all at the middle of the first lap but with Soft compound (the best in the game of course). I found that the AI yes is more aggressive but against AI. And i tried to pass the first Citroën and it evades me and go out of the track. Still AI is no so good but well. Maybe racing with a low compound and sport tyres only make the races more interesting.
BTW i found the first problem with the G27. The wheel buttons have a problem when you try to set. The 6 buttons can´t be set entirely. The 2 of the top can´t be set and i don´t know why but if for example you set the lights and claxon in those buttons it will automatically set up in the left and right red buttons of the “gearbox” of the G27.It is an error for sure.But the rest works pretty good.Not a big deal now i have my handbrake in the place that i wanted.
The AI has always been awful in GT games. Disgustingly bad.
Was surprised how quickly it downloaded considered every GT5 player to log in today will be downloading. 20mins? Yes please. Just booting it up now……I just weed my pants a little
WOO! Can’t wait to Touge!
Blooooody awesome!!!!!! The update I have been waiting for… Oh so happy I didn’t get rod of my g27 this is awesome!!!
guys, what is thumnail?
I don’t understand this thumbnail function either. I went to my list of cars in the garage, hit triangle on one to bring up the menu, and chose create thumbnail. It did something but I don’t know what. My thumbnail didn’t change, nothing obvious happened, and my photo album doesn’t have anything else. What is it supposed to do?
Good and incredibly large update, but:
Why still no qualifying?
Why only AI settings in arcade mode, not in GT mode???
Why no – PROMISED – updates for standard to premium models for the newer standard cars (Veyron, XF etc)?
Then it would start to be the game that it should have been 1 yr ago… :/
Good questions
I think AI settings in GT mode would be too much of a temptation for beginners to turn the AI down and make it easier. I imagine you’re looking for a harder setting, if I were you’d try using a slower car or tires.
No one else mentioned qualifying that I noticed, which was something I’d like to see brought back as well. Earlier games in the series had it.
I like this guy, hes asking the hard questions. But seriously, I expect at least 1/3 of the standard cars to be made Premium! that’s about 250 – 300 of them. I don’t think that’s unreasonable at all. as for qualifying, i don’t see any use for it in this game, since the AI just lets u pass anyway
This will breathe new life in the standards, plus the game for that matter, plus the dlc?!? Its easy to be a GT fan again:)
13 minutes and counting…YES YES YES!!! My G27 is talking to me oh my god!!!! O_O
just downloading now, exited about the DLC’s
R the servers still down?I got 86min left.
i have changed the buttons on my G25 a long time ago.muust be “official” now
Great update.. thank you
Change wheels on standard cars yet. I don’t care about interior view
YES!! i can finally do the endurance races without my dad grilling me about the electricity bill. YESS!!!
I took my PS3 to work for the internet connection. The update downloaded and installed in 11 minutes!!! Thank you FibreBand.
Oh and thankyou KZ and PD!!!! Bring on Spa next week.
Traffic on the uk server at the moment its coming up at +200mins at the moment.
Good Stuff still takes (or seems to) just as long to oil change a car though… Oh well :D still Happy!!
I can’t find the AMG in museum. Omg lol. Good update though
Great update=), Little dissapointed in the online restriction if i choose Gt500, I want to set hp weight and pp restriction.
OMG! OMG! Full G27 support!
Can’t wait to get home.
Wow, that was a disappointment. Buttons stopped working after reassignment.
the saving sucks, i shouldn’t have to stuck completing a 24 hr race and not be able to do anything else
should be like any other game , where you can come back to it when you feel like it
can’t save during the Tsukuba 9 hr endurance either
Can’t save during the Tsukuba 4 hr endurance either, it just does a drivethrough, so can’t even pit.
I hate to say it but i will. I am buying Forza and be done with it! This has alot to do with the need for a decent time trial system,still no party chat on ps3, and all the funny GT5 quirks we have to put up with… I feel a little bit sad to say this in an actually positive post but it had to be done. Greets.
Got my self an xbox and tried the demo for Forza the 458 italia sound like a honda civic. Physic is off and the car look ok not as good as GT5. it is 720P the tracks look like a cartoon scenery. I am sure it is going to be fun to play as usual. Forza 4 is more like a forza 3.5. Will get it because I can, but my serious driving will be done with GT5.
Spot on mate.
@ linupix
In reality, the 458 kind of sounds like a pissed off honda 4 cylinder, and whoever dissagrees with me doesn´t have a clue about cars in general. Check it on youtube. I think Turn10 took adavantage of it and just used a honda sound sample. Car sounds very nice though, in real life, in GT5 and in Forza.
As for the physics, you´re right. Same thing as Forza 3. as for the cars looking worst tha GT5, hey it´s an xbox, what did you expect?
I will get Forza 4, just for my love of cars, and because it´s the only car game other than GT5 that gives you a fun experience while it lasts. Other games are painful after 5 minutes of playing(NFS).
As for GT5, probably i´ll buy the DLC, just to test SPA. After that I´ll put it away, play Flopza and wait for a new major update, or a new GT title.
Just started Downloading it. :D
2 and half hours 80%. Then look back a bit later… Error!!!!!! Arghhhh
Arigato Kazanori San :))) Thanks PD!
This Update is kinda cool, bit overall a FAIL for me.
Yes I like road racing, I do a little nascar but I WANT A FRIGGIN DRAG STRIP why is this so hard to understand all day long there are more drag rooms than any other yet they still haven’t gotten the hint. Sad really.
Exploded with triumph when I saw this!!!! I admit, forzas menus are more clean cut, with better more slick presentation, but gt5 owns forzas graphics and physics. GT5 ALL THE WAY!!!
Forza cars much better. Some cars even let you pop the hood
Can’t wait to get out of school in 4 hours and play!
24h of LeMans and Nürburgring, HERE I COME!
Also, can you save in Endurance races when pitstopping in B-Spec too?
WTF , looks like there is not Replay Fast Forward/Rewind on Italian update!!!!!!! there is not also nothing about it on the update list!!!!! .. ……
Sorry , they are available if you save a replay from now! lol
What ? I have to actually SAVE a replay to use forward/rewind ? Great, what an epic fail again.
HELP … HOW TO make works Replay Fast Forward/Rewind !!!!??? i don’t see anything about this function on the replay page.
This will only works with new replays… I have tried it and I like it. You can skip forward and backward.
I have to say, the standard interiors looks fantastic!!! just driven the RUF and I can concentrate better without detail in the cockpit, very pleased, also Loading times, weather and rewind features really polished :-) Thanks Kaz and PD + Sony
If only the hood was visible…
Cant wait to download it
Nice, didn`t expect the update to arrive before Forza 4.
Will try it out this evening :)
WIN!!!
you can also create a thumbnail of all cars in one action – GET IN THERE P DIDDY!
Goodness!
The new opening is just so EPIC!
The new GTR drives great…
The simple interior makes the standard cars that have no hood that much Better…
But something’s off about the simple interior view about the standard hooded cars though, hmm….
The Formula GT, Caterham, and Tank car are great from interior view… A+ PD!
I m currently working and will be home in 10+ hours. I m dying to know what is the tire load indicator. Is it an adherence cone? (Something that looks like an egg after few corners/laps?)
dont get to excited mate :(
I not as disappointed as dôme other guys with this game. The only thing that i think lacks a lot is some in race telemetry. An adherence cone can easily take place in a corner of the screen and give you one of the greatest info live : are you using your tires at full potential. You still dont know where you loose time but at least you know you do.
The reason why i really hope to see it is because it has been développed years ago by PD. But Despite the promess of KY to the man who tested the game (irl racing driver) it was not in the final build :-(
So, anyone have a screenshot of the new tire xxxx they included?
I can’t wait for the dlc!!! I can do without the NASCAR stuff but everything else looks great!!!!
I can’t wait for the dlc. I can do without the NASCAR stuff but everything else sounds great.
OMG i left my PS3 downloading the update when it was done….it got corrupted…then i thought imay download it again..BUT IT CORRUPTED THE ENTIRE UPDATE HISTORY D: now it askes me to download 10 updates at once
OMG did some else had this problem. :(
I’m having the same problem as you. This isn’t good :(
Iknow :( i tried everything but nothing works…i may just give up and dont play it till i get a good fast internet conection..:( cuz not even offline its playable since my save game was from the latest update the one before 2.0 T-T..waited…this long for nothing…
Same here nothing works… don’t know what else can I do
RYO(aka Nick)!! I Feel bad for you!!
So what happened to the improved racing ai? That was kind of my most anticipated feature :/
the clutch on the g27 is still crap and you can’t have e-brake button on the wheel which is what i thought they were going to correct. if you don’t know how good the clutch+shifter can be try dirt 3. the new gtr is sweet but the new nascar models aren’t my favorite. the simplified interior view for standards is good but i tried one in the rain and there isn’t a wiper so you really can’t see anything. still happy with it all though. the nardo even shows the panoramic roof in the new interior. couldn’t find the 2.0 opening in the gran turismo tv menu. the pit stop photomode is pretty cool but you have to be ready to get a good pic and will have to try the driver avatar standing next to the car tomorrow. keep up the good work pd and FIX THE CLUTCH!
the clutch is fine in this game, in dirt 3 its either all the way on or off, no in between like in real life
Anyone else want the x2011?
That opening o______o
Anyone else thinks the Avatar looks like a goosebury when he’s just stood around like he doesnt belong there haha… plus whats with that stance… HELLO SAILOR! you all know the one I mean haha
Absolute WIN PD. I’m gonna be up late tonight :) Thank you Kaz and your team:)
Awesome stuff here! Just that the simplified interiors should have visible hoods too but good update nonetheless.
wow. just wow. nice update polyphony! don’t you just love the new generation of gaming? whiners be damned, this is fantastic stuff!
I do love this generation of gaming. I’ve been gaming since the beginning, literally. Once upon a time, you bought a game from the store and it was done. No updates, no added content, nada, game as is. Now, the game you purchased a month ago is fluid, bugs get patched, new content increases overall play value. I love it! I don’t think gamers realize what big advancements game updating and DLC are. Definitely gamechangers.
10-4 SERGEANT!
Thaaaat’s a 10-4, copy.
over and out
skadaddle rattle paddle.
Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop
On a serious note, Spec 2 is even better than it looks. Gotta love PD. Well, you don’t have to, but I will.
WTF dude!?
Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet
39% slowly but steadyly.. its 590mb and 5min 17 sec :)
somebody youtube it… fast!!!
how do i do the in race save?
its suspense mode in endurance races
In pit-stop also :)
I’m more excited about this than the DLC. Great list of upgrades here.
27%… really slow :(
channels and to bottom (gran turismo) gaf did not seem to notice… old news?
Awesome. What an excellent birthday present for me today. DoggyB22, if you want to quit whining and fork over a few dollars to the game’s creators, you can have some new cars…Oh and by the way, we’ve set up some bowls and silverware so all of you haters can start eating your words at your convienience.
Opening movie is ready for download
Yay all these updates & STILL no new cars……. GT5 FAILS
Well considering it takes 6 months to do the rendering on 1 new car, you can forgive them for not releasing 50 brand spanking new cars.
There are a number of things that I personally am not happy with and I don’t think its just me…
dude, they render all this interior and they don’t even let you take a full look of the inside… why? I mean if you say you took all this time and effort to show us the best, we should be able to see it.
just because it takes PD 6 months to render a car, doesnt mean thats how long it should take.
Settle down grasshopper. Spec 2.0 is free. How can anyone complain? PD has supported the game very well. Consider the fact that their HQ was in the vicinity of the Japnese earthquake and they had to relocate, all the while still pumping out seasonals, adding racing gear and performing a few other minor tweaks. Also, I thnk it was pretty cool that the seasonal prize money was boosted, the OCD prices cut and mileage zeroed for such a long time. Give these guys the credit they deserve and be patient. When they rake in the dough from this first round of DLC, more wil be on its heels. They are in business to make money. Be patient and enjoy your racing.
Chyea BOY!
haha grasshopper. That he is, for sure.
Oi there. DLC is coming with cars so stop blubbing about
@Oobbergear — U know what, that’s true. we cant really take pics of the insides are even look at them except when in cockpit view. A lot of newer racing games games let you use the right stick to look left and right, but not GT5….I wouldn’t mind if when they upgrade some standards to premium they don’t put so much effort into the cockpit.
Is there “Saving During Race” i didn’t read anything mentioning that. Or did I miss it? :(
NVM i just read about the endurance races :)
Thanks PD
I can’t find the movie either.
FINALLY LETS GO PLAY !!! GT5 has add DLC download yay
Has anyone seen the new bloody movie, because I can’t find it in Gran Turismo TV =(
If someone can tell me if the camera angles on the Top Gear Test Track have been changed to more resemble the broadcast, I’d appreciate it.
no
Dang. Oh well. Can’t have everything.
alas no, kind sir… and the replay controls arnt exactly controls… more skip forward by a chunk, skip back by the same chunk… still beats waiting and waiting so works for me!
CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!! CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!
The “rewind” and fastforward” buttons are more actually like “previous” and “next” buttons… Even GT4 had a “fastfoward” that works better, but I guess its better than nothing =_=
I was thinking that its more of a skip button…
I was going to be surprised if they got “true” fast and rewind in because of the lack of RAM in the ps3. It only has 256mb while xbox has 512mb.
Just noticed you cant seem to put your car in the pit lane for photos, you just have to take photos of those damned NASCARS, Bummer
Well done Polyphony, almost 1 year to introduce Replay Fast Forward/Rewind. The hard part is already done, huh?
i could name you a few 2011 games that have been completely abandoned by their developers less than 2 months after launch, you should be happy PD still cares for their products.
…that they released unfinished
They had to release it unfinished…
Guys, be quiet…
NO DRAG STRIP ???!!!
That would be nice!!!
Grrr. I got grounded earlier today!
hahahahaha that must have been irritating.
Oh my god… I just fell in love with the GT Formula car all over again. <3
I’m going to try the Formula GT now… I’ve just been in my Caterham and WOW! great job PD… This alone is worth the update.!
Just tried the Formula GT… how AWESOME IS THAT!
Downloading the GT5.2 Demo err I mean update as we speak.
Am I the only one that thinks this update isn’t as good as it seems, other than the G27 and physics update….?
I’ll take a few new features any time. I’m still holding my breath for the DLC though :)
WOWIE!!!!! Too bad I have school till 6 :(
It already froze on me. I’ve had enough. I’ve given this game SO many chances. Time to swap the PS3 for an XBOX.
because of a single game? you do know that freezing is not a PS3 exclusive right?
lol
he dont own PS3 dont you get it! its just a boy with Xbox typing there! :)
What I meant by the XBOX comment was it’s time to switch back to Forza. I sold my 360 a year before GT5 actually came out, in preparation for the game. Not only did it come out months and months after initially expected, but it’s been an incomplete and tossed-about game.
I’m just saying that after giving numerous chances (updates), it’s not the game it should be. I’ve always been a PlayStation guy and the GT series has had me hooked since the original. It’s just time to admit defeat and cross back over into Forzaland.
Cry me a riverrrr, cry me a riverr. Cry me a river, ohhh, cry me a riverrrr.
So, what’s up?
Seasonals have lost most of there value and are worth between 100,000 – 200,000 credits each…..
Higher prices in OCD and lower prize money on seasonals. Time to dupe a few lvl 23 tickets.
Prize money in seasonal events is back down to nothing again, 168,000 at Sarthe instead of 504,000
You do get the Suzuka Seasonal for 5million. Although it is a 1-off.
10 million if you’ve logged in 5 days in a row, everything doubles then
hey guys..i started the endurance races but i do not see any option to save the races… is there something like the race can be saved only when you are halfway thru the race??
You have to pit.. .when you go into the pits you get a “Suspend” button on the pit window. This forces you to exit the game, and re-loading the game makes you either resume or abandon the race.
Thanks man!!
online car dealership…prices are not half price ! i knew i shoulda bought a couple of them at 2,000,000
Higher prices in OCD and lower prize money on seasonals. What the hell PD. Would a little warning be too much to ask? Wonder why that was left out of the update information. PD YOU BASTARDS!!
Playstation network is back up !!
study for school or GT5?….. GT5!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hahaha tell me about it…:)
any tracks yet?
G27 Mapping<333333333
Ability to turn visual damage off in arcade?! YES!!!!
Awesome, I’m not the only one that thinks so.
I haven’t seen anyone post anything about that, besides me.
I’m also seeing the 1.0 intro movie. Watched it the whole way through, didn’t see any new stuff in the movie.
Definitely love the G27 support and the quicker menu system, though. All in all, it’s a solid update. I really wish the game released like this.
available from “Gran Turismo TV”. When you download this movie, it will replace the current opening movie. The previous version will be viewable within Gran Turismo TV.
Server is still down guys……..
There is a new “Downloadable Content” on the entry screen, but clicking it gives a “Server not available” error.
Prob due to traffic.. Try again in a few hours..
Probably because there isn’t any downloadable content available yet. It will take another week before the DLC comes out.
I’m stuck at 8min but the dl is now 79% done.
Got to say that is a LOOOONG 8 min =P
Yeah I installed and entered but I’m still seeing the 1.0 movie. Unless the in-game portion is different, almost through the factory.
You have to DL it separately in the GTTV area.
almost done installing. gonna go have fun with this new update. goodnight and happy racing.
Noooooooooo, u gotta come back and tell us all about it
First attempt error occurred. 6 minutes left now!
Hmm a few hours before the release of forza 4…GOOD move PD! :D
Very nice. I don’t see the new intro movie, however… It still looks to be the 1.0 intro. Anyone else having the same issue?
I was thinking the same thing
Once you download the new spec 2 intro from Gran Turismo TV, it will automatically replace the existing video when GT boots up
hello i see a DLC option on the home screen :) im keen isnt it a week till the dlc is out ????
Damn, it’s noon in Tokyo now and I can’t quit work earlier today, gotta wait a while longer! > ~ <'
マジでお楽しみだわっ!!!
In the words of Sebastian Vettel, “YES! That’s what I’m talkin about!” LOL
You forgot to point your finger.
LOL ^^ XD
and you forgot to sing the crazy frog as well ;)
too big for me to download atm ….fugg
fugg?
foooj
it’s cool but interior for the standard cars not as good as hooped but good enough.
Downloading!!! YES!!!!! 15%…… Back to my guitar….
Can’t wait to see the DLC
This is Nov 23 2010 again! I will download tmrw!
Please, and this has been said before, F1 cars from the 60’s, like GPL. PLEASE DO THIS.
I would love to have some more old n dusty race cars on there.
Bring it on!
UGGGGG!!! server still down!!! download complete though…..
JUST WENT TO BED!!! NOW IM NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SLEEP! I have to wait til the morn.
19 minutes to download mine!!!! ye
s!!!!
6 minutes total for me! :)
downloading right now. thanks for the updates!!!
I am very excited! I love this game, been a great ride! Looking forward to checking out the update, 10mins remaining… I am curious how they will improve the best game of all time.
Also, isn’t this a day early? Way to go Kaz! And love the whole competition thing, with that one arcade simulation that I think is coming out tomorrow??? It’s just not fair :) reminds me of the whole Blu-Ray vs HD-DVD, Polyphony is obviously Blu-Ray! Muah!
Signing off, time to race!!! =D
I only found out a few minutes ago while racing online, 35 minutes to early Xmas !
Already??? WOWOWOWOOW!
Thankyou kaz and pd. You guys are the best. Woo!
jordan you should put the done thing away at force feedback
oops i mean feedback not force feedback lol
YesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyessyessyessyessyessyessyYES!
I’m not at home right now, and even though I have my PS3, I can’t hook it up to the internet right now, so I’ll have to wait unttil I drive the 11 hours bac to get the udate, but it loks just as promising as when it was announced. Should be badass.
only 5min to DL, time to install & check everything out. Happy days are here again!
10 minutes to go and I’m on. See you tomorrow morning.
Once I saw the maintenance notice, I knew it was time. Phuck yea.
YeeHaa!!! Can’t wait till I get back home from work and check it all out! Hope there’s some new driftcars added to the game too, fingers crossed :)
Does it includes the new RM cars?
if not, that’s a bad thing because that means will have to pay for those cars as they’ll be bundled with dlc
no, those are DLC
you’d think they would add new Super GT liveries, and maybe the HSV (wink wink) who cares about turning left on an oval
the HSV currently being used in japan would take every car out in gt5! :)
Awesome! Can’t wait to play around with the new cars and the interior views.
my download has just ended now installang and then watching the new intro
Awesome. Thanks PD :)
slightly concerned at how long this will take for me to download my ISP is crap :( lol
i recon atleast 2 days lol
Thats probably not far from the real time it will take, SKY suck!! F*** you Rupert Murdoch
Downloading :D
Yesss downloading now. Was goona go to bed early for school, screw that!
Education first. Lol.
Sweet as! I’ll get right on it, just as soon as Bob finishes messing about…
Let’s do this like gentlemen ;)
yay! GT5 is finally finished.
Don’t think so :)
Doubt it
Downloading, only 118 minutes to go lol
Thanks Kaz!!!!!!!
Truly, thank you and your marvelous team for working so hard through a tumultuous and troubling year. And putting up with a lot of badmouthing from us in the West. :p
I’d apologize for them, but they aren’t worth it.
^^ +1 epsecially the bit about Japan’s troubles. WELL DONE PD AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING SO AWESOME :D :D :D
wonderful update by the way :D :D intro movie way really wonderful :’)
:tup:
sweet, lets see how different the physics are now (probably not much considering what pd thinks is important is 11 different skins of nascars :/)
Hahaha
hahahahahaa
Oh youuuuu.
:tdown:
only because you turned out to be wrong. Good job, buddy!
You know that feeling you get right after narrowly missing getting into a real car accident? i just kinda got that feeling reading this headline. And i gotta tell ya…….it feels fantastic!
That feeling in your stomach / chest?
adrenaline
Downloading. Haven’t been this excited since well November the 23rd 2010
Ahhhh yea!!! Downloading now it’s like release day all over again!!!
i feel the same way lol
Downloading right now! 7 Minutes left, can’t wait! Oh it appears to be no new intro, what a disapointment…
You have to download the new movie from the ‘Gran Turismo TV’ section
Once you download the new spec 2 intro from GT TV, it will automatically replace the existing video when GT boots up
Awesome! Enough chat though, time to download! Nice photo choice for the article by the way.
YES!
Cool!
NICE
Yup… 1192mb, and 29minutes to d/l and install!
Will updated once we see anything more interesting than the loading screen. :)
I wish it would take only 29 minutes for me. My internet is seriously slow. No AT&T U-Verse in my area either.
Woot woot.
YES!
super update! What about the shadows?
No improvements to shadows, doubt they will ever fix them
Really? Ur gonna complain over shadows?
i understand where hes coming from, i spend a lot of time watching replays and thats something i really cant stand sometimes. fixed shadows would make this game absolutely perfect in my eyes. that being said, im gonna really love spa!!!
I think so, myFavoriteGame…
I love GT! Because of it I bought the PS2, PSP & PS3! For its 3D i bought the EX720-40:)!
You know, I’ve found a way to sort of fix the shadows. My Panasonic TV has a Video NR (Noise Reduction) feature, and I hardly notice any of the “jaggies” now with it on. If you’ve got a TV with that feature, I’d strongly recommend turning it on for GT5.
@Tompie913 , your story intrigues me,..are you saying that with a really expensive super high tech TV, the shadows wont be buggy?,….and that the reason why PD hasn’t fixed it is because they prob haven’t noticed!?….hmmm. time to go shopping.
@MyFavoriteGame
My television has a Video Noise Reduction setting, which I assume is sort of post-processing done by the TV on the image to remove noise or stray pixels. The jaggies are sort of stray pixels, so they’re smoothed out. It’s not like your game suddenly looks like all the GT5 trailers, but it seems much less noticeable, especially in a moving picture (which GT5 mostly is).
Awesomeeeeeee
LAME LAME LAME i don’t care about button mapping on my g27 it’s ok ,but what i want is to feel the real force feedback of the wheel. under options it states that the feedback is for DFGT,and DF PRO wheels only. the other updates are cool but come on give the g27 the real power
I turn on the video noise reduction on my EX720, it’s helping but not good enough…the shadows is the only GT5’s problem…
@theArmourKing – I think so too, but then again, that’s coming from a guy who watches 2 hr long replays :D. A lot of ppl online are saying that it cant be fixed because of the ps3’s lack of RAM…. I really hope they’re wrong and this is just an optimization issue….
it’s not only the PS3’s problem…it’s in the GT’s programme…I noticed it since the GT1,2,3&4!!! But it’s clear here because of the HD-resoloution!
This update is great. like the new nissan GTR, except the new nascars are basically the same as they were before bar a few colour changes. But I HATE the statement about rewards and xp improving. It’s fine offline with 200% but online where I was getting 504 grand for the La Festa Cavalani on De la Sarthe now I get 164 grand. RIP OFF. And xp has gone way down as well. Even with double points they’re both still way lower than before. And the online collectors dealership has now been RUINED by all the cars being full price instead of half price. We’re getting less money for more expensive cars. Although mid race endurance saves are good and xp for A spec is great. I got 1.5 million xp for Indy 500. Free X1’s are great for endurances too.
Tompie, you are the man! I turned on that “DNR” setting on my TV and the difference is VERY noticeable. Even paying attention specifically to the shadows, they look pretty good. When you are watching the action in general, they are no longer that distracting thing that pulls your eye away. Kudos, and anyone else who’s TV has this should try it.