GT5’s New Time & Drift Trials, B-Spec Seasonal Events at Nurburgring, Monaco

Three new Seasonal Events, featuring Time Trials, Drift Trials, and a new B-Spec race, are now available in Gran Turismo 5:

Nurburgring Nordschleife B-Spec Challenge

  • GT500 Nürburgring Nordschleife / 3 Laps
    Period of Availability: 2012/05/16 23:00 – 2012/05/30 23:00
    1st: Cr.260,000  2nd: Cr.130,000  3rd: Cr.100,000

Time Trial No. 36

  • PP600 Nürburgring 24h Time Trial
    Period of Availability: 2012/05/16 23:00 – 2012/05/30 23:00
    Gold: Cr.250,000  Silver: Cr.150,000  Bronze: Cr.100,000
  • Formula Car Cote d’Azur Time Trial
    Period of Availability: 2012/05/16 23:00 – 2012/05/30 23:00
    Gold: Cr.250,000  Silver: Cr.150,000  Bronze: Cr.100,000

Drift Trial No. 36

  • Eiger Nordwand Short Course Drift Trial
    Period of Availability: 2012/05/16 23:00 – 2012/05/30 23:00
    Gold: Cr.250,000  Silver: Cr.150,000  Bronze: Cr.100,000
  • Cape Ring South Course Drift Trial
    Period of Availability: 2012/05/16 23:00 – 2012/05/30 23:00
    Gold: Cr.250,000  Silver: Cr.150,000  Bronze: Cr.100,000

As always, head on over to our GT5 Seasonal Events forum for more analysis and discussion.

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Comments (152)

  1. Uptown_aaron

    Hey guys…. What car did y’all get for the lvl 23 ticket? I got a Mazda Furai 08… Thats like the third one they gave me -___-” lol

    1. DuskTrooper

      I haven’t got it yet, because my Bob is too stupid to know hot to pass another car correctly.

    2. DuskTrooper

      Finally got it. I got the BMW McLaren F1 GTR Race Car ’97, I must say that I am quite happy with what it gave me.

  2. MadmuppGT

    The Ring? 600pp on slippery sports tyres, one tiny wheel on the grass and its a red lap time….

    …Aint no one got time for that… Well I know I cant be bothered wrestling with a powerful car on the wrong tyres because they dont know how to make a seasonal properly challenging

    Think about it, no one races and thinks I’ll make the target times easily doable… but to make it hard you’ll be driving on gripless tyres!

    Why not just make the target times faster, forcing the driver to push that little bit more… not slap DS owners in the face for not playing with a wheel…

    I grow tired of these useless tyres on powerful cars…

    Comfort tyres 100pp – 400pp MAX
    Sports tyres 400pp – 500pp
    Racing tyres 500pp – upwards…

    Otherwise youre not driving the car youre constantly stopping it from behaving like its on sheet ice!

    Rant over, sorry

  3. i have a flat

    Ok no DLC then how about you just unlock the rest of the cars you locked in the first place and unlock the RM ability you locked on the rest of the cars all at once instead of doing it every 2or3 months and calling it DLC hehe

    1. Pit Crew

      Don’t know where you got idea that there are locked cars on the game. No cars are locked. All non DLC cars are available for use either through Premiulm Dealer, OCD (Standard), or UCD, and the various Level and or Birthday tickets. Please get your facts straight. If you have proof that there are locked cars, then list those cars and prove it instead of trolling about DLC or lack thereof.

  4. Pit Crew

    OFF Topic. RobbyDog05 i can help ya with lvl 24 ticket. send PSN ID LenBiasFan a friend request and ill send ya lvl 24 ticket. This is not a trade, so you owe me nothing. Also have a Classic and Modern Muscle car ticket if interested. :)

    Jordan i hope this is ok, just tryin to help a GT5 get his cars. I apologize in advance if this is a reach.

    1. Pit Crew

      @Sanesh21 Complete Origina ASpec Endurance mode. 3 F1 cars. Both Premiulm Ferrari: F10-2010 and F2007 and GranTurismo F1

  5. lldantell

    i won the nurburgring b spec challenge.to win,first buy the Nissan Xanavi Nismo GT-R and put full downforce and you have to tell your b spec driver what to do all the time and then you win

  6. nascarfn

    HEY KAZ WHAT ABOUT US GUYZ THAT WANT SOME TRUCKS maybe u could turn those standard trucks into premiums and add some proper chevy trucks non of that low ride crap and add some proper 8ft box proper height noo low ride!!!
    – any proper Chevy trucks from 1970-2012 dualy’s too
    -any proper dodge trucks from 1980-2012 dualy’s also
    – any proper ford trucks from 1986-2012 dualy’s as well
    – Nissan 2012 pickup -Toyota 2012 pickup if you want
    SHOULD BE PREMIUMS
    AND SOME REAL NORTH AMERICAN GO KART TRACKS
    Also maybe tracks like Silverstone, Mosport, Road America, Road Atlanta, Infineon, Both Watkins Glen courses v8 super cars Bathurst and more v8 super car tracks

    1. dylpro

      I could come up with 1000 cars I’d like to see before I see any of the crappy things you mentioned.

    2. jimantonic

      Dude, did you literally cut and past your post from the last time?
      It was a stupid request then, still a stupid request now.

    3. Pit Crew

      @nascarfn Dude do you have to post this over and over again. No matter how many times you post this suggestion, PD has no plans for a truck DLC, and the majority here doesnt want them to commit to trucks over cars. Not to mention no event modes are programmed into game for such a thing. (well the one mode but thats it thats all) PD didn’t give you or anybody the idea they were committed to a truck line at no time in this GranTurismo series of games, so either play what you got or quit but dont get hopes up of ever seeing a truck line up in GT5. For all that, given a choice, majority would probably want MotorCycles over dually trucks anyday.

      Oh yeah since the trucks you want never existed on GT4, which is where the Standard lineup of vehicles came from, common sense says that those trucks would be of the Premium variety.

    4. RB26 2jz

      lol, its funny because you’re a dumb redneck :D

      How bout some mini trucks like Nissan, Toyota, Mazda and slam the sh*t out of them, roll the fenders, stretch the tires and camber the living sh*t out of em til they’re flush af :)))))

      Why? Because Race Truck.

    1. CDJW

      Level 23 gives quite a few good race cars around 5 million and the 2J for 15 million but the 20 million cars aren’t level 23 cars.

    2. Pit Crew

      Shoulda put 2milliion plus cars not 20 million, but had ticket for a year now and didnt purchase any of the cars cuz I dupe it. Sorry for bad information. good catch CDJW. :)

    3. Uptown_aaron

      I got another Mazda Furai 08 ….. It’s like the third one I won from them -_________-

    1. Quakebass

      Don’t get your hopes up. Maybe a minor update with bug fixes, but we got that maintenance back on the 4th of April, and nothing really came of it.

    2. hobanator24

      but it just seems too coincidental that it falls on the day before the playstation store update. I guess we’ll just have to wait and find out. We also haven’t got photo stream yet.

    3. TokoTurismo

      @Quakebass
      The 4th of April was on a Wednesday. This maintenance which is on the 22nd, is on a *Tuesday*. Like I said. I’m happy it’s on a Tuesday, nuff said.

    4. Quakebass

      It doesn’t matter when maintenance is… I only stated (several months back) that I had noticed a pattern with the DLC – it was coming out on the third tuesday of the month it was released each time. Who knows? maybe they’re releasing a GT Academy pack for the recent 4 rounds of GT Academy, if anything at all. As stated, it could just be server maintenance. If ANY DLC (likely with Twin Ring Motegi) is released, I’d expect it to come out in June after GT Academy ends. There’s GOT TO be SOMETHING coming, eventually, for the NSX and PhotoStream are still floating around somewhere, and now Twin Ring Motegi is in GT Academy.

    5. Hentis

      Why can’t some of you understand it’s just for maintenance?
      If it was for DLC they would notify us and the game would need updating for that as well. They haven’t even notified us of that either.
      I suspect we will get one more lot of DLC, not including the cars from the 2012 academy, say as spec “3” and then their main focus will be GT6. Of course Seasonals and server updates would be as standard. You have to realise this November this game would be two years old, there’s only so much of it that can be updated . Yeah some of you will still believe that your going to get DLC in an online maintenance update but your look the idiot.

    6. biftizmo

      GTA is not just a game to find new world class racing drivers. it is also to recruit new users to the GT5 racing simulator…
      the assumption that GT5 is not totally up-gradable in every aspect is for idiots..as for being notified we have never been notified of any future plans…what is it with this gt6 thing? whats going to be in it that cant be added to GT5…if you want to scrap your 2 year driving career and start again..then Forza 10 may be for you…D.L.C is the future and has been since before GT5 was released…wake up were here already.

    7. hobanator24

      @Quakebass,
      I know that you said that there was a pattern of DLC being on the 3rd tuesday of every month. But that happens to be this tuesday. So is it just a coincidence or are we getting something like photo stream or GTA cars?

    8. Quakebass

      @Hobonator
      That’s why I think it’d be coming out next month; all sorts of perfect timing – GT Academy ending, maybe new players along with it, and Le Mans 24 hrs. Plus, GT Academy started in April, so let’s examine the “2 month schedule”:

      1st DLC: October
      (2 months later)
      2nd DLC: December
      (1 month later)
      3rd DLC: January (1 month early)
      (3 months later)
      4th “DLC” (of sorts) GT Academy: April (averages back to the “2 month schedule”)
      (2 months later)
      5th DLC (or 4th, if you don’t want to call GT Academy DLC): June

      It all fits the “2 month schedule”. I’m not saying that there IS a schedule (a lot of people think that PD PROMISED DLC every 2 months, for some reason – there never really WAS a static schedule for DLC), I’m just observing a trend, and predicting outcomes. GT Academy took me by surprise, and sort of angered me (and some other users) since they didn’t announce it as the REASON for a delayed update/DLC. I never said it was the 3rd tuesday of EVERY MONTH, just that it seemed to come out on the third Tuesday of the month it was released.

      This update will likely include PhotoStream, maybe the NSX, but that may be for DLC. I’m expecting Motegi to be in some sort of track DLC. Maybe GT Academy cars, but that doesn’t make much sense, saying as (so far) they’re all just cars already in game with a GT Academy sticker on the side. I don’t know about you, but I think that there’s got to be more than just this coming; considering that there was supposed to be a a “March update”, likely with DLC on the side. I may be wrong, but we could be seeing a decent sized DLC/Update next month.

      DON’T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT THOUGH – I COULD BE WRONG! I’VE BEEN WRONG BEFORE!!!

    9. hobanator24

      Ok I can understand that. But I think that if they were going to give us the NSX concept, it would be free like the Toyota GT86 I don’t think PD would be that cruel to make us pay for 1 car.

  7. DYLAN777-is-not

    They are long because the game is bad at passing cars. B spec is twice as many laps as A spec. Without the extra length the game would only get the best finish as 6th or 5th as the top top, no matter what. So its good its long but bad that the game cant drive.

  8. Tallgeese69

    It’s always a good challenge to do the drift and time trials using stock and lower pp cars

  9. BlindZenDriver

    Good timing to do something on the Ring. This weekends 24h race in real life is second only to the Le Mans.

  10. KYD302

    Is anyone else having issues with the nurb b-spec race? it’s locked my controller so i have no control of my driver and even being in the lead on the sidebar it shows last place just wondering if anyone is having this issue thnx

  11. etnerdnl

    Is it normal that I have to reduce the amount of HP on my Formula Gran Turismo before im able to use it for the TT? :S otherwise it’s PP is way to high..

  12. MyFavoriteGame

    Wow, so I guess Quakebass and some of the other guys on her were correct, PD most likely does consider GTA to be DLC and therefore have stuck to their promise of “approximately 2 months”. Grimey

    1. biftizmo

      I don’t mind anything for free..approximately or not.. unless you can’t get gold..then you’ll ave to buy it…fair enough.

    2. Quakebass

      I didn’t say it was replacement, merely the reason for the delay… But I get what you’re saying,

    3. biftizmo

      I’d like to see the Academy as a permanent feature on my GT home screen, instead of Licences..well until 2012 is out.

  13. Supertom14

    The GT500 Nürburgring race was easy money. If anyone is have a hard time beating it, try using the ’05 YELLOWHAT Supra, I beat it in one try.

  14. i have a flat

    Don’t worry sir I don’t text battle supposedly PD has people who look in on this and other websites so to them I say (and mind you not angerly) as much as I love to watch a replay cause that’s what bspec kinda is I pass or I could when I want to play video games turn it on let the driver race and walk away and do something else but the trouble in that is that i came to PLAY in the first place so if they are looking at this to them I say…..no DLC yet? Just bspec…nah no thanks have a nice day

    1. Pit Crew

      Please don’t start. It’s just not the place, considering we enjoying these new seasonal events for the most part

      Start a thread in the Formus, so the feedback you want wont start a text battle in a news thread based on this weeks seasonal TT DT AND BSpec event.

    2. Quakebass

      Yes, GT6 and the PS4 was released last night.

      These would have to be officially ANNOUNCED, first. There’d be BIG news on GTPlanet if this were the case.

  15. TSTestPilot

    Getting a little better. Could still use a bit more creativity, but better than they have been over the last few months.

    1. DuskTrooper

      I agree. They’re getting a little bit better. Hopefully PD will continue working on making these seasonal events better.

    1. aronh17

      Life is too short for people to sign on GTP and say how they feel about these but we all do it anyway.

  16. Pit Crew

    The only thing good about new BSpec this week, is a new ASpec next week. Hoping PD follows up this sweet BSpec event for my DOA Bob with a sweeter version for me.

    Monaco is great TT. Challenging to manipulate its comfy confines for best ( and cleanest lap) in the Formula Ferraris.
    Would really love more one class races for these cars, as I have both but they barely see light of day.

    Monaco GranPrix Monza no Chicanes Indy Road Course, Nurb GP ASpec F1 Seasonal. If you build it they will drive lol. (tomatoe just misses my face )

    1. Pit Crew

      ARRGHH, shoulda punctuated better. Meant to say ; Monaco, Monza no Chicanes, OR Monza w/ Weather. Nurb GP. Indy Road Course. F1 Seasonal ASpec.

  17. 77

    The b spec is ridiculous, they can’t overtake n just weave about in these cars at nurb, plus been rammed off twice

    1. force ewerby

      It’s also not worth it. 250,000 for 3 LAPS of Nordschleife when I can get same for 1 lap of Monaco? Phh…

    2. Uppmas

      So it’s all about the money and not the enjoyment? Guess I should stop these fun practice races…

  18. PIGBOY

    grrr…this will get me back trying to get up that leaderboard now,thanks…steering wheel feels so funny after nr2003,my taurus drives different too to my road car but they are the same car,weird,…..sleep then compete

  19. nofxmike06

    These are some awesome choices! I can’t wait to complete them all! The Green Hell is a B&$% but I still love it!

  20. mickoafna

    F1 at Monaco, my ranking 379 :-) was 85th 3 hours ago haha
    have to make some changes and try again :-)

    1. PIGBOY

      In Australia seasonals come out at 2pm(used to back when) i loved getting into the top 10 then go to bed ,get up,add a few more zero’s to my ranking :)

  21. JackC8

    Haven’t played this game since a couple months after launch, but I’m getting my copy of GT5 XL tomorrow, and looking forward to some good Nurburgring action :) Not so much to the F1 race around Monaco though lol. Is that still the GT4 port of Monaco, or did they ever get around to doing a current gen version of it?

    1. another_jakhole

      They either did or didn’t get around to doing a current gen version of it. I can’t remember.

    2. hairystig

      So far as I can remember no update has officially had any improvements for Monaco I.e. Its not been mentioned in the release notes of any update but it does look slightly less crappy than it did at the very beginning but then maybe I’ve just become accustomed to it now so don’t notice it anymore.

  22. Gwenbors

    Combining B-Spec, Time Trials, and Drift Trials into single day releases? I’m starting to feel like somebody over at Polyphony may be listening! :) If so, cheers! If they can keep oscillating between these and various traditional A-Spec days, I’d be the happiest GT player ever!

    1. TokoTurismo

      Yeah your right. If they’re are listening, they must keep ideas like this up. Keep it up PD. Sooner or later, lets see if we can get PD’s attention to bring PP into PP variety with A-spec and B-spec with the TTs & DTs. :)

  23. evertV12

    Thank you PD, formula @ Monaco is fantastic! My best ranking with 1:20:080 1060th … And soon after 1099th lol

  24. sanesh21

    My B-Spec challenge is taking 5minutes to load. Seriously something must have happened to Bob on his way to Nurburgring?

    1. Quakebass

      May be a freeze; sometimes in Arcade mode, the load bar increases abnormally slow, and it’ll reach the end, and nothing will happen. It’s a weird glitch.

  25. hairystig

    Awesome I’ve been calling for more topical seasonals for ages, hope we can tear up Monaco in Ferrari f1s and formula gts, prize money is a little low but then I’m still hoping they’ll bring back the massive pay out expert b spec seasonal.

    1. Pit Crew

      @RobDoggy05 work on getting a lvl 24 ticket ( Formula GranTurismo F1,Both Ferrari Formula Race cars ) you get at least 1 of the three and keep some cash, but only if you still need any of them, and you may have to duplicate for best chances.

    2. RobDoggy05

      @nkdkdd : Highfive!!!!!!!!! hahahaha

      @Pit Crew : I got the formula Gran Terismo ages ago (Diddnt realise you could use it too)so all sorted now :) You say I must work on getting a level 24 ticket, any suggestions on how? (for my F1 2007)

  26. mickoafna

    Very good PD. Just did all of them, nice work. I have just one thing to say: MORE, MORE, MORE :-)

  27. Third Reign

    I’m guessing the B-Spec Special event is due to the Nürburgring 24H Race that takes place this weekend. How considerate of them :)

    1. Flagmo-T

      Ya for ones they are doing something in this Game, which is only a natural thing to do. Hope they keep it up as far as they can – So we don’t have to Drive other Nice Race games to feel that you are just a little part of something real, that in the first place made you interested in Race sims.. Hmm Wishful Thinking again.. DoH!!

      I was jumping into GT5 last weekend to race F1-10 on Circuit de Catalunya – But No – I forget that GT5 is only a ½ Game :P
      So I changed into F1-2010 and Walla walla I was racing with the Big Boys :P

      But Thanks PD – :o)

  28. MGTTTTT

    All of the constructive criticism about the dull pattern of seasonal events has made the game better. It may just be a coincidence, but I dont think so!!! Good work Gtplanet!!!

    Theses new varied events are fresh and very welcome . Thankyou very much PD.

    1. hairystig

      Or the change of pattern may have forced from people on the last time trial……

      Who knows……

    1. TokoTurismo

      ^ Agreed. Thank you PD. :) I truly hope you keep this pattern up. Or else… >;, Just kidding, but please keep this up. A-spec – TT & DT. And B-spec – TT & DT please and thank you. ;)

    1. HuskyGT

      And a New Super GT? Maybe the GT300 category could get some love this time. Manufacturer events would be awesome as well.

      We’re getting there.

    1. TomBrady

      absoluely. This is good stuff although I’m a bit dissapointed I can’t have another go at that awesome snow rally TT we had last time. That was a blast. They really need to do more with rally and F1, karts, nascar, etc.

      Honestly I’m far more excited about these seasonals (other than the stupid b spec) than I am about GT academy. I haven’t done some of the GTA tests, but I’ll go at these TT’s right away. F1s on monaco beat 370z’s on anything anyday

  29. larsh

    We need more endurance A-Spec time trials.
    I just wonder how many players can stay a 10 round Nürburgring TT ON the track. Let’s say FR car, 500 pp., no tuning whatsoever, no aids and sport soft :)

    1. Ridox2JZGTE

      I would prefer 5 laps at Spa with comfort soft, 500 pp car, no mods, brake balance allowed, no assists allowed including brake aids for the ultimate test and this is the only way to get the gold. Silver and Bronze will have their own time and aids allowed to cater the casual player

    2. Quakebass

      Or maybe significantly higher rewards for getting medals with less aids on, or cars with lower PP than the limit. (Or both). But more over, I’d like longer A-Spec races, somewhere around the 30 – 50 mile length range. 50 Miles is about 6 laps of Sarthe, or 3 laps of the Nordschleife, just for reference.

    3. Pit Crew

      10 laps to get my best lap when only the fastest lap counts? Maybe for an ASpec race but to much for a TT cuz once you hit fastest lap, and burn off tires ( This is The Nuringberg Ring so even Comforts will burn off bout 5 laps in ) you gonna stop.

      Day to Night 24 Min ASpec of any various pp or tire and restrictions at Lesarthe 09 or 05, maybe even throw in weather. Im sure they could use time progression in this way to challenge us a lil more. Maybe 2 events one D2N and the other Rain.

    4. Swagger897

      Shoot, I’d take 30 laps at Lady Le Mans!!!

      Just as soon as we get the new R18 Ultra, and R18 E-Tron quattro!!!

    1. BWX

      above was in response to:

      ”My only question: Why don’t we get A-Spec Seasonals as awesome as some of the B-Specs? I mean, we’ve got a 3 lap Nordschleife now, and back in late December, we got those 10-lap Sarthe and Spa races. Why don’t we get something like that for A-Spec? It would bring in or back SO MANY more players… ”

  30. Quakebass

    My only question: Why don’t we get A-Spec Seasonals as awesome as some of the B-Specs? I mean, we’ve got a 3 lap Nordschleife now, and back in late December, we got those 10-lap Sarthe and Spa races. Why don’t we get something like that for A-Spec? It would bring in or back SO MANY more players… But these trials are pretty nice! I wonder if the schedule’s now changing to a single B-Spec with the trials one week, and then A-Spec the next week, etc. I hope so! These next fe weeks during GT Academy should be good, too.

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