There will be four scheduled maintenance periods for Gran Turismo 5 between now and the end of September, and Polyphony Digital have kindly announced the dates in advance, allowing us to spend the time remembering what our friends and families look like instead of racing. (That's obviously not true - there's still Forza, iRacing, WRC, Dirt, Need for Speed etc). The details … [Read more...]
Latest GT5 season event goes for German Touring Cars
It's the turn of German Touring Cars, as DTM provides the inspiration for the latest Gran Turismo 5 Seasonal Event, which has also provided an excuse to update the Online Car Dealership with lots of DTM cars available at half-price brand new to let you compete. The tracks included are: Eiger Nordwand Short Track (5 laps) Indianapolis Super Speedway (5 laps) Madrid … [Read more...]
Gran Turismo 5 just got safer with the HANS Device
Gran Turismo 5 is a pretty accurate racing simulator, and we can certainly understand the official licence for the Thrustmaster T 500 RS as a realistic wheel and pedal set-up. But now GT5 has teamed up with the HANS Device, the head and neck safety system racers use. The restraint is apparently coming in-game, rather than being shipped to wear while you're sat on your sofa. So … [Read more...]
Latest Gran Turismo 5 Seasonal Event stars Ferraris
Ferraris with 650PP or less are the basis of the latest Gran Turismo 5 Seasonal Event, titled, 'La Festa Cavallino' (The Horse Festival). The details are: Rome Circuit: 5 Laps, 444,900 Cr. Circuit de la Sarthe 2009 1 Lap, 504,000 Cr. Autumn Ring Reverse 5 Laps, 411,000 Cr. Indianapolis Road Course 5 Laps, 470,700 Cr. Toscana (Tarmac) 106A 5 Laps, 474,000 … [Read more...]
GT5 creator finishes first-in-class at Nurburgring 24 Hours
Gran Turismo 5 creator Kazunori Yamauchi raced at the real 2011 Nurburgring 24 Hours this weekend, and after a dramatic series of events, finished first-in-class with team-mates Tobias and Michael Schulze, and Yasuyoshi Yamamoto. Despite mechanical problems which cost them some time, the team were able to put in consistent lap times to bring themselves back to 36th place … [Read more...]
New GT5 Season Event – British Lightweights
If you're a fan of small British cars, you're in luck as the latest Gran Turismo 5 Seasonal Event is for cars under 55PP and weighing less than 1200kg. The races are: Tsukuba: 8 laps. 366,300 Credits Cote D’Azur: 5 laps. 399,000 Credits London: 5 laps. 381,300 Credits Nurburgring Nordschleife: 1 lap. 439,500 Credits Mt. Aso: 5 laps. 392,400 Credits So there … [Read more...]
GT5 – new seasonal events live featuring Lamborghinis
A new season event is now live in Gran Turismo 5, featuring the Lamborghini models racing around five different circuits. The races are all 5 laps around the following tracks: Cape Ring Periphery, Madrid City Course, Trial Mountain, Nurburgring GP D, and Toscana (Pavement). You're able to run tuned cars up to 600PP, with any type of tyres, and you can replay the events as … [Read more...]
Gran Turismo 5 money glitch now fixed
The most recent GT5 update, v1.08 is just 1.7MB, and if you were wondering what such a small download might be for, the answer is that it that it fixes the online money glitch (also refered to as the SSR7 glitch) which allowed you to accumulate money and A-Spec experience points. So if you were looking to cheat your way into some extra cash, it looks like you've missed your … [Read more...]
Gran Turismo Update 1.07 live…
In case you missed the details, update 1.07 is now live and available for Gran Turismo 5. It became available just before the weekend, and includes the following: Major Changes and New Features Friend Rankings In Drift Trials and Time Trials, you can now display leaderboards that shows only your friends. While it was difficult before to locate your friends in the general … [Read more...]
Gran Turismo 5 reaches 6.3 million copies worldwide
It's proving popular, as Gran Turismo 5 reaches 6.3 million copies worldwide in figures released by developers Polyphony Digital (it's not clear whether those figures are for units sent to shops, or actually sold to customers). The figures cover December 2010, following the launch in November... Interestingly, there is a geographic breakdown, which shows how big GT5 is for … [Read more...]
GT5 – Not a test of endurance
Gran Turismo 5 has come in for much criticism regarding the amount of time and effort it takes to finish. To achieve 100% completion and a coveted Platinum PlayStation trophy, players must win every single race and time trial in the game, own a thousand cars, take a picture of a building and achieve the nigh-impossible task of winning a race by just one hundredth of a … [Read more...]
Game-killing GT5 bug to be fixed on February 18, 2011
An extremely serious bug has been discovered in Gran Turismo 5 which means that your save file will become unusable once it becomes a certain size - luckily it appears that the bug will be fixed in the next GT5 update, which will be released on February 18th, 2011. The bug occurs when your save file reaches 4165KB in size. When that happens, a number of players have reported … [Read more...]
Cheating prompts GT5 Academy changes and game update
It's said that cheats never prosper, but in this case they may have helped everyone benefit as widespread corner cutting in the second round of the GT Academy USA Round Two has led to postponement of Round 3 pending an update for Gran Turismo 5. The second round featured time trials on Rome and Madrid, but the fact that corners could be skipped entirely, along with other … [Read more...]
New races available in GT5 – Season 7 online events
12 new races are now available in Gran Turismo 5 as Season 7 of the special online events now runs until February 23rd, 2011. You'll find three sets of three races with drivetrain and power restrictions, and one set of three races featuring the Ferrari F1 cars: FF Drivetrain, 200hp Tsukuba Eiger Short Trial Mountain FR Drivetrain, 300hp Deep Forest … [Read more...]
Gran Turismo 5 – the best key cars to own
Like Jungle, Gran Turismo 5 is massive. Because it’s so big and there are over a thousand cars to choose from, it’s pretty easy to waste valuable time and effort buying and tuning cars that aren’t quite up to scratch. There are many specific cars that must be bought and won along the way to GT5 glory, but these are the five that I think are the most useful, how much they … [Read more...]