official Gran Turismo 5

[Corris Veteran]

IMO they should also mention kart racing and Top gear test track on the case.

Maybe there will be a sticker on the front, lol.

But I wouldn't be surprised if the Top Gear test track is in the adverts here at all, and I suspect they will do somehting with GT5 when the new Top Gear series comes back, whenever it does after this Stig fiasco.

I guess I hadn't seen it confirmed before, but it appears that split screen is in the game? The box back does indeed say 1-2 players.

I thought it was confirmed as it was put in GT5P, they did mention it in a press release thing *goes to find*

*comes back* yes here we go, "Arcade mode lets players take in the stunning tracks and environments of Gran Turismo 5 alone or with a friend in split-screen two-player mode."

[AbandonedTrolley]

Best thing on the back of the box.... Firmware 3.30 or higher required

[Hedon]

I thought it was confirmed as it was put in GT5P, they did mention it in a press release thing *goes to find*

*comes back* yes here we go, "Arcade mode lets players take in the stunning tracks and environments of Gran Turismo 5 alone or with a friend in split-screen two-player mode."

Great news! Thanks man. I just hadn't seen that in my research. I know we have it in the Prologue, but I never assume everything will be the same when moved to the retail final.

[AbandonedTrolley]

One thing I noticed, I thought someone said go-karts were 32 players, box says Network 1-16?

[Hedon]

I thought it was 32 player online lobby, but 16 player races while 16 can watch? If they have 32 karts, that would be cool.

[rajputwarrior]

Best thing on the back of the box.... Firmware 3.30 or higher required

:shiftyninja:

good eyes (Y). so much for 32 person karting though :(

[~WinGz~]

Any Idea if they are bringing back the Calsonic R34 and the Vauxhall Astra ( Tour )?

I loved those 2 cars the most.

[AbandonedTrolley]

32 players can do the karting at once

I thought it was 32 player online lobby, but 16 player races while 16 can watch? If they have 32 karts, that would be cool.

AB gave us false info :( Bad AB!!!

[rajputwarrior]

AB gave us false info :( Bad AB!!!

[Aaron Olive]

Out of the total 32 players in a online lobby 16 can race Standard/Premium cars, in a cart race the whole 32 player lobby can then race each other, hope that clears that up but perhaps there might be a turn based system for players... 16 players per session don't know how the online portion completely works yet.

[rajputwarrior]

Out of the total 32 players in a online lobby 16 can race Standard/Premium cars, in a cart race the whole 32 player lobby can then race each other, hope that clears that up. Perhaps there might be a turn based system for players 16 players per session don't know how the online portion completely works yet.

gotcha (Y)

i retract my lynching statement... sorry AB :blush:

updated the first post with the specs posted on the back of the box

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

The box art I posted is just for display only, may not be final :p

Which will probably mean GT5 shipping with 3.42 as a requirement

[rajputwarrior]

The box art I posted is just for display only, may not be final :p

Which will probably mean GT5 shipping with 3.42 as a requirement

or whatever .4* revision of the firmware we are at thanks to the new jailbreak/hack...

[Ironman273]

I would think if you could have 32 players out at once the box would say that, I mean it would definitely be a selling point.

[Hedon]

We will just need Jailbreak 1.1 :rofl:

[Aaron Olive]

The box art I posted is just for display only, may not be final :p

Which will probably mean GT5 shipping with 3.42 as a requirement

I hope so, stinkin' pirates.

I would think if you could have 32 players out at once the box would say that, I mean it would definitely be a selling point.

Well 16 is the selling point cause 32 is not available in every mode, and certain types of media will take it out of context.

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

I hope so, stinkin' pirates.

Meh unless you can play online no real GT5 enthusiast is going to pirate it. Online is far too fleshed out to miss out on.

[Ironman273]

Well 16 is the selling point cause 32 is not available in every mode, and certain types of media will take it out of context.

I dunno.... The marketing types would normally jump on whatever looks best on the box, and if there's just one mode that can do 32 players they would use it as an excuse to post that number. Well, the box art might not be final anyways...

[Hedon]

I hope so, stinkin' pirates.

Not everyone is using jailbreak for pirating games. However, there are plenty of people defending Sony's move on trying to block it, yet they run modded Xbox 360's :rofl:

Well 16 is the selling point cause 32 is not available in every mode, and certain types of media will take it out of context.

It could be to keep the cover clean, but they could do 32 online kart, 16 online car, just so they can get the most out of it. 32 racing all at the same time on one track would be amazing, and probably the first in consoles this gen.

[Aaron Olive]

Not everyone is using jailbreak for pirating games. However, there are plenty of people defending Sony's move on trying to block it, yet they run modded Xbox 360's :rofl:

It could be to keep the cover clean, but they could do 32 online kart, 16 online car, just so they can get the most out of it. 32 racing all at the same time on one track would be amazing, and probably the first in consoles this gen.

It might be possible to do 32 online fully but we don't know, PD is being very tight lipped about everything and not divulging every detail, but there is more news on the way in 7 days.

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

Nah there's no way there is 32 cars online. It's as we know, 16 online, 16 able to spectate in a 32 player lobby.

Only reason karts could go to 32 is less polygons.

[Hedon]

Nah there's no way there is 32 cars online. It's as we know, 16 online, 16 able to spectate in a 32 player lobby.

Only reason karts could go to 32 is less polygons.

I figured if the karts are half the size of the cars, that could possibly do 32 on the track though. But I agree, it's probably the whole 32 player lobby thing.

TGS might give us all the final answers? Maybe the track list, the car list, the feature list, etc?

[Aaron Olive]

Nah there's no way there is 32 cars online. It's as we know, 16 online, 16 able to spectate in a 32 player lobby.

Only reason karts could go to 32 is less polygons.

True i forgot that stupid Polygon budget, 200,000-500,000 so many.:wacko:

[Ironman273]

I figured if the karts are half the size of the cars, that could possibly do 32 on the track though. But I agree, it's probably the whole 32 player lobby thing.

and I don't think it's to keep the box clean ;)

[AbandonedTrolley]

and I don't think it's to keep the box clean

Haha is there any room for screenshost on that box!!

Can't wait for GT5 it really is going to be something special :D