official Gran Turismo 5

[MightyJordan]

Still not flipped a car yet, which I believe there is a trophy for!

Is there? :blink: I don't remember getting it then, because I've flipped a few times already. :p

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

Is there? :blink: I don't remember getting it then, because I've flipped a few times already. :p

Yeah one of the hidden trophies is for a car rollover.

[MightyJordan]

I'm so close to getting Gold on every license test! 53 Golds, 5 Silvers, 2 Bronzes. Only 7 to go! :) (IA 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 10, and S 2).

[shakey]

I'm having trouble moving past Professional.... hell, maybe even past Amateur... I have mostly all the races beat on Beginner, but then for Am and Pro, I am missing the super muscle cars and old vintage cars for all the races it wants. Guess I need to just grind through some beaten courses to get more cars :/

[MightyJordan]

A couple of hours later, I've finally got Gold on S-2! :D I've got Gold on every single license test in GT5! :woot: I've never done that in any GT game before! :)

[BoredBozirini]

I'm having trouble moving past Professional.... hell, maybe even past Amateur... I have mostly all the races beat on Beginner, but then for Am and Pro, I am missing the super muscle cars and old vintage cars for all the races it wants. Guess I need to just grind through some beaten courses to get more cars :/

What cars do you need? Do I have you in my friends list?

[shakey]

What cars do you need? Do I have you in my friends list?

Unsure at the moment, but can let you know when I get off work. And most likely you don't after I had to change my name on it. Add PeanutTown or throw me yours and I'll add you. I believe some are in the range of american classic muscle cars, american muscle cars, classic european, and another, but I'll get the specifics in a few if this food poisoning doesn't kill me by then :/

[BoredBozirini]

Unsure at the moment, but can let you know when I get off work. And most likely you don't after I had to change my name on it. Add PeanutTown or throw me yours and I'll add you. I believe some are in the range of american classic muscle cars, american muscle cars, classic european, and another, but I'll get the specifics in a few if this food poisoning doesn't kill me by then :/

PM sent. I already finished every event in gold (except the endurances because they are retarded), so I can lend you cars so you can beat them.

[remus_lupin]

A couple of hours later, I've finally got Gold on S-2! :D I've got Gold on every single license test in GT5! :woot: I've never done that in any GT game before! :)

Congratz!

Now come over and do it on my gamefile!

[HeretikSaint]

PM sent. I already finished every event in gold (except the endurances because they are retarded), so I can lend you cars so you can beat them.

Same. I have one endurance race completed (the first one). However, I heard the devs are working on a feature that will let you save races so that you can resume them at a later time. This is something I believe should have been implemented from the beginning. I understand them putting the 24 hour race in, but to expect people to leave their playstation on while they complete it is ridiculous and a waste of electricity.

[Renshaw]

Same. I have one endurance race completed (the first one). However, I heard the devs are working on a feature that will let you save races so that you can resume them at a later time. This is something I believe should have been implemented from the beginning. I understand them putting the 24 hour race in, but to expect people to leave their playstation on while they complete it is ridiculous and a waste of electricity.

Completely true.

On an averge gamer, that works and sleeps would take about three to four days to complete (if within the working week)

Completely stupid.

I'd love to have four friends... Beers (after your tern) to complete the race in one long stint though... But everyone i know are not big gt fans and have xbox's!! Pffftt :(

A really good feature would be to be able to play the races over PSN... Where x number of use's play online and agree to do a section of a race :)

But i doubt that would ever be an option.

[Corris Veteran]

Anyone know if there is some sort of limit on B-Spec names? at the moment I have 3 drivers, D.Font, G.Font & F.Font.

I accidentally went past a U.Font when getting my second drivers name, but for the life of me no matter how long I cycle through names I have yet to come across another Font for my forth, lol.

I was hoping to have a whole family of Fonts, but with the chances getting slimmer every driver I get the surname of Font, I might have a team of 3 and 3 with different names.

Damn I'm sad, lol.

[BoredBozirini]

Just keep on pressing that button, the name will come up eventually :)

[Corris Veteran]

Just keep on pressing that button, the name will come up eventually :)

Tell me about it, I wasn't concentrating and went past an X.Font and another F.Font, I've been pressing the change name button for like 2 hours and a name finally comes up and I go past it, lol.

[Corris Veteran]

Just let my 4 B-Spec drivers do the Indy 500.

2 hours it took in the X1, and all I got at the end was under half a level and 80k, 80 fricking thousand, what type of measly amount of money is that for a long ass race?

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

Patch 1.09 is up

[AbandonedTrolley]

Played this again the other day, was left underwhelmed after playing Dirt2 on the PC, the graphics and smoothness of that game are amazing. Makes you realise the limitations of the console :( Love the game, but really, I've had my eyes opened in terms of graphics and framerates lately.

[The Guvnor]

Makes you realise the limitations of the console :( Love the game, but really, I've had my eyes opened in terms of graphics and framerates lately.

The console has got little to do with it, Polyphony Digital made an inferior looking game :(

[Fourjays Veteran]

Played this again the other day, was left underwhelmed after playing Dirt2 on the PC, the graphics and smoothness of that game are amazing. Makes you realise the limitations of the console :( Love the game, but really, I've had my eyes opened in terms of graphics and framerates lately.

I've not been a fan of Codemaster's graphics style since TRD3. They seem to put a lot of glare/bloom on everything which ends up making it look like sunset all the time. I prefer Gran Turismo and Forza's more natural lighting (not that I own Forza but the screenshots say it all).

[Aaron Olive]

New Update inbound tonight

Update

[rajputwarrior]

^ nice, was thinking when the next update was. fired this game up yesterday and did nurburg with my gt-r. still the best racing game out there IMO.

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

New Update inbound tonight

Update

Oooo sounds interesting, but maybe I just think that as they said "long awaited" :p

Still, it's about time I got back into some car porn GT5. Completed the main game, but I have a long way to go on the extras/harder events.

[rajputwarrior]

Still, it's about time I got back into some car porn GT5.

me too, never fully unlocked damage before i left for my euro trip and finally played the game for the first time in months yesterday.

[Aaron Olive]

Update available now!

Racing Gear Items

* New racing gear items consisting of helmets and suits have been implemented. These can be used by players in A-Spec, or for any of the ?My Drivers? in B-Spec.

* There are plenty of variations to the racing gear items and, in addition to several sets being given out as presents when you start GT Mode, players will be able to win new ones when successful in online events. Players can also take a photo of their drivers wearing their favourite gear, and use that custom photo for a driver profile.

* For more details, please refer to ?Racing Gear? under Top Menu - [Manual] ? [GT Mode].

Special Online Event Campaign

* For a limited time, all event prizes will be tripled, and all cars appearing in the Online Collector?s Dealership will be brand new (0 mileage) and at half price.

Prizes for online events

* GT5 will now offer online events in which players can win Racing Gear items and cars as prizes, according to performance. The content of the prizes and the conditions for winning them will vary per event.

* Details of the various events are found in [GT Life] ? [Online Events].

Parts purchases through the Settings screen

* In the Settings screen, parts that players have not yet purchased will now have a shopping cart icon appearing next to them. These can now be purchase on the spot. Purchased parts will immediately be equipped on their car.

* For details, refer to Top Menu ? [Manual] ? [GT Life] ? [settings]

Improved Opponent AI Algorithm

* The search range of opponent AI has been expanded and their intelligence algorithm has been improved.

Interrupting and resuming Championship races

* In the championship races of A-Spec and B-Spec modes within [GT Life], there is now an interrupt button in the quick menu which appears after completing individual races.

* If the interrupt button is pressed, the event will be interrupted and a player?s record up to that point will be saved, and the game will end. The next time the player starts the game, they can continue the championship race from where they left off.

Additional music track

* After playback of the ending movie (*short version), ?Day To Live/daiki kasho? will be added as a bonus music track.

Other Changes

* Check the physical endurance of drivers that are resting in the B-Spec endurance races.

* Sort the garage by [Last Car Driven]

* In [Weight Adjustment] of [settings], players can now see changes in the front to rear weight balance when the ballast position is changed.

* The A-Spec driver is now displayed in the profile screen.

* In the pit menu of B-Spec, the time limit for being able to direct pit work has been changed from reaching ?0? in the count down, to ?Until the car comes to a complete stop?.

* The sorting order of the music album has been improved.

* When selecting a track created in Course Maker from the course album of Arcade Mode or GT Mode, players can now run single races with up to 16 cars. (Excluding some tracks such as those made before the update, and dirt tracks.)

* It is now possible to take 3D photographs even without connecting a 3D compatible TV.

* It is now possible to export 3D photographs to [Photo] on the XMB?.

Correction of Known Issues

* PDI has addressed the issue of the maximum speed set in the transmission settings of the settings menu differing from the actual top speed of the car. This will affect cars equipped with the relevant transmission tuning part, and almost all racing cars. Cars for which each gear ratio was adjusted manually with a full customised transmission in update versions 1.07 and earlier will not be affected.

* An issue with the increase and decrease of the online logon bonus has been corrected.

* An issue where the player?s car and opponents? cars braked at the wrong timings in the pit lane during B-Spec has been corrected.

* A problem where racing sound effects were turned off after changing settings in the quick menu has been corrected.

* An issue of how dirty the oil is when players purchase a used car not being affected by the car?s mileage has been corrected.

* An issue where some of the driver gear colours had changed after the 1.06 update has been corrected.

* An issue in the championships of GT Life where opponent cars kept using the same tyres in the second race and onwards has been corrected.

* An issue where the menu BGM was being played back during remote racing rather than the race BGM has been corrected.

* An issue of the program freezing when opening a garage containing nearly the maximum number of cars has been corrected.

A new ?Expert Challenge Race? Seasonal Event has also been made available with the following races:

* Trial Mountain in a Fiat 500

* Tsukuba in a Lotus Elise 111R

* Laguna Seca in a Subaru Impreza Sedan

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

Update available now!

Racing Gear Items

* New racing gear items consisting of helmets and suits have been implemented. These can be used by players in A-Spec, or for any of the ?My Drivers? in B-Spec.

* There are plenty of variations to the racing gear items and, in addition to several sets being given out as presents when you start GT Mode, players will be able to win new ones when successful in online events. Players can also take a photo of their drivers wearing their favourite gear, and use that custom photo for a driver profile.

* For more details, please refer to ?Racing Gear? under Top Menu - [Manual] ? [GT Mode].

Special Online Event Campaign

* For a limited time, all event prizes will be tripled, and all cars appearing in the Online Collector?s Dealership will be brand new (0 mileage) and at half price.

Prizes for online events

* GT5 will now offer online events in which players can win Racing Gear items and cars as prizes, according to performance. The content of the prizes and the conditions for winning them will vary per event.

* Details of the various events are found in [GT Life] ? [Online Events].

Parts purchases through the Settings screen

* In the Settings screen, parts that players have not yet purchased will now have a shopping cart icon appearing next to them. These can now be purchase on the spot. Purchased parts will immediately be equipped on their car.

* For details, refer to Top Menu ? [Manual] ? [GT Life] ? [settings]

Improved Opponent AI Algorithm

* The search range of opponent AI has been expanded and their intelligence algorithm has been improved.

Interrupting and resuming Championship races

* In the championship races of A-Spec and B-Spec modes within [GT Life], there is now an interrupt button in the quick menu which appears after completing individual races.

* If the interrupt button is pressed, the event will be interrupted and a player?s record up to that point will be saved, and the game will end. The next time the player starts the game, they can continue the championship race from where they left off.

Additional music track

* After playback of the ending movie (*short version), ?Day To Live/daiki kasho? will be added as a bonus music track.

Other Changes

* Check the physical endurance of drivers that are resting in the B-Spec endurance races.

* Sort the garage by [Last Car Driven]

* In [Weight Adjustment] of [settings], players can now see changes in the front to rear weight balance when the ballast position is changed.

* The A-Spec driver is now displayed in the profile screen.

* In the pit menu of B-Spec, the time limit for being able to direct pit work has been changed from reaching ?0? in the count down, to ?Until the car comes to a complete stop?.

* The sorting order of the music album has been improved.

* When selecting a track created in Course Maker from the course album of Arcade Mode or GT Mode, players can now run single races with up to 16 cars. (Excluding some tracks such as those made before the update, and dirt tracks.)

* It is now possible to take 3D photographs even without connecting a 3D compatible TV.

* It is now possible to export 3D photographs to [Photo] on the XMB?.

Correction of Known Issues

* PDI has addressed the issue of the maximum speed set in the transmission settings of the settings menu differing from the actual top speed of the car. This will affect cars equipped with the relevant transmission tuning part, and almost all racing cars. Cars for which each gear ratio was adjusted manually with a full customised transmission in update versions 1.07 and earlier will not be affected.

* An issue with the increase and decrease of the online logon bonus has been corrected.

* An issue where the player?s car and opponents? cars braked at the wrong timings in the pit lane during B-Spec has been corrected.

* A problem where racing sound effects were turned off after changing settings in the quick menu has been corrected.

* An issue of how dirty the oil is when players purchase a used car not being affected by the car?s mileage has been corrected.

* An issue where some of the driver gear colours had changed after the 1.06 update has been corrected.

* An issue in the championships of GT Life where opponent cars kept using the same tyres in the second race and onwards has been corrected.

* An issue where the menu BGM was being played back during remote racing rather than the race BGM has been corrected.

* An issue of the program freezing when opening a garage containing nearly the maximum number of cars has been corrected.

A new ?Expert Challenge Race? Seasonal Event has also been made available with the following races:

* Trial Mountain in a Fiat 500

* Tsukuba in a Lotus Elise 111R

* Laguna Seca in a Subaru Impreza Sedan

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