New Time & Drift Trials

A new batch of A-Spec Seasonal Events are now available in Gran Turismo 5, featuring lightweight non-racecar Lotus vehicles. The challenges are as follows:

Time Trial No. 50

• 480PP Lotus: Autumn Ring Time Trial
  Period of Availability: 2012/11/29 11:00 – 2012/12/13 11:00
  Gold: Cr.250,000  Silver: Cr.150,000  Bronze: Cr.100,000
• 400PP Suzuka Circuit East Course Time Trial
  Period of Availability: 2012/11/29 11:00 – 2012/12/13 11:00
  Gold: Cr.250,000  Silver: Cr.150,000  Bronze: Cr.100,000

Drift Trial No. 50

• Lotus: Fuji Speedway F Drift Trial
  Period of Availability: 2012/11/29 11:00 – 2012/12/13 11:00
  Gold: Cr.250,000  Silver: Cr.150,000  Bronze: Cr.100,000
• Eiger Nordwand G Trail Reverse Drift Trial
  Period of Availability: 2012/11/29 11:00 – 2012/12/13 11:00
  Gold: Cr.250,000  Silver: Cr.150,000  Bronze: Cr.100,000

 http://www.gtplanet.net/lotus-featured-in-latest-gt5-time-drift-trials/

Corvette C7 Test Prototype Video

Gran Turismo 5 Exclusive -- Drive the Corvette C7 Test Prototype (Extended Cut)

New GT5 Free DLC

Corvette C7 Test Prototype ’13
Prices: Free
Availability: All (releases 29th November)
http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2012/11/28/heads-up-store-update-28th-november-2012/ 

 

GT Academy 2012 Nürburgring 24 Hour race documentary

A documentary following the 4 months of preparation by Team GT Academy, leading to the 2012 Nürburgring 24 Hour race.

Kazunori Yamauchi successfully achieved a class victory in the Nürburgring 24 hour race, racing with a private team in the previous year. In the following year of 2012, Mr. Yamauchi has taken on a new challenge. The car is a commercial spec Nissan GT-R. And his team mates include Lucas Ordoñez , the racing driver born through Gran Turismo, together with Gran Turismo software engineers who will set up the racing car.

New Seasonal Event

The latest round of Seasonal Events are now available in Gran Turismo 5, featuring lightweight vehicles . Cars are limited to a maximum of 500PP and Comfort/Soft tires or less. The challenges are as follows:

• 500PP British Lightweights: Grand Valley East Section /5 Laps
  Period of Availability: 2012/11/22 03:00
  1st: Cr.206,500  2nd: Cr.113,575  3rd: Cr.82,600
• 500PP British Lightweights: Trial Mountain Circuit Reverse /5 Laps
  Period of Availability: 2012/11/22 03:00
  1st: Cr.229,000  2nd: Cr.125,950  3rd: Cr.91,600
• 500PP British Lightweights: Fuji Speedway F /5 Laps
  Period of Availability: 2012/11/22 03:00
  1st: Cr.242,200  2nd: Cr.133,210  3rd: Cr.96,880
• 500PP British Lightweights: Côte d’Azur /5 Laps
  Period of Availability: 2012/11/22 03:00
  1st: Cr.277,900  2nd: Cr.152,845  3rd: Cr.111,160
• 500PP British Lightweights: Toscana (Tarmac) 109A /5 Laps
  Period of Availability: 2012/11/22 03:00
  1st: Cr.283,400  2nd: Cr.155,870  3rd: Cr.113,360

 http://www.gtplanet.net/british-lightweights-gt5-seasonal-event-now-available/

New Time & Drift Trials

The latest round of Seasonal Events are now available in Gran Turismo 5, in the form of new Time & Drift trials featuring the Honda or Acura NSX. The challenges are as follows:

 Time Trial No. 49

• 500PP NSX: Twin Ring Motegi East Course Time Trial
  Period of Availability: 2012/11/15 11:00 – 2012/11/29 11:00
  Gold: Cr.250,000  Silver: Cr.150,000  Bronze: Cr.100,000
• 600PP ’60s Racing Cars: Tokyo Route 246 Time Trial
  Period of Availability: 2012/11/15 11:00 – 2012/11/29 11:00
  Gold: Cr.250,000  Silver: Cr.150,000  Bronze: Cr.100,000

Drift Trial No. 49

• NSX: Eiger Nordwand Short Course Reverse Drift Trial
  Period of Availability: 2012/11/15 11:00 – 2012/11/29 11:00
  Gold: Cr.250,000  Silver: Cr.150,000  Bronze: Cr.100,000
• ’60s Racing Cars: Nürburgring GP/D Drift Trial
  Period of Availability: 2012/11/15 11:00 – 2012/11/29 11:00
  Gold: Cr.250,000  Silver: Cr.150,000  Bronze: Cr.100,000

http://www.gtplanet.net/nsx-featured-in-latest-gt5-time-drift-trials/

New Seasonal Events

A new batch of A-Spec Seasonal Events are now available in Gran Turismo 5, featuring Honda’s iconic Civic. Cars may have no more than 415pp and tires can be no better than Comfort/Soft.

• Tsukuba Circuit /5 Laps
  1st: Cr.193,300  2nd: Cr.106,315  3rd: Cr.77,320
• Autumn Ring /7 Laps
  1st: Cr.159,000  2nd: Cr.87,450  3rd: Cr.63,600
• Trial Mountain Circuit /5 Laps
  1st: Cr.213,100  2nd: Cr.117,205  3rd: Cr.85,240
• Clubman Stage Route 5 Reverse /5 Laps
  1st: Cr.179,800  2nd: Cr.98,890  3rd: Cr.71,920
• Eifel (Kart) 108A /5 Laps
  1st: Cr.254,300  2nd: Cr.139,865  3rd: Cr.101,720

 http://www.gtplanet.net/honda-civic-featured-in-latest-gt5-seasonal-events/

Update 2.09 Out Now

A new update (2.09) has been released for Gran Turismo 5 (102mb)
The main contents of the update are as follows:

- The [Tire/Fuel Consumption] settings under [Event Settings] of the Online Lounge can now be set in four levels; "None", "Normal", "Fast", and "Very Fast".

- The view during 3D display has been improved.

- The speed of tire wear varied too greatly depending on the vehicle in some cases, and this has been balanced.

- Improved the scoring method in drift trials to prevent cheating

- The maximum RPM of the Honda Weider HSV-010 (SUPER GT) '11 has been changed to 10300rpm. The engine sound has also been improved.
 
[Correction of Known Issues]
- Fixed an issue where enemy cars were hitting the pit entrance wall when pitting in at the Twin Ring Motegi Road Course East.
- Fixed an issue where fuel was not being consumed when entering an endurance race with a Prius, or when setting tires and fuel to be consumed in the online lounge. Affected cars: Toyota Prius G '02, Toyota Prius G '09, Toyota Prius G Touring Selection '03, Toyota Prius Touring Car.
- Fixed an issue where the online control characteristics differed from the offline characteristics.

Ford Mach Forty Wins 2012 GT Awards

The 2012 Gran Turismo Awards were held last night in Las Vegas, where Kazunori Yamauchi himself selected the David Eckert’s Ford Mach Forty as “Best in Show” from among the five category finalists.

The Mach Forty is an interesting and unusual car, which took three years to create.
As the name suggests, it is a combination of Mach 1 styling with a GT40 inspired power train. From the outset, it was designed to be a car that anyone could tell was a ’69 Mustang, but that would be nothing like any of the other 300,000 Mustangs that were built in that year.

A 1969 Mustang Mach 1 body was used to create the roof section, door frames, and doors. The tail section, quarter panels, front fender, hood, floor structures, and full peripheral frame are all new, hand formed steel pieces.

 
The engine is a 2006 Ford GT 5.4 liter dry sump unit, with a four liter Whipple supercharger, Mo TeC engine control unit, custom billet fuel rails, and dual Lamborghini throttle bodies. It also includes an “Adjustable Horsepower Dial” which allows you to adjust the car’s horsepower on the fly between 600-850hp.
Suspension is from a C6 Corvette with custom coil over shocks.

Congratulations to David Eckert and all of the GT Awards category finalists!

http://www.gtplanet.net/david-eckerts-ford-mach-forty-wins-2012-gt-awards-coming-to-future-gran-turismo-game/comment-page-1/#comments

New Time & Drift Trials

The latest round of Seasonal Events are now available in Gran Turismo 5, in the form of new Time & Drift trials featuring Nissan’s own supercar, the Skyline GT-R . The challenges are as follows:

Time Trial No. 48

• 480PP Nissan Skyline: Deep Forest Raceway Time Trial
  Period of Availability: 2012/11/01 03:00 – 2012/11/15 03:00
  Gold: Cr.250,000  Silver: Cr.150,000  Bronze: Cr.100,000
• 700PP Racing Car: Cape Ring Time Trial
  Period of Availability: 2012/11/01 03:00 – 2012/11/15 03:00
  Gold: Cr.250,000  Silver: Cr.150,000  Bronze: Cr.100,000

Drift Trial No. 48

• Nissan Skyline: Daytona Road Course Drift Trial
  Period of Availability: 2012/11/01 03:00 – 2012/11/15 03:00
  Gold: Cr.250,000  Silver: Cr.150,000  Bronze: Cr.100,000
• D1 GP/Formula DRIFT: London City Course Reverse Drift Trial
  Period of Availability: 2012/11/01 03:00 – 2012/11/15 03:00
  Gold: Cr.250,000  Silver: Cr.150,000  Bronze: Cr.100,000

 http://www.gtplanet.net/nissan-skyline-featured-in-latest-gt5-time-drift-trials/