Gran Turismo 5 officially getting update, DLC, and a price drop

by Mike Schramm on Oct 5th 2011 8:02PM

Gran Turismo 5's photo mode is getting updated

The Official PlayStation Blog has official details on the official Gran Turismo 5 update, officially coming in the next few weeks. The new patch offers new official interior views for all of the cars in the game, reduced load times, adjustable weather conditions, the ability to save during an extended race, and updated photo and shuffle modes. The game will also now officially support the Logitech G25 and G27 racing wheels, and the patch even adds official (of course) versions of the 2011 Nascar racing cars.

And perhaps most exciting, Polyphony Digital will be officially dropping a "full batch of downloadable content" for Gran Turismo 5 in the next few weeks, including new vehicles, new tracks, and "some additional surprises." Sony says you can watch the official website for more details. And what's more, the official price on the game is officially dropping, down to $39.99.

Unofficially? With Forza Motorsport 4 due out next week, it sounds like Sony's aiming to do a little crowdpleasing among the Gran Turismo faithful.

Source: PlayStation Blog

Tags: dlc, Gran-Turismo-5, nascar, new, photo-mode, playstation, ps3, sony, update, vehicles

Reader Comments (43)

Sim racers are boring. Need for Speed Underground 2 was the best racing game ever. Come on EA Need for Speed Underground 3!

@Yongousen
Sir look at my name and you call me a ricer. Wow I hate imports and love American cars.

@Yongousen

No need to spout hatred simply because someone has a different taste in games than you.

@brettjr25

If you've spent more money on body mods than you have on performance, likely all you have is a slow car that looks stupid.

That's why "ricing" is a joke to pretty much anyone in the car community.

BTW: i'm asian, ricing isn't a racial term. You see more hispanic guys driving rice'd out hondas where I live. It doesn't mean asian people or anyone specific. Just any clot that paints his car purple and doesn't bother not making it a slow piece of shit.

It's like this, you can put lipstick on a pig. it's still a pig

@Yongousen

"Besides, if it is a 'racist comment' (which it is not) then I would imagine it is derogatory to Asians. Being Asian myself I have full authority to use it."

That's some fantastically backwards ass logic.

@brettjr25

haha That might be what people are trying to make RICE stand for now, but the term ricer started with rice rocket and rice burner. Those terms are as old as the hills.

I know I first heard the term in like 1988 but it probably started in the Korean war or the Vietnam war cause I know my grandad knew of the term

So, effectively, they are releasing the REST of the game.

@CaptainProtonX At least we are getting it for free. Unlike some companies who have first day DLC.

@(Unverified) If your referring to forza 4's its also free.

@bxgt
i think s/he meant every other game that has come out in like the past 3 years.

@(Unverified)

Wrong dude.
We are getting the Spec 2.0 Update for free.

The DLC is not free.

@DigitalEmporer

Downvoted? For what... telling the truth?

Spec 2.0 is the UPDATE.
DLC is not FREE.

Even Kaziyamamamaha has said so himself ffs, go read the actual press release, his twitter account you bunch of tards.

Game wont be pleasing until they let you customize the cars as forza does so well

@skbkoy65
Except GT5 is about looking at the beauty of the car itself. If you want LOLDECALZ AND STICKERZZ go play Forza, no reason whatsoever to want graffiti on both of the games if one does it "so well" as you put it.

@PointlessPuppies "LOLDECALZ and STICKERZZ" doesn't come close to describing, as I've seen tremendous amounts of time and efforts put into cars over the course of my playtime in Forza 2/3, and if GT had something like that I'm sure it would improve the game, if only a little.

Also if Sebastian Vettel wins the championship this saturday everybody who logs in will get a free Red Bull X1 (or some flavor of X1), which is the hardest car to get in the game.

And just so you know as long as Sebastian Vettel doesn't crash on the first lap then he will pretty much win. He's in 1st with a very large lead and theres no realistic way he could lose other than crashing.

@singleandlovinit
Reaching level 30 or 40 or whichever it was in b-spec to get the redbull x1 wasn't that hard. Actually, it required no effort at all since giving b-spec bob an over powered car and walking away took little effort.

Anyways, sorry polyphony, it's sadly a little to late for me as I sold the game months ago. Had some of these been included at launch or shortly after (over a year is ridiculous) I'd still be playing.

@deftonesmx17

Developer stops supporting game after a year. Gamers complain that they aren't committed.

Developer keeps supporting game after a year. Gamers complain that they take too long.

Are we really gonna be like that? Just shut up and be happy that Kaz/Polyphony are so willing to keep working on their game post-release.

@singleandlovinit i have one already it's not that hard to get. harder it to get non Vettel standard X1s (2 for silver and gold i believe).

Save in mid-race is awesome... I love GT5, but I couldn't find enough time to beat rally challanges and long championships.

"the ability to save during an extended race"

Hope that means endurance races. I was wondering when I was gonna get them done..

sadly i don't have a steering wheel to play this. i tried using the controller, but....

does this game have split screen? id like to get this game but if not ill just stick with motor storm apocalypse and mod nation racer for my racing games. i find it silly when a racing game doesn't have some kind of split screen.

@Knives Chau

Yes, split screen is available. As is 3D :D

Are you serious??? Interior views of all the cars now? I did NOT expect this! This must have taken so much time and effort!! Thank you so much PD!!

@Prince David

PD = Prince David?

Interior views for 1000 cars!

hold your horses, its just a black silhouette of the cars interior, open air cars use the existing model and put the camera where the helmet is. Not sure why they couldnt do the same for normal cars since those also have simplified interiors that you can see from outside.

This is so great! I have been planning to purchase GT5 for weeks now, but I was only holding off because of a few glaring issues (which have subsequently been fixed with this update), so I think it's finally time to pick this bad boy up. Good job PD, good job.

So THAT'S what they've been doing for months, giving interiors to the rest of the 1,000 cars.

Unless it's just a generic interior that all the non-premium cars will have...

@PointlessPuppies

If by "generic," you mean "blacked out," then yes. Most of them will be generic.

@gordogg24p
Hm, that kind of sucks.

Still though, reduced loading times and smoother menu control is enough to get me excited. :D

Pretty good additions, i hope for some interesting DLC tracks! As much as i love 2 Nurburgrings, Suzuka Circuit ,Tsukuba and Fuji Speedway (my favourites) i'm getting pretty tired of those by now. I want something challenging probably from F1 calendar. i dislike non-real world tracks.

@Meganinja

Just to clear things up, the interiors on the standard cars will be kinda like the interiors on the PSP Gran Turismo: Blacked out interiors where you only see the shape of the dash and steering wheel..

Anyways, great news nevertheless.. At least with this option we dont have to get used to another view when we choose a standard car!

Hey look, the game'll cost as much as the demo did.!

If Sony wants to make Gran Turismo better than Forza Motorsport, they need to allow players to make custom decals and paintjobs and allow people to auction them off. Why they're still not doing that is beyond me.

@Maxx the Slasher because this is a racing simulator, not a ricing simulator.

This is WAY beyond the category of too little, too late.

sounds a lot more like were finally getting a complete game at an appropriate price, glad they kept working on it at least.

This post omitted a few details about the update

- The standard cars will still look the same on the outside, and the interior views are one of several 'generic' cockpits. Although some cars will get original and true to life interiors.

- There is a new opening cinematic

- You can now have multiple suspension/tranny/drivetrain/etc setups for a car

- Online mode changes

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I'm excited for new tracks (PLEASE have San Fancisco back!), and also the in-game endurance save. I've not completed a single endurance race yet, because I've been waiting for the save feature.

Actually, I never bought GT5 even though I enjoyed the hell out of 3.

Price drop and mid-race saves might just tip me.

This is annoying. They put off GT5 forever, and when they finally release it, it's only half done. Then they wait until a major competitor launches to finish the game that they had plenty of time to finish in the first place. Just like my 12 year old when he turns his homework in a week late, they get no credit with me. I'll stick with Forza and Turn 10, who can put the right product on the shelves on day 1.

Is there an online pass for gt5 or can I buy it 2nd hand and get access to everything?

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