Polyphony Details Massive Gran Turismo 5 Update, Includes Interior View for all Standard Cars
Racing fans rejoice! Even though Xbox 360 gamers will be treated to a new entry in the Forza Motorsport series very soon, PlayStation owners have a serious update to look forward to for the uber-popular racing sim Gran Turismo 5.
Update 2.0 will bring many changes that will improve the overall experience in Gran Turismo. According to a Twitter post from game creator Kazunori Yamauchi, the team has taken fan feedback to heart. ”basically we’ve tried to include the feedback we’ve received from all our players.” He continued on the EU PSBlog:
The coming Gran Turismo 5 Spec 2 update is an update that contains the feedback from the users playing GT5 online every day. We have added cars such as the newest NASCAR race cars, but many of the updates are those that improve usability and expand the field of game play. I believed from the initial release of Gran Turismo 5 that it would be the users that would make the game grow thereafter, and we added things like interior views for the standard models because there was a lot of request for it from our users. You could say that this update is the shape and form of GT5 that was created through the opinions of our fans.
Here’s what you can expect from the update:
- Simplified interior view added to all standard cars – the level of detail will “vary” from car to car
- Mid-race save feature for endurance races
- User control of the weather change feature
- Improved physics and AI
- Added a setting sheet feature allowing you to save multiple car settings
- Spec 2.0 opening movie
- Replay fast forward/rewind
- Expanded online lounge features (Narrowing down car types, shuffle races)
- Expansion of the B-Spec remote race you can play from gran-turismo.com (a graph display now shows changes in race rankings)
- Expanded Photo travel features (you can now take photos of cars together with your avatar)
- Improved UI response and usability
- Added a “NASCAR Pit Scene” stage to Photo Travel
- Added eleven 2011 model NASCAR cars
- Added the Nissan GT-R N24 Schulze Motor Sport
- Support for the Logitec G25/G27 Steering wheel
This update, dubbed Spec 2.0, will be available from October 11th for free.
13 Responses to “Polyphony Details Massive Gran Turismo 5 Update, Includes Interior View for all Standard Cars”
That’s pretty badass,,, took awhile, but damn I still have a lot left to do in this game anyway. Maybe I can actually consider completing some endurance races now…
Besides that, the setting sheet feature sounds pretty awesome. It gets annoying resetting everything from race to race because you go from a track with long straights to something with a lot of sharp turns and short runs out of them… this could really save a lot of time and effort.
I think I just about died. This addresses every complaint…
mid race save finally yeah
Yeah but Forza 3 + 4(i bet)on the Xbox 360 looks like a PS2 game(i.e GT3)
It just gets better & better GT5:P
OMG OMG OMG G27 WHEEL SUPPORT!!! WWWWWEEEEEEE!!!!
Ahem, I mean this is a very nice-sounding and well-timed update.
WWWWWEEEEEEEEEEEE. Indeed.
i’ll have to dust off gt5 and play it again.
Now for the DLC.
But I hope with the new DLC they are also allowing us to change up the lighting, as most the tracks are just too damn plain and bright in the lighting, something the previous GT’s were great about.
It’s about time we got the mid-race save feature for endurance races. Now I can actually finish an endurance race without leaving my PS3 on overnight. Interior views for all standard cars will be a sweet little addition. The save feature, though, is the best added update. Oct 11th seems so far away hahaaa.
I would like to warn people about the “Simplified interior view added to all standard cars”. This is probably something like what PSP interior view actualy have. This may have nothing to do if we compare with Premium cars interior view. I hope I’m wrong.
New Nascars?
I would prefere anything else like F1, Rally or some standard cars.
Other than that… GREAT UPDATE! Can’t wait to see DLC’s comin’. I REALLY hope there will be new tracks and cars!
Take a look… this is exactly what I tought:
http://www.gtplanet.net/gt5-spec-2-0-dlc-details-standard-car-interiors-replay-controls-new-cars-new-tracks-more/gran-turismo-5-spec-2-screenshots4/
Also,
“Kazunori has also provided some information about DLC, which will become available sometime after Spec 2.0 is released and will include a “racing car pack”, a “course pack”, and a “racing gear pack”.”
http://www.gtplanet.net/gt5-spec-2-0-dlc-details-standard-car-interiors-replay-controls-new-cars-new-tracks-more/
Great news!
I’ve been waiting for the ability to save during endurance races, I’m absolutely pumped for this update. A lot of awesome stuff!
I’ll also shell out money for the DLC once it hits, if it’s high quality.
Now THAT is what you call and UPDATE! GREAT JOB KOJIMA-SAN