If you're a fan of small British cars, you're in luck as the latest Gran Turismo 5 Seasonal Event is for cars under 55PP and weighing less than 1200kg. The races are: Tsukuba: 8 laps. 366,300 Credits Cote D’Azur: 5 laps. 399,000 Credits London: 5 laps. 381,300 Credits Nurburgring Nordschleife: 1 lap. 439,500 Credits Mt. Aso: 5 laps. 392,400 Credits So there … [Read more...]
GT Academy wins big award
The GT Academy competition has not only led to Lucas Ordonez finishing in second place at the LMP2 class at the 2011 Le Mans 24 hours with Signatech Nissan - now it's gone and won a prestigious award in marketing and advertising. It picked up a Cannes Golden Lion at the equivalent of the Oscars for ad types, for 'Best Use of Branded Content'. The reasons included being … [Read more...]
Thrustmaster T500 RS wheel and pedal set review: 4/5
Everything about the Thrustmaster T500 RS suggests an extremely high level of quality; the specs, the only official Gran Turismo 5 licence, and especially the £400+ price. But does it live up to the expectations that have built since it was announced at the start of the year? Read our Thrustmaster T500 RS wheel and pedal set review to find out. Having been lucky enough to … [Read more...]
GT5 – new seasonal events live featuring Lamborghinis
A new season event is now live in Gran Turismo 5, featuring the Lamborghini models racing around five different circuits. The races are all 5 laps around the following tracks: Cape Ring Periphery, Madrid City Course, Trial Mountain, Nurburgring GP D, and Toscana (Pavement). You're able to run tuned cars up to 600PP, with any type of tyres, and you can replay the events as … [Read more...]
2011 Video Games BAFTAs for F1 2010 and NfS: Hot Pursuit
The 2011 GAME British Academy Video Games awards took place this week, with two of the three nominated racing games claiming the top prizes. In the 'Sport' category, F1 201 was victorious, beating stiff competition from FIFA 11, Football Manager 2011, Pro Evo Soccer 2011, International Cricket 2010 and Gran Turismo 5. An added twist is that the holders of the official F1 … [Read more...]
Buy special packs of razors, get a new Camaro SS in GT5
Shick shaving products is currently running a promotion with free PS3 DLC if you buy a limited edition special pack. Alongside content for Killzone 3 and Infamous 2, you can also submit a code to download the Chevrolet Camaro SS “Edge Special” in Gran Turismo 5. Basically you buy your razorblade or shaving gel, find the code, go here to enter it, and then you get a PSN code … [Read more...]
Gran Turismo 5 money glitch now fixed
The most recent GT5 update, v1.08 is just 1.7MB, and if you were wondering what such a small download might be for, the answer is that it that it fixes the online money glitch (also refered to as the SSR7 glitch) which allowed you to accumulate money and A-Spec experience points. So if you were looking to cheat your way into some extra cash, it looks like you've missed your … [Read more...]
Gran Turismo Update 1.07 live…
In case you missed the details, update 1.07 is now live and available for Gran Turismo 5. It became available just before the weekend, and includes the following: Major Changes and New Features Friend Rankings In Drift Trials and Time Trials, you can now display leaderboards that shows only your friends. While it was difficult before to locate your friends in the general … [Read more...]
Gran Turismo 5 reaches 6.3 million copies worldwide
It's proving popular, as Gran Turismo 5 reaches 6.3 million copies worldwide in figures released by developers Polyphony Digital (it's not clear whether those figures are for units sent to shops, or actually sold to customers). The figures cover December 2010, following the launch in November... Interestingly, there is a geographic breakdown, which shows how big GT5 is for … [Read more...]
GT5 – Not a test of endurance
Gran Turismo 5 has come in for much criticism regarding the amount of time and effort it takes to finish. To achieve 100% completion and a coveted Platinum PlayStation trophy, players must win every single race and time trial in the game, own a thousand cars, take a picture of a building and achieve the nigh-impossible task of winning a race by just one hundredth of a … [Read more...]
Game-killing GT5 bug to be fixed on February 18, 2011
An extremely serious bug has been discovered in Gran Turismo 5 which means that your save file will become unusable once it becomes a certain size - luckily it appears that the bug will be fixed in the next GT5 update, which will be released on February 18th, 2011. The bug occurs when your save file reaches 4165KB in size. When that happens, a number of players have reported … [Read more...]
Cheating prompts GT5 Academy changes and game update
It's said that cheats never prosper, but in this case they may have helped everyone benefit as widespread corner cutting in the second round of the GT Academy USA Round Two has led to postponement of Round 3 pending an update for Gran Turismo 5. The second round featured time trials on Rome and Madrid, but the fact that corners could be skipped entirely, along with other … [Read more...]
New races available in GT5 – Season 7 online events
12 new races are now available in Gran Turismo 5 as Season 7 of the special online events now runs until February 23rd, 2011. You'll find three sets of three races with drivetrain and power restrictions, and one set of three races featuring the Ferrari F1 cars: FF Drivetrain, 200hp Tsukuba Eiger Short Trial Mountain FR Drivetrain, 300hp Deep Forest … [Read more...]
Gran Turismo 5: Prologue servers to shut on June 30, 2011
With the recent release of Gran Turismo 5, the curtain is set to fall on Gran Turismo 5: Prologue Spec 3 on June 30, 2011, when the servers for the online elements of the game will be switched off. The date was revealed by Polyphony Digital, and means that Prologue will end almost 3 years after being released on October 3, 2008. It sold 5.09 million copies since launch making … [Read more...]
Do racing games make us bad drivers?
Apparently games like Gran Turismo and Grand Theft Auto make us more likely to crash, run red lights, try risky overtakes and suffer from road rage, according to research by Continental Tyres. The research was quoted in UK free newspaper Metro, and unfortunately there's no sign of the article, or any further information, on either the Metro or Continental Tyres website, but … [Read more...]