Hot on the heels of its patch just ahead of Christmas, Gran Turismo 6 today receives a third update. Now reaching Version 1.03, the list of changes for GT6 doesn't show fixes but does portray new features that include a unique car and a full visual upgrade to a recent addition. Drive Toyota's FT-1 Concept Coupé https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEPyUDzkvw8 Toyota introduced its … [Read more...]
Gran Turismo 5 servers to close in May, 2014
Sony has announced the servers powering the online component of Gran Turismo 5 will be closed on May 20, 2014. You'll still be able to play all offline modes, but you'll otherwise need to make the leap to Gran Turismo 6. GT5 was originally announced in 2005, and was eventually released on November 24th, 2010. As the best-selling PS3 exclusive game, with sales of more than 10 … [Read more...]
Limited Edition Gran Turismo 6 Anniversary PS3 for Japan Release
The Gran Turismo 6 15th Anniversary PS3 Starter Pack was released during a Sony Japan press conference, and will have 'limited availability', making it interesting to both collectors and anyone who hasn't invested in a Playstation 3 yet for some reason. The Pack features some nice packaging, a Sony Playstation 3 250 GB, a copy of Gran Turismo 6, and a special Gran Turismo … [Read more...]
New Gran Turismo 6 Demo bonus event features Schulze GT-R
A new bonus event is available in the Gran Turismo 6 Demo, featuring the 2013 Schulze Motorsport GT-R Nismo GT3 N24. If you're wondering why that car, it's the one Gran Turismo creator Kazunori Yamauchi drove in last year's Nurburgring 24 Hour event. Due to the failure of a small cooling hose, and the replacement of the entire engine, this particular car finished 136th … [Read more...]
Gran Turismo 6 Official Track List
Gran Turismo 6 will feature seven new locations for the Gran Turismo series, taking the total number of tracks in the game to 33, with 71 different layouts available and 19 of them brand new. New tracks are set to be made available for download, along with an improved course maker. Gran Turismo 6 Official Track List: Gemasolar (Photo Stage) Goodwood Hill Climb.(Real … [Read more...]
Gran Turismo 6 Official Car List
All the cars confirmed as included in the forthcoming Gran Turismo 6. The Gran Turismo 6 official car list includes the existing list of cars from Gran Turismo 5 from the start. But alongside the current historic, road and rally cars, will be some new additions, to bring the total cars available up to 1200 at launch. New cars DLC will continue to be added, and aerodynamic … [Read more...]
Amazing datalogger puts your ghost in Gran Turismo
If you've ever wanted to compare your real performance around a track with your talent in Gran Turismo, then you'll probably want to consider a new datalogger. The CAN-Gateway ECU (Controller Area Network-Gateway Electronic Control Unit) has been developed by Polyphony Digital, Denso and Toyota to log a huge list on car data as you take on a track. This then allows you to … [Read more...]
More than 830,000 enter GT Academy online
A whopping 830,000+ people downloaded and played the online qualifying demo for the Nissan PlayStation GT Academy 2012 by the time entries closed last week. The UK headed the nations entering, with over 161,000 hopefuls taking part followed by France and Spain as drivers attempted to record the fastest one lap time trail in a Nissan 370Z around the new version of the Twin Ring … [Read more...]
New GT5 Season Events feature legendary tracks
If you’re a fan of the Nurburgring Nordschleife and Spa-Fancorchamps circuits (And what right-thinking race fan wouldn’t be?), then you’ll be pleased with the latest Gran Turismo Time Trial and Drift Trial events. Time Trial No. 34 600PP Racecars: Nurburgring Nordschleife Time Trial Period of Availability: 2012/04/18 23:00 – 2012/05/02 23:00 Gold: Cr.250,000 Silver: … [Read more...]
New cars and B Spec seasonal events in GT5
The latest season events in Gran Turismo 5 are now live and feature B Spec racing with the following challenges: 400PP Circuito de Madrid Mini. 5 Laps, Credits 117,500 500PP Fuji Speedway F. 5 laps. Credits 200,000. 650PP Nurburgring 24H. 2 Laps. Credits 420,000 And in addition there is a new selection of vehicles in the GT5 Online Car Dealership. The list is: Toyota … [Read more...]
New update patch for Gran Turismo 5 due for release on Tuesday
The next patch release for Gran Turismo 5 will be on Tuesday, February 7th, as confirmed by Kazunori Yamauchi via Twitter. It should arrive after the online service maintenance period, which is currently scheduled between 03:00 and 04:00 GMT, during which time you won't be able to connect to any of the online services - likely to affect U.S gamers more than the UK we'd … [Read more...]
Gran Turismo 5’s Nurburgring Nissan goes up for sale
You could own the Shulze Motorsport Nissan GT-R N24 #71 which was co-driven by Gran Turismo creator Kazunori Yamauchi at the 2011 Nurburgring 24 hour race, and was then added to GT5 in the Spec 2.0 release back in October 2011. That's assuming you have 120,000 Euros or $155,000 to spend, plus sales tax. The car recorded a class victory at the 2011 event, driven by the team … [Read more...]
Trucks on their way to GT5
As Forza 4 was released on the Xbox, PS3 users rejoiced in the ‘Spec 2.0’ update given to Gran Turismo 5. Alongside this release, developers Polyphony Digital released the first paid-for pack of downloadable content for Gran Turismo 5. The downloadable content, or ‘DLC’ for short, featured the legendary Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium along with a few new cars, a kart … [Read more...]
MotoGP stars Rossi and Lorenzo take battle to Gran Turismo 5
The 2011 MotoGP season may have ended, but two top motorcycle racers are continuing their racing rivalry via Gran Turismo 5 during the break. Valentino Rossi endured a tough first season riding for Ducati, failing to record a single victory for the first time in his 15-year career, so was possibly trying to boost his morale when he issued a Gran Turismo 5 challenge via … [Read more...]
Gran Turismo 5 voted Racing Game of the Year at Golden Joysticks
Gran Turismo 5 was awarded Racing Game of the Year at the Golden Joystick awards on Friday, in a year which saw a record number of votes cast by the gaming public, with 2.06 million votes setting a new Guiness World Record for a videogame awards. Obviously Forza Motorsport 4 wasn't in the running, but to claim the award, GT5 still beat nominees including DiRT 3, F1 2010, … [Read more...]