GT5 Gets Nighttime Nürburgring
GT5 still has some tricks up its sleeve, apparently.
Published: 9:15, 05/11/2010 by Staff.
9We’re hoping for a new release date today, but in the absence of anything solid, here’s another juicy rumour for the pile: Gran Turismo 5 will feature the Nürburgring – at night.
Yes, the sleuths have been out in force this morning, picking up on a photograph of Yamauchi driving around a nighttime course with part of the on-screen map seeemingly deliberately hidden.
Here’s the photo, which is from Esquire magazine:
See where the arrow’s pointing to? It’s blacked out. Why? Well, GTPlanet member Scope72 thinks that track is the infamous German course, the GP course, which is pretty much confirmed in this shot. Does that mean we’ll get a full 24 hour race on what Jackie Stewart dubbed the Green Hell?
Of course, GTPlanet have mentioned this a while back, but the image is new, so we reckon that’s the first shot of the nighttime course.
If so, Gran Turismo 5 just became even more unmissable. We can’t wait.
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05/11/2010 at 09:23
Member since: Jul 2009
Every course is a night-time course if you turn down the brightness. You possibly don’t want to know how I create wet weather races.
05/11/2010 at 09:52
Member since: Jun 2009
ha ha, excellent.
05/11/2010 at 11:00
Member since: Jun 2009
It’s how you recreate snow that has me concerned! :)
05/11/2010 at 09:25
Member since: Dec 2009
Gran Turismo.
The Greatest Driving Game in the Known Universe…
Suddenly ‘Good things come to those who wait’ has never been more true…..
05/11/2010 at 09:27
Member since: Jul 2009
But what about old people? They’ve died waiting for this game, you heartless, patient man, you.
05/11/2010 at 09:29
Member since: Aug 2008
I think we’ve all died a little waiting for this
05/11/2010 at 09:37
Member since: Dec 2009
Its Friday, I am in a very good mood. Tbh its worked out well for us all as we have so many amazing games….
GT5 coming out later is better, plus I have 2 weeks off at Christmas so I can give it some right ‘pasty’
Come on, imagine how good its gonna be when you get that brand new game smell and its all the better as it GT5.
You know it makes sense….
GT5 has gone gold, its being pressed, soon every friend on you list will have GT5 hovering around their PSNID..
God, I am in a very good mood haha
05/11/2010 at 09:27
Member since: Aug 2008
It better be friggin amazing then!
05/11/2010 at 09:27
Member since: Sep 2010
never a truer word spoken.
05/11/2010 at 09:27
Member since: Aug 2008
Is this a surprise? I thought there was day and night across the board so all the tracks can potentially be played at night.
05/11/2010 at 09:29
Member since: Aug 2008
Well I swear we’ve heard about 24hour racing n the ‘ring, and also 24-hour has day/night cycles.
But hey, nice to know I haven’t dreamed things up.
05/11/2010 at 09:30
Member since: Forever
Yes, perhaps the story wasn’t worded properly. I meant, as far as I can see, this is the first shot of the Ring at night.
05/11/2010 at 10:27
Member since: Aug 2008
I wasn’t shooting it down :).
I probably imagined it, about there being 24 hour racing on the ‘ring.
At least it’s not a review of press releases.
05/11/2010 at 11:29
Member since: Aug 2008
“I meant, as far as I can see, this is the first shot of the Ring at night.”
For some reason, I got a mental image of you, your partner, a camcorder with IR capability, and a Paris Hilton style video…
05/11/2010 at 09:31
Member since: Aug 2009
I heard this too. Isn’t it the same with the dynamic weather system. Would be good to have an 24 endurance race round the nurburgring, as long as it’s not in something like the Mazda MX5!
05/11/2010 at 09:33
Member since: Oct 2008
24 hours at the ring in the Red Bull X1 Prototype!
05/11/2010 at 10:29
Member since: Aug 2008
You tried an F1 car on the ‘ring in GT4… scary!… oh noes a bump… skid… WALL!
05/11/2010 at 09:28
Member since: Oct 2008
As far as I am concerned GT5 can be delayed as much as Polyphony want as long as the delay is to improve the game and not for some silly reason. A worthwhile delay in the long run is better for the quality of the game rather than rush it out with problems.
05/11/2010 at 13:34
Member since: May 2009
I would rather wait to get a finished game with no or very few bugs etc. than have a game released on time wich is full of them, like NFS: Shift.
05/11/2010 at 13:58
Member since: Jul 2009
I agree with this entirely.
05/11/2010 at 09:30
Member since: Aug 2008
I just noticed, the smallest piece of equipment in that photo is actually the PS3. Seems kinda crazy
05/11/2010 at 11:25
Member since: Jan 2010
I really want his whole setup. That adjustable chair, wheel/screen mount is awesome.
05/11/2010 at 11:39
Member since: Aug 2008
Yeah but you could probably buy several real track experiences with that kinda money
05/11/2010 at 10:03
Member since: Oct 2009
Why do I get the feeling I’ll play no other game when gt5 gets released? :)
05/11/2010 at 10:30
Member since: Jul 2009
How small is Kaz? That’s a 3.5″ drive next to him on the floor on its side.
05/11/2010 at 11:02
Member since: Jun 2009
& a 17″ monitor!
05/11/2010 at 13:01
Member since: Jul 2009
I can’t see him as anything but tiny anymore.
05/11/2010 at 14:02
Member since: Jun 2009
He deserves a pat on the head when this finally gets released!! :)
05/11/2010 at 10:31
Member since: Aug 2008
Love the fact that the dev kit(?) is black and flat like a DVD player or such, so it can easily fit under a monitor, unlike the old 360 one which was basically a 360 with a tall hat that needed its own space.
05/11/2010 at 10:59
Member since: Sep 2009
Dev kit? The PS3 is tucked behind the TV to the right of the picture.
05/11/2010 at 12:30
Member since: Aug 2008
That big box next to kaz’s feet, that’s teh dev kit, connected to the PS3 & possibly a PC, saves burning to a disc all the time, can simply run off the dev kit (I believe)
05/11/2010 at 12:09
Member since: Mar 2009
Oh man, I love the top hat 360, it looks so weird
05/11/2010 at 10:35
Member since: Jan 2009
Sweet. Anyone care to enlighten me why we’re expectin a release date today. Have Sony said they’re announcing it today?
Also, right about now, the mail man should have been delivering GT5 to us all. :(
05/11/2010 at 11:31
Member since: Jan 2010
that makes me want to shed a little tear too :’(
05/11/2010 at 12:01
Member since: Jan 2010
Ok my paranoia knows no limits.
http://spong.com/article/22973/Sony-Distances-Itself-from-GT5-Pre-Xmas-Release-Date
Senior Vice President of Marketing at Sony Computer Entertainment America “Yeah, (Kazunori Yamauchi) came out with a comment that they are working on a few last things. He apologized to the community, but explained it is coming before Christmas. We haven’t put a date to that yet, but we will just as soon as we get word from him when he’s done.”
Excuse me? When he’s done!?!?
05/11/2010 at 12:48
Member since: Aug 2009
Man still not ready and still working on it Nooooooooooo.
Would like to know when he spoke to Peter, was it yesterday, a week ago?