GT5 Spec 2.0 Released, DLC Detailed

Dan Lee 66 Comments

So PS3 owning racing fans have been eagerly awaiting the Spec 2.0 update, but what about the DLC that has been promised? Well, the US Gran Turismo site has gone live with more information, including pricing – it’s a little predictable, but at least we’re now getting SPA.

The Course Pack ($4.99) will contain two tracks, with five layouts. It includes SPA-Francorchamps (with weather effects) and Kart Space layouts I and II (each layout supports normal and reverse).

The Racing Car Pack ($7.99) has 15 new cars, including the new model of the Red Bull X2011. There is also a lineup of specially tuned touring cars and three new racing karts.

The Racing Gear Pack ($2.99) contains helmets and racing suits of 8 famous WRC and NASCAR drivers, 12 helmets and suits in all. In addition there is the Official Gran Turismo helmet, and new gear from Alpinestars and Simpson.

The Paint Pack ($1.99) contains 100 new colors spread across 10 different themes.

The Complete Pack has everything above for $11.99.

All packs are due out on October 18th, although you must have downloaded Spec 2.0 which went live overnight (with a hefty download of over a GB).  The new version features a brand new intro which requires a further download (YouTube link below) and some lovely new fixes.

Here’s what’s been fixed/patched/changed/added in the new version:

Standard Cars now given simplified cockpit views

The over 800 standard cars included in the game are now given simplified cockpit views. You can change your view using the SELECT button when racing, to change your display to the exciting cockpit view.  Unlike the cockpit view of premium cars, the simplified cockpit is shown in a dark silhouette, and the gauges used for the car will be standard in-game instruments.

New Opening Movie

A new opening movie is now available from “Gran Turismo TV”. When you download this movie, it will replace the current opening movie. The previous version will be viewable within Gran Turismo TV.

Addition of the weather change menu

On some tracks with weather changes, it is now possible for the user to set time and weather changes from the Quick Menu in both the Arcade Mode, and “Practice” of the GT Mode. Also, you can make more detailed time and weather changes while editing in the course maker and in the online lounge.

Multiple car settings/save feature

We’ve added a setting sheet feature that allows you to save multiple car settings.  From the [Setting Sheet] on the lower right of the screen, you can check the current settings. You can switch between 3 settings A, B, and C, allowing you to change between your personal settings easily according to the type of race and your objectives.

Added 11 NASCAR cars

The newest NASCAR 2011 models have been added to the car dealerships. The added cars are the following:

  • Toyota 2011 Denny Hamlin #11 FedEx TOYOTA CAMRY ’11
  • Chevrolet 2011 Tony Stewart #14 Office Depot CHEVROLET IMPALA ’11
  • Toyota 2011 Kyle Busch #18 M&M’SR TOYOTA CAMRY ’11
  • Toyota 2011 Joey Logano #20 The Home Depot TOYOTA CAMRY ’11
  • Chevrolet 2011 Jeff Gordon #24 Drive to End Hunger CHEVROLET IMPALA ’11
  • Chevrolet 2011 Juan Montoya #42 Target CHEVROLET IMPALA ’11
  • Ford 2011 AJ Allmendinger #43 Best Buy FORD FUSION ’11
  • Chevrolet 2011 Jimmie Johnson #48 Lowe’s CHEVROLET IMPALA ’11
  • Toyota 2011 Brian Vickers #83 Red Bull TOYOTA CAMRY ’11
  • Chevrolet 2011 Dale Earnhardt Jr. #88 AMP Energy/National Guard CHEVROLET IMPALA ’11
  • Ford 2011 Carl Edwards #99 Aflac FORD FUSION ’11

Added the Nissan GT-R N24 Schulze Motor Sports

The Nissan GT-R N24 Schulze Motor Sports has been added to the car dealer. This is the car entered in the 2011 Nurburgring 24 hour race by Schulze Motorsports of Germany, and is the very car in which Kazunori Yamauchi drove and achieved a class victory.

Avatar now usable in Photo Travel

An Avatar ON/OFF feature has been added to Photo Travel. Now you can photograph your avatar together with your car. You can turn the driver avatar ON/OFF by pressing the △ button while positioning the car.

Replay Fast Forward/Rewind

All replay videos recorded after the 2.0 update will have [Forward] [Rewind] buttons.  You can now easily search for the scene you are looking for and play back a certain section whenever you want to, adding even more fun to the photo mode.

Improved Online Lounge

[Car Restrictions] has been added in the regulations. You can now limit participants to specific categories such as “NASCAR” and “Super GT”. Also, there are now more cars that can be used in shuffle races, and a new “Shuffle Base” setting allows you to set the performance level of cars allocated to each player.  For details, please see Top screen — [Manual] — [Online Race] — [Event Settings] and the “Regulation Settings”.

Additional features to Remote Racing

A “Graph Display” has been added to the remote race screen in GT My Home of granturismo.com, where you can enjoy B-Spec racing. This allows you to visually see the changes in positions in each lap. A time difference display for each car in the race has also been added.

New Photo Stage Added

The “Indy: NASCAR Pit Stop” stage has been added to photo travel. We invite you to come see and capture the energy of NASCAR’s famous pit stops.

Addition of the Consecutive Login Bonus

When a user logs in consecutively, a bonus will now be applied to experience and race rewards.
It will increase to 110% in the 1st day, 130% in the 2nd day, 150% in the 3rd day, 170% in the 4th, to a maximum of 200% in the 5th day. This will apply to all events both online and offline, so logging in every day will make the game progress faster.

DLC (Downloadable Content) Compatibility

A [Downloadable Content] button has been added to the lower right of the top screen.

Official Support for the G25/G27 Racing Wheels

The Logitech G25 Racing Wheel and G27 Racing Wheel are now officially supported. You can now change button assignments for various racing controls on these wheels.

Other Improvements

  • User interface improvement
  • Quick Menu can now be accessed while the race is loading.
  • It is now possible to save and resume endurance races.
  • Two NASCAR cars selectable in Arcade Mode have been changed from the 2010 models to 2011 models.
  • In the Arcade Settings of [Options], AI Car Characteristics settings has been added. You can now change the aggressiveness of the AI against you in Arcade races.
  • Some effects of Traction Control have been adjusted. When the TCS level is set to 1, it will not come into effect as much especially in tight corners on dirt tracks.
  • Surface Water and Tire Load Indicator displays have been added to the race screen. The Tire Load Indicator can be set from the Quick Options menu that is displayed during the race (when the game is paused using the START button), or the standard Options menu.
  • The option to Create Thumbnails for All Cars has been added to the context menu of the Garage. This will update the thumbnails of all cars in the garage.
  • Experience gained in online races have been increased by 60%, and rewards have been increased by 66%.
  • You can now change the Slipstream Strength settings in the lounge.
  • In the Lounge and in [Option] — [General] — [Arcade], it is now possible to turn Visible Damage ON or OFF.
  • Drivetrain settings has been added to the regulation settings in the Lounge.
  • A setting to prohibit “Tuning” of cars has been added to the regulations settings in the Lounge.
  • Adjusted the driving speed of formula cars in banks, and auto-drive when coming onto straights.
  • Added a button to [Reset Playlist to Original Settings] under the settings menus of [Menu BGM], [Race BGM] and [Slideshow BGM].
  • Personal BGM can now also be set in [Slideshow BGM]
  • A new brand “AMG” has been added to the MUSEUM.

Correction of Known Issues

  • Corrected an issue where the “Torque Sensing Center Differential” installed on a Lancer Evolution X was not functioning.
  • Fixed an issue where you could participate in the Intermediate/Tarmac Rally of the Gran Turismo Rally in a Ferrari F1 by using the power limiter.
  • Fixed an issue where the Controller Steering Sensitivity was not applied correctly.
  • Fixed an issue where there was a server connection problem in certain network environments.
  • Fixed an issue where auto-drive would make braking mistakes.
  • Fixed an issue where the system would misjudge whether deceleration happens in time when making pit stops in the rain.

All this happens on the day Forza 4 is released in the US.  Coincidence?  Of course.

Source: Gran Turismo

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66 Comments

  1. For info, the new (optional) opening movie needs 600 MB of disk space on top of the 1.2 GB required by update 2.0.

    • Well I won’t be bothering with the opening movie then! Thanks for the info.

      • you should check out the new opening on ya TV n HD. Its AMAZING

  2. Did I spot a race-tuned Toyota Prius? :P

    • Yes! Can’t wait to burn some electric!

  3. Yawn… This game had its chance and blew it IMO. Bring on Forza 4 ! :)

    • kinda agree… i wish forza 4 was multiplatform..

    • I totally disagree. GT5 has firmly set itself up as simulation and it does it like nothing else. Forza might be a better ‘game’ as a whole but the actual driving and physics in GT blow me away every time.

      • Probably, It is a fantastic simulator, with stunning graphics and driving and physics, but there are so many major issues that I had with the game. It just seemed to deliberately stop me from having fun. And what the hell kind of game releases a photo mode without forward and backward buttons? They are put in over A YEAR later… The driving, the tracks, the cars, incredible. The AI, UI, and just about everything else, atrocious. but the thing that annoyed me most? The fact that i would never have been able to buy 90% of the cars on there due to the ludicrous prices.. Sorry to rant. But yeah..

    • Agreed. GT is ok but Forza owns.

      • Oh, I’ve got nothing against GT5 (or the GT series).

        I play fairly regularly. But I play forza too. GT just didn’t do it for me this time round, I found it a bit dissappointing TBH. So I’m holding a lot of hope for Forza this time around….

        Only wish my wheel worked on both formats :(

      • Interestingly the new Forza wheel is 360, PS3 and PC compatible :| Its a pricey wheel but I’m liking the idea I could use it for both consoles.

      • I know :( But I’m a cheap skate and have a Force GT :) does the job tho. Can’t afford to shell out on another wheel.

        Also I’d like to say ‘this time around’ one more time, don’t think I used it enough in my last comment ;)

    • I bought Forza 3 and although it was a good game, for me, it just didn’t have the replay-ability as GT5 so I won’t be getting Forza 4. I may be tempted to get it from the bargain bin in 6 months or so.

  4. DLC seems good value if you buy the complete pack – although charging for colours? Really?

    Does GT5 have car damage? Not played my copy since buying at launch, although with the DLC and update now seems like a good time to start!

    • Yeah, i think it doe, but not in the conventional way like NFS. Its more to do with rigidity, engine overhauls and oil changes etc. i like it when the men clean my cars in rag-time speed!

      • So no bodywork damage? :(

        Think I’ll stick to Dirt 3 then…when I had a quick burn on GT5 the AI seemed very rigid which made it feel very unrealistic. And if the cars can still bounce off walls at 100mph and stay perfectly intact then it’s not for me.

      • GT5 does have visual and mechanical damage. On premium race cars, bonnets and doors can be removed. The visual damage can be a little hit and miss, though – it dynamically deforms which is very cool but I think the developers should increase the sensitivity of visual deformation.

    • there is visible deformation on all cars. its not amazing but its something

      spec 2 and DLC Is amazing! can’t wait. hope we get some more car packs soon

      • Oh ok retract some of my previous statement above to McProley – so long as there’s some damage I can live with that, I might start playing. Shame my PSP GT garage can only be used in Arcade mode. The PSP version was excellent

      • If you go into arcade mode and pick a rally car (2010 Subaru WRX) and bash it around doors come off etc.
        Then, apparently at level 40 the full damage model unlocks. Shall hopefully e able to see this now I can pause mid endurance.

      • Cool – although I’d rather this was an option from the start instead of an unlock at level 40!

        What next, Fifa 13 you have to unlock the ball at level 25? :\

    • In my experience, the damage was poor. Many high speed collisions led to a minor dent in a bumper, woo. After about 45 mins (no joke) of relentless crashing, i managed to remove the doors, and open the boot and bonnet of the citroen rally. I set out to test it, took ages, would never, and did never happen in any of my many races with that car (and i’m not a good driver and crash quite a bit)..

  5. Don’t play this online much so if the tracks can’t be used in A/B Spec mode, no sale

  6. That is one hell of an update, nice…..

  7. Yes finally now I can get back onto it maybe not tonight so it’ll probably be tomorrow instead :D

  8. Jazz hands.

  9. There’s still no mid endurance race saving, 11 new pointless Nascars but a feature everyone has been crying out for, for months is still missing, The DLC is not good either SPA, yes great track thats fine but the kart tracks though? i haven’t touched a kart since i completed the karting special event about 11 months ago. The cars DLC has 3 karts 3 more Nissan Skylines and a Toyota Prius Touring car, are PD taking the urine or what? i won’t use the karts unless the do a seasonal event for them, how many Skylines do they want to put in this game why don’t they just get shut of all other cars and lets just have 1000 different Skylines, and a Prius touring car yeah that really floats my boat that does. 100 paints not bothered about those. WRC racing suits and helmet’s yeah ok but not exactly sensational is it.

    • Isn’t this covered by the 3rd bullet point under improvements? Don’t know how they’ve implemented the mid race save, but it looks like it’s definately in

      • It is there.Huge update but it is a good time to get back to it.

      • @ Zephyre that bits about saving 3 different setups for all the cars not mid race saving plus ive tried it this morning on Le Mans 24 hour and nothing has changed on the pause menu except the option to turn the tyre load thing on

      • Enter the pits, then you can save.

    • There is endurance saves…

    • You can suspend endurance races and then quit the game.When you next load the game you start from where you left off, so you can’t do a bit of endurance and then go to another event.

      • Thats sensible way of doing it… Besides if you have no intention of testing your endurance then dont enter an endurance race… I want to win a marathon, but rather than run nearly 30 miles, can we just tot up the distance i’ve walked in the last month and say i’ve won? ;)

      • Wouldn’t that defeat the object of an enudrance race, turning it into a ‘do a bit every now and then race, maybe make a cuppa in the mean time, put your feet up’ race?

      • WTF? i suspend my 9 hour endurance race 3 hours in from the pits. Took a long time as i did 3 hours in one sitting and wanted a break of a day or so. So next day i stick the game in and resume the suspended race. Unluckily for me, as soon as pressed ‘yes’ to ‘do you want to resume the race where you left off’, the computer starts controlling my car, and starts smacking into the wall of the pits back and forth until it got hit by a passing car and started getting on track. Until it ran itself out of fuel and I lost the race. Thanks makers of the game. Cheers for wasting my time.

    • theirs mid race endurance saves…

      and the 11 new nascars (just a paint job, hardly takes long and keeps the game up to date and it free!). spa is awesome and the two kart tracks look great(at night, loads of neon lights and other cool things also there not restricted to karts) the ten new rm’s are eaisly some of the best cars to drive and look great, kart racing is some of the best fun you can have online and diffrent classes of kart are a good idea. and the extra paint is optional, cheap and takes no dev time.

      • seriously that kart track looks insane! I’m nearly as excited for it as i am with spa.

      • Thankfully the new ford NASCARs look different (at the front), but the others :/

      • All the new NASCAR have new front bumpers and interiors etc.

    • You need to make a pit stop there is a possibility to suspend the race and when you start the game again it takes you to the race automatically

  10. That is a BIG update! :P DLC is not bad to;)

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