“British Lightweights” GT5 Seasonal Event, Online Car Dealership Updated

Gran Turismo 5 June 22nd, 2011 by Jordan

The latest new Seasonal Event is now available in Gran Turismo 5, featuring British cars under 550PP and weighing less than 1,200kg. Races consist of the following:

Tsukuba (8 laps / 366,300 Cr.)
Cote D’Azur (5 laps / 399,000 Cr.)
London (5 laps / 381,300 Cr.)
Nurburgring Nordschleife (1 lap / 439,500 Cr.)
Mt. Aso (5 laps / 392,400 Cr.)

The game’s “Online Car Dealership” has also been updated with a new batch of cars, once again all with 0 miles and at clearance prices. For more details and discussion, head over to our GT5 Seasonal Events forum. Thanks to GTP_Rcrcool9 for the early tip!

GT5 Photomode images by TVR&Ferrari_Fan.

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June 25th, 2011 at 12:39 pm - #

Ps3rapist

More prize cars for seasonal events would be legit
June 25th, 2011 at 6:05 am - #

Paul

I love the way they put the BMW mini on the news page to throw you, worked for me, i bought then realised it was german!
- June 29th, 2011 at 10:06 am - #
  
  kaori
  
  Yes, all the Minis are german in GT5 ;)
June 24th, 2011 at 8:45 am - #

Hawaii

Top Gear Test Track? No? It just seems appropriate……
- June 24th, 2011 at 11:53 am - #
  
  HKS racer
  
  We have Tsukuba aren’t you happy? …..
  /sarcasm
June 24th, 2011 at 8:16 am - #

Sins1er

Anyone who didn’t see it before (polyphony) PLEASE GIVE US MORE CHALLENGES LIKE THE “EXPERT CHALLENGE”. these weekly races are fluff. At best.
- June 24th, 2011 at 12:33 pm - #
  
  ML
  
  u mad
June 24th, 2011 at 8:15 am - #

Sins1er

Anyone who didn’t see it before (polyphony) PLEASE GIVE US MORE CHALLENGES LIKE THE “EXPERT CHALLENGE”. these weekly races are fluff. At best. Or lower the PP. Or the tyre regulation. I lapped every car on the first race.
June 24th, 2011 at 8:14 am - #

Sins1er

Anyone who didn’t see it before (polyphony) PLEASE GIVE US MORE CHALLENGES LIKE THE “EXPERT CHALLENGE”. these weekly races are fluff. At best. Or lower the PP. Or the tyre regulation. I lapped every car on the first race. What did I get? A helmet.
June 24th, 2011 at 8:14 am - #

Sins1er

Anyone who didn’t see it before (polyphony) PLEASE GIVE US MORE CHALLENGES LIKE THE “EXPERT CHALLENGE”. these weekly races are fluff. At best. Or lower the PP. Or the tyre regulation. I lapped every car on the first race. What did I get? A helmet. Wow. A helmet for an avatar that I’ll NEVER SEE.
- June 24th, 2011 at 11:10 am - #
  
  GTP_Rcrcool9 says…
  
  False statement. You can see your helmet in a Go-Kart :)
- June 24th, 2011 at 11:29 am - #
  
  This^^
  
  Yup, and you see it in any open cockpit racer, pretty much any car in b-spec or replays, and on your avatar pic on the main home screen. Great for matching a drivers “look” with cars when taking pics in races as well.
June 24th, 2011 at 8:13 am - #

Sins1er

Anyone who didn’t see it before (polyphony) PLEASE GIVE US MORE CHALLENGES LIKE THE “EXPERT CHALLENGE”. these weekly races are fluff. At best. Or lower the PP. Or the tyre regulation. I lapped every car on the first race. What did I get? A helmet. Wow. A helmet for an avatar that I’ll NEVER SEE. So please, bring the hurt with something hard. Everyone on this forum is an expert, give us something sink our teeth into!
- June 24th, 2011 at 9:03 am - #
  
  Double post Pete
  
  Funny, I see my “avatar” all the time. You need your eyes checked.
June 24th, 2011 at 1:33 am - #

honchie

You can’t run the classic Mini because it’s not British, anyone else have a good laugh at that?
- June 24th, 2011 at 4:56 am - #
  
  timwap
  
  indeed, but it’s not users fault it’s just LAME by PD and those Bavarian fatasses. They wonna put a german flag in that historical british brand so F them big times!
June 23rd, 2011 at 8:16 pm - #

richiem2282

I really enjoyed these events, had great fun in the new time trials too, my favorite so far… Keep it up PD!
June 23rd, 2011 at 7:41 pm - #

Rayline

Sorry , this off topic, but I’m level 32 . no spec racing and still no chrome paint chips?! What do I have to do????
- June 23rd, 2011 at 7:43 pm - #
  
  Rayline
  
  I mean all my racing is Aspec. I haven’t done Bspec at all
- June 24th, 2011 at 3:10 am - #
  
  GTP_Rcrcool9 says…
  
  The seasonal events are A Spec racing only. And you can try and get chrome paints by making a thread in the Marketplace. Or try and get an amount of care to where it is a multiple of 30 (ie. 30, 60, 90, 120, etc.). Once it shows the paint item, if it isnt a chrome paint, exit and re enter, but dont hit the ok button until it shows the chrome paint.
- June 24th, 2011 at 3:10 am - #
  
  GTP_Rcrcool9 says…
  
  cars* stupid iphone keyboard…
- June 24th, 2011 at 9:17 am - #
  
  Rayline
  
  Hmmm cool thanks! I knew seasonal are Aspec only….. I appreciate the advice on chromes. Cheers!
June 23rd, 2011 at 6:30 pm - #

bravo111

So let me get this straight then whether mini for example if a British car….if the Russian manufacturer Lada, bought Ferrari, would that make the Ferrari a Russian car or an Italian car still?

Its about heritage and design
June 23rd, 2011 at 6:17 pm - #

danjee

Is the money/XP still x3?
- June 24th, 2011 at 4:06 am - #
  
  uMadson?
  
  The answer is also shown on the article itself: see the prize money worth over 400k?
- June 24th, 2011 at 6:13 pm - #
  
  danjee
  
  I suppose that’s a way to tell, but still, it doesn’t say in the article.
June 23rd, 2011 at 4:34 pm - #

Lambob

PD, you need to make the AI use the same tires as you. End of story. or force you to use same tires as AI. either option.
June 23rd, 2011 at 3:43 pm - #

Eightball_Jim

Has anybody tried this event with an Jaguar E-Type Coupe ’61? If so what was your set up? i cant seem to control it and be competitive!
- June 23rd, 2011 at 5:42 pm - #
  
  Slick
  
  You should be able to win, at least Cote d’Azur with a stock Jag, rebuilt engine and frame, with racing tires. Those AI drivers can’t handle the comfort tires.
June 23rd, 2011 at 3:29 pm - #

terminator363

Awesome event! Glad the Nurburgring is in this one (BTW the Mini is German)
- June 23rd, 2011 at 3:40 pm - #
  
  Slick
  
  BTW, the original Minis where British. We had one when I was a kid.
- June 23rd, 2011 at 5:28 pm - #
  
  terminator363
  
  I know, but the one in the pic isn’t.
June 23rd, 2011 at 2:55 pm - #

Slick

The comfort tires give the AI drivers such fits on Cote d’Azur you can use any Elise or VX220 stock making just a tire adjustment to racing soft and win easily, in the front by lap 3.
- June 23rd, 2011 at 2:56 pm - #
  
  Slick
  
  I actually got 3rd with the MGs, probably if I tried more then the one time I did, could have won. Stock. Rebuilt engines and frames, racing soft. That’s it.
June 23rd, 2011 at 12:10 pm - #

LR-MR-COLE

these are good events
June 23rd, 2011 at 11:59 am - #

Lord Nicon

Whats with all of the complaining about difficulty? While I think PD could make some “faster”/harder races for the seasonals, I think some people could also challenge themselves. Stop using fully tuned cars at the very top of the allowed pp limit and you’ll end up challenging yourself.
- June 24th, 2011 at 8:57 am - #
  
  sad-piglet
  
  I agree with the basic idea, but I think that it also just annoys some people that you have to do it as well. It’s not like real life race teams build cars to meet race rules, win a few races, then decide on their own to go knocking off 200hp, adding crappy tires, etc, just to “challenge themselves”. I think the point is that the AI should reflect the rules posted rather than make us write our own rules every time.
June 23rd, 2011 at 10:04 am - #

Shmogt

I used my TVR 350c I think it’s called. Had it for a super long time and it’s not modded much and I won all them no prob. There is also new time trials and drift out