Corvette C7 Prototype in Gran Turismo 5 as Free DLC Today, New Video & Screenshots Released
Chevrolet and Polyphony Digital formally announced their special collaboration on the next-generation C7 model corvette today at the Los Angeles International Auto Show.
First spotted in Gran Turismo 5 by GTPlanet community members earlier this month, the heavily camouflaged prototype will be drivable in the game “today” by downloading the car as free DLC from the PlayStation Store.
According to the press release, Polyphony Digital paid careful attention to every detail in the creases and wrinkles in the soft camouflage, used to disguise the prototype while its driving characteristics are currently being tuned and refined ahead of the vehicle’s official debut in January.
“Until now, only the most skilled drivers on the Corvette team have been authorized to push the test prototypes to the limits on some of the most challenging track surfaces in the world,” said Chris Perry, vice president of Chevrolet Global Marketing. “Through this unique collaboration with Gran Turismo, Chevrolet is able, for the first time, to give performance car enthusiasts access to such an exclusive driving experience.”
“Gran Turismo has had many firsts and we’re excited to partner with Chevrolet for yet another – bringing the first-ever Chevrolet prototype vehicle into a racing game,” said Kazunori Yamauchi. “As car enthusiasts, we’re thrilled to give fans this extraordinary level of access to the seventh generation Corvette that otherwise would not be possible.”
Chevrolet will formally reveal the 2014 Corvette prototype on Sunday, January 13, 2013. More information on the announcement will be available at One13Thirteen.com.
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December 21st, 2012 at 6:14 am - #euros only
The fun part is guys when the car is released in dealerships PD will make us pay for it with a bunch of other cars (more skylines in general probably as in all previous dlcs). They say you can predict the future by looking at the past, and from that I predict that it’ll be a pay to download car pack.
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December 19th, 2012 at 10:16 pm - #novaman1970
ok first of all some ppl need to look up some stuff b4 they start posting…the original lt1 was used in 80s &some 90s camaros and vettes it was a 5.7L the new lt1 going in this corvette is a 6.2L with direct injection and said to have about 450hp stoc they have also upgraded it from being cast iron to all aluminum…in my opinion the best vettes so far not including this one is the c2,early c3s,c5,and c6 i absoulutely hate c4s they look stupid and have no power like the later c3 models
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December 11th, 2012 at 2:28 pm - #FMW
It’s nice that GT-5 has a covered up C7 for us to try and droll over. If you can’t wait for the official unveiling just go here.
People who have a subscription to Car And Driver already have a full view of the finished car. I’m guessing the issue was released a tad early as 1/13/13 is still a month away. Doh!
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December 6th, 2012 at 10:34 am - #jayvee73uk
Like all GT5 players I think all free downloads are welcome..But why give us cars that we cant buy tuneups for or cant tune in any way at all. I tried the C7 on B spec mode and it wont even win a race in Expert races let alone above that .Oh yes I did use a level 40 driver before you ask.
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December 17th, 2012 at 2:49 am - #Djwess
Let’s think about this:
1.) It’s a car yet to be unveiled and still in its prototype state
2.) They can change up anything on the car
3.) The stats in the game my be theoretical
4.) You cannot expect performance parts for a car that Kaz doesn’t know too much about yet along know the real power about the car
5.) The power of the car and the torque curve of the car is theoretical and may change over timeSo for now just wait for the actual car to come out, the maybe we’ll see some parts for it
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December 5th, 2012 at 9:15 am - #CarMad26
Is anyone else in the uk having trouble downloading it? When I try, it keeps saying this content is not available
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December 3rd, 2012 at 6:06 pm - #mr_pepps
I took this towel-shod beast for a rag around the Ring at the weekend and I think it’s brilliant fun to drive – on a set of Sport Hard tyres it’s brilliant to chuck through the corners!
Not as fast out the other side as an R8 or a Gallardo but there’s the difference in 4wd supercars versus rwd bruisers.
This car reminds me of a beefed up version of my much loved Lotus Esprit V8 SE – a riot to race with in a well-matched field.
And the sound it makes is glorious!Great job all round for bringing a prototype to GT5 – very exciting!!
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December 2nd, 2012 at 2:54 pm - #Rionmoon
Nice! Not only are us tax payers (sorry kids to young to have a real job, foreigners and other 47% ers) forced to bail out that bloated company Government Motors with no return on our investment, but we are getting used as unpaid Beta testers too!
So this new fiberglass midlife crisis on wheels still have the rear suspension of an ox cart or has Gov. Motors finally figured out that’s not the rear suspension of a proper sports car?
OK JUST KIDDING! Having some fun that’s all.
The C7 is amazing and AWSOME so far. I can throw it around all sorts of corners and it hasn’t tried to kill me yet – even when it probably should have. I hope the real car is just as impressive. If so, Ferrari, Aston and the rest of the Euro snobs are in for some bitter news.
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December 2nd, 2012 at 3:35 pm - #Pit Crew
The ZR1 Delivered that bitter news on its release date.
HAHA…not, on your opening OP humor. You could have saved that as it was pretty weak attempt at comedy.
Its General Motors. Always has been, always will be.
Who does Ferrari have to thank for their newly implemented Magnetic Ride Control suspension (Italia) ? General Motors/Cadillac which was a company product way before U.S government bailout.
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December 3rd, 2012 at 5:44 am - #SCER
Dude stick to your day job, this is the worst attempt at comedy i’ve ever read. If my ten year old son came out with material as flimsy as this over the dinner table i’d send him to bed.
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December 4th, 2012 at 12:29 am - #ScotteDawg
I’ll have you know that us Australian’s also pay GM through our car company GMH (General Motors Holden). For some reason, this does not bother me. That’s probably because WE supplied Pontiac with the recent GTO and the G8(?) and are now supplying Chev with the police cruisers in L.A.
Personally, I’ve never been a big fan of the Corvette C4, C5 and the C6 models. Possibly because they don’t handle as well as Australian cars! But this C7 looks the goods!
Oh, by the way, do NOT take up comedy as a profession OR a hobby – someone is bound to beat the living suitcase out of you if you do!!!
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December 6th, 2012 at 3:51 pm - #bachy
I’ve noticed, for some reason, that gamers tend to be disproportionately left-leaning statists in their political opinions (when they have any). Every time I see someone post some libertarian-minded comment on a gamer thread, even jokingly as in this case, it’s thoroughly attacked.
I thought your jabs at GM were actually pretty funny myself. Maybe you’re not going to land a job as a writer for Saturday Nitgh Live anytome soon, but neither is anyone else on these threads. Your comment was criticized because of its libertarian angle, not its level of humor. Lets just be honest.
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December 7th, 2012 at 12:14 am - #TomBrady
That was a pathetic attempt at humor. Frankly I’m disgusted whether you were joking or not, and I don’t even like corvettes
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December 19th, 2012 at 8:34 pm - #SCER
@bachy
i’m english, and it was criticized for it’s level of humour if i’m honest
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December 1st, 2012 at 1:16 pm - #KOKINGZ
I got my one too:) I have to say it’s a pretty good car!!
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December 2nd, 2012 at 3:18 pm - #Aobrienm5
Lol if not for that bailout we wouldnt have seen the zr1 rape the ferrari 599 in a drag race nor would we have seen the return of the real boss 302 mustang or the intro of the 662hp 200mph shelby
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December 1st, 2012 at 11:39 am - #DarkShadow177
What do I see in this new Z07 Corvette: It’s heavier than the Z06 Corvette with 40kg’s and it’s less powerful than the Z06 Corvette with 65 horsepower less compared to 505 horsepower, the top speed has been lowered from 198mph to 190mph and finally the engine in the Z07 Corvette has been made smaller thus having a 5.5L Gen V V8 and the Z06 having a 7.2L LS6 V8. So what do I have to say about this? Has Chevrolet messed up a really good legend or what?
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December 1st, 2012 at 12:55 pm - #MuoNiuLa
The real car isn’t even out yet…
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December 1st, 2012 at 12:59 pm - #Pit Crew
What you didnt see is its a C7 Prototype, not a ZO7…Urrrp.
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December 1st, 2012 at 7:19 pm - #NewCadillac
You don’t compare a base model C7 to a hyped up version of the C6, genius! C7 base vs C6 base isn’t even compitition for the new C7. So just imagine a C7 Z06/Z07 model with DI and variable valve timing, I’m thinking 540hp out of the new LT1 in a Z06 configuration.
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December 1st, 2012 at 11:21 pm - #Sw3RvE
… how long have you played gran turimso?
change your oil.
break it in.
200mph stock.
you’re welcome.
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December 3rd, 2012 at 8:00 pm - #LMSCorvetteGT2
Clearly you dont know what you are talking about there is no LS engine from GM that is a 7.2, much less the LS6 which is a 5.6. The C6 z06 has a 7.0 LS7 engine, to compare that to a 5.5L engine that at most has seen ALMS use is quite wrong as others have said. GM fans easily know this…so I am curious where you pulled these numbers from.
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December 3rd, 2012 at 8:01 pm - #LMSCorvetteGT2
I typo’d but that should be a 5.7L instead of 5.6.
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December 1st, 2012 at 10:10 am - #Pit Crew
If this thing updates along with the Prototypes official release in January it could very well be the best free DLC gift PD has given out.
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December 1st, 2012 at 7:53 pm - #Both Barrels
+100
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December 4th, 2012 at 12:53 am - #ScotteDawg
Unfortunately, the free DLC of this C7 Test Prototype will not be updateable. It is a seperate car…
What will most likely happen is that the full C7 will be made available to us through the PlayStation Store at a rather inflated cost so that money can be split with GM for the privelage of offering up the C7 so early in its life!
Note: all of the above is pure speculation…
However, this will not put me off buying the DLC. If I passed up ANY of the DLC’s, I would NOT have the full GT5 game! It would be pointless even owning it!!!
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November 30th, 2012 at 3:15 pm - #binkie75
This is a very nice gift, thnx PD
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November 30th, 2012 at 2:10 pm - #Peelster1
I raced with this on SSRX against some Professional AI. A Corvette Z06 started in 15th and outran me very easily. This car hits its rev limit at 213 mph.
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November 30th, 2012 at 7:10 pm - #ryzno
It has a 6th gear I got it up to 276 mph so far behind a X1, 11.599 in the 1/4
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November 30th, 2012 at 9:14 am - #kollosson
It makes sense when the new vette is revealed that the covers come off the GT5 version or we get both : )
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December 4th, 2012 at 12:56 am - #ScotteDawg
We will have to pay for the full C7 when it comes out!
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November 30th, 2012 at 7:51 am - #Kurei
Managed to find a hour or two to play around in the C7-Proto last night, spent most of it at Laguna Seca hot-lapping, turn-in is superb, feels light and nimble, its got good power all throughout the rev range, interesting too with it having a lower redline than the C6, wonder if this engine is Direct-Injection…
But anyways, I think its cool to be able to test-drive DLC cars and prototypes before they come out, I’d like to see it more often with other cars, the SRT Viper, Mustang RTR, that V8 Ruf RGT-8, just to name a few.
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November 30th, 2012 at 1:28 am - #Progress823
As usual, another forum about GT5 DLC that is filled with FM4 comparisons….and the usual defenders of both games. Wasn’t this forum about the C7 test prototype provided free in GT5 lol?
I took the C7 for a spin and it is great, good handling and power. It is also cool that the car is not tuneable as it is in a testing state still.
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November 30th, 2012 at 3:20 am - #another_jakhole
Why bring it up again then?
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November 30th, 2012 at 6:18 am - #HarVee
As long as the two games exist, there will always be comparisons. You can either ignore it, or embrace it, but your words are not going to stop people from comparing them.
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November 30th, 2012 at 6:49 am - #Progress823
My post wasn’t meant to be taken too seriously. I know there will always be comparisons between the two games, just trying to loosen things up some, seeing by the posting that some of us are in full fight mode.
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November 30th, 2012 at 1:11 am - #D_gamer725
I hope this doesn’t mean the SRT Viper will never be in GT5.
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November 30th, 2012 at 3:21 am - #another_jakhole
Hmmm, I prefer the Corvette, but I doubt it means we won’t be get the Viper. It’s not as if this is Porsche or anything we’re talking about here.
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November 29th, 2012 at 11:24 pm - #Jpen
Absolutely loving this car. Arcade single race on expert. Slap some comfort sorts on it and it makes for an excellent cruise with the ai. Can’t wait to see this unveil.
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November 29th, 2012 at 11:53 pm - #another_jakhole
Just two more days til I get to try it! AHHHH!
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November 29th, 2012 at 11:11 pm - #Trojan1874
I like having a sneak peek at new cars coming out in the future. Of course it may have these skirts on the body to cover up the complete body look, but hey it’s just nice to have new cars to test before they actually come out with the real one.
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November 29th, 2012 at 9:40 pm - #LtLeadFarmer
Nice! Happy it’s free, cool DLC. Personally I would have preferred the F12 Berlinetta (Like Forza Horizon just got) but this is still cool. Happy to try it soon!
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