Gran Turismo 5 Standard Cars to be Upgraded to Premium

Gran Turismo 5 December 15th, 2010 by Jordan

In the latest issue of Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu (via AndriaSang), Kazunori Yamauchi has revealed that [at least some of] GT5‘s “standard” cars will be upgraded to “premium” models in future updates to the game. This is good news for many fans who may have initially been disappointed their favorite car didn’t get the “premium” treatment (with a more detailed 3D model and interior view), though we still don’t know, of course, which or how many models will actually be upgraded:

Gran Turismo 5 has a mix of gloriously detailed “premium” cars and less detailed “standard cars.” In an interview with Famitsu this week, Polyphony prez Kazunori Yamauchi reveals that there are plans in place to upgrade the standard cars to premium status.

The interview also sheds some light on the upcoming late December update, it seems. I’ll hopefully be getting a look at the interview for myself shortly and will report back if there’s anything else.

Nevertheless, it’s good to get another peek at what’s in store, and we’re looking forward to more news on the next December update. Thanks to a “random person” for the tip!

Photomode image by NLxAROSA.

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  1. December 28th, 2010 at 1:17 pm - #
    AuToNoMy

    just please make the lights work on the skyline pace car :(

  2. December 19th, 2010 at 9:09 am - #
    lee

    I cannot comprehend the fact that people actually ask for tracks such as the ‘complex string’ which i found to be the most boring/annoying track in existence (although i’m thinking of changing the No1 spot to the long version of cape ring)….and yet people do not mention tracks such as Spa, bathurst etc.

    And how come the AI F40 is continually getting its arse kicked by cars like the lambo countach lp400, 512bb etc when i race against it?? wasn’t the F40 one of the greats?

    • December 26th, 2010 at 2:51 am - #
      Magic Ayrton

      The F40 has been a massive let down in the series, I reckon Ferrari want to make their new cars look better when the F40 was probably more intense and exciting than all Ferraris put together!!!

      worst of all is the terrible sound on Standard cars, I think that premium car sounds are pretty good, but some are still annoyingly rubbish!

  3. December 18th, 2010 at 10:27 pm - #
    Skyline35

    PD fix shadows bug first!!!

    i just can’t watch replays right now, my eyes bleeding.
    premium cars are useless right now, the only tracks with normal shadows are Tcakuba, SSR7, SSR5.
    why those 3 are normal shadows and all the others are not?
    why GT5prologue shadows looks better then GT5 shadows?
    PD don’t you think you should fix shadows first?

    F… GT5 is so monumental game, but it so spoiled by these ugly bugs

  4. December 18th, 2010 at 10:04 pm - #
    Dustyr

    I would like to see all the cars from top gear make it int the game. Well really I would just like to see the Noble M600 and the ford gtx1 and maybe the addition of more events and the Seattle track. I personaly don’t care about the veyron because it’s really just a statment not a car that is drivable. I mean the hennessy gt1000 does 266mph in a standing mile at the Texas speedway. Correct me if I am wrong but that is faster then the veyron and alot cheaper. How about all of the touring cars get the premo treatment and all le mans winners. If pd does have to make a premo veyron make the veyron super sport the premo

  5. December 18th, 2010 at 7:44 pm - #
    CaliBoy1990

    For those of you complaining about standard vs. premium……….can we please worry about more important subjects? PD will probably eventually make it to where all non-racing cars can get custom wheels and stuff……..{damage isn’t THAT important, though, TBH}

    Right now, we need to get things like tuning fixed…….some more nice tracks like the old GT3/4 Test Course and the Complex String would be nice…..{honestly, they can delete the Top Gear track if they’d like…..nobody really cares about that except for TG fanatics.}

    • December 26th, 2010 at 2:55 am - #
      Magic Ayrton

      The Top Gear test track is one of the best proving grounds for a car… learn how to drive my friend and this will become very apparent to even someone as ignorant as you.. I am not a TG fanatic, but I do appreciate a good layout when I drive one..

  6. December 17th, 2010 at 2:42 pm - #
    BWX

    Fix the bugs and omissions in GT5 FIRST Kaz.

    Save setups? WTH!?! Give us two or three slots per car/ per track.

    Fix those butt ugly shadows before you add one more premium car. Let me choose to run at 30FPS with better shadows/smoke/etc. 60FPS is not as important to me as smooth GFX. The huge BLOCKY SHADOWS and BLOCKY alpha textures (smoke/dust) looks like PS1 GFX, no exaggeration.

    Fix the GT Life mode XP/level up/cr. system first. Give us more events or an event editor.. At least more racing in single player than there was in GT4.

    Where is the on-line “events” like in GT5p?

    Why do we have a great physics model in GT Life single player, but a separate, seemingly **dumbed-down physics** driving model on-line? Fix that before you add premium cars. :-/

    GT5 is so great in so many ways, but there are TONS of things that need fixing before we need more premium cars. At least be working on, and giving us fixes at the same time as you are adding premium cars.

    Man, get your priorities straightened out PD.

    PS — I will pay $$ for more tracks. Please help me help you. Please take my money.. k?

  7. December 17th, 2010 at 12:43 am - #
    GT Pro

    All I know is that the jaggedness along the edges of standard cars’ wheel-well, particularly for the R34 GTR and JZA80 Supra, is just embarassing. FIX IT PD!

    • December 17th, 2010 at 9:33 am - #
      mkygod

      I hope by “Upgrade”, this means by way of FREE updates, and not through PAID DLCs. If we get PAID DLCs for standard cars that are already in the game, then i’d be pissed.

    • December 18th, 2010 at 7:44 pm - #
      CaliBoy1990

      @mkygod: Kaz did say he was against Paid DLC……………we’ll see if it works out.

    • December 26th, 2010 at 2:56 am - #
      Magic Ayrton

      This is done on purpose, just so they can “fix” it in GT6

  8. December 16th, 2010 at 9:13 pm - #
    XTRGT

    Please the Cadillac Cien it’s the only beautiful Cadillac ever made put this car Premium and the TVR Cerbera Speed 12.
    Ok the people want new cars here is the list:

    2010 Gumpert Apollo S – 2010 Shelby Super Cars Ultimate Aero TT – Bertone Mantide – Spada Codatronca TS – Denvon GTX – Caparo T1 – Bentley Hunaudieres – Saleen Raptor S5S – Aston Martin One-77 – Ferrari GTO Evoluzione – Audi Avus – Audi RSQ – Weineck Cobra – Maserati Birdcage 75th – BMW Gina – Lamborghini Cnossus – Spyker C12 Zagato – Lamborghini Reventon – Lamborghini Murcielago RGT – Aston Martin DBR9 – Zenvo ST1 – Lamborghini Countach Concept EV – Nova Kit Car Sterling Sebring – Vector W8 – Citroen Survolt – Lotec Sirius – Mercedes-Benz Lotec C 1000 – Mercedes-Benz Lotec Sirius (New Model) – Lamborghini Alar – Lamborghini Insecta – Lamborghini Estoque – Ferrari Chinetti LM – Arash AF-10 – Melling Hellcat – Bugatti Veyron Super Sport – HTT Plethore LC-750 – 2011 Transtar Dagger GT – 2011 Lancia Stratos – Audi R-Zero – BMW M1 (New Model) – Maybach Exelero – Mercedes-Benz SLR Stirling Moss.

    OK thats enought it’s a lot of cars.

  9. December 16th, 2010 at 5:17 pm - #
    Obli

    How about some classic McLaren? M8D or M8F would be amazing :)

    • December 18th, 2010 at 10:31 am - #
      leemoldon

      agreed…more racing mclarens, including a premium racing F1,
      and more cars can get racing modification treatment.

      More racing championships…like a GT championship for racing mclaren F1, lotus gt1, F40 GTLM…. maybe the Can-am championship…
      Mclaren M8′s
      toyota 7
      ferrari 712
      porsche 917-10
      Lola T222
      etc

      o.k o.k i’m dreaming

  10. December 16th, 2010 at 3:50 pm - #
    Tha_GT5_Drifta

    I want the Veyron to be premium and I want it to get an engine sound update,so you can feel the thrills when you are @400+ KM/H on that 1001 HP beast ^__^
    Who agrees?

  11. December 16th, 2010 at 3:43 pm - #
    n0ne

    This is made of WIN.

  12. December 16th, 2010 at 3:32 pm - #
    NASCARFAN160

    I just want the DeLorean S2 and the Veyron to be premium ‘n’ I’ll be happy.

  13. December 16th, 2010 at 2:29 pm - #
    Squozen

    I hope Polyphony have been actually been collecting useful data from our gaming sessions and prioritise the standard cars that are being *used* by the players, instead of making one man (Kaz) happy.

  14. December 16th, 2010 at 2:05 pm - #
    brainfade

    There should be a TWR pack in memory of Tom Walkinshaw, with all the Silk Cut/WEC/WSCP/IMSAGTP Jaguars, the legendary XJS V12s, the BMW 3.0 CSL’s, the BTCC RX-7s, Rover 3500s (Vitesse), TWR WSC-95, Volvo 850 Estate, Saloon and S40 touring cars, and if possible, the F1 cars which he was behind.

  15. December 16th, 2010 at 12:13 pm - #
    pasigiri

    PD needs to make the cars that should have gotten in.

    Cadillac CTS-V and coup
    VW Golf R and Scirroco R
    Koenigsegg Agerra (ANY for that matter)
    Zonda F
    Aston Martin DBS V12
    Lambo Reventon
    Ford Focus RS ’08 (well the latest version)
    RUF’s latest creations; Carrara GT, 911s, and Cayman S
    Audi RS3, 4 (the last one in sedan form), 5 and TT-RS
    Mazda RX-8 R3 ’09

    … it’s just a LOT of good cars that should have been in the game where as others (VW bus, c’mon) should not have been.

    And make body customizations that are REAL. Like a Nissan 370Z can get a Nismo kit or a Mazda RX-8 can get a Mazdaspeed kit, etc.

    But before all this:
    FIX THE FULLY CUSTOMIZABLE TRANSMISSION TO BE FULLY CUSTOMIZABLE!!!!!

    • December 16th, 2010 at 12:18 pm - #
      pasigiri

      … and also
      MAKE RACES LIKE ON PSP WHERE IN GAME OPPONENTS’ CARS ARE CHOSEN WITH REGARDS TO THE CAR YOU PICK TO RACE IN!!!!

    • December 26th, 2010 at 2:59 am - #
      Magic Ayrton

      I agree with you, but I sold my Cayman S and 911 because Porsche have become sooo pipe and slippers, they are on the decline and are really old fashioned and boring now… just my take ;)

  16. December 16th, 2010 at 11:53 am - #
    Tweetman_277

    Wow this was soo unexpected! [/Sarcasm]
    I just hope that the LMP single seaters and stuff get this, they have soo much less interior to start with, also i think the Caterham is getting it, as it already has an interior…

    Lets just hope they get the endless GT-R’s and other stuff that has a close relation premium already and just do Copy/Paste of the interiors eh?

  17. December 16th, 2010 at 11:03 am - #
    Geo_212

    First Premium transfer: Bugatti Veyron. PLEASE, KAZ!

  18. December 16th, 2010 at 1:58 am - #
    pikalulz007

    Come to think of it, premium Chaparrals, at least the 2J, would be very neat.

    • December 16th, 2010 at 4:40 am - #
      Raitziger

      He said that some historical classics will be converted to premium, not all of them. (2J is a historic classic for sure)

  19. December 16th, 2010 at 1:58 am - #
    Deathsarthe

    I assume PD is going to continue it’s current trend of bad design and probably pick the standard cars we like the least to convert to premium.

    I think one of the first models to be converted is the Yaris for sure, perhaps a Toyota Prius as well. Mini Cooper and the first gen Beetle from Hitler’s era.

    Why make the Supra or Veyron premium when we could have that lot of winners instead??? I mean come on! These are classics.

  20. December 15th, 2010 at 10:28 pm - #
    MitsuStigi

    Standard cars to Premium?

    NOW WE’RE TALKING!