Gran Turismo 5 Update 2.04 Fixes Many Issues, Available Now
The latest version of Gran Turismo 5, version 2.04, is now available. Weighing in at 79MB in size, the update focuses on fixing a wide range of software issues and bugs. Here’s the complete list of changes as announced by Polyphony Digital:
- Improved the performance of online races to provide a better racing experience. However, please note that using voice chat with 12 or more players can reduce screen refresh intervals.
- Reduced wobbling of the screen when using the Chase view (The Chase view is when the car is viewed from the rear during races and replays, selected by using the SELECT button).
- Electric cars (opponent cars and your cars in B-Spec) will now pit-in automatically to recharge the battery.
- Reduced the amount of steering pull when using force feedback steering wheel controllers in banks on courses such as the Special Stage Route X Oval.
- When driving formula cars using the Logitech steering wheel controllers, the initial force feedback amount has been lessened and adjusted to make it easier to drive in a straight line.
- Fixed an issue where speedometer, race position and best lap time info are sometimes not displayed on the 2nd player side in 2P Battle Mode.
- Fixed an issue where exhaust sound is heard even after switching from a combustion engine car to an electric car within the same online race.
- Fixed an issue where if the game is started without signing in online and then saved, the cars and courses included in the Racing Car Pack and Course Pack would become unusable.
- Fixed an issue where electric cars would not recharge in the pit and become immobile.
- Fixed an issue where when the oil of the Toyota Prius was changed in GT Auto, the motor ceased to function correctly.
- Improved the force feedback of the Guillemot Thrustmaster T500 RS, where the 10 level force feedback adjustment (especially when using the X2010 and X2011) was not working effectively. Also improved a condition where it was difficult to drive in the intended path.
UPDATE: Polyphony Digital has already acknowledged a known issues with 2.04. Thanks to all of you who sent this in!
A problem has been found in the 2.04 update released on February 7, where players sometimes do not receive experience and rewards after an online race in the open lobby or the lounge. We are currently investigating the issue and are working to correct the problem. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and ask for your understanding.
Thanks to Robert for the quick tip!
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February 8th, 2012 at 12:26 pm - #Nuck81
That just means you’re hardrive is full. Delete some old games, or any music/movies you have on your PS3
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February 8th, 2012 at 2:15 pm - #blue_thunder
@Nuck81
I’m not an idiot. 320GB hard drive, 208GB free.
I fixed the issue anyway. Deleted all game data, redownloaded all patches, transferred save back over.
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February 9th, 2012 at 10:39 am - #Nuck81
Could have fooled me
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February 9th, 2012 at 1:23 pm - #blue_thunder
@Nuck81
Says the guy who uses “you’re” in place of “your”.
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February 8th, 2012 at 11:16 am - #7945GT57945
after i downloaded this update i found a majer glitch in aspec mode when i pit my car is invisible after it leaves the pit kind of cool but it would be nice to see my Aventador on Lesarth -_-
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February 8th, 2012 at 11:08 am - #hairystig
I wonder if PD will give us all a new car or something by way of compensation when they sort this out…
Probably just wishful thinking on my part.
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February 8th, 2012 at 10:48 am - #BHalpen
Just to be completely clear by Audi R8 I mean the race car versions and not the street cars. One other very minor thing which I find funny. Anyone notice in arcade when the CURSOR is placed on a track with weather and time. It is written like this “weather change/change time”. But where the cursor is NOT displaying the pop up message it is written as “change weather/change time”, which to me looks a lot better on the eyes!
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February 8th, 2012 at 10:41 am - #BHalpen
I finally just registered… Let me start by saying I did not buy a PS3 until GT5 came out. There are 2 things I would like to see added or fixed. It’s nice we have simplified interiors of standard vehicles, but try racing in the rain! That view is unusable until we have windshields wipers. I think this is a bigger request than rims for standard cars! Plus has nobody noticed that comparing the same cockpit of the Audi R8 ’01 (blurry out of focus) to the Audi R8 ’05 (sharp and in focus) isn’t the same???
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February 8th, 2012 at 10:31 am - #TokoTurismo
I’ll laugh if the next the update gets jumped on because didn’t get what they wanted. Seriously, those who are complaining and calling this update stupid, pipe down. You think all these updates for GT5 is easy to do? I don’t make games but I know for sure it’s hard as heck. If not, go do something that isn’t gaming thaaaanksssss…
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February 8th, 2012 at 3:00 pm - #Tvensky
It is hard, cuz PD dont have 1 000 000 people to test it..
we test it, we find bug, they fix it, sometimes screw something up, we test again, we find bug, they fix it, screw something else up a little bit, we test, we dont like, PD fix it… lol :D endless cycle….
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February 8th, 2012 at 11:05 pm - #TokoTurismo
^ Hahaha, you’re very right Tvensky. :)
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February 9th, 2012 at 12:52 am - #tube chaser
You nailed it Tvensky – biggest beta-test in console history. Gotta mean that the code for GT6 will be faultless. In the mean time, back to work fellas!
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February 8th, 2012 at 10:27 am - #ferhound
They should double check they fix everything before releasing the update…
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February 8th, 2012 at 9:57 am - #Taunto_Svt
Tired of people complaining about every small thing on the game. Be happy that pd is fixing properties of the game and not doing anything at all. I’m glad when I see these updates, shows that they still pay much attention to the game and care about some of us gt veterans that have been playing since gt1
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February 9th, 2012 at 12:55 am - #tube chaser
+1
You should read the Skyrim bug forums – phew!
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February 8th, 2012 at 8:36 am - #Mohamu
Congrat PD.. Please stop updating GT5 while you’re making the game worse and worse, and try working on a much much better GT6… Nothing helps on this half-finished GT5 now :(
Oh, I almost forget, you can still earn a lot of money with DLC’s for GT5.. so forget what I said and keep workin’, maybe a few Smart or a few GT-R vehicles would be nice in the next DLC.. Can’t wait for it
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February 8th, 2012 at 8:34 am - #Blood*Specter
Ian away from my console now, but I don’t expect this
update to stand. I think PD kicks a fix right away.
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February 8th, 2012 at 8:31 am - #classicpark
1.Why is there no update made to the online rooms to get stable again with less than 12 players it is still a mess
2. there is nothing done to the life timing delay
3.The tire wear makes no sense soft 4a5 laps is this normal??
4.less feedback for steering wheels why is that done for young kids?
Previously, I like to play GT5 but now the fun is off-
February 8th, 2012 at 3:02 pm - #Tvensky
you can mess tyres up in 2 minutes in real life, you know that dont you.. :)
everything else if its true, I agree!
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February 8th, 2012 at 7:07 am - #Gik69
Guess pd not fixed online racing bug properly then.
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February 8th, 2012 at 6:31 am - #HeXoSKEL3t0n
It’d be nice if they could add more search options for when we want to search for a decent online lobby, like:
-PP specifications
-HP and weight specifications
-Ability to select multiple stuff (eg we can choose to search for trial mountain and deep forest lobbies at the same time instead of searching track by track)
-Any other options that i haven’t pointed out hereor perhaps an option to join a PSN friend’s game lobby or invite a fellow PSN friend to your lobby instead of using room numbers, it’s a bit troublesome.
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February 8th, 2012 at 6:36 am - #SEIDO463
The option to join a friend’s lobby has always been there. Just go to coffee cup of the friend you want to join and if the yellow circle icon is there, it means the room is active. You can join right there.
You can also join any friends lounge even when no one is in it!Hope that helps :)
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February 8th, 2012 at 7:18 am - #HeXoSKEL3t0n
SEIDO463:
No what I meant was that we could have the option to invite or join a friend at a public online lobby, instead of using tediously long room numbers. Just like in COD where you could just join or invite a friend to an public lobby directly from the XMB friends menu -
February 8th, 2012 at 7:22 am - #HeXoSKEL3t0n
SEIDO463: I was talking abt public lobbies not private lounges. Hope you get what I mean :)
But adding an invite friends option for lounges too would be nice, instead of having to type out a message by yourself asking your friend to join your lounge
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February 8th, 2012 at 10:52 am - #BrosifDuder
@HeXo – The yellow circle icon appears next to a person’s coffee cup when they are in an online session. An online session can be either a private lounge or a public lobby. Let’s say I was in a public lobby (an online room with a long number), if you went to my profile in GT5 and selected the yellow icon next to my coffee cup a screen would pop up with the information of the room I was currently in. You would then have the option of joining that room if you so desired.
As for joining the same online session as a friend from the XMB bar, no that isn’t possible, nor is inviting a friend to your current online session a la COD.
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February 8th, 2012 at 11:32 am - #HeXoSKEL3t0n
@brosifduder oh so that means you can join your friend’s public lobby session from there? cool i’ll try it later thanks :D
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February 8th, 2012 at 11:46 am - #BrosifDuder
Yes, that is correct. I can’t remember the last time I joined a public lobby by typing in the room number and I race in multiple weekly online series that use public lobbies. I simple use the method previously described.
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February 8th, 2012 at 3:07 pm - #Tvensky
its nice you sort it out!
But, PD do need to create more specifications to find better room, and longer descripcion for the room is very needed, sometimes its immposible to describe the purpose of the room.. and thats not difficult to make. since its just a text in a box.
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February 8th, 2012 at 7:41 pm - #SEIDO463
Hexo, That’s what I said in the first reply :) haha
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February 9th, 2012 at 12:12 pm - #HeXoSKEL3t0n
Lol sorry seido… I thought you were just mentioning about the private lounge :s
And yeah I agree tvensky, they need to let us add longer descriptions for the lobby , especially good if hosts want to state some rules and info about their lobby. These would make it much easier to find a decent lobby
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February 8th, 2012 at 4:58 am - #MOV Games
um, i didnt mean to put that comment there. god im useless! why did the reply not work?
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February 8th, 2012 at 4:38 am - #MOV Games
K, i didnt know there was an update log, im new to the site(and forums for that matter)
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February 8th, 2012 at 3:19 am - #AngelPlayStar
What happen to GT5 driving physic? After 2.04, I have no grip, no tires sound, worse physic. 2.03 physic was just perfect.
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February 8th, 2012 at 1:07 pm - #Lambob
Agreed, last night online racing experience was not improved at all. It was very much degraded.
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February 8th, 2012 at 1:50 am - #numanair
“Fixed an issue where when the oil of the Toyota Prius was changed in GT Auto, the motor ceased to function correctly.”
Does anyone else find this oddly amusing?-
February 8th, 2012 at 4:11 am - #PlainBlandMan
It makes less sense to fix an electric engine by charging it with LIQUID.
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February 8th, 2012 at 5:26 am - #Lekkeri
PlainBlandMan: Prius has a normal engine as well, it is a hybrid.
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February 8th, 2012 at 6:16 am - #HeXoSKEL3t0n
PlainBlandMan the prius is a HYBRID, means that it has a perfectly normal PETROL ENGINE with which you can change OIL and an electric engine working together to form a hybrid.
Anyways even with 2 engines this car still sucks though so oh well :p
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February 21st, 2012 at 4:36 pm - #quavers
Yes I don’t have one so I didn’t know laughed for 10 minutes when I saw this.
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February 8th, 2012 at 1:41 am - #AJVH
I really wish they would allow 2player to race on created courses again. I don’t understand why they would take that away.
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February 8th, 2012 at 12:12 am - #calahan
where’s update enabling A.I for split screen?
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February 7th, 2012 at 11:36 pm - #bprred6
ALL I WANT IS AN UPDATE THAT ALLOWS ME TO CHOOSE THE ‘PP’ FOR AI DRIVERS I RACE AGAINST IN ARCADE.
GT5 Prologue had this feature and it made Arcade races so much more fun. We really need this feature in GT5. Seriously PD.
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February 8th, 2012 at 8:25 am - #A_Higher_Place
YUP YUP THIS THIS THIS
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**CAUTION – POSSIBLE ERROR***
Just a heads up…
I installed PS3 firmware 4.10 today, and then proceeded to update GT5 to 2.04. Now I get the error “Insufficient free space on Hard Disk Drive (HDD). At least 32MB required. Please exit the game and free up some space. 0×00000001 [252]” when lauching GT5.
Probably screwed up the game save and such – (I tried deleting the save and relaunching with no save – still get the error).
So proceed with caution.