Gran Turismo 5′s Car Pack 3, Route X DLC Full Details

Gran Turismo 5 January 12th, 2012 by Jordan

The new GT5 downloadable content that leaked a few days ago was confirmed earlier today by the North American and European PlayStation Blogs, who provided a few more details and pricing information.

As expected, “Car Pack 3″ will include the following vehicles and will be available in the PlayStation Store for $5.99 (USD) / €5.99 / £4.79.

  • Nissan Leaf G 2011
  • Aston Martin V12 Vantage 2010
  • Volkswagen [Beetle] 1200 1966
  • Jaguar XJR-9 LM Racecar 1988
  • Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 2011
  • Mini Mini Cooper S Countryman (R60) 2011

The “Speed Test Course Pack” will also become available at that time for $3.99 (USD) / €3.99 / £3.19, which includes the Route X test course and an apparent new “Speed Test” mode that allows you to exactly measure “things like your mile, quarter-mile, acceleration, and g-force”.

The blogs also confirm you’ll be able to use Route X online, though it’s still not clear if this will enable formal online drag races as desired by many fans.

Polyphony Digital has also posted an online maintenance notice for 03:00 GMT on January 17th, so expect the 2.03 update to go live shortly thereafter.

As for the DLC’s availability, the North American PlayStation Blog confirms it will be available next Tuesday, January 17. However, the European blog re-iterates the original release date of Wednesday, January 18. As always, stay tuned to GTPlanet and our forums for specific, local availability information.

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  1. January 13th, 2012 at 7:38 am - #
    Serious seb

    Please !! give a theme for the cars packs !!! ex : dream car, sport car, old car , RM CAR … (GTR Pack !!! ooops ! : nooooooooooo !!! ) ….
    I can’t buy a pack when only one car please me … (even with a Lambo !!) … or make a poll (like in GT planet) if you want (very) good sell … i ‘m disappointed , but thanks for the efforts : jaguar and Lamborgini… DLC pack car comes better …

    …it’s not a pb of money for me but a pb of selling method …. or sell them one by one (1 €) ??

  2. January 13th, 2012 at 7:26 am - #
    Foxiol

    If that track comes with variations for race, a drag strip, day/night (confirmed) and that mode to test cars (but we don´t know how it works overall- i mean limitations-) 4,99€ is not that pricey but it is. Spa and Space kart track costed the same (2 tracks). (maybe this one comes with a couple of variations because of the price. And the price for the cars is about the same, 1€ per car as in the 2nd DLC. In the first we paid 7,99 for 15 cars.(that´s is a difference)

    Oh who cares if you want it buy it, if not just don´t…i have my PSN card charged with 12€ and i bought all DLC´s so…one more coming to papa!! lol

  3. January 13th, 2012 at 7:22 am - #
    TuomaZ

    Why euros and dollars seems to be same thing in these prices? It should be 4,70 €

    • January 13th, 2012 at 11:09 am - #
      Hawkmoon

      Yes and £3.80

  4. January 13th, 2012 at 7:17 am - #
    Hopkings

    kollosson

    serious you had to have a lower minimum quality mark on your live!!! for you this is the best DLC made to GT5??!!!…ok!!! i played Forza4 and it is better in every point to GT5, better and the DLC´s for forza have the best nice car, multiple changes to tune your car…and for me the AI its real, in gt5 in a race against the same car classe, to win you only have to put another tires, and you win the race by miles and miles.

    Forza4 its hard to control cars who have more than 500hp…like in real live, if you have a EK9 with 500hp it is not the same type of driving, comparing to the standart model, right??

    • January 13th, 2012 at 8:59 am - #
      Uppmas

      Go advertise your mighty Forza 4 somewhere else, buddy. Have fun with your DLC madness.

    • January 13th, 2012 at 2:33 pm - #
      Bom15

      Most people i know who play Forza. Admit that they bought it cos they can put vinyls on there car. They in general say that the driving in Forza isn’t as good as GT5. Forza is just pretty. But seeing some of the photo’s people take on Forza. I disagree with that too. Now your DLC. Firstly theres a subscription service. Which is rubbish. I know Turn 10 aren’t the only 1′s. Secondly i hope for your sake they don’t do A Forza 3. Release the DLC later for a knockdown price in something called Ultimate edition. Also hardly any of your DLC is new content. How do u think it was being released as soon as the game came out? And at the frequency it still is. Your are obviously one of these people who has TC on 5. ASM on, god knows how many other aids. The tuning car bit in Forza is OTT. GT5 is real in that respect. Not everyone can afford to put vinyls on there car. Or put a NASCAR engine in there Ford Focus. Or make a Chevy Chevelle 4wd. Which are all mods a normal person wouldn’t do. Forza is what NFS should’ve turned into imo.

    • January 13th, 2012 at 3:00 pm - #
      TokoTurismo

      @Hopkings This is not forza were taking about, this is GT5′s DLC were taking about. But I agree with Bom15, especially the DLC part. And if they do release the ultimate edition, I’m going to be so pissed and say “I knew all the long and glad I didn’t bought their DLC” in a sad tone. having their DLCs locked ingame and releasing it as DLC and putting them in the game releasing the cars that were there? That means they were made already? I was so happy when I heard the Aventador was going to be in forza 4 to avoid NFS the run and yes I played myself and had lots of fun with it, but made it as DLC in day 1? You have no idea how angry I was on that day, and seeing the A.I. driving it ingame really made me very disappointed in turn 10. Even Dirt 3 does it too? I’m really disappointed with these developers nowadays, and I’m glad GT5 will be getting the Aventador freshly made with the other cars.

  5. January 13th, 2012 at 6:39 am - #
    kollosson

    sgllocal are you serious? the worst DLC yet? its the best DLC so far as far as i’m concerned, if you can’t afford a couple of quid then you need to give up your paper round and get a proper job, you proberbly don’t even have GT5, go back to your Xbox idiot boy.

  6. January 13th, 2012 at 6:38 am - #
    kollosson

    @ sgllocal are you serious? the worst DLC yet? its the best DLC so far as far as i’m concerned, if you can’t afford a couple of quid then you need to give up your paper round and get a proper job, you proberbly don’t even have GT5, go back to your Xbox idiot boy.

    • January 13th, 2012 at 1:41 pm - #
      jah24car

      well @kollosson its not the BEST yet, we haven’t seen if they made a classic track pack, or a track pack with technical cars in it like for example Montreal, or Bathurst, or my local track (which is on Iracing) Summit Point Raceway.

  7. January 13th, 2012 at 6:34 am - #
    Gturbo5

    DLC total about 10 euro wtf

    USD so lower price WTF!

    • January 13th, 2012 at 8:24 am - #
      Sasek

      Yeah! Thats a shame! At such prices, I feel worse than others…

  8. January 13th, 2012 at 6:32 am - #
    kollosson

    Why are people still complaining, now its about pricing ??? ….seeing as the premium cars in GT are better than any other game on console then 4 quid for me is nothing and your complaining about paying just over 3 quid for a track pack? i think its cheap as chips for what we are getting, Forza fanboys go home !

  9. January 13th, 2012 at 6:15 am - #
    sgllocal

    how poor. probably the worst dlc yet. and i wont be buying it. we in uk are getting ripped of with the pricing. $3.99 does not = £3.19. one track which is a oval and more crap cars. jeez way to go pd

    • January 13th, 2012 at 6:29 am - #
      TokoTurismo

      Are you, ugh. It’s NOT PD who’s putting up the prices like that, and quit hating on the DLC big baby. Don’t buy then, simple as that…

  10. January 13th, 2012 at 6:13 am - #
    Lazy Liquid

    I still waiting for a DLC with content for drifters. Specialy a real touge.

  11. January 13th, 2012 at 4:46 am - #
    37kazzmark

    GT5 Japanese site: “Special Stage Route X Oval” a 12km straight on one side alone, boasts a total length 30km, is ideal for validating the performance of machines with a maximum speed limit, such as Red Bull X2010.

    • January 13th, 2012 at 8:44 pm - #
      70hemi

      nice

  12. January 13th, 2012 at 4:34 am - #
    Sasek

    6$ =/= 6€ …

  13. January 13th, 2012 at 4:22 am - #
    BlindZenDriver

    Nice even though it makes me mad that once again the price in Europe is higher than elsewhere. Given it’s purely digital content that is simply a question of greed and nothing else (€5.99 = $7.69).

  14. January 13th, 2012 at 4:11 am - #
    pay2021

    Looks photoshoped to me LOL LOL

  15. January 13th, 2012 at 3:41 am - #
    batman346

    the bad thing is that the same day that my ps3 broke i bought batman arkham city and two day before i had bought battlefield 3………

  16. January 13th, 2012 at 3:36 am - #
    batman346

    hi guys for those who dont know i had post a comment about my ps3 320gb that couldnot read my discs dvds and blu rays and i told you to give me some advice anyway i have to thank you all for your advises but unfortunately my ps3 bluray player haws been burnt and cannot be fixed… i can send it to sony but 130 euros are much so i m gonna buy a new 1. thank you again guys.for the record my ps3 stop read my ps3 discs the first monday of christmas and i have to play gt5 for about 3 weeks and i have bought all the dlcs.

  17. January 13th, 2012 at 3:36 am - #
    cornappeltje

    I’m curious about that Jaguar Xjr-9. I hope that PDI puts the NON- le mans version in it, with smaller headlights.

    • January 13th, 2012 at 4:53 am - #
      Bom15

      I personally would prefer the Silkcut still. That livery on that car is an icon. The one your on about is probably the GTP car. Group 44 raced it in Castrol colours. TWR raced the Silkcuts. But both teams entered the cars for Le Mans in 88. I think the smaller lighted one was one of the modified cars. 6 new XJR-9′s were built. 2 others were built using the older XJR-6 and XJR-8 Chassis.

    • January 16th, 2012 at 7:12 pm - #
      chimuel

      @Bom15 There is a Silk Cut livery XJR-9 with smaller headlights. It’s the second image that shows up whenever I do a Google image search.

  18. January 13th, 2012 at 3:34 am - #
    Komojojo

    They could’ve made a premium Veyron or a Veyron SS not a crappy Beetle for gods sake Polyphony move with logic just for once!!!

    Although I love that new Aventador and the Countryman. The Leaf is ok too.

    • January 13th, 2012 at 5:01 am - #
      Bom15

      everyone has different opinions. I for one don’t really care for veyrons

    • January 13th, 2012 at 9:08 am - #
      Komojojo

      This doesn’t have to do anything about opinions, you need to be dead stupid to do so.

      Veyron is one of the most expensive and fastest cars on earth, how can that be a non-premium? It can when you have 0 logic. Cause it doesn’t make sense.

    • January 13th, 2012 at 2:20 pm - #
      Bom15

      It is about opinions u fool. You voiced yours and i’m saying mine.

    • January 13th, 2012 at 5:05 pm - #
      TokoTurismo

      @Komojojo Okay, the veyron is “the most expensive and fastest cars on earth”. Yet it lacks it’s cornering ability, it’s better for straightaways. AND it’s the fastest car to “burnout gas, melt it’s tires quickly at high speed, this car will cost you so much money. There was more my auto body Teacher told me and the class. From that day, I just laughed at the car. How sad, hahaha.

    • January 14th, 2012 at 3:40 am - #
      SZRT Ice

      Lol, if you took some time to put some thought into it, you’d realize that PD/Sony put a lot of thought into it. The cost/licensing for an Aventador, Buggatti, or any other super/hyper car for that matter will likely be higher than that of a standard street car. Many people are buying the DLC solely for the Aventador and Aston. Some just for the Aventador. Most wouldn’t pay $6 for the Aventador alone, yet bundled with some other cars it psychologically seems more worth it. It’s a selling point, sell one or 2 highly desired cars with a few less desired ones, appeal to a bigger audience, bring in the bucks. if they sold a ALL “Highly Demanded Vehicles” DLC, and followed it with a DLC of all classic cars, then all GT cars, etc., everyone would only get exactly what they like and nothing more. This model helps them snag more customers, getting people to buy DLC they may not fully like, and justify their pricing. They know if you want it, you’ll buy it. So blend them to better “inspire” you to buy them all…

  19. January 13th, 2012 at 3:28 am - #
    Fryto

    Awesome DLC packs this time that PDI put together.

    A shame that Sony is still shafting the EU customers by asking more money from them (again). It’s only a relative small difference of course, but if they do that with every DLC, it quickly adds up.

  20. January 13th, 2012 at 2:50 am - #
    SavageEvil

    PD has nothing to do with pricing…that is Sony right there. PD is owned by Sony so Sony sets the prices and to keep it from being looked at as being too cheap it follows the general law of never being priced low. You will get bundle deals but that’s it. This isn’t that expensive, 10 dollars total not bad. I don’t care for the cars as much as I do a new course. But they seriously need to start upping the amount of courses available for DLC. I would love more tracks, I have so many cars right now I didn’t buy the last car pack because I still haven’t driven a single car from the first car pack as yet, lol. I am having way too much fun in my standard cars with their new wheels. Go figure, I love the less detailed cars in the game, premiums look awesome but to me they are soulless compared to the standards which have been constantly been worked on :). Sure my reasoning is odd but I don’t care, i love me some standard cars. Hey PD how about a better paint shop at least for the premium cars…or something that allows us to apply those interesting liveries that PD somehow always has for any car they send out as DLC.

    • January 13th, 2012 at 6:19 am - #
      TokoTurismo

      No no no you are right. I have lots of fun with the standards aswell. :)