GT Asian Championship 2012: New GT-R Shown in Gran Turismo 5, Daiki Kasho Live Concert
The 2012 Gran Turismo Asian Championship was held at Nissan’s global headquarters on Saturday afternoon in Yokohama, Japan.
It was a large, four-hour event with a very high production quality, broadcast live on the Internet via Ustream. Part 1/3, part 2/3, and part 3/3 are archived and available to download in case you missed it. Although no English translations or commentary was provided, several interesting and notable things occurred.
Kazunori Yamauchi himself spoke often and commentated on the competitor’s races. He also took part in an exhibition race with Lucas Ordonez and other randomly selected spectators.
Daiki Kasho, renowned video game music composer, hosted a rare live concert after the winners were announced.
With a full band and singer Jonathan Underdown, they performed several of his most popular songs written for the Gran Turismo series, including “Surv1v3″ from GT5: Prologue‘s intro and “5OUL ON D!SPLAY” from GT5‘s 2010 E3 trailer and Spec 2.0 intro. (As you may recall, the latter was named by a GTPlanet user who is acknowledged in the game’s credits.)
The band also performed a special “Happy Birthday” song for Kazunori Yamauchi, who turned 45 on August 5th.
After several rounds of races, three drivers were on top of the point standings, one of which (A. Maulana) is GTPlanet community member Ramstig. Congratulations, guys!
- K. Yamada (Japan)
- T. Kawajiri (Japan)
- A. Maulana (Indonesia)
Although Kazunori downplayed questions about game development (other than to re-confirm they’re working on GT6), the audience did get an interesting new peek at a new car used in the exhibition match: the Nissan GT-R N24 GT Academy ’12, which will be released next month in the upcoming Gran Turismo 5: Academy Edition. As you may recall, it was the car driven by Kazunori and Lucas to class victory in this year’s Nurburgring 24 Hours.
In-game footage of the new car was also seen in new promotional clips played during video transitions in the broadcast.
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August 14th, 2012 at 2:17 pm - #tpark103
How many are in gt5?
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August 13th, 2012 at 11:42 pm - #Normalaatsra
Ramstig was there….
Crap.He’s really good with the GT-R!
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August 13th, 2012 at 1:16 pm - #abigor
Nissan…yes..yes…Nissan…yes….good car…yes..2013 model yes Nissan ………….Nissan…yes……………….Nissan….. ok now you can throw up…..oh no wait a minute……..Nissan….Nissan….Nissan…..Nissan….
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August 13th, 2012 at 10:11 pm - #COLOSAL TOSSLE
DATSUN MUN….DATSUN
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August 13th, 2012 at 12:14 pm - #Youngun
Do we get this in an update or is it euro edition exclusive? Cool car
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August 13th, 2012 at 11:21 am - #Toyzri
Wow didn’t see that comming, another GT-R. :(
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August 13th, 2012 at 5:15 am - #Hentis
I have to laugh at a few of your comments about the Nissan cars. If I were you I’d be grateful for any car as DLC at the mOments as I personally can’t see much more DLC being released between now and GT6 :)
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August 13th, 2012 at 6:05 am - #TokoTurismo
+1. I rather GT5 be done and over with so Kaz and PD can fully FULLY focus on GT6 and just put GT5 to the side. Imo it’ll be a waste to make more DLC for GT5, so save the rest and put them in GT6 for a full excitement. ;)
I really hope GT5 is really for good after the GT5: Academy Edition.
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August 13th, 2012 at 7:35 am - #DuskTrooper
It isn’t a waste of time to push out a few more DLC packs. Personally, I don’t think I’ll be purchasing anymore now, but many other people will still purchase it, and PD & Sony clearly know this.
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August 13th, 2012 at 1:40 am - #dethringr
I demand more Nissan GT-R. There’s just not enough of them in GT5.
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August 13th, 2012 at 7:36 am - #DuskTrooper
Haha.
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August 13th, 2012 at 1:23 am - #BWX
I’d rather have almost any NEW (to GT5) 2011-2013 performance car from a manufacturer OTHER than Nissan.
Check out recent Forza4 DLC For inspiration Kaz!!
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August 13th, 2012 at 1:45 am - #tpark103
I think we pretty much have any and everything Nissan has to offer with the exception for the Leaf RC and Juke-R. If I’m wrong please don’t correct me. I’m just trying to agree with BMX.
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August 13th, 2012 at 2:15 pm - #hobanator24
And Most of the cars released in forza 4 dlc are already in GT5. Fiat Coupé, Sauber C9, Peugeot 205, Mazda 787B, Ruf CTR Yellowbird, CTR2, and many others. And this GTR actually looks cool with the blue paint job and yellow headlights. I hope we do get this in GT5
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August 13th, 2012 at 3:12 pm - #BWX
”And Most of the cars released in forza 4 dlc are already in GT5”
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August 13th, 2012 at 6:06 pm - #w115ter
i dont care what other games get as dlc , although it would be nice to get a premium mitsi gto & supra rz as these have been with gt since the start , could have had them in place of kubelwhatever & ducktruck
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August 12th, 2012 at 3:49 pm - #hazellnut134
Link to the concert:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WC7-enO6zSI
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August 12th, 2012 at 4:53 pm - #another_jakhole
Soul on Display was good, but in comparison, Survive was amazing.
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August 12th, 2012 at 4:56 pm - #Amac500
Not quite my taste in music (it’s closer then that pop crap though, lol). But it fits well as background music in the soundtrack. Honestly if it was my favorite music in the background it would get distracting lol.
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August 12th, 2012 at 5:02 pm - #another_jakhole
I found it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvtt09MqPbs&feature=player_detailpage#t=562s
Start it from the beginning if you’re interested, otherwise SURV1V3.
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August 12th, 2012 at 5:03 pm - #another_jakhole
Read the lyrics, Amac500, if you didn’t already.
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August 12th, 2012 at 5:40 pm - #karelpipa
sounds horrible..
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August 12th, 2012 at 5:54 pm - #Amac500
I’m just going out on a limb and am saying you’ve never heard any of it. But no, music is 100% subjective, everybody has a different taste and that’s totally fine…. as long as it isn’t that Justin Beiber crap, I mean unless your 12, lol
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August 12th, 2012 at 9:41 pm - #Sasuki
Better quality!!!
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August 12th, 2012 at 9:49 pm - #tpark103
Thanks for the links guys
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August 12th, 2012 at 3:11 pm - #masaki7026
I stayed up ’til 4AM to watch this thing-but hey, it was worth it!
That tournament was certainly spectacular in its own way-the races were quite fun to watch, and the concert was simply AWESOME!
As for the GT-R and stuff….ehhhhh…people say it’s nice, it’s rubbish, etc, etc…It’s hard to be patient with PD anyway, so I’d rather not care and enjoy life and try to enjoy the game as it is…and…other games…
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August 12th, 2012 at 2:29 pm - #aronh17
Well contrary to how other people feel I like driving a car that kazunori had. Not a lot of other games have that, mainly because devs aren’t professional race car drivers.
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August 12th, 2012 at 3:07 pm - #another_jakhole
I seriously thought I was the only one. I find it to be the best part of getting these cars. So glad the first two were free. The IS-F RM and the first N24 Schulze GT-R.
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August 12th, 2012 at 4:03 pm - #Amac500
Well he’s not professional, he runs in the amateur class
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August 12th, 2012 at 4:08 pm - #gamerdog6482
Still, he raced in the 24 Hours of Nurburgring.
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August 12th, 2012 at 4:26 pm - #another_jakhole
He’s not a total amateur. An amateur wouldn’t know half the things he does about cars and racing. Purely speculation that isn’t really speculation. It’s just me logic.
He’s at least been racing since ’06-’07 with 20 years of GT experience and track meets. He picked things up along the way.
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August 12th, 2012 at 5:00 pm - #Amac500
Well I know alot of things about cars and racing to, lol. Be that all as it is, homologations for racing classify amateur by experience behind the wheel in actual sanctioned competition, to which Kaz has ran the Nürburgring 24 Hour race 3 times and one other race at some Thunderville Raceway in the US, which classifies him as amatuer. You have to do a certain number of things to shake that classification but I’m not quite sure what they are, nobody fully understands the FIA, not even the FIA lol
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August 12th, 2012 at 5:14 pm - #another_jakhole
Not saying Kaz is a professional, he’s not exactly amateur either. I’m only talking S. No need for a discussion on this.
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August 12th, 2012 at 6:02 pm - #Amac500
Oh no I deffinently agree he is a few steps above an amateur, regulations aside, he’s deffinently better then the clown that cut off Anthony Davidson at Le Mans, lol
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August 12th, 2012 at 11:12 pm - #aronh17
All I was mainly saying was most game developers and teams that make racing games, do not have people that have raced that much, developing the game along side them. Sure, Shift 2 had racecar drivers sponsoring the game and making it look cool, much like the special events on GT5, but none of them continually develop and play the game throughout it’s development phase. He’s pretty much professional to me. Oh well, can’t wait to drive this, as it’s a completely different car.
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August 12th, 2012 at 11:56 pm - #Amac500
Yeah I get what your saying Aronh17, and it deffinently shows because things like physic and perception are all important to him and it comes through in the game. I mean watch a real life onboard lap of Le Mans in a Peugeot 908, then watch it in GT5, then watch it in Forza. The cockpit is out of scale an none of the track render feels accurate, it feels disproportion it and the perception sucks.
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August 13th, 2012 at 12:18 am - #porsche 9146
he’s so far from professional it isn’t even funny. the definition of professional is being paid to race, and he certainly doesn’t do that. furthermore, he’s a sports car driver, and sports car drivers are rated by the ACO as platinum (factory) – gold (standard pro) – silver (experienced amateur) – bronze (inexperienced amateur). the GT academy guys that run P2 are silver , he’d be bronze.
amateur doesn’t mean you are horribly slow, just that you aren’t a pro race car driver. other amateur drivers include david heinemeier hansson and scott tucker, both of which were faster than their professional P2 codrivers (christophe bouchut and martin plowman) at mid ohio.
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August 12th, 2012 at 2:13 pm - #tpark103
To be honest I do think I drove the last 24hr GT-R, it’s just parked in my garage looking pretty with many of the cars I have collected.
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August 12th, 2012 at 2:03 pm - #RobDoggy05
“the Nissan GT-R N24 GT Academy ’12, which will be released next month”
Cannot wait for ANOTHER Nissan!!!!
–__–
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August 12th, 2012 at 2:03 pm - #Amac500
Lol MÜLE_9242, I didn’t want to post as a reply and wreck it, but that was good
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August 12th, 2012 at 1:49 pm - #gamerdog6482
Well, now we have more than just a “Yep” for GT6.
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August 12th, 2012 at 1:53 pm - #another_jakhole
haha That’s true. It could have been a, “Well…”, too.
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August 12th, 2012 at 2:07 pm - #gamerdog6482
Yep.
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August 12th, 2012 at 2:56 pm - #another_jakhole
:D
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August 12th, 2012 at 6:32 pm - #DuskTrooper
Well…, Yep.
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August 12th, 2012 at 7:26 pm - #gamerdog6482
Yep. Well…yep.
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August 12th, 2012 at 12:47 pm - #MÜLE_9242
If I had a loonie for every sarcastic comment and for every tear shed below this post, I would be a rich man.
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August 12th, 2012 at 11:16 am - #leeson65
Yes! Another GTR! Just what the series needed!
GT5 is BACK baby!
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August 12th, 2012 at 6:33 pm - #DuskTrooper
Most funniest comment of the evening.
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August 12th, 2012 at 10:25 am - #ImprezaAddict
I’m just grateful I won’t be getting that GT-R. I love GT-Rs but not race versions.
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August 12th, 2012 at 10:26 am - #fortbo
i actually really want that gtr i am fine with any new race car they add the game seriously needs more race cars
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August 12th, 2012 at 1:34 pm - #SkierPS3
I’m sure everyone will be getting it. Kaz released his 2011 Nurburgring GTR in Spec II last year, so it’s likely he’ll release it again this year and make it an annual addition.
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August 12th, 2012 at 1:36 pm - #Amac500
I agree with Fortbo about race cars
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August 12th, 2012 at 2:13 pm - #Amac500
Yes SkierPS3, but they also are releasing that special Gran Turismo 5 GT Academy edition with that car on the cover and the only difference between that special edition and the normal game is that car.
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August 12th, 2012 at 10:20 am - #fortbo
hey this is very off topic but i just checked out the new grid 2 and i found out that it has no interior view which means i will not be buying it lol they were saying its going to be better than gt
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August 12th, 2012 at 1:02 pm - #Amac500
The thing that Grid got right in the 1st game that added a very realistic sim element was the crash damage, everything else was arcade like. But yeah, no in car is a step backwards, they had it before, and no in car cams are a deal breaker. When there was talk of none in GT5 I wasn’t going to get it lol
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August 12th, 2012 at 10:11 am - #SZRT Ice
Why doesn’t PD follow D1 and Rally the way they follow all these GT races? There is more to GranTurismo than that. And not everyone is a fan of team Kazunori. So why not include the other winners of these events? I’m sure a racing Lamborghini, a racing Ferrari, or a racing Aston Martin are eligible for inclusion. So why insist everyone only wants the winning GTR’s!? Right, Porsche is out, but other manufacturers are clearly and (most are) already in. They need a GTD1 Academy, a GTWRC Academy and any other spectrum of driving Gran Turismo dabbles in. Why include a drift seasonal every week, with absolutely NO D1 vehicles DLC? And rally has been completely ignored in terms of tracks and cars as well. Let’s see some Point to Point & rally cross. Stop giving so much of the same and gradually improve on everything as a whole. This favoritism is pushing many away.
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August 12th, 2012 at 10:16 am - #SZRT Ice
There’s even a D1 section in GTTV.
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August 12th, 2012 at 12:41 pm - #Amac500
That sir is a simple science. Nissan dumps a butt load of money into GT5 for promotion. In this case the car is added for Nissan GT Academy, one of Nissan’s promotions, so it’s Kaz’s GT-R. But yeah, all the many Nissans in the game is because Nissan is paying their way in for marketing. It isn’t that PD doesn’t want to add more I believe, it’s because Nissan has the pocket books for it and they even invest in extra things to wooh Kaz, like having him run the Nürburgring 24 Hour race.
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August 12th, 2012 at 1:56 pm - #another_jakhole
His first run at the Nurburgring wasn’t funded by them. He wasn’t even planning to go had it not been for an invitation. It was a completely privately-funded race by the Schulze siblings and father.
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August 12th, 2012 at 2:15 pm - #Amac500
I know it wasn’t a factory car or anything but I’m willing to bet that Nissan supplying the car played a role in Kaz with that team.
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August 12th, 2012 at 2:15 pm - #Amac500
^As compared to a non-Nissan car
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August 12th, 2012 at 2:59 pm - #another_jakhole
They didn’t supply them the car, I don’t think, but he did say that he wanted to use a GT-R/Skyline since it’s never been done before. The results, and the more obvious Nissan collaborations, are a product of why he wanted to only use a GT-R. Well, his FIRST 24hr Nurburgring race was with a Lexus IS-F, so no one can use the argument anymore that he only did it for Nissan.
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August 12th, 2012 at 4:53 pm - #Amac500
Alright, so I did my homework and we were both off a bit, it’s kind’a somewhere in between. The Schulze Motorsport team is kind of privately funded but it kind of isn’t. The Nissan customer program for the GT-R they’re racing isn’t exactly the normal customer program, it’s half customer and half factory. So far there are only 3 of those Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3′s, and Schulze Motorsports got 1 of them. It’s a deal where they had to have a little money but Nissan is also using the team as development for the new car. In fact Schulze fields the only one currently in the ADAC GT Masters series, which is a German based series with FIA GT3 spec homologations that Nissan is using as development for a future expansion to be a top contender in the FIA GT Championship, where they currently only work with UK based JRM. All the way through Schulze Motorsports has kind if been Nissan’s German stepping stone. So it’s half a factory team, Nissan is being very selective as they are newer and smaller to this kind of racing.
I also found in an article right on the Gran Turismo website about this year’s 24 race at the ring. The Schulze Motorsports team fielded a car for Kazunori Yamauchi (Kaz), Lucas Ordobez, Tobias Schulze, and Yasukichi Yamamoto to form “Team GT Academy”.
So I’ll tie it all together really quick. Schuluze Motirsports is a customer team but they do have Nissan funding for development and sponsorship. Kaz carries Nissan GT Academy sponsorship (which would go on no car other then a Nissan for obvious reasons) which helps Schulze in the money department. The Nissan GT Academy sponsorship obviously promotes the GT5 game as well which Kaz leads development in. So Kaz’s running in the Schulze Motorsports GT-R is basically a money triangle involving Nissan, Schulze Motosports, and Kaz. So we were both kind of around the bush, but there it is, did my homework!
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August 12th, 2012 at 5:13 pm - #Amac500
And yes his first run wasn’t tied into any of that, running in a Lexus IS-F.
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August 12th, 2012 at 5:17 pm - #another_jakhole
Thanks! I didn’t know about that. FYI, I didn’t need that last paragraph in your first reply lol. It’s appreciated though.
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August 12th, 2012 at 5:40 pm - #Amac500
Yeah I just through the last one in because I thought I was spin a garbage job of wording the rest, lol, journalist I am not ;)
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