GT5 B-Spec “Remote Races” Coming Early February

Gran Turismo 5 January 16th, 2011 by Jordan

One of the more interesting and unusual GT5 features announced before release was “Remote Races” (also known as “Gran Turismo Anywhere”), enabling you to control your B-Spec races on your PS3 from your PC or mobile device. Obviously, this was missing from the game when it shipped last November, and its future has been uncertain – despite the fact that it remains listed (with this screenshot) on Polyphony Digital’s official GT5 feature list.

Now, however, Kazunori Yamauchi has finally confirmed via Twitter the feature will be available in “early February”. It is unknown if enabling this functionality will require another update of the game, but considering v1.05 is nearly a month old already, this may be the target release date for the next revision. Regardless, though, it looks like this update won’t be coming soon enough for participants of the B-Spec-based Signature Edition Challenge.

Thanks to Rob Groove for the tip!

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February 2nd, 2011 at 11:42 pm - #

SuperAguri

Kaz please provide the right to set the password in the Online Louge and add more tracks such as Motegi, Sugo, Okayama and Autopolis please please please !
January 19th, 2011 at 9:51 am - #

Shazbot

And come April, there will be a similar news update … “Kazunori Yamauchi confirms that GT5 B-spec arriving sometime in June.”
January 18th, 2011 at 8:47 pm - #

Spade

Well B Spec will still be flawed all together whether you’re using the races via PS3 or the PC! They should focus on adding more things to B Specs such a “Training” option or make more commands for you’re driver and make the AI drivers more improved!
January 18th, 2011 at 3:14 pm - #

TheProphessional

Question: I know the PS3/GT5 game have to be on, but can leave home and RESTART races remotely (So, I’d be able to leave the house all day and still grind the American Championship over and over)? Or will you have to manually start a race, B-Spec it remotely until it’s finished, then manually start another race?
- February 3rd, 2011 at 5:25 am - #
  
  Nikez
  
  I don’t want to be the bearer of bad news, but I’m pretty sure you can’t do the regular B-Spec races as we know them. The remote races is for putting your own drivers and cars against the drivers and cars of your friends. The drivers will get experience, but I don’t think it will count for B-Spec rank.
  
  So the way I look at it, it’s gonna be some fun you can do with GT5 when you can’t play the actual game. Just go to gran-turismo.com and chose your language and then search for B-Spec. The B-Spec page from that site is where I got the basis of my information in this post. If I have misunderstood, I appologize.
January 18th, 2011 at 7:55 am - #

Berlino Bear

87th!!!!!!!!!!!!!
January 18th, 2011 at 6:37 am - #

ripcde

DAMN YOU Kazunori Yamauchi!!!!!!!! Hasn’t my home life suffered enough? Now you must take over my work as well?
(Shakes angry fist)
- January 18th, 2011 at 6:40 am - #
  
  ripcde
  
  PS I don’t feel all that bad now for the stupid PSN accounts I made to get free birthday cars. Anyone else use Mike Hunt as their name?
January 18th, 2011 at 2:22 am - #

Deathsarthe

Just a terrible idea, IMO.

I think we can all agree that the B-Spec from GT4 was more of a useful tool more than it should’ve ever been a feature that’s 1/2 of the career portion of GT5. It should’ve stayed that way…

Though, I am a GT fanatic it doesn’t change the fact that the A-Spec and overall game still feels incredibly rushed, incomplete, and just sub-par – which are things that Polyphony and full GT titles aren’t known for.
January 17th, 2011 at 11:27 pm - #

jeff waters

it need to be accesable from psp
January 17th, 2011 at 11:26 pm - #

jeff waters

Yes i can play gt5 from school
- January 19th, 2011 at 9:43 pm - #
  
  JimInPT
  
  Yeah, that’ll look quite impressive on your resume …. if you somehow manage to graduate. ;-)
January 17th, 2011 at 11:26 am - #

Max

I read on a German site that you can only “remote race” against the Bobs of your friends. You won’t get any Credits or XP for this. There will be no possibility to “remote race” B-Spec events…Where is the sense???
January 17th, 2011 at 11:00 am - #

HumanDestroyah

I work 12 hour shifts behind a computer…… I don’t know about the rest of you but I can’t wait for this.
January 17th, 2011 at 3:37 am - #

Waltermydoinhere

I want more admin controls in ONLINE racing.

Make driving backwards a PENALTY that AUTO-KICKs the person.
Like in some 1st person shooters on the PC, if someone amasses too much ‘damage given’ points to other cars, (like Team killing), AUTO-KICK

Make all tracks “Reversable”. I’d love to give the Ring a go going the OTHER direction…

More parameters for “RESTRICTIONS” on the multi-player settings. Such as:

Year limitations. (1965-1969 cars only)
Country Limitations (German cars only etc…)
“Race Car Only” or “Street Car Only” settings

Give US control!! It sucks to have a great server going where everyone is complying with the ‘communicated’ settings and someone comes in and takes a car that falls within the current restrictions but is a total cheater car compared to what everyone else already agreed on. With some of the above restrictions, it would be so much easier to have a successful, on-going online race server.

Thanks ahead of time for listening..(yeah right)

As for B-spec. Those of you who say it’s useless obviously haven’t gotten the cool cars it gives out. Either that or you’ve already gotten them through some ‘duplication’ method. Either way, I don’t care but I do think it’s a nice way to earn extra$$. I put “Bob” to work on the lvl 24 “Dream Car Championship” and he earns over $1 million/hour. I just click start and check back every 15 minutes or so whilst watching TV. Easy Money.
January 17th, 2011 at 3:16 am - #

Dave-o

First we had A Spec, where you drive the car. Then we had B spec, where you watch the PS3 drive the car. Now we have remote driving, where you don’t watch the PS3 driving your car for you. What’s next? Imaginary driving, where you don’t even have a PS3.

BTW, I am unbeatable at imaginary driving.
- January 17th, 2011 at 5:25 pm - #
  
  XtReMe98
  
  ROFL..
  
  I “imaginarily” just overtook you in the last corner…..
January 17th, 2011 at 2:24 am - #

Cynical Simon

I think Sony made PD invent Bspec to increase the wear and tear on the PS system.
Now my PS3 can be on all day when im at work too.
- January 17th, 2011 at 5:23 pm - #
  
  XtReMe98
  
  This is why i endorse duping/bday car cheats..
  
  Why burn out my REAL ps3 just to unlock DIGITAL cars i want?
January 17th, 2011 at 12:32 am - #

daics69

I, and many of my friends have waited years for GT5 to be released. Purchased the original PS3 for almost $1000au the day after it was released in anticipation of GT5. Picked up the signature addition for $300au, purchased a steering wheel for $200au. WHY THE F… WOULD I WANT TO WATCH AN A.I. DRIVER RACING MY CARS!?!?!?! ridiculous!!!
January 16th, 2011 at 11:42 pm - #

syaieya

Looking back at that article from September makes me wish they would implement more stuff for point to point racing.

They have great potential for online rally racing and touge and point to point create a track races
January 16th, 2011 at 11:42 pm - #

Bearcut

How about a real online community? Online classifieds? Online events (NOT MORE SINGLE PLAYER EVENTS, BUT ONLINE EVENTS vs OTHER PLAYERS)

It’s rare to get a decent race going online with this antiquated lobby system, you’d think that PD has been out of the loop for over a decade.
January 16th, 2011 at 11:04 pm - #

BubbleBelly542

What about online B-Spec?
January 16th, 2011 at 9:53 pm - #

pudge

And I will be level 40 by then, most likely … will there be more to play for, beyond $$?
January 16th, 2011 at 8:16 pm - #

BWX

A-Spec in GT5 has less than 1/4 of the races that GT4 A-Spec has, and there’s tons of things missing completely that we were told would be in GT5 like marathon race and mid championship saves and poin to point generated rally stages, etc…, yet Kaz and PD spend their resources adding garbage like this that nobody cares about. WTH FIX GT5, then add BS features later.