GT5 Online Service Maintenance Coming Feb. 12th & 14th
Polyphony Digital announced two 3-hour scheduled maintenance periods for Gran Turismo 5‘s online services yesterday, both of which will take place next week.
The first maintenance period will occur on Tuesday, February 12, 2013, between 16:00 and 19:00 GMT, with the second just two days later, on Thursday, February 14, 2013, during the same time period.
Although the last “maintenance” period on January 15 introduced the 2014 Corvette Stingray and update 2.10 to GT5, such a notice from Polyphony Digital does not at all imply that new content or a game update will be released. The length and close proximity of each maintenance period is unusual, however.
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February 14th, 2013 at 9:20 pm - #Crozzlow
Looks like another maintenance session on 2-18 into 2-19…just saw it on the US GT website.
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February 14th, 2013 at 8:10 pm - #Guardian
400 posts of meaninglessness, lol.
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February 14th, 2013 at 7:47 pm - #LR-MR-Cole
Well no DLCs from the maintanence, thats alright. I got F1 2012 which I did think was gonna be that good cause the last three were horrible but this one is truley epic with the Thrustmaster F1 wheel now I just need the F1 seating position. But as far as GT5 I do feel there will be another DLC maybe two before all atention is focusd on gt6 and Im sorry GT6 will not debut with PS4. I can say almost positivly that GT6 is atleast another 1-2 years away. Oh and does anyone expect a GT6 Prolouge
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February 14th, 2013 at 7:26 pm - #young car joc
i have a real good feeling that this maintance was to be checking up on the players. i was able to sign on during the “maintanance” and all was smooth. there were lots of lobbies open and everything was normal.but i also think that they are working on getting rid of the hacked cars like the civic, pdi cart and the redbullx2010 all with 100k+hp.
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February 14th, 2013 at 6:31 pm - #Rick74
Bro’s just go drive a real car. That’s as real as it gets.bums..
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February 15th, 2013 at 12:15 am - #Quakebass
What if I want to drive a Lamborghini Aventador around Spa? And then right after, take an R10 around Sarthe? That’s thousands just in traveling costs, and likely thousands more to rent a super car at a track, if that’s even possible.
OR – I can spen $250 on a PS3, $30 for a driving sim, if necessary, a high-end racing wheel for around $300-500, and then purchase about $5 worth of DLC to get the car and track. Then, as a bonus, I get access to several real-world and fantasy circuits, and access to close to 100 super cars, a selection of race cars, and all sorts of road cars. Maybe that’s why…?
And I don’t think you can rent LMP cars for cheap, if at all…
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February 14th, 2013 at 6:29 pm - #nascarfn
they didnt fix anything what they did was brake everything again
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February 14th, 2013 at 5:05 pm - #velly
Logged in last night and I found the game ran better online than normal..
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February 16th, 2013 at 8:14 am - #e30 freek
I need to check this out
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February 14th, 2013 at 4:57 pm - #warpkez
Something must have happened, because I cannot collect any prize tickets and the wet/dry bug is back.
- Doing the latest seasonal, got offered two level 17 tickets but neither show in the pick up.
- Doing the Dream Car event, after racing Monza all cars are in wets when starting R246 -
February 14th, 2013 at 4:34 pm - #kalakanto
I hope there will be no DLC or any new material just bugfixes and consentrate to get GT6 out in launch of PS4 even it sounds too fast but maybe new iron is quicker to handle and make 10 000 000 premiums for game as few here expects lol.
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February 14th, 2013 at 5:50 pm - #Halcyon925
PD would probably do that if the Blu-Ray Disc could hold like 200GB. Lol
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February 14th, 2013 at 6:38 pm - #NeuroticVows
Halcyon they have been testing multi layered BDs that supposedly can hold over a terabyte of data but I highly doubt the PS4 would support it. TDK demonstrated a 1 TB disc late last year
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February 15th, 2013 at 12:17 am - #Quakebass
There was a rumor that Sony was looking into a 6TB disk a while back. I don’t know what became of it, or if it’s still being worked on. As stated, it’s likely a bit far off. But unless PD expands they’re workforce by like 2000%, I don’t see even 15k premium cars as a potential…
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February 14th, 2013 at 3:48 pm - #huhobanut
Just checked …. Nothing !! So far … Lets wait and see how many now start moaning after being promised nothing and got nothing … !! Makes me laugh …
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February 14th, 2013 at 3:43 pm - #Kruger86
Has anything happened my Internet is down???
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February 14th, 2013 at 3:19 pm - #huhobanut
Gone a bit quiet on here …!!!!!!
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February 14th, 2013 at 1:46 pm - #Longa23
Turn 10 are Cutthroater…
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February 14th, 2013 at 1:34 pm - #Toyota2jz
FACT:
FOR DLC LOVERS
If we had no standard vehicles in GT5, we’d be seeing tons of DLC. -
February 14th, 2013 at 1:24 pm - #huhobanut
Not long now people till we know … There’s either gonna be a lot of happy people out there or a lot disappointed ones .. !!!!!
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February 14th, 2013 at 2:30 pm - #Hentis
“SERVER” update…… that to me means no DLC!!!
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February 14th, 2013 at 3:36 pm - #Herothefool
I hope your right huhobanut!! we need some new material !
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February 14th, 2013 at 4:36 pm - #Quakebass
If people are disappointed, I will face palm. Nothing was promised at all, nothing was hinted to come. Sure there was new video of some re-modeled classic tracks and the NSX, but for all we know it could be GT6 content. You shouldn’t just assume until there’s substantial evidence.
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February 14th, 2013 at 5:38 pm - #JeremiahTB
“Nothing was hinted to come” except for “some re-modeled classic tracks and the NSX.” Those were some nice hints. Possibly misinterpreted about the server downtime, but still.
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February 14th, 2013 at 6:39 pm - #NA
If the vid had made any mention of GT5, mabey. Otherwise all it is is a demo vid of a car running on some popular tracks. Nothing more, and certainly not a hint that we would be getting anything at all in the way of a post server maintenance content update, much less one containing any of those things.
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February 14th, 2013 at 7:41 pm - #Pit Crew
Im disapointed, but not surprised, or shattered, though Ill admit I thought we where getting a Valentines Day Gift.
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February 15th, 2013 at 12:24 am - #Quakebass
I mean sure, it’s going to come to the GT series, that’s obvious enough. But there was no indication as to when, and if even GT5. Considering the PS meeting on the 20th, I’m holding off any expectations for GT5 until I see what happens there. There’s new substantial rumors for new Killzone, LBP, and Motorstorm for the event. If that’s true, maybe a first look at GT6. And if that happens, I don’t see why anything more than server maintenance and bug fixes should come to GT5 – it’ll lower the hype.
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February 14th, 2013 at 11:13 am - #steebz
I don’t think we’re getting any update fellow gamers – just maintainance. Oh well, time to dig out some other games for a month or two and give GT a rest but i will be back lol
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February 14th, 2013 at 12:16 pm - #huhobanut
Have you tried WRC 3 …. ? I recommend it very much ..!!! If you like rallying I think it’s the best one so far .. Gt5 and WRC 3 is about all I play really ..
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February 14th, 2013 at 8:17 am - #Flying Scots
Is time to get a new big DLC car pack. Last paid DLC was of 5 month’s ago (and only 3 cars).
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February 14th, 2013 at 7:55 am - #StealthRocket
Perhaps we will not see any maintenance after tonight’s (Thursday) planned maintenance session either….perhaps we will only get to see what is in store after Sony’s Investor announcement on the 20th Feb in NYC. If you have to think about a bit of a remarkable coincidence that the biggest 2 maintenance sessions in GT5 and Sony’s widely anticipated PS4 announcement take place within a week of each other. If I am not mistaken Sony has released snippets of information saying that they would be showing off a driving game of sorts along with some other content. Rumour has it that Sony’s launch will be shown on their new 4K resolution screens, GT did show the graphics potential of the GT series in 4K resolution a few months back.
Here is what I am predicting, the maintenance periods have been commenced to upload both the launch trailers for Sony PS4 and the Launch trailer for GT6. As a taster of things to come we will get the new Acura NSX along with high frame rate versions of the updated Seattle Circuit and Apricot Hill. As a teaser to GT6 perhaps the release of the Ginza district and the Willow Springs Raceway and perhaps a section of a very mountainous long driving route.
The second things I am anticipating from the crew at Polyphony is an update to the interior graphics of the standard vehicles a few fixes on some niggles, loops and glitches and hey presto GT5 will be 98% complete….and giving it fresh legs for the run home and hand over to the GT6 title in March 2014.
Lastly to the guys who bash, whinge and moan about GT5, I have this to say….the GT series was the pioneer of it all, they have consistently pushed the boundaries and will continue to do so for years to come. No other racing title even comes close in terms of what they have achieved. While GT5 is not perfect , I do expect that GT6 will be EPIC and will once again set the pace and the standard for years to come.
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February 14th, 2013 at 9:38 am - #fordskydog
Me thonks you expect far too much…
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February 14th, 2013 at 9:58 am - #Steph290
Seriously, it gets annoying the amount of people who get so deluded in their fantasy they begin to make claims with no substantial evidence to back it up. Come back to reality and relax.
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February 14th, 2013 at 11:06 am - #researchALLwars
if you are ‘annoyed’ by what stealthrocket has posted then I believe you may be the one in need of some relaxation. He clearly stated that his post was his own Prediction, not a claim of fact. Your nasty reply is ten times as annoying, steph290. Is that all the better your parents taught you? You were probably raised by the TV like the rest of the pods walking around this place. I hope you realize your follys one day soon, and turn it around.
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February 14th, 2013 at 11:08 am - #CJSpencer77
I also think that once the thursday maintanance is over we will get free money and a mansion each
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February 14th, 2013 at 11:28 am - #StealthRocket
As mentioned Steph290, it was a prediction and if you read the GT websites and follow the news the predictions could and have some basis to them. What annoys me is cynical, negative people who preach they know better when in reality they know the least! All the info that I related to the the post was taken from information posted on GTPlanet and trusted gaming news sources.
Perhaps if you have any understanding of marketing you would realise putting all the bits of information together over the months (information posted on GTPlanet) and using a little bit of logic that this would be an outstanding opportunity to launch the marketing campaign for GT6 on PS4, it is not exactly rocket science. If I am wrong well at least I made a positive contribution to the website. Learn to dream a little too steph290, a little bit of positivity goes a long way.
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February 14th, 2013 at 1:09 pm - #Lambob
“Many people, especially ignorant people, want to punish you for speaking the truth, for being correct, for being you.
Never apologize for being correct, or for being years ahead of your time.
If you’re right and you know it, speak your mind. Speak your mind.
Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is still the truth.” -
February 14th, 2013 at 1:29 pm - #onewayroll
I like your predictions very much lol, If nothing at all I would to at least get a preview to GT6.
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February 15th, 2013 at 9:30 am - #researchALLwars
Lambob FTW
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February 14th, 2013 at 1:21 am - #Rushton1996
Well I hope there will be an update after the next maintenance.
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