GT5 Spec 2.0 & DLC Details: Standard Car Interiors, Replay Controls, New Cars, New Tracks, & More
Kazunori Yamauchi has been sharing a boatload of new details via Twitter this morning on the previously announced Gran Turismo 5 Spec 2.0 Update coming later this month. Here’s an overview of what we can expect from 2.0, which will be made available to everyone for free:
- Simplified interior views added to all standard cars.
- User control of the weather change feature.
- Settings sheet which allows you to save multiple car settings.
- New Spec 2.0 opening movie.
- Improved UI response and usability.
- Replay forward/rewind.
- Mid-race save feature for endurance races.
- Expanded online lounge features (narrowing down car types, shuffle races…).
- Expanded Photo Travel features (you can now take photos of cars together with your avatar).
- Added “NASCAR Pit Scene” stage to Photo Travel.
- Added 11 new 2011 NASCAR models.
- Added the Nissan GT-R N24 Schulze Motorsport (the car in which Kazunori contested the 2011 Nurburgring 24 Hours).
- Improved physics and artificial intelligence.
- Support for the Logitech G25/G27 steering wheel.
Commenting about the update, Kazunori had this to say about the company’s inspiration and motivation for the new features:
The coming Gran Turismo 5 Spec 2 update is an update that contains the feedback from the users playing GT5 online every day. We have added cars such as the newest NASCAR race cars, but many of the updates are those that improve usability and expand the field of game play. I believed from the initial release of Gran Turismo 5 that it would be the users that would make the game grow thereafter, and we added things like interior views for the standard models because there was a lot of request for it from our users. You could say that this update is the shape and form of GT5 that was created through the opinions of our fans.
Kazunori has also provided some information about DLC, which will become available sometime after Spec 2.0 is released and will include a “racing car pack”, a “course pack”, and a “racing gear pack”. Stay tuned for more details on those soon, and thanks to all of you who sent this in!
UPDATE: A batch of new screenshots featuring the Spec 2.0 changes and additions have now been released. The release date for 2.0 has also been set for October 11th, as confirmed by the PlayStation Blog.
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October 15th, 2011 at 12:33 pm - #Renault
Oh my goodness!! i just turned the ps3 and started GT5 and there it was! iim already downloading the update and can’t freaking wait for it to be installed!! :D
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October 11th, 2011 at 10:51 pm - #Dominic Toretto
Why the Toyota Supra RZ isnt premium when they have the Mazda RX7 & the Skyline??????…. I know im not the only one that loves Supras & just having it “standard” with small plain rims & no carbon hood or TRD body kit or something doesn’t cut it for me!!!
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October 11th, 2011 at 2:20 pm - #buddy51
If they have not added cautions to nascar races then this is all worthless
still can’t run long races with out people being left out at the beginning because of a wreck and no caution to get back in the raceplease include cautions in nascar races
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October 10th, 2011 at 10:49 pm - #ObscureSerenity
Wow… 1192MB!
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October 10th, 2011 at 10:37 pm - #Clytius
I’m so excited to see the cock pits for the standard cars. Does anybody know how many of the standard cars will just have the black screen cock pit?
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October 10th, 2011 at 8:34 pm - #doodooshorts
Good God, is it time yet!!!!???? lol
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October 10th, 2011 at 7:52 pm - #Nvedamuthu
Overall, the only thing that interests me is the support for G25/G27. This is a pretty dissapointing “Spec 2.0″ update. Is this all they spent a year working on? I want select standard cars like the Veyron converted to FULL ON PREMIUMS. Why is there no drag mode? Why didn’t PD just include all the tracks from GT4? All they did was upscale them, a pretty pathetic job for 5 years if you ask me. If GT5 was released 2 years ago, this would be reasonable, but 5 years? THIS IS CRAP. DLC should have been released 6 months ago. They better be modeling CTS-V’s and M5′s, otherwise, you’ll be seeing a copy of GT5 on Ebay…
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October 10th, 2011 at 9:53 pm - #Jamaicanbwoy
wow. i guess everyone is done dealing with these kind of people.
in short, stop whining and feel free to put ur copy up on ebay :)
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October 10th, 2011 at 7:43 pm - #Nvedamuthu
Does this mean we get better clutch operation with the G25/G27? The clutch right now might a well be a button, it’s so digital. If I were able to trigger the engine damage by riding the clutch, that would be awesome.
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October 10th, 2011 at 6:56 pm - #Mac K
Wheres the “like” button when I need one?
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October 10th, 2011 at 6:43 pm - #G35US
Hopefully in the next update, they will eventually allow us to modify standard cars with body kits and rims.
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October 10th, 2011 at 3:49 pm - #Amac500
I really hope there are some brand new premium Le Mans cars, like the new Peugeot 90x and the Audi R18 TDI, and mayb thy LMP2 Nissian that the GT academy winners drive, and a couple of at least recent GT Le Mans cars like the current Corvette, 458, and BMW.
Does anybody know of the saving set ups feature will enable us to change our set up during a pit stop like I hope it will? And could we see endurance events like the 24 Hours of Le Mans be class races, like GT and LMP or however they want to do classes with 16 total cars like in quick race, intend of 12?
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October 10th, 2011 at 2:48 pm - #topban82
tomorrow 2.0 :) YEAH!!!!
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October 10th, 2011 at 1:25 pm - #jah24car
this is all because Forza gots DLC cars almost every week to hear about more tracks for dlc, suits, and cars, makes me happy to see such a good thing to come out, the Spec 2.0 update looks great. I love seeing Kazunori work really hard on this game and I hope F1 and Codemasters gives up a bit of the rights so Red Bull F1 can be in GT5. I want Vettel’s F1 car :D
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October 10th, 2011 at 1:12 pm - #Strikey182
TOMORROWWW!!!!!! :D :D :D :D :D
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October 10th, 2011 at 2:28 pm - #faburisu
shhhhhhhhht … i can’t wait XD
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October 10th, 2011 at 12:59 pm - #Farid
This is all amazing, the guys put alot of effort to make this update, especially the fact that they made interior view for like 800 cars. It must be a hard work. So, great job guys at Polyphony!!!
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October 10th, 2011 at 11:13 am - #AngelPlayStar
This is all I need in GT5 … AMAZING UPDATE!!! Thanks!
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October 10th, 2011 at 9:20 am - #DawgCCCP
cant wait now lol, the big day is tomorrow:)
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October 10th, 2011 at 7:02 am - #vabellabel
i hope i can change weather on all tracks! love you kaz
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October 10th, 2011 at 5:27 am - #doodooshorts
gt5′s site says there will be maintenance from 22:00 – 23:00 edt the 10th……gettin ready!
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What…! No new B-spec events!?! How dissapointing :P