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 9th, 2011 at 5:50 pm - #marktyper
If they will have Simplified interior views for standards, they should have simplified wheel options too right? what ya think bros?
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October 9th, 2011 at 2:13 pm - #Maxitsu
I think some standard interiors will be awsome and some will be terrible. like all standard cars now. some look great some look really bad. I would prefer a decent hood view for all cars. neverteless this update looks ok.
what is UI?
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October 10th, 2011 at 6:41 pm - #Renesis2K
UI is User Interface.
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October 9th, 2011 at 2:12 pm - #Maxitsu
I think some standard interiors will be awsome and some will be terrible. like all standard cars now. some look great some look really bad. I would prefer a decent hood view for all cars. neverteless this update looks ok.
what the hell is UI?
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October 9th, 2011 at 12:37 pm - #Landbergaren
Thank GOD finally PD gave us light!
Cant wait to see this launched!Now they only need to fix the everything in the audio-department, stop using the rolling handicap-starts for AI as stard in races and make the game license-based and not lvl-based again, and then its a WRAP!
….But I dont expect them to fix those stuffs in gt5 but i demand it on gt6. If the sounds still sucks in gt6 i will play some more race07-series instead. -
October 9th, 2011 at 9:04 am - #Gturbo5
2 DAYS LEFT !!!
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October 9th, 2011 at 3:54 am - #VictoreX
2 MORE DAYS!
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October 9th, 2011 at 3:24 am - #JEMcG
Dates are all messed up lol.
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October 9th, 2011 at 3:21 am - #JEMcG
The standard car interiors will loook horrible. Some of the other updates are good though.
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October 9th, 2011 at 1:09 am - #piscesking
I’m hoping for DLC Porsche, I want them so bad
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October 8th, 2011 at 8:10 pm - #DoggyB22
Ehh once they add more cars that ACTUALLY matter then Ill be impressed… GT5 has way to many pos! cars in it
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October 8th, 2011 at 5:46 pm - #MasterLeaf
I just noticed the UCD is Open-view (Or whatever) cars. Seems a bit appropriate because we’re having standard interior view.
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October 8th, 2011 at 4:12 pm - #Tomeggyilkos
Gran Turismo 5 forever
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October 8th, 2011 at 1:59 pm - #gearninga
How much will this cost?
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October 8th, 2011 at 1:29 pm - #Foxiol
Wow New look to the Web…it looks pretty good Jordan.
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October 8th, 2011 at 11:51 am - #Psycho-Tuber
Woo Hooo!!! Support for my G27…FINALLY!!!!!
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October 8th, 2011 at 1:58 am - #jasr73
Pretty dam fine update from Kaz and his team by the looks. Nice work boys! PS – if you think Kaz and the PD team are doing good things, get over (in a separate window of course) to the 2011 Golden Joystick Awards and give them the props for GT5. Voting closes on October 14 with winners announced on October 21.
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October 7th, 2011 at 9:16 pm - #GranTurismo330
Hopefully A new cockpit view in the veyron this time!!
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October 7th, 2011 at 9:15 pm - #GranTurismo330
WAAAAAAAAAHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!
FREE X2010, NEW CARS AND MORE FEATURES!! PD HAS FINALLY GOT IT GOING!!!!
Can’t wait to drive that epic looking GT-R!!!!!!!! -
October 7th, 2011 at 6:14 pm - #reverand33
domo arigato mr turismo
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You know one change I would make and i mean MAKE!!!! is the ability to stop the time changing to damned fast in photo mode… you get the car set where and how you want it for a nice day shot and BAM, Night time and some god damned neon lights… please have a mode where you can set the exact enviromental settings you would like and LOCK them down!