Mazda’s Miata Featured in Latest GT5 Seasonal Events
New Time & Drift Trials are now available in Gran Turismo 5‘s Seasonal Events, featuring one of the game’s most popular driver’s cars, the Mazda Miata!
Time Trial No. 43
- 400PP Miata: Tsukuba Circuit Time Trial
Period of Availability: 2012/08/22 23:00 – 2012/09/05 23:00
Gold: Cr.250,000 Silver: Cr.150,000 Bronze: Cr.100,000 - 600PP Autumn Ring Time Trial
Period of Availability: 2012/08/22 23:00 – 2012/09/05 23:00
Gold: Cr.250,000 Silver: Cr.150,000 Bronze: Cr.100,000
Drift Trial No. 43
- Mazda Miata: Special Stage Route 5 Reverse Drift Trial
Period of Availability: 2012/08/22 23:00 – 2012/09/05 23:00
Gold: Cr.250,000 Silver: Cr.150,000 Bronze: Cr.100,000 - Côte d’Azur Drift Trial
Period of Availability: 2012/08/22 23:00 – 2012/09/05 23:00
Gold: Cr.250,000 Silver: Cr.150,000 Bronze: Cr.100,000
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August 27th, 2012 at 10:49 pm - #RB26 2jz
I can’t wait to own a miata :D as soon as I sell my car I’ll be sitting in one
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August 26th, 2012 at 10:20 am - #Flagmo-T
Thank you PD
For making this kind of TT = 1 specific Car – 2 tracks = Fair Contest for all..
It’s the only way to keep the Seasonals TT’s fair for all.. :O)
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August 26th, 2012 at 3:34 am - #Xamado7V
@77 – It’s not because people are enjoying the cr*p seasonals that they’re not posting here – it’s because they are playing Forza….
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August 26th, 2012 at 5:14 pm - #MeanElf
Sorry, I’m with 77 on this.
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August 26th, 2012 at 3:30 am - #Xamado7V
What an epic way to use your spare time.
Driving an MX-5 for hours; and you even get menial payouts to complete the package.
Sad, very Sad.
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August 25th, 2012 at 10:30 am - #77
good seasonal events, really enjoyed them, lmfao at the amount of the people with 0 skill to control this car, its a low power drivers car, u need to keep momentum and not scrub off speed, not have unrealistic tyres and loads of hp!! Finesse is what it takes, I easily got gold on tsksuba 1st run. The subaru 360 on the drift trial is taking the piss a bit but im sticking to a real car as i enjoy actually drifting, not cheating the system to get a false high score!!
This game is what you make of it, too many people brain-dead by the instant thrill society we live in. Sit back and enjoy the challenges rather than seeing them as a task that must be completed. Its a shame because the thousands of people that make the most of the game and are engrossed in it are too busy enjoying it to post here!! so many impatient kids posting awww mum its too stupid and hard I cant do it. Practice. Learn. Use ur brain for a change. Grow a pair.
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August 25th, 2012 at 10:33 am - #77
Or at least make an intelligent proposition for this magic alternative that would be more appealing rather than the generic “these are stupid, we want better ones”
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August 25th, 2012 at 3:52 pm - #ZiclonicOrifice
and those are the same people that complain that the game needs more cars and tracks and more tuning abilitys…fools
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August 25th, 2012 at 9:56 pm - #REESE-AUTO
lol good comment, i agree thank you.
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August 26th, 2012 at 7:39 pm - #MuoNiuLa
@77: Hmm, for starters, how about PD stop recycling the same old stuff again and again. There’s 1,000 cars in the game. Should not be difficult to come up with an original event for a change.
2. How about PD add the AI difficulty adjuster to the carrer mode, that’s only available in arcade? Also get rid of this stupid “chase the leader” format and spreading all the cars apart. It is not real racing.
I can keep going.
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August 26th, 2012 at 7:52 pm - #MuoNiuLa
One more thing. I have had this game from release and did all I could to keep it interesting, but the fun is not there. I loved GT for the single player and unfortunately, it’s very shallow in GT5. The fun career in the past GT games are the reason why I still play them to this day. Fact is, there are things in GT5 that could have been done better. Putting all the blame on the player for not enjoying this game is ridiculous.
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August 24th, 2012 at 4:50 pm - #TheEzekiel
OK, PD..the only reason I still play this game is the simulation and physics..but you made one of the worst and most boring games ever…this is horrible…back to GT1 ;)
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August 25th, 2012 at 2:41 am - #Lambofanghini
Bwahaa, you’re funny. This is the only game I still play way after launch date. Most everything else gets boring after just one month, and they are often great games. It’s almost two years and this disc still sees the ps3 way more than others. Halo is my second most played.
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August 25th, 2012 at 8:09 pm - #TheEzekiel
yea and reason? same as mine? just cool physics and great simulation? or you have REEEEEALLY great fun doing seasonal events
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August 26th, 2012 at 8:41 pm - #Lambofanghini
GT5 is hardly the worst and most boring game, but I get what you’re saying. Maybe all things will come together in GT6.
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August 24th, 2012 at 4:25 pm - #sanesh21
Guys, what car are you achieving gold in at Autumn Ring TT? Currently 1sec off the pace
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August 24th, 2012 at 4:37 pm - #sanesh21
Lol never mind , got the gold.
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August 24th, 2012 at 4:15 am - #Brunskill777
Sorry for posting the same thing twice, my computer froze when I tried to submit the first, I thought it hadn’t done but obviously it did. I hope both convey my UTTER RAGE
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August 24th, 2012 at 4:13 am - #Brunskill777
Oh dear, these are HARD AND STUPID. The MX5 tt took ages as I got withing .012 of gold (even though I was miles ahead of my ghost who was .050 of gold) but eventually did in on a run I didn’t expect to. The 600pp in the Chaparral was fun, and I continued doing it to improve my time. These were spoiled by no skid recovery (I know I’ve complained before, but the IDIOTS out there, don’t send out a witch hunt, go back to trolling or whatever you like doing best.) THEN THERE WAS THE DT’s. I only got bronze on SS5 in my MX5 and got 7997, so close to silver. THEN THERE WAS MONACO. I MEAN WHO DRIFTS ON MONACO?? HOW CAN YOU DRIFT ON RASCAS?? In my AC I couldn’t even get bronze. Then I saw the leaderboards. ARE YOU TAKING THE P***?? Subaru 360′s? Drifting? Yeah right Then I watched the leaders video. THAT’S NOT DRIFTING, THAT’S GOING AT 10-15MPH IN 5TH GEAR WHILE TURNING ONE WAY THEN THE OTHER. HOW DO THEY GET SO MANY POINTS FOR THAT?? AND WHO THOUGHT ‘OH YES, THE 360, THAT’LL BE GOOD AT DRIFTING.’ HOW DO THEY GET SO MANY POINTS FOR THIS? It’s disgusting what people do to get to the top. It’s time for a change, I’M FED UP with time and drift and the people who top the board doing things that any normal player can’t do. Change them please into something I want to do (and preferably something that gives loads of exp.)
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August 24th, 2012 at 5:09 pm - #TheEzekiel
maaaaaaaaan you’re so fu**ing right ;) I’m so pissed too
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August 26th, 2012 at 10:42 am - #Flagmo-T
It’s very sad –
Winning a GT5 Race contest today, isn’t about being fair and behaving like a Race driver would like building up the skills for creating the right setup and Skills for the driving, it’s about being creative to find the best way to cheat your name to the top 10 – It’s very sad K.Y, the Game suffers big-time because of it!!
If I was PD/K.Y i would have a person/persons checking the leader board, every 12hour circle, it’s easy and it keeps the Game honest and exiting..
To constantly see that Cheating in the TOP10 is possible on the worldwide Boards, makes me and so many others angry, and then we loose the faith in the game, meaning the Game suffers/PD suffers/Sony Suffers, and lastly K.Y suffers..This game is meant to be a professional SimRacer that offers great Raceing online and offline, But with the amount of Cheaters and bad Sportsmanships in the world, it demands a support from the Maker, so the people ( 20.000+ or more) that does race this game for the Fairness and honer is Respected ..
PD/K.Y you got to find a solution to keep this kind of cheating happening, It would take some effort to make a program that scans the Replayed saved Data, but it is possible to do so, and not to forget very important to do so.. ( AT least for GT6)
Lots of hornest People in here ( GTPLanet) will help you for free if you’ll need a helping hand Checking the TOP10 for errors cheating or unfair Racing, it only takes some time to check them out, because the leader-board isn’t changing a lot when the limits has reached..
DO Something or i am out of here, enough is enough, it’s yours responsibility to make the game WORK Not Mine..
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August 24th, 2012 at 3:58 am - #Brunskill777
Oh dear. These are stupid and hard. The MX5 time trial took ages: I got a 1:13.512 (convieniently .012 off) and when I eventually did it I thought I wasn’t quick enough but I was. The 600pp in the Chaparral 2J was fun, and I carried on doing it to improve my time. Both of these time trials were spoiled by no skid recovery (I know I’ve complained before, please the idiots out there don’t send out a witch hunt, go back to trolling or whatever you like doing.) Then the drift trials. THEY ARE SO STUPID.The ss5 in the MX5 was hard: I got bronze and my best was 7997 so close to silver. THEN THERE WAS MONACO. WHO DRIFTS ON MONACO?? I tried in my AC and HOW CAN YOU DRIFT ON RASCAS?? I can’t even get bronze. Then I saw the leaderboard. ARE YOU TAKING THE P***? Subaru 360′s. REALLY?? Then I watched the video. THAT ISN’T DRIFTING, THAT’S GOING AT 10-15mph in 5th gear and turning from side to side! How are they getting so many points for that! It’s disgusting what people do to be top. This is why I’m fed up with these trials, and the IDIOTS who regularly top the leaderboards by CHEATING. Rant over now. To sum up, I’m fed up.
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August 24th, 2012 at 3:47 am - #Youngun
Why did they call it the Miata, Its clearly is an Mx-5. Why cant they just stick with one name globally (they like the letter number combos). But this seasonal is great, Mx-5 is one of th best handling cars in the world.
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August 24th, 2012 at 7:41 am - #Pit Crew
What difference does its name make. Miata was its first gen title, MX-5 sounds sportier, but the name is not affecting the performance.
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August 24th, 2012 at 10:12 am - #MeanElf
The Miata is the name the earlier models were know as in the US – they’re all MX-5s now.
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August 23rd, 2012 at 9:55 pm - #cabezzz
My favorite seasonal’s are the Time trials and Drift trials, although the drift scoring system in the game sucks, its better than nothing, also I love that they are making it harder to complete these trials, they were way too easy.
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August 23rd, 2012 at 8:47 pm - #MadmuppGT
Ive recently come back to GT5 after getting bored of it, a new 3D tv has sparked some life back into the old girl… Although when I returned I had many seasonal events waiting for me, Excellent I thought, and since I’m already in my Lancia Delta, I’ll hit the fwd event… I travel towards the first corner at Laguna Seca only to find my 4 wheel drive rally car cousin slowly understeering off at 36mph… puzzled, thinking PD had added something awesome like oil on the track or maybe a cone stuck under the wheel I paused it to look at the reply…
Nothing wrong here, its a car, slowly sliding off a perfectly dry track like its skating on black ice, then I saw the words ‘Comfort tyres’ Ahhh that explains everything, so I left the seasonals and when back to using sports tyres (hards and mediums before anyone jumps in) because these are more realistic of real tyres used on the road, why do I know this? one I’ve never understeered off anywhere in any car travelling at 35mph and Ive actually been behind a Lancia Delta and let me tell you either the real car grips really really well on a much tighter, much narrower bend or the guy had GT5 infamous racing softs, because that thing whipped around the corner at 40+ and was gone…
So until GT5 stop making the comfort tyres out of ice and insist on using them in seasonals with powerful cars I’ll be doing my own hot laps. haha
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August 23rd, 2012 at 3:01 pm - #GT5 Level 41
How are the top scores at cote d Azur getting the 360 to red line in 5th gear at 19mph? I can’t get it to break loose to drift (wiggle) at that speed. I’ve tried twenty set ups. Nothing’s working.
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August 23rd, 2012 at 3:51 pm - #badboy_etc
I’m surprised.. It shouldn’t be difficult with comfort hard tires. >.>
Unless you’re using racing soft, common sense would be to lower the tire grade lol.
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August 23rd, 2012 at 4:16 pm - #GT5 Level 41
I’m on comfort hards. It’s the rpm to speed ratio I’m struggling with. No matter what I change, I’m in the 35-45mph range in 5th gear. Have you seen the replays?
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August 23rd, 2012 at 9:16 pm - #grog
not sure if this will help but do a search on GT5 tranny flipping, and do the opposite to lower the gearing instead. By doing this you can achieve vastly differnt ratios.
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August 23rd, 2012 at 10:48 pm - #GT5 Level 41
Thanks, I’ll give that a try next time I’m on. I honestly think I have forgotten more than I remember about this game anymore. Duh! Manually shorten 5th.
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August 23rd, 2012 at 2:31 pm - #danger23
XD,This is all we haft to look forward to”seasonal events”.what’s next?
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August 23rd, 2012 at 12:31 pm - #lldantell
same here
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August 23rd, 2012 at 12:23 pm - #thegame346
Please tell me i am not the only person getting absolutely tired of the same old seasonal event rotation. It is beyond ridiculous
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August 23rd, 2012 at 2:32 pm - #Pit Crew
^ We truly need an Upgrade. Actually been training for the final GTAcademy TT. Though I dont know location. been using First 370Z Tuned 08 Academy car on various difficulty created courses and Nurb.
Theme from Rocky plays in background “ADRIENNE”
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August 23rd, 2012 at 12:01 pm - #Amac500
PD, I dare you to make a 550pp or higher TT event and I dare you to do it with European cars
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August 23rd, 2012 at 10:39 am - #evertV12
PD built a nice physics engine and cool graphics- Then added 1000+ cars and tracks. Now where’s the game?
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August 23rd, 2012 at 11:01 am - #SonicWagon
You know that there have been hundreds of topics this lame comment could have been stuck under but you waited 2 years to post this brilliance. How did you decide to finally let this one out? I would have copyrighted it first.
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August 23rd, 2012 at 4:49 pm - #evertV12
@SonicWagon: My comment springs from a fact that GT5 hasn’t been amusing for some time now. Seasonals are the only thing to spice up the game it seems … I don’t care if you want to copyright a comment just go for it.
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I´m still wondering how could the scooby 360 get so good results at the drift event in Cote d´Azur?