Mercedes’ GT5 Cross-Promotions Begin
Since we first learned that the company’s new SLS-AMG would grace GT5‘s cover, the company has been increasingly open about their affiliation with the game. First it was the showcased GT5 demo at their headquarter’s museum and dealers across Europe, but now they’re expanding use of the game as they integrate it with their international marketing efforts, as seen in Mercedes’ new Facebook game “Behind the Speed”. This simple game comes with a lucrative prize: a free copy of Gran Turismo 5 and your very own VisionRacer VR3 driving rig.
The competition is open to everyone until July 12th, so head on over to Facebook and give it your best shot. At the very least, perhaps it will help keep you busy until Sony’s E3 press conference – now just a few short weeks away…
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June 2nd, 2010 at 11:51 pm - #UnkaD013
Dude, that sucks if that’s the max score, or even if a maximum score is attainable in the first place. For an event that lasts over a month, I’d say it’s a pretty crappy deal for everyone if the prizes are claimed or won within the first three days. I’m upset, as I created a facebook account specifically for this contest. What a waste of time, and getting my hopes up like this is just wrong. Call me a complainer if you want, but this sucks big time.
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June 2nd, 2010 at 5:38 pm - #Syaieya
welp, just 5 days into the contest and it seems that either everyone is stuck on one game or 4 people already have a perfect score and all the worthwhile prizes will be claimed
the top 4 positions have all ready been filled at 425000 points a piece and so unless that score can be beaten, everyone else is now just going for that coffee table book thanks to how the rules are setup.
“The eight players who have scored the highest will win the prizes. If players within the top 8 have equal scores, the player who achieved this score first will be of higher rank in the high score”
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June 1st, 2010 at 2:52 am - #Laurenti91
Anyone have pass the level 15 of photo blitz ?
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May 31st, 2010 at 1:09 am - #Mickstanz
Hmm well im already giving up as all thats available to win now is prizes for 4th to 8th place, as the top 3 positions have already been filled and according to there T&C:
“The eight players who have scored the highest will win the prizes. If players within the top 8 have equal scores, the player who achieved this score first will be of higer rank in the high score”
Pretty much first in first served with the prizes, im not too worried about it but just warning other people that might try, that your only playing for the 4th to 8th prize pack now.
Check it out tho i had a little fun on it, currently sitting at rank 22, but im leaving it now as the prizes left dont interest me. Have fun! :)
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May 31st, 2010 at 1:01 am - #wakenabeb
and I was close too. had a 99577 score before I retried
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May 31st, 2010 at 1:00 am - #wakenabeb
It’s possible to get a perfect score without cheating. I’m nearly there, I just have to luck out and get the braking part precisely right.
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May 30th, 2010 at 11:06 pm - #NotaSonyEmployee
@ElieTheBear
Hmm, I got first, and I didn’t cheat…
Well only half true, has I didn’t cheat, but I didn’t play either, so no first place for me.
Point is: Following a post about cheating by posting that your in second place and didn’t cheat is all well and good, and even possibly true, but rather a waste of time. Anybody can post such things, and doing so at that point looks guilty has hell. Arguing it makes it even more unbelievable.
My advice would be not to bother, and save yourself the grief. Actually win the prize, and it’s pretty certain it’ll make front page news here anyway, and you’ll get all the recognition in the end. The alterative will probably only cause a major flaming….
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May 30th, 2010 at 6:57 pm - #G0N
51 on RANK !!
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May 30th, 2010 at 11:25 am - #ElieTheBear
@danielwhite74
No, I just finished the game normally !
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May 30th, 2010 at 10:52 am - #Tom Ato
For the people talking about a 2011 release date. Sony have already confirmed that GT 5 will be out BEFORE LBP 2. LBP 2 is coming out THIS winter, so GT 5 is definetly coming out before then, which means this year, not 2011.
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May 30th, 2010 at 10:06 am - #WH4YER0
@ElieTheBear How the hell did you made 100k points in braking? Extreme luck or nice exploit is needed there.
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May 30th, 2010 at 6:54 am - #danielwhite74
Mickstanz, they probably used screen and keystroke recording software to acquire their perfect score. I’m surprised Mercedes didn’t think of that while creating the competition.
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May 30th, 2010 at 6:18 am - #Laurenti91
ElieTheBear => How do you do to pass the level 15 of photo blitz ? The game doesn’t work after le level 15 for me :(
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May 30th, 2010 at 5:51 am - #ElieTheBear
got the second place ! yeah yeah : P
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May 30th, 2010 at 1:11 am - #Mickstanz
Haha well id stop there if i was you, im just leaving it untill they fix a few bugs, but the guys who already have a score of a perfect 425,000 seem a bit dodgy..
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May 30th, 2010 at 1:00 am - #Klaus
@Mickstanz
How do you get that far? I only could get upto level 8 :S
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May 30th, 2010 at 12:57 am - #Mickstanz
Seems you cant get past level 15 on the ‘photo blitz’ part of the game
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May 29th, 2010 at 11:53 pm - #gt5fan
Scibba, i was at jb hifi(strand arcade store) and it had a sign for release 1/10/10
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May 29th, 2010 at 11:40 pm - #NotaSonyEmployee
I think GT5 will release sometime in the first half of this century because making people wait any longer will cause a time space rift resulting in cross quantum bleed overs of forza 26 into need for speed shift 16. This will imbalance the moon, causing it to spin of into pluto’s orbit, collide with it, and thus add enough mass to cause the reclassification of pluto has a planet. Then we’ll have to buy new textbooks for our kids, and won’t be able to afford the game. this will also cause a catastrophic loss of sales at Merc dealerships all over the know universe. It’ll be anarchy.
Oh, and the contest date is moot, the game was released allready. Unfortunately, this causes a temporal disturbance, changing pluto’s orbit, causing it to swing closer to the sun, shrink, and lose it’s status has a planet. This caused an alternate history timeline where random video game titles evaporate into thin air at 90% completion, a problem that manufacturers haven’t yet figured out how to remedy.
But ok, if they want to have contests, they don’t need my permission.
Or mabey they do…..MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
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