Mercedes’ GT5 Live Race Video Recap and Photos

Gran Turismo 5 Online Competitions Videos September 6th, 2011 by Jordan

In case you missed the live stream of the Mercedes Live Race yesterday, here’s a video recap of what went down at what turned out to be an enjoyable event to watch.

GTPlanet staff member “daan” was also on-hand for the event, and put together this excellent behind-the-scenes look at how it all went down at Mercedes-Benz World.

David Coulthard eventually came on top against the live racers who were not able to best his real-world lap time of 1:16.32. That time quickly fell, though, once the corresponding Seasonal Event went live in Gran Turismo 5. There was initially confusion over the Seasonal Event’s availability in North America, though I am now happy to confirm it is available in all regions. Head on over to our GT5 Seasonal Events forum for more discussion.

Let’s hope the success of the event inspires Mercedes and other automotive manufacturers to use Gran Turismo as a creative and interactive marketing platform. Congratulations once again to Jason Birt, winner of the trip to the 2011 F1 Brazilian Grand Prix, and all who took part!

 

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  1. September 18th, 2011 at 2:36 pm - #
    Micah

    anyone else think DC is the new Stig?

  2. September 7th, 2011 at 11:42 pm - #
    AlphaAndius

    Jason really looks like a tempermental fella. Well done on his part though! XD

  3. September 7th, 2011 at 12:45 pm - #
    Greennarcotics

    Even though David was given some advantages I think it was only done to make the competition interesting. With the weather conditions david was at a big disadvantage and did well to do 1.16.3 even though he cut a few corners.
    This time is beatable as many GT5 players have proved this online I seen people do low 1.15 without cheating, I myself got 1.16.683 which is pretty close to davids time and I’m no Michael Schumacher. I know it would have been alot harder on the day with the pressure of the competition but I think Davids time could have been beaten with some better GT5 players.

    Whats really annoying me is all the the people cutting corners online in the seasonal event it’s a joke. It’s the 1st time trial where you couldn’t run off and buy a race car and limit it to regs. Thought it would have been fair but now every person in top 10 has cheated… FAIL

  4. September 7th, 2011 at 7:44 am - #
    Koolway

    (oops i pressed the wrong key)…The way it should… But you just won t be quick enough…

    The truth is “you re just not as good as you think you are” ;-)

    Look at the way dc spun on the last corner. He was at 80kph max…
    Now try to spin like that with sport tyres. Unless you do it on purpose, really hard to imagine the dc is such a bad driver.

    Conclusion: comfort soft are quite a good match

  5. September 7th, 2011 at 7:36 am - #
    Koolway

    For those who complain on the confort soft tyres they should just try to go near full throttle irl in a sls where traction control is off, abs is off, suspension set to sport+ and esp off to see that it can match the slipery felling of gt5.

    “there s no way a sls behave like this!!”
    Put all driving aid on and to max in gt5 and i think you ll get the feeling that the sls behave exactly

    • September 7th, 2011 at 9:56 am - #
      funrun

      Exactly, people who think the car cannot be this wild in real life should think about what 570hp really means.
      I have faith in PD that they are truly striving to get the physics and tire combos right, even if that means redoing parts of their 1000′s of split second calculations going into the physics engine.

      So information collected at competitions like this really help out PD with improving the future of this game. I don’t see other sims doing this.

  6. September 7th, 2011 at 7:04 am - #
    Stu

    Well that said I believe the SLS gets better grip than in the time trial as stock

    • September 7th, 2011 at 7:07 am - #
      SpeedTrap

      How can he get better grip if the times are the same??

      DC was driving smoother in real life so gets the impression of better grip

  7. September 7th, 2011 at 5:54 am - #
    Stu

    Would have been better to see DC do a lap using GT5 and compare the times…

    If anything I think it shows a flaw in tyre categorisation. Because there is no way a $300,000 car would come standard with what I would categorise as comfort soft tyres. I think we all imagine in its standard form it would use sports medium/hard in which case GT5 gives a much quicker time than reality.

    • September 7th, 2011 at 6:54 am - #
      SpeedTrap

      SLS real tyres are fully treaded not semi slick like the sport tyres in GT5 lol

      comfort are the real deal

  8. September 7th, 2011 at 4:50 am - #
    Fantomas666

    Aggressive celebration there by the winner grrrrr

  9. September 7th, 2011 at 4:31 am - #
    shigllgetcha

    whats a porche

  10. September 7th, 2011 at 4:00 am - #
    ed24f1

    Thanks, Image 1 is a nice new desktop background image!

  11. September 7th, 2011 at 2:26 am - #
    Normalaatsra

    Did you know just yesterday, History’s Top Gear (TG US) did a Time Trial event at Infineon Raceway where Adam Ferrara and Rutledge Wood both drove Lexus LFA’s exclusively on a Forza 4 demo, and challenged Tanner Foust to beat their time in a real LFA in the real track.

    Its ironic TG US and Turn 10 did this after the David Coulthard challenge, but it’s more suited as a re-attempt of the GT4 challenge Jeremy Clarkson did with the Acura NSX on Laguna Seca on both virtual and reality.

    • September 7th, 2011 at 2:47 am - #
      Russianmule

      Tg isn’t live, so they would have done it before the gt5 event.

  12. September 6th, 2011 at 11:58 pm - #
    Sputnik

    DC is quite a cheater, they removed all cones and tires so he can cheat freely, cutting corners is not the way of the champion David!

    • September 7th, 2011 at 2:43 am - #
      daics69

      to be fair, if we didn’t have the cones we’d be taking the same ‘perfect’ line. so its not DC’s fault. peace

    • September 7th, 2011 at 6:50 am - #
      BlindZenDriver

      They didn’t remove them the cones are never there IRL.

      I think the event was fun but very flawed if it’s to be meant as a virtual vs. real life comparison.

      The list is endless but here are some of the issues as I see it:

      1. Differences in tracks eg. missing cones, lines, markers in the game.
      2. Cutting corners allowed more freely in real life (not including the cheating lines now seen online).
      3. No way was DC driving with the equivalent of comfort soft. I’m betting the car was on road legal race tires.
      4. The driver selection. DC is a pro race car driver and thus selected for his driving talents between many many drivers. The GT5 drivers was the best of a random selection plus they were set in an unfamiliar setting.

      To summarize. Fun but there is a reason for no full onboard DC lap or for that matter the lack of spectator access to the TG track. I bet they were even prepared to cheat in order to let DC win.

  13. September 6th, 2011 at 11:55 pm - #
    Eddie

    Wow that was a quick lap by DC. Is is the same configuration as the top gear show?if so that would put him third fastest in the top gear power board.I think this car had some soft compound tires otherwise heck of a lap.

  14. September 6th, 2011 at 10:51 pm - #
    Sederholm

    They should do something with that recording technology they showed before the game was released. They could’ve recorded his exact ghost replay.

    But as some pointed out, would’ve been awkward watching DC plow through all the cones on the track.

  15. September 6th, 2011 at 9:52 pm - #
    im_from_ny

    i have to say,the event was official…its nice to know how real is this game…they should do an event like this in USA!!!

  16. September 6th, 2011 at 8:06 pm - #
    Nicky_loves_GT5

    lol givee me soft grip tires and ill do it under a minute xD

  17. September 6th, 2011 at 7:34 pm - #
    Mangusta36

    Do I have to buy a Mercedes sly amg in order to this seasonal event?

    • September 6th, 2011 at 9:52 pm - #
      gt5fanatec

      no. they give it to u when u enter the event.

  18. September 6th, 2011 at 6:48 pm - #
    blackjack

    I sure hope there’s some footage of “DC” in “cockpit” mode to be found somewhere. The winner sure looked like he had to work that wheel alot at the level he was driving. I’d like to see how hard DC was working to stay in front!

  19. September 6th, 2011 at 6:46 pm - #
    killa_kandy

    They should have got the Stig to do a time also…actually…what was the time set by the stig when top gear reviewed the car?

    • September 7th, 2011 at 3:05 am - #
      Murcie

      Top Gear never reviewed the SLS on track in the show nor has The Stig set a lap time in it.

  20. September 6th, 2011 at 5:57 pm - #
    VR30

    Proving once again just how realistic they’ve made this game. Gaming technology has made such huge leaps and bounds over the last 30 years. It’s really quite amazing. Feels like yesterday I was playing my first round of Pong.