More GT5 Online Service Maintenance Coming Feb. 19th
Just hours after this week’s two unusual maintenance periods concluded, Polyphony Digital announced yet another round of scheduled downtime for Gran Turismo 5‘s online services next week.
The servers will be offline for approximately two hours on February 19, 2013, starting at 03:00 GMT/UTC.
Unlike the previous two maintenance periods, which saw little to no service disruption for most players, this announcement confirms the game’s online services will be unavailable during the scheduled time.
Although this notice shares characteristics typical with those that precede the release of GT5 game updates, it is important to remember that does not always hold true.
Curiously, this maintenance period will occur just one day before Sony’s major February 20 press event where they are widely expected to announce the next generation PlayStation console.
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February 18th, 2013 at 11:17 pm - #AsanieEgor
PS4 Will cost $400 in the u.s,it will unveil in new York on the 20th.sine the last GT5 mentainance my cars don’t drive properly.
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February 18th, 2013 at 11:15 pm - #A_Higher_Place
Hmmmmm anything?
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February 18th, 2013 at 10:41 pm - #hobanator24
Just installed update 2.11 nothing new. Still can’t connect to server. It’s probably just online adjustments & bug fixes
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February 18th, 2013 at 10:35 pm - #tomkorbin80
what happen my ps3 itself restart gt5 2.11 update not work
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February 18th, 2013 at 10:28 pm - #playnthru
And now the waiting begins!……..que da music!
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February 18th, 2013 at 7:36 am - #xlsound
why would the service will go down to anounce gt6 on day 20th that makes no sense at all, ps4 isnt released yet i don’t know how can people speculate on that, and something to do with GT vita? why would it go down also? only if they are going to release one update for gt5 that would make it compatible with remoteplay. i don’t believe in one GT for vita in the near times. but i’m curious about this
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February 18th, 2013 at 9:27 pm - #Quakebass
I’m thinking it could be a GT5 update of some sort. The timing and frequency are just too suspicious.
The first two maintenance periods weren’t making me think this way, but then this set popped up…
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February 18th, 2013 at 4:10 am - #ownageboyz
What do they do in these maintnence’s anyways. Seemed no different last time
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February 18th, 2013 at 12:49 am - #Rushton1996
Breaking: Sony announced something to do with the Vita, possibly a slew of new games, for the 18th of Feb (today). Maybe PD has made GT Vita, and this new update has something to do with Vita compatibility. Speculation, speculation…
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February 17th, 2013 at 3:35 pm - #MonGnoM
i wish PD would re-make the PP system, so that for example a 600PP sportscar is +- so fast than a 600PP race car, the cars with the same PP level should ve on the same performance level.
we had a Time Attack race going on yesterday, which clearly showed, that from 550PP on, people only used racecars.
on Grand Valley Speedway, 600PP streetcars were (even with suspension, transmission, LSD tuning) over 2-4 seconds slower that a 600PP racecar.
the FWDs should be on the same level too, they should clearly lower the PP of those cars, because they are 1-3 seconds slower too.
I really hope that PD will revise their PP system, so that everycar with the same PP level has the same performance,
FWD needs a chance!MonGnoM.
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February 17th, 2013 at 3:05 pm - #mikeonthebike
I have not been around here in a bit and I saw all these maintenance notices and I was getting hopeful for a new track (willow). But after reading about the hacker/hybrid cars I feel like PD is patching it up to stop these hacker/hybrids.
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February 17th, 2013 at 3:38 am - #Hentis
Ok here you go so you don’t all get hyped up as to server maintenance and “The Meeting” happening in days of each other.
GT5 Maintenance – probably to release a patch to pee off all the 3000 up Civic owners out there. No DLC included.
The Meeting – To Release details about the PS4 (anyone been seeing the Playstation Evolution videos appearing on Face oil and YouTube? Go check them out. They’ll announce the release dates that the PS4 willl be released in the US and Japan around No ember 2013 and in tbe EU terrotories (as we get EVERYTHING last ) around March 2014 with xxxxxx amount of titles . That’s it nothing more nothing less.
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February 18th, 2013 at 11:59 am - #HKSBro92
Face oil lmao ah man I hate auto-correct.
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February 17th, 2013 at 2:58 am - #Coiler
gt6 on ps4 YES please ;)
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February 17th, 2013 at 3:39 am - #Hentis
Facebook and not Face oil, damn iOS predictive text!
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February 18th, 2013 at 1:53 pm - #mcalva98
No no i don’t want gt6 on ps4 cause than I have to buy a $500 console :(
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February 18th, 2013 at 5:13 pm - #NA
And every time someone says that, Sony execs pee themselves with glee, over the thought of all the money to be made from throngs of GT addicts, helplessly compelled to buy PS4 consoles to get their fixes on the next GT….
….Just like every time a new GT comes out on a new console.
They know we want it bad, and they know it’ll sell consoles. Better start saving up now.
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February 18th, 2013 at 9:30 pm - #Quakebass
The PS4 will likely be around $400-450 (USD), so you can be a little more happy. In the long run, it’ll be worth it if you’re getting the next-gen console for games other than GT6…
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February 16th, 2013 at 9:01 pm - #jajr18m
All i want is a decent online service, gt mode is practicly dead since you can earn a million in less than a minute on drift trials, i use to grind on like the wind for hours on end just to get about 3million for a half decent race car, now you can get that in no time at all :/
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February 16th, 2013 at 2:58 pm - #mcalva98
What about the data logger??
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February 16th, 2013 at 2:51 pm - #mcalva98
What happend to dlc coming approx. 2 months??
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February 16th, 2013 at 2:59 pm - #Pit Crew
Oh here we go again… It was estimated three months, no promises were made and to be blunt,if your still harping on that, well you havent been paying much attention to the facts.
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February 16th, 2013 at 3:02 pm - #Pit Crew
no it was estimated 2months…I think, been a year since that story had wings.
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February 16th, 2013 at 7:06 pm - #hobanator24
Actually, we’re back on track with the original dlc schedule. The Corvette C7 prototype was released in November. The C7 final prototype in January. If my calculations are correct, our next dlc should come around in the middle of March.
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February 16th, 2013 at 7:15 pm - #hobanator24
Actually, it goes even further back than that. The BRZ, HSV-010 & GT-R N24 GT Academy race car were released in September, 2 months before the Corvette C7 prototype. If you count the 8 GT Academy cars as dlc, you can include those too, since the began releasing the prizes in July. Then, the FR-S & Twin Ring Motegi was released in June. The only long wait for dlc was from January 2012-June 2012.
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February 16th, 2013 at 10:08 pm - #Quakebass
It wasn’t even a steadfast schedule. It was stated by Kaz tha he’d like to get content out every 2 months, not that PD would be able to. Nothing was ever confirmed.
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February 17th, 2013 at 9:28 am - #mcalva98
I just put it out there to see if it would get people attention and it worked! It’s as if there was conflict or someone will say there was no conflict. REMEMBER ITS JUST A GAME :)
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February 18th, 2013 at 7:46 pm - #steebz
+1 (just a game)
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February 16th, 2013 at 10:40 am - #steebz
Roll on the 20th
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February 16th, 2013 at 10:33 am - #DouggieAfr0Man
Guess the previous maintenance didn’t work then?
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February 16th, 2013 at 10:24 am - #karelpipa
Clearly on 20th we will hear about GT5 spec III or GT6 not PlayStation 4 :-P
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February 16th, 2013 at 10:40 am - #steebz
yes, maybe then all of this constant bickering will end? not likely lol
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February 16th, 2013 at 2:54 pm - #Pit Crew
Its a Sony Press conference, not a PD Press conference. Im not getting where you figure its all about GranTurismo news.
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February 16th, 2013 at 6:39 pm - #TokoTurismo
^ +1 I know right? Where on earth did he even thought it was about GT? Seriously… >_>
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February 16th, 2013 at 10:12 pm - #Quakebass
If any GT news comes on the 20th, it will be GT6. There’s no point talking about PS3 content there, basing on all the fingers pointing to a PS4 announcement. And, as some already said, it’s a Sony/Playstation meeting, not a PD meeting. So there’s a chance that GT6 won’t be there, but the maintenance and other previewed content is leading me to believe it will. I’m still a little on the rocks about GT5 content… But I’m starting lean towards a possibility of some minor DLC…
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February 16th, 2013 at 8:56 am - #77
Seeing as PD have been saying since gt5s launch that gt6 will be an evolution of it I can’t see how theyd have changed so abruptly and castrate billions of sales!! The number of ps3s in use at gt5s launch is less than in use today!
My prediction: ps3-gt6 / ps4-gt6 4k
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February 17th, 2013 at 6:00 pm - #NT110
If im understanding what you are saying, then I agree.
I wouldnt be surprised if GT6 is released on the ps4 AND ps3. The ps3 version would most likely be a lower quality version or something.
Of course, it all depends on GT6′s release date. Sony stated that they would still support the ps3 until 2014 (source: G4 channel). So, if gt6 is released on or by 2014, then it would probably be for both consoles.
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February 17th, 2013 at 6:03 pm - #NT110
(sorry, i acciidentally pressed the post button too early thanks to my phone)
…since gt was not a launch title.
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After installing 2.11 only thing that I am currently aware of changing is the pp system going back to how it was before 2.10. Which is rather annoying as I just finished setting up my favorites list with the quickest cars at each pp :(