NASCAR Featured in Latest GT5 Seasonal Events

Gran Turismo 5 March 13th, 2013 by Terronium-12

The latest Seasonal Event challenges are now available in Gran Turismo 5, featuring NASCAR. Cars are limited to a maximum of 650PP and Racing/Hard tires or less.

  • 650PP NASCAR Challenge: London City Course / 7 Laps
    Period of Availability: 2013/03/14 03:00 -
    1st: Cr.445,000  2nd: Cr.244,750  3rd: Cr.178,000
  • 650PP NASCAR Challenge: Autumn Ring / 7 Laps
    Period of Availability: 2013/03/14 03:00 -
    1st: Cr.475,000  2nd: Cr.261,250  3rd: Cr.190,000
  • 650PP NASCAR Challenge: Fuji Speedway / 7 Laps
    Period of Availability: 2013/03/14 03:00 -
    1st: Cr.517,100  2nd: Cr.284,405  3rd: Cr.206,840
  • 650PP NASCAR Challenge: Monza Circuit / 7 Laps
    Period of Availability: 2013/03/14 03:00 -
    1st: Cr.550,600  2nd: Cr.302,830  3rd: Cr.220,240

Note the “Performance Difference Bonus” applies, so more credits will be awarded for using a slower car below the maximum allowed PP value.

The game’s Online Car Dealership has also been updated with new inventory. As always, stop by our GT5 Seasonal Events forum for more analysis and discussion!

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  1. March 31st, 2013 at 7:10 pm - #
    DBalog

    Super easy, 530pp great amount of bonus +200% great

  2. March 20th, 2013 at 9:32 pm - #
    Themostillest

    This was way to easy only had alittle hang up on London but with right settings super easy

  3. March 18th, 2013 at 10:12 am - #
    I roll engineer

    Long time reader, first post!

    Did London with a stock (except gearing) ’10 Toyota. 1st place after half the race.
    Did Monza with a 100% stock (except power limiter) ’10 Toyota with 650hp. Don’t know how many PP is was. Did 1.45′s and won by more then 10s. Wonder if I can make it with 500hp?

    Come on PD, give me a challenge! To bad you need to make up your own challenges within the challenge to make it interesting…

    • March 19th, 2013 at 8:47 pm - #
      RESHIRAM5

      I love making my own challenges/achievements, I hate when game companies now have to make acheivements for you >:(.

  4. March 17th, 2013 at 1:40 pm - #
    Sharpener

    I’m a bad driver, but finally I won London Nascar race. After trying it more than 3 hours. I still can’t believe it. With Montoya car. Full aero,(reducing power to 650 PP, obviously). automatic gear box, ABS-1, traction control-1. I always play with joystick !. If I could do it, you can also do it. Good luck for everybody.

  5. March 17th, 2013 at 8:33 am - #
    skyline1683

    It’s great to see PD mixing it up with NASCAR on different tracks but please let us turn all the aids off I did it at 600 pp with no abs tcs or asm and was still in first by start of 3rd lap for the more advanced players its not a challenge

  6. March 16th, 2013 at 7:33 pm - #
    leeislee

    Everyone who moans about the game…you do realise it’s not real? It’s really not that important.

  7. March 16th, 2013 at 5:29 pm - #
    TokoTurismo

    “Comes back to read lastest seasonal article again, finding complaints about PD choosing London for NASCAR.” You guys who are complaining about that are seriously noobs! XD What’s the matter, can’t handle racing on London?

    Bock bock bock chickens. LOL!

  8. March 16th, 2013 at 6:17 am - #
    Jank1

    IMO, setup is to comp. for lack of driving skills. I`v done almost all seasonal events with stock cars, and won. I have, ofcourse added more hp if needed. And ofcourse without any aids like abs etc. Too bad srf is forced on.
    I did nascar/london with stock – not tuned in anyway, nascar – 636 pp i think it was, and won.
    My point is, you dont “need” setup for any of seasonal event races or time trails. It is fully possible to get gold with stock cars.

    As i said, it is very sad SRF is forced on, and i vonder why?? I want to choose what help i want or not.
    All aids destroy what a car can do or not. Pleace turn of forced aid.

    • March 16th, 2013 at 12:27 pm - #
      Pit Crew

      To each his own, but not setting up a car doesn’t necessitate a lackof driving/racing skill. Plus NASCAR vehicle are stock with racing parts,the ability to tune/setup just comes with the car. Also with london being so tight and Nascar vehicles carrying a long gearing arrangement, Id shorten my tranny considerably to get the most out of my gearing on a circuit like that, so no need to criticise players driving ability, for tuning/setting up a purpose built race car…

      Oh yeah try and consider that many of us competed in last summers Community GranTurismo Academy, with stock vehicles for 8 rounds with no ability to add HP tune tranny or setup suspension, and most did just fine, golds in every round, and not everyone had a Wheel either.

    • March 17th, 2013 at 2:12 am - #
      Both Barrels

      You’re both right. It’s possible to find a way to win in any stock car. The London race became easy after realizing I was trying way too hard on the first go-round. The second attempt I let the track come to me and had the lead by the 5th lap. The gearbox was the only thing that really had to be tuned, these cars handle superbly. That said, I tweaked it to corner much quicker, as they’re made to be tuned, as Pit Crew points out.

    • March 17th, 2013 at 2:18 am - #
      Both Barrels

      And refusing to tune a car points to the inability to process feedback from an ill-handling car, not a lack of skill. Your car is a cow on ice? Don’t drive it that way just because you can, adjust it to the limits of your own ability, not the limits of the car.

  9. March 15th, 2013 at 9:32 pm - #
    Tacobell18

    Oh nice.

  10. March 15th, 2013 at 9:29 pm - #
    Charv24

    For the Monza race you can limit your car down to about 600pp (625HP) and still win, giving you a massive PP bonus, so you end up winning over 2.5mil credits – if you’re looking for some really quick cash

    • March 20th, 2013 at 9:04 pm - #
      GT5fanforlife

      I did 610pp (somewhere 613HP or more) and won giving me 2.2 million credits.

  11. March 15th, 2013 at 6:32 pm - #
    Sharpener

    Did someone say that seasonal events would be easy ?. What do you want, only easy races ?. Then let the Nascar race in London for daring drivers.

  12. March 15th, 2013 at 6:10 pm - #
    Tommygunn

    So many complaints about a great track, London city is one of the best multiple apex courses in the game. And I can understand the frustration if you don’t understand the track or if you can’t use racing soft tires to compensate for lack of skill. Great event just want more laps so tire wear is a factor

  13. March 15th, 2013 at 5:31 pm - #
    paracefan2002

    For those of you who are complaining, DON’T PLAY!!! btw, Nascar is one of the most popular spectator sports in North America, if not THE most popular:)

  14. March 15th, 2013 at 4:13 pm - #
    DK

    Dear PD – London is a waste of megabytes. I hope it NEVER appears in GT6, either from day 1 or as DLC.

    • March 15th, 2013 at 11:09 pm - #
      RESHIRAM5

      A DLC that gets rid of tracks, you got to be kidding me, you would pay money to get rid of a track.

    • March 16th, 2013 at 12:42 pm - #
      Pit Crew

      I love racing london in the 1.3 Mini Cooper… No braking needed lol.

  15. March 15th, 2013 at 11:26 am - #
    Tommygunn

    Great event went without abs London was tough took me 3 races for gold level 21 prize was a lamo Kyle bush Toyota

  16. March 15th, 2013 at 11:02 am - #
    HarVee

    Remember: The car is heavy!

  17. March 15th, 2013 at 6:21 am - #
    BWX

    Haven’t even turned on GT5 in many months. Is it still the same ridiculous chase-the-rabbit “ai” and boring rolling starts?

    Man.. what a huge waste of time. They never fix the actual problems in the game. If GT6 has these same problems, the GT era is over.

    • March 15th, 2013 at 10:37 am - #
      Lococurling

      Sorry, the reply below should be here.

  18. March 15th, 2013 at 5:29 am - #
    Dtkehm

    Got the Bentley speed 8 in my OCD. Wondering if I should pick it up.

    • March 15th, 2013 at 7:23 am - #
      Spannermonkey33

      I think you can win that in one of the older seasonal events, cant remember which one!

    • March 15th, 2013 at 8:43 am - #
      G91V

      The british Lightweights championship. With a Lotus Evora it’s easy to win.

    • March 15th, 2013 at 10:34 am - #
      Lococurling

      I agree, it could be easily fixed. Ok about rolling start for nascar, but the cars should be aligned for that and looks like a race, not those stupid chases.

    • March 15th, 2013 at 10:39 am - #
      Lococurling

      Sorry, this is for BWX post.

  19. March 15th, 2013 at 3:58 am - #
    Spannermonkey33

    Once again, you guys are moaning about the srf. Shut up and get on with it, or set up a room online with no aids. NASCARS are way out of their comfort zone on most of these circuits, I don’t care how many people say its all about set ups, they were never designed for short, tight city courses

    • March 15th, 2013 at 10:57 am - #
      HarVee

      Online multiplayer is not a cure-all for anything related to the bad AI in this game.

    • March 15th, 2013 at 5:03 pm - #
      Spannermonkey33

      It’s better than nothing

  20. March 15th, 2013 at 12:47 am - #
    jayzter

    put in the gen6 nascars