New Gran Turismo 5 DLC: Twin Ring Motegi, Scion FR-S [UPDATE]
The official Italian Gran Turismo website has just published (UPDATE: this content has since been removed) new details about Gran Turismo 5‘s upcoming downloadable content.
As expected, Twin Ring Motegi will be coming to the game, including four different configurations: the Road Course, Super Speedway, East Course, and West Course. It will be available at a price of €5.00 (prices in other regions have not yet been confirmed).
The Scion FR-S, a variant on the Toyota 86, will also become available in the game at no cost. Stay tuned for more official information regarding release dates and international pricing soon. Thanks to all of you who sent this in so quickly!
GT5 Photomode image by NBDESIGNZ.
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June 24th, 2012 at 5:22 pm - #Amac500
You can’t base GT5 of Simraceway. Simraceway is free to start with and then you buy what you want after that for prices that are raised to compensate. GT5 starts at $60 (if you bought it like me when it came out) so to be going off the same raised rates would not a fair at all. Your track pricing would be fair, but the car ones not as much. I’m fine with suits and stuff how it is where you just win them, I just wish they could mix in special ones like a Red Bull helmet / suit and maybe a Steve McQueen Le Mans tribute helmet / suit, some cool new or old manufacture factor helmet / suit, things like that.
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June 24th, 2012 at 11:43 pm - #Progress823
I’m not trying to base one off the other; I should have been a bit more clear: We paid for GT5 and the 1000+ cars. What I meant by the car pool was various cars available additional to the ones in game.
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June 24th, 2012 at 9:44 am - #Sergio Perez
Disappointing that now if your someone that has bought every single DLC pack you would have paid the full price for the game again. Can we at least get one of the tracks in the Twin Ring Motegi complex for free? And guys at least they’re adding a Scion FR-S instead of yet another GTR…
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June 24th, 2012 at 9:59 am - #onig341
Yea agreed about the GTR thing but they are playing the same game, giving us the same car in different variations
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June 24th, 2012 at 12:19 pm - #A_Higher_Place
I’ve bought the game and all DLC’s on their respective release dates… all in hope for an improvement that greatly benefits my entertainment. Besides the online fixes I’ve been really let down. Arcade mode needs a big “do-over” if A-spec is going to offer as little as it has.
Let me pick the opponents I wish to race and let me alter their PP so the races can be equal.
At least give me a 2x rolling start on all tracks if you can’t give me a grid start..Thats all I ask from PD at this point.
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June 24th, 2012 at 1:48 pm - #sibbystiggy
agreed A_Higher_Place….
I think it would be great if the arcade mode races also worked as career mode in GT-PSP, where you can earn money…btw i really hate how they have done the menu’s for arcade mode, they were soo much better in gt4
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June 24th, 2012 at 7:34 pm - #TomBrady
It’s still nothing compared to Call of Duty or even Battlefield. You buy all their add on stuff you’ll spend triple the cost of the game.
Not to mention Iracing. Really have any of you looked at what iracing charges?
And don’t say it costs that much because you’re paying for the community, NO, that’s what the subscription is for.
Seriously there’s about 25 or so cars, $12 each PLUS TAX, and there’s over 50 tracks, the ovals ar $12, and the road courses are $15. Guestimating, would make you realize, just for the cars and tracks, you would spend around $1000 for all content, including a year or so subscription.
And you’re really complaining about dropping $5 a track? and roughly $1 a car?
I’ve said this before but listen, YOU CAN’T EVEN GET A MEAL AT A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT FOR $5
I don’t have a lot of money, but seriously, the amount they’re charging IS NOTHING
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June 26th, 2012 at 6:28 am - #PIGBOY
Chicken feed!
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June 24th, 2012 at 3:33 am - #toospiciecc
It shall be interesting when Twin Ring Motegi becomes available but disappointing on car DLC,I would love to see more cars such as new DTM’s and hopefully 2012 Indycars?
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June 24th, 2012 at 5:16 pm - #Amac500
Premium DTM’s I could see if there wasn’t so much Jap car biased. Indycar for whatever reason hasn’t went after a console game in for ever. However, indycar did team up with simraceway for a computer sim game out later this year. I just want more real race cars in the game and I would love to get to do the little things like change the car number, make it more personal.
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June 25th, 2012 at 12:21 am - #starwars22
Yes
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June 23rd, 2012 at 10:52 pm - #jgancherjr
I bet everyone will just crap if this Scion tunes out to a 600-800hp monster!
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June 24th, 2012 at 1:26 am - #Pit Crew
LOL and then I woke up
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June 24th, 2012 at 4:58 pm - #Amac500
If not for the fact that the cars are put in the game same as real life, and on real life a Scion FR-S is just a Toyota 86 with a Scion badge and the badge is literally all that they will change when they give it to us.
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June 25th, 2012 at 12:22 am - #starwars22
You lost me at if
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July 30th, 2012 at 6:55 am - #gamerdog6482
That is not remotely true, they had to completely remodel the interior so the wheel was on the other side.
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June 23rd, 2012 at 9:19 pm - #Amac500
Like what’s so wrong about giving us the 2011 Signetech Oreca Nissan LMP2 car that the GT Academy winner got to drive? That’s an Le Mans car like everybody wants, and its a Nissan and they are so invested in the game. Why not give us that instead of another GT-R? After that why not the 2011 Zytek Nissan that won LMP2 at Le Mans? Just as effective for the folks at Nissan, only difference is the GT Academy ties. Both the chassis are out of date and not used anymore, so there aren’t any secrets for the teams to hide. Why not be nice and just put them in the gam since we’ve been buying all these DLC packs and have almost bought the whole game again.
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June 23rd, 2012 at 9:14 pm - #Amac500
I keep getting my hopes up for this updates and I keep getting disappointed. Seriously, don’t even give us a Scion FR-S, you already gave us the Toyota 86, it’s not a different car. The only Japanese car I see anyone asking for is Nissan LMP cars, we don’t want anything else from Japan, especially when we already have it. And everytime the add something actually cool like a track they never do something nice and just give it to us. I bought the game when it came out at full price and I’ve almost mated sticker price on all the DLC packs, the pricing just isn’t very reasonable. I hate being the complainer but this is very annoying to me. Give us more for free, the contents of the DLC packs don’t equal the value of the whole game, why should the price be the same?
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June 23rd, 2012 at 11:45 pm - #Rushton1996
couldn’t agree more.
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June 24th, 2012 at 1:30 am - #Pit Crew
^^ Agreed 1,000000
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June 24th, 2012 at 1:50 am - #teth75
Get A Life please, u brought the game nearly two years ago and your still playing it. If you know so much about it all then why don’t you make your own driving game then you can have all the LMP cars you want!
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June 24th, 2012 at 1:55 am - #Uppmas
You don’t even know if Sony forced PD to put it in, like as an advertisement. I know for sure that things most likely aren’t as they look. I have been behind the scenes of TV2 (a Finnish Television channel) and yet I have to say, whereas in the shows the people look all-happy and stuff, in reality they’re pretty boredom people.
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June 24th, 2012 at 4:47 pm - #Amac500
I’m sorry, am I not aloud to play the game for 2 years or something? Just my videogame of choice, instead of a different game, and then another, and another I prefer to play my favorite won. Is there a problem with that? Play PS3 the same amount of time everybody else does afterall. And when did I say anything about PD’s coding abilities? They make a good game and if I play it to a lifeless level as you claim then why would I go code one, I’m clearly satisfied with this by your definition. I’m simple talking about what I’m paying for in the game. You may some awfully large and ridiculous jumps for that. Also, GT Planet probably isn’t the right place to accuse somebody of playing to much, almost everyone here plays a lot and won’t like you for that.
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June 24th, 2012 at 4:51 pm - #Amac500
Well the car contracts are acquired by PD for their game, I know those aren’t Sony. TV shows and videogames are a bit of a large jump as well. However, you still may have a point. It wouldn’t surprise me if Sony has a little input on pricing as they did with the release date. But PD or Sony, point still the same.
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June 24th, 2012 at 5:29 pm - #Pugxsi
Whats wrong with playing a great game for a long time, some people play nothing but call of duty games, they only stop playing one version when the next one comes out, i do gran turismo on ps3 and call of duty on xbox, best games on each console in my opnion
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June 25th, 2012 at 12:24 am - #starwars22
Teth has no friends
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June 23rd, 2012 at 6:20 pm - #djs
Awaiting for DLC to arrive… Long live GT5!
Hope GT6 is far away, otherwise we’ll get a GT6 with blocky shadows…again!-
June 23rd, 2012 at 10:12 pm - #Quakebass
Time doesn’t fix issues in a game, high productivity and workforce does. So I hope PD focuses more workforce on GT6, (and hires more people) so that we DON’T have to wait longer for it, and so that it doesn’t achieve another forced release by Sony like GT5 did. Hope for productivity, not for time.
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June 23rd, 2012 at 10:17 pm - #TokoTurismo
^ Agreed.
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June 24th, 2012 at 2:41 am - #aronh17
Well there’s blocky shadows so the game performs better, they could’ve sacrificed game graphics and made the shadows look crisp. Our hardware is getting old, it’s from 2005-2006, we need next gen consoles. So much more will be achieved with new hardware. I hardly notice the shadows flying around courses anyway.
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June 24th, 2012 at 2:53 am - #aronh17
Also, Sony forced them because A. it’s their flagship racing series, B. the PS3 had been out for almost 5 years and C. People were complaining too much, and since it was released early, people are continuing to complain. They took their time, made an amazing physics engine, best textures I’ve seen in a game and much more. It truly is a beautiful game, but seriously if people don’t like it that much, it’s not that hard to go play another series. Obviously they’re more focused on GT6, which won’t take more then 4 years because they already have a physics engine to tweak, they have all they need for the next game. Look at this way, to structure a completely new engine, you have to have time. DICE made Frostbite 2 while the production of Bad Company 1 and 2, that’s 4 years there. So you don’t realize that the game is being made because they throw out a small side series to keep you occupied. Well, EA is a LOT bigger than PD. Seeing as GT5 had an amazing sales record, I’d expect a lot of new tracks and cars, including new car companies since they have a good amount of funding.
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June 24th, 2012 at 7:43 pm - #TomBrady
@Aron
Agreed. Another big problem was 3D. Kaz implied a few times that 3D cost them a lot of needed time and pushed back the release date. Sony forced it on them, and it’s probably one of the bigger reasons why GT5 is short on so many things we all expected to be in the game. They were planning on physical damage to be in GT5 at release, 3D probably screwed that up. There’s hardly any A Spec events and the WRC, NASCAR, Top Gear and Super GT licenses were pretty much wasted. The ability to make point to point stages with the course maker, etc.
It sucks that we didn’t get that stuff til later or not at all, but even still, GT5 is an amazing sim, and easily the best of the series, and the best on console.
And like you said, the textures are incredible. not a lot of people notice them, but they’re insane. I think some of the textures look better than even Crysis 1, which is known for the best textures ever. Just look at any of the concrete barriers, the road, the grass and dirt, there’s so many little details, and for the most part they absolutely nailed the the textures.
Oh yea and photomode, need I say more?
Most importantly, they got the physics right and in my opinion, no other console sim has been able to get the physics right
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June 23rd, 2012 at 1:45 pm - #Blood*Specter
I think Jack_hole is correct. GT6 is not far off at all. I think we are seeing it via the. Academy. The PS4 should have the hardware to make the feed look & feel cutting e
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June 23rd, 2012 at 2:15 pm - #Blood*Specter
Cutting edge. I mentioned to say………
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June 23rd, 2012 at 4:50 pm - #WangansGodHand
GT6 will be out in 10 years.
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June 23rd, 2012 at 4:51 pm - #another_jakhole
It’s “jakhole”. :)
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June 23rd, 2012 at 5:01 pm - #another_jakhole
I forgot to say something more useful.
I was figuring the same thing the first time I was using the GT Academy. The way it’s set up has a more modern and cutting edge look and feel to it. It’s sort of more like Forza’s menus in those senses.
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June 23rd, 2012 at 1:34 pm - #RandomCarGuy17
Cool, it’s great to see the Twin Ring Motegi track set coming back to GT5. It’s also great to have a prenium scion for once being added even if it’s a rebadged Toyota 86.
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June 23rd, 2012 at 12:15 pm - #ccre026
I don’t want to leave the same complaining post like some other users but, I do have a cheap feeling from PD after spending good $ on this franchise since its inception. Kaz, you and your lot know you have built an amazing fan base, do us all a favour mate don’t rest on your laurels. Gran Turismo is suppose to be the pinnacle of driving sims, all I’m saying is Kaz please don’t forget the core that put you lot where you are now. DLC, some updates to the offline game and updating the dated vehicle roster. A big ask, but that is truly what everyone’s been moaning for. Cheers
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June 23rd, 2012 at 11:58 am - #GT5 Level 41
600+ comments in two days-
PD, do you think we’re ready for DLC?
Don’t they know they are sitting on a money press. Release two old tracks, go to bank, repeat.
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June 23rd, 2012 at 12:22 pm - #another_jakhole
So very true. I wonder why they aren’t releasing DLC on a regular basis. It could be that GT6 isn’t THAT far away from now.
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June 23rd, 2012 at 1:33 pm - #e30 freek
It very well could be closer than we think id say about 2 years or even one because they have their new engine to make it on or something
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June 23rd, 2012 at 2:09 pm - #another_jakhole
I’m thinking one year maximum. PD needs to show what they can get done with a time frame of about two years.
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June 23rd, 2012 at 2:21 pm - #Blood*Specter
Im with you on that. I think they can charge for the work it takes to upgrade the tracks and cars. Could turn out the pricing is fair.
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June 23rd, 2012 at 9:06 pm - #Rushton1996
If one year is the case, we should hear about it or even an announcement in the next few months. And PD make sure GT6 is on PS3 because not all of us can afford to go around buying new consoles every few years.
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June 23rd, 2012 at 10:18 pm - #Quakebass
There was that potential Vita info… And based on the information on the PS4, GT6 could very likely be a launch title in late 2013. And we’ve got two decent-sized gaming conventions coming up where GT6 could be announced.
I REALLY don’t know what to expect, and I’m afraid of getting my hopes up. I was a bit disappointed by E3 this year for this very reason.
And I agree; GT6 shouldn’t take NEARLY as long as GT5 did, mostly because PD isn’t developing a new engine. (To our knowledge).
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June 24th, 2012 at 7:50 pm - #TomBrady
Exactly.
It’s really ridiculous that PD seems uninterested in doing a lot of DLC. I don’t understand it. All of it can go towards GT6, so it’s definitely not going to slow them down. The first DLC packs sold more copies than F1 2011, or Forza 4 has since release, and obviously the fans WANT IT.
They need to stop being so biased, and it seems as if PD is a dictatorship, and Kaz is the Dictator
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June 23rd, 2012 at 9:58 am - #Turbo-Kai
one new car for free?…sweet… the amout of cars in the game ist just too less….BIG LOL…
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June 23rd, 2012 at 3:51 am - #MGTTTTT
I still hold out hope that we might get Pikes Peak. The prize for the latest FWD event is the pikes peak Dirt trial Car and there are is another Pikes peak model in in the Used car dealership this week. I know its wishful thinking, but just maybe these cars could be hints for the upcoming DLC?
There has to be more …..
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June 23rd, 2012 at 4:25 am - #DuskTrooper
Yeah, I thought awhile back when we had a bunch of Rally cars in the OCD and we had a rally TT/DT seasonal, that all of that was relative to DLC, and low and behold it doesn’t seem to be so.
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June 23rd, 2012 at 10:43 pm - #Quakebass
Stuff like this ALWAYS happens, but nothing related to the seasonals or OCD has ever come out in DLC. I’ve tried these predictions as well, but with no avail.
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June 23rd, 2012 at 2:25 am - #BMfan
Most of the comments here read like a kid in a candy store crying about what they want and not what the parents will give.
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June 25th, 2012 at 6:05 am - #Jdbjdb
Why do people complain so much. For about. $40-$80 investment this game has given me on average 8-20 hours of enjoyment each week. If you don’t like the dlc or updates on offer, then don’t play. Go and watch a move for $15 and get 2 hours of enjoyment. I play online with my friends almost 4-5 nights a week for a few hours on average. We mix it up. Different tracks, different car types, different pp’s different regs. No two nights of playing are ever the same. And when they aren’t online I do a few seasonals or something just for fun. I have been playing since day 1 of release. After almost two years and the endless hours of playing, show me what else would give that much bang for buck value. Any updates or improvements are welcomed and I don’t complain about what they bring or don’t bring. So many people complain too much and are too stingy. Thanks PD for a great game. I buy all the updates and dlc and will continue to do so. For a few bucks, really, all of you who complain , do you drink, do you smoke, do you catch a bus when u could walk ? Seriously, the the amount you pay for this game think how many hours you play it and break the value down to cost per minute of game play you have enjoyed
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June 23rd, 2012 at 1:00 am - #phil_75
To PD
HIRE MORE PEOPLE (With intelligence)
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June 23rd, 2012 at 1:04 am - #Maddens Raiders
I know right? b/c if it’s one thing we’ve all known since the beginning, is that the intelligence is not a requirement at PD.
/s
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June 23rd, 2012 at 1:10 am - #DuskTrooper
While I do agree with hiring more staff, I don’t understand what the intelligence part has to do with hiring more staff though.
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June 23rd, 2012 at 11:09 am - #Pit Crew
@Maddens Raiders Yeah like doing intel for cars other than japanese cars from other regions. PD has got to evolve that thinking.
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June 24th, 2012 at 7:46 pm - #TomBrady
I think he means hire more staff for the right reasons. To have them do the labor and time intensive things that PD clearly can’t (like the standard cars, tracks, A SPEC EVENTS LOL), and let the rest of them be Kaz’s slaves.
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June 23rd, 2012 at 12:53 am - #dethringr
Yawn. This is the first DLC that I don’t care about. And I will vote by not buying it. Im still a hugh fan of GT5, but I can’t help but keep seeing the greener grass thats on the other side. VIPER!!
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June 23rd, 2012 at 12:38 am - #TCS
Didn’t anyone see the tokyo auto show demo way back? the fr-s is driven on the left side.
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June 22nd, 2012 at 10:57 pm - #Jhwang
So wait forza 4 is getting Viper 2013 for free, and we are getting car that looks just like Toyota 86? I hate to say it, but Forza is taking us down PD. at least you can give us the free Motegi track IF all of us make gold in all events of gt academy. PS. I got tired of premium cars on the right hand side, Plz give us left!
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June 23rd, 2012 at 12:04 am - #aronh17
One time McDonalds had a buy one get one free Big Mac. I found out I missed out on the buy one get one free Whopper from Burger King which I like more. I felt bad, but then I went and got my free Big Mac and appreciated it. The end.
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June 23rd, 2012 at 12:59 am - #Maddens Raiders
“I hate to say it, but Forza is taking us down PD”
…….bwahahaahaahaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaa!
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June 23rd, 2012 at 1:03 am - #HuskyGT
That freaking Scion is not a burger.
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June 23rd, 2012 at 1:57 am - #DuskTrooper
^ And even if it was, a Scion Burger isn’t really appealing.
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June 23rd, 2012 at 2:02 am - #Pit Crew
SCION is Toyotas US brand, so the FR-S is definitly LHD.
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June 22nd, 2012 at 10:07 pm - #McZachenF138
This Scion better be left drive.
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June 22nd, 2012 at 10:08 pm - #DuskTrooper
Agreed.
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June 22nd, 2012 at 10:11 pm - #themartlab
Yeah, since the Scion is only available in north america, it would be stupid to have it right hand drive. But PD prove to us that they can do anything.
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June 22nd, 2012 at 10:46 pm - #HuskyGT
Like I said in a post before. I almost guarantee you that they WILL make the mistake.
We already have RHD Volvos, VW’s, Citroens and others.
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June 22nd, 2012 at 10:52 pm - #HuskyGT
To make it clear, I know that these cars mentioned are ok being RHD since they could be directed either to the Australian, Japanese or British market.
But if the Scion ends up being RHD, that would be extremely wrong.
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June 23rd, 2012 at 1:01 am - #Maddens Raiders
EU; other parts of the world. Remember, kids the world =/= The U.S.
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June 23rd, 2012 at 1:37 am - #Rushton1996
tbh I don’t really care, but thats probably because I’m not in the US. But sorry to say, I think it will be rhd because they will probably copy and paste everything apart from the badges.
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June 23rd, 2012 at 2:15 am - #HuskyGT
^ Which will be pretty dissapointing since there is no such thing as a LHD Scion unless it has Toyota badges. But it is expected from PD.
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June 23rd, 2012 at 2:56 am - #DuskTrooper
^ “there is no such thing as a LHD Scion unless it has Toyota badges”
Uh, what? LOL
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June 23rd, 2012 at 3:23 am - #HuskyGT
^
I meant the other way around.
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June 23rd, 2012 at 12:27 pm - #another_jakhole
We’ve known that the Scion was going to be LHD since it was found out that GT5 would be getting it as DLC.
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June 24th, 2012 at 12:16 am - #TokoTurismo
^ Now THAT’S proof. :)
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June 22nd, 2012 at 9:38 pm - #ERIC11940
I hope Gran Turismo 5 or Gran Turismo 6 gets the 2013 Viper SRT.
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June 23rd, 2012 at 2:54 am - #lldantell
I agree so when we tune that car,we would get over 1000 hp
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June 23rd, 2012 at 3:42 am - #TokoTurismo
NFS Most Wanted 2012 is getting the Viper ’13 as well. My bet is the new Viper will come in GT6 for sure.
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June 23rd, 2012 at 10:48 pm - #Quakebass
It really doesn’t matter who has it already, what matters is if PD can even get their hands on it.
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June 24th, 2012 at 12:17 am - #TokoTurismo
Of course they can Quakebass. For GT6 they can, or even DLC. But my bet is on GT6.
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June 24th, 2012 at 1:36 am - #Pit Crew
@ Illdantell Standard SRT10 Viper : 1006 HP
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GTPlanet on Google+
I have been doing some thinking, and a bit of research about how the DLC should be presented. This is my result:
1) PD should have a car pool that are available for download as SimRaceway does. I would not mind having to pay $0.49-$2.99, depending on the type/class of car to have it for the garage, as well as unlocked in the dealerships with additional copies purchased with in-game credits. Not sure if this will save HD space, but with the proper library of cars it would work well. There should also be various packages, including an option to purchase all cars. Of course, this assumes that all cars are premium – I would not pay anything for a poorly modeled standard.
2) Tracks – first, the classic GT tracks not included in game should be available as a “classic course pack” for a reasonable price, say $5.99 or so. For the additional courses, it should really work the same as I said above for the cars, with a track pack for all tracks as well. Cost per track/layout would be reasonable at $1.25, depending on length of course.
3) Racing gear – there should be an option to purchase individual pieces of gear as well as a package of each type of suit/helmet. As it stands right now, we randomly receive gear, and I know most of us are looking for that one suit or that one helmet, but it never comes around.
Hopefully someone other than us will see this…