New Motegi Screenshots, Info on GT Academy Rewards in GT5
Any questions about the authenticity of the Twin Ring Motegi screenshot that emerged yesterday can be quickly forgotten, as the image (along with another completely new shot) have been discovered on SCEA’s press site.
The original screenshot is now available in high resolution; you can download the 15-megapixel version here for closer inspection. Another new image of a 2012 Nissan GT-R emerging from one of Motegi’s overpasses can also be seen above.
As pointed out by Jay in GTPlanet’s forums, file names of the respective track screenshots clearly hint at which circuits will be featured in future rounds of GT Academy 2012:
Round 1: Autodromo Nazionale Monza- Round 1: High Speed Ring
- Round 2: Rome
- Round 2: Special Stage Route X
- Round 3: Cape Ring
- Round 3: Circuito de Madrid
- Round 4: Eiger Nordwand Short Track
- Round 4: Road Course – Indy
- Round 5: Suzuka Circuit
- Round 5: Tokyo R246
- Round 6: Eiger Nordwand Short Track
- Round 6: The Top Gear Test Track
- Round 7: London
- Round 7: Special Stage Route 5
- Round 8: Circuit de la Sarthe 2009
- Round 8: Twin Ring Motegi East Short Course
Finally, Kazunori Yamauchi answered a question via Twitter that many GTPlanet users have been asking: when will you be able to claim the prizes earned in the GT Academy 2012 mini-game in Gran Turismo 5?
Responding in English, Kazunori stated that “all the prizes will be sent out together when the 8 week event is over.” Thanks to all of you who sent this in so quickly!
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May 16th, 2012 at 11:14 am - #jah24car
To say this about Motegi it be great for DLC yes but GT6 might have it, but the new cars that everyone don’t want is still a want for me even tracks, but Porsches who cares give me a real german car the Gumpert Apollo S, or the BMW V12 LM in premium for free, Porsches are just butt backwards Beetles and I’ll have them on forza later this month but still I’d take em in GT5 but seeing that happen is slim, I rather have more American autos from 2009-12 and Euro autos from the same years, and the new tracks be great, bring back Motegi, Red Rock, Infeneon,then bring out Montreal, and maybe Silverstone. But for cars keep them minimum but at least bring good ones out.
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May 14th, 2012 at 10:50 am - #LeeMoldon
round 3 and 4 has monza, le sarthe and nurburgring also.
wonder if round 8 will be the signatech / Nissan LMP2 race car?? ha
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May 13th, 2012 at 6:27 am - #chucksstuntman
i finally got around to downloading gt academy 2012 yesterday. i love it so far… its nice and easy. i have the leaf and silva comin to me now. i was figuring the academy was gonna be a bunch of time trial races, not license events lol. oh well it looks great and this was my first time on stage route x. love it.
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May 10th, 2012 at 2:44 pm - #stupidstormy36
Why wasn’t this part of GT5′s release? It was in GT4 and GTPSP! I’d love to see this as part of a DLC (or even a free update, but that’s wishful thinking). I mean, 4 extra layouts alone right there! Now if we can do something about Infineon…
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May 9th, 2012 at 11:25 pm - #ABCDildo
I’m looking forward to driving on Motegi, even if it is only in the GTA 2012 Demo though. Although it would be nice to have the track in GT5 to race on too.
I would like to add also, that there has been a new A-Spec seasonal available, and the OCD has been updated a few moments ago!
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May 9th, 2012 at 10:25 pm - #ImprezaAddict
Technically speaking, Twin Ring Motegi isn’t necessarily confirmed in GT5 due to it’s appearance in GT Academy. I’ll hold out excitement until the official announcement is made. Unless I’m wrong and it’s been confirmed already.
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May 9th, 2012 at 6:32 pm - #hobanator24
What they need to do is release a GT2 pack. That game had the best cars and the best tracks. I regret getting rid of it.
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May 9th, 2012 at 5:35 pm - #NewCadillac
I would like to have Porsche in this game, especially the 917! It would be nice to cruze around on your favorite tracks with a new 991, GT3 RS 4.0, or GT2 RS. Anybody else agree? Who am I kidding of course you would agree.
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May 9th, 2012 at 6:14 pm - #Amac500
100% agree, Porsche is premier when it comes to GT racing and the 917 is arguably the best Le Mans car of all time, and since Le Man cars seem to be pinnacle of the game, then how can we not have a 917? Boy would I love to rip around Le Mans in a Gulf liveried 917, feeling like Steve McQueen.
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May 9th, 2012 at 6:19 pm - #Jdm-Integra-R
Forget new cars, new tracks is where its at guys.
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May 9th, 2012 at 6:54 pm - #sangdude82
Yep, I agree with you NewCadillac. I would love to drive GT3 RS, GT3 RS 4.0, GT2 RS and Panamera Turbo S on GT 5.
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May 9th, 2012 at 7:54 pm - #another_jakhole
YES, SIR.
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May 9th, 2012 at 8:21 pm - #lebes14
While new tracks are nice, new cars are sorely needed, at least race cars. There race car selection is so varied its hard to get a large field.
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May 9th, 2012 at 8:41 pm - #MemorableC
Never going to happen, and you can blame EA for that one, they have an exclusive license to use there cars in video games
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May 9th, 2012 at 8:53 pm - #Quakebass
We’d all love Porsches, but we all know that EA’s holding them back.
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May 9th, 2012 at 9:20 pm - #ironman44321
I would love to see porsche…my favorite cars in the world.
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May 9th, 2012 at 9:46 pm - #Flaco13
I want a new Cadillac! My opinion on Porsche is, they failed to be accessible for all through their exclusive Contract to EA. No matter the amount of money EA wants, PD shouldn´t pay it, NO WAY! It´s up to Porsche, they had the chance not to renew the contract, but they failed once more!
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May 9th, 2012 at 11:27 pm - #TokoTurismo
@Flaco13 AGREED!!!
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May 10th, 2012 at 8:02 am - #XxFineDriveFDxX
Meh, Porsche would seem like an alright addition, but the 911 just gets too repetitive. Like what Jeremy Clarkson said in one of the auto vistas in FM4, “Another addition to the weekly turbocharged beetle” LOL
And while EA clearly has it’s exclusive licensing, it’s on Porsche’s part where they see EA games promote their cars (Which, I don’t agree one bit, hence TVR, if you know those guys, actually had their sales increase DRAMATICALLY, when GT one came out)
Maybe if PD could nab a deal, and Porsche sees some kind of increase in profit, or finds Kaz a pretty cool guy in general, they could get some kind of separate licensing deal, maybe even sub-license worthy, if you don’t mind seeing horrible ricers in GT5.
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May 10th, 2012 at 11:04 am - #pyru
@Flaco13 I agree with you too!! Porshe is great but if they are so stupid not $$allowing$$ themselves be in GT5 is their fault not PD.
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May 10th, 2012 at 2:40 pm - #stupidstormy36
Agreed. The fact that Forza 4 is getting a Porsche DLC Pack later this May (May 22nd I believe), Polyphony will need to compete with this with, like say, an updated RUF roster, or even Gemballa. Or even somehow strike their own deal with EA.
Porsche is great and I’d love to see them in this game (as well as some other features), but it’s due to exclusivity with EA that prevents them from doing so. Even at that, it’s still partially Porsche’s fault for renewing the contract again. This is why certain game developers should not hold any licensing right to certain manufacturers (especially EA). Turn 10 (with their Forza Motorsport franchise) may have exclusive rights to Ferrari on the 360 and PC (I’m not sure if that extends to the PS3 as well, I don’t think it does), the difference is that they’re willing to license out the rights for other developers to utilize Ferrari in their games a lot more than EA and Porsche will. Look back and see how many games featured Porsche while EA had the contract.
And with the whole “Polyphony nabbing a sub-license for Porsche,” I’m not sure if they can do that as they already have a contract with Nissan.
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May 11th, 2012 at 4:35 am - #flamingchariot
Porsche – Bah humbug! admittedly they are high spec and attractive cars… to some peeps. Are the rest of you ‘tards there are RUF’s in the game what are those exactly pray tell- Scotch Mist? As to the question of why well it goes like this… EA’scontracts/ eaclusivity deals (yawn) zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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May 11th, 2012 at 2:28 pm - #TokoTurismo
^ I guess your brain is as small as a pebble, figures…. Surprisingly, how does GT sell well without Porsche being in their game. Oh wait, you don’t have an anwser to that, AND won’t be able or bother to reply to it. Figures again…. I don’t even know why Porsche is even teamed up with EA when EA is hardly showcasing their cars, so that’s Porsche’s fault IMO.
Because EA may know T10 will always attempt to getting the license as a deal, EA can abuse the license by probably costing it more and more. I hope T10 knows what they’re doing, and wish them good luck with that, just because people will stop buying their games because of Porsche. I would rather hopefully see Porsche come to GT6 if possible, cause I bet PD and Sony will be more careful enough not to felt for EA’s trap, since GT sells a lot, and EA knows people will eagerly want Porsche in GT so they’ll cost PD or Sony a lot just to get the license.
That’s RUF is the best solution. Sad, but true, IMO again…
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May 13th, 2012 at 8:42 am - #DA6righthand
Fyi, forza doesn’t include any Porsches until the dlc they’ll be receiving. That is, according to wikipedia. Need for Speed is our enemy, not so much forza, because Electronic Arts developed and has the licensing rights over Porschein the NFS series. EA didn’t event grant forza a sublicense to use Porsche in their game. Some deal must’ve been made to allow them to use Porsche in their upcoming dlc.
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May 16th, 2012 at 2:42 pm - #Quakebass
^23 (I believe) of them are from previous games – so Forza HAS had Porsches, just not Forza 4 (yet).
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May 9th, 2012 at 3:46 pm - #Amac500
I know it’s been thrown around, but I don’t want to see the Delta Wing in GT Academy or on the track. It won’t be in GT Academy because NO PART OF THE CAR IS A NISSAN, and it is Nissan GT Academy, so a non-Nissan won’t happen. Now my rant on why it shouldn’t race and this first point is especially important and I’m honestly stunne it hasn’t been a talking point.
First off, I don’t think the Delta Wing should even be on track. Regardless of the technology or what ever, the car isn’t safe. I mean just look at the thing, see where the driver sits? If it is crashes into a barrier at the angle or spins and gets t-boned or something like that the driver’s legs have no protection what so ever. His legs will be right up o the side of that narrow structure. Ya wann’a know what it’s gonn’a look like? Alex Zanardi’s crash that cost him his legs. Honestly, against the brute force of a car with a full nose, say a R18, instead of a CART and without the sidepods to desipate energy I think it could be worse. Keep in mind that not only did Zanardi lose both his legs, but he also died 3 times in the hospital and was revived.
Second off, and this is something indycar driver Mike Conway pointed out in an interview back when the deltawing was being considered for indycar, it will be vary difficult for the driver to guide the car. What Mike Conway said was that indycar drivers use those front wheels to judge opening and that’s how they know the back of the car will fit, because both wheels come out the same amount. With the deltawing the front wheels are drastically further inward then the back, creating a problem judging dustance. I also pity the driver of the deltawing in the wet because the grip is not created mechanically or aerodynamically over the car. It is created from the shape of the car’s undertray, and when it’s water and not air under it it will be a mess.
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May 9th, 2012 at 4:22 pm - #moxlox
The engine is a Nissan engine in the Deltawing. A 1.6-litre direct injection turbocharged Nissan engine.
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May 9th, 2012 at 4:44 pm - #TomBrady
You really gonna bring safety into the argument? Get real bro. I think the governing body of le mans knows a lot more than you, not to mention these guys are pros. And if it was unsafe, GT5 is the perfect place for it. The X1 would be deadly to drive in the real, difference is the delta wing isn’t. People have driven it already. It will be great fun if it makes it to GT5, so bugger off you bellend
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May 9th, 2012 at 5:45 pm - #Amac500
The engine is “badged” as a Nissan, but what it actually is is the Cheverolet World Touring Car engine out of the Chevy Cruz rebranded as a Nissan. Nissan hasn’t actually done any work into developing or making it all, they are just buying it from Chevy and slapping a Nissan badge on it. The car is even more of an Aston Martin then a Nissan, as the deltawing is built off of the tub of the failed Aston Martin AMR-One, which deltawing purchased. So this car is actually more of a Chevrolet and an Aston Martin then a Nissan.
And I’m sorry but last time I checked safety was kind of an important deal. Indycar chassis are deemed safe as injury and deaths happen there. Auto racing will never fully safe and that is excepted and there will always be risk of injury. However, if the FIA / ACO had thought to mention the car safety might be a concern, which from looking at it we could conclude, they would have said they looked into and insured it but they haven’t. I haven’t seen anything from deltawing about it, so clearly it hasn’t crossed many Mundas. But I’ll tell ya what, if you can tell me how a 220 mph impact from an LMP1 car at the front-front/middle area is safe then I’ll give it to you.
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May 9th, 2012 at 5:53 pm - #starwars22
The delta wing and almost all professional racing leages, F1, NASCAR, le mans, etc. are actually safer than the cars we drive on the road. Also its a video game. Have you ever gotten killed in a game by getting tboned by a tank car or X1 at high speed? I didn’t think so
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May 9th, 2012 at 6:19 pm - #Amac500
Well first of all, I said GT Academy, not the game here people. So what I’m saying here is that it shouldn’t be in GT Academy because it is fully a joke to call it a Nissan, and it shouldn’t be aloud to race because car is straight up dangerous. But I said it shouldn’t be in GT Academy, I don’t really care if the car is in the game or not. Read the start of my original moment again people.
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May 10th, 2012 at 9:02 am - #moxlox
Sorry Amac500, the engine is definitely a Nissan, and its derived from the 1.6-litre direct injection turbocharged engine used in the Nissan Juke. Nissan are quite proud of the Direct Injection technology used in it. Its got no connection to the Chevrolet WTCC car.
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May 10th, 2012 at 3:41 pm - #Amac500
Where did ya here that, because on speedtv.com John Dagy said when it was announced that Nissan gave the engine that it was a rebadged engine from the Chevy Cruz world touring car. It also said that on Mulsannescorne.com, speedhunters.com and all the other big name sites. Sorry man but ya gotta do your research, it’s a documented fact that it is a rebadged Chevy Cruz WTC engine.
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May 11th, 2012 at 1:44 pm - #moxlox
By the way, bloody good website that mulsannescorner.com is. Really interesting stuff on there. Thanks!
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May 11th, 2012 at 3:23 pm - #Amac500
No problem, one of my favorite sites for sure. A race fan can learn alot there.
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May 9th, 2012 at 2:18 pm - #HKS racer
KY if you read these pages please give us a “SELECT YOUR OPPONENTS FEATURE” in arcade mode.
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May 9th, 2012 at 1:30 pm - #DaScouser101
i would think that the cars we get for getting gold will be exclusive for people who take part but as for the track it will be released with future dlc dont forget about the acura nsx concept that we seen a video of we haven’t got that yet so i think its safe to say there will be new content around the time the academy finished and the cars that we are winning are the same thats in the game just with a gt academy sign on it so really your not missing out on much
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May 9th, 2012 at 1:20 pm - #ElGreco
What about other players who can’t download and play the “academy” ? They won’t get any new cars and tracks? I am asking because I am one of them who been lefted outside the academy…
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May 9th, 2012 at 1:16 pm - #DaScouser101
????????????
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May 9th, 2012 at 1:13 pm - #DaScouser101
the one with other cars
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May 9th, 2012 at 1:12 pm - #DaScouser101
jordon in round 2 one of the sections is nurburgring how come its not listed above ?
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May 9th, 2012 at 3:07 pm - #Foxiol
Nice catch nobody noticed it before.
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May 9th, 2012 at 5:49 pm - #another_jakhole
Well, I noticed it. Cape Ring isn’t pictured for the first round; Eiger Nordwand isn’t shown for the second round. I figured the pictures were simply previews, because the site only showed two pictures/tracks for each round.
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May 9th, 2012 at 11:53 am - #Lambob
Hi PD, as a Canadian, how can I get my track and car rewards into my copy of GT5? I don’t care to compete for GT Academy, I won’t win by a longshot and I accept that, I just want the prizes if I may earn them.
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May 9th, 2012 at 12:16 pm - #SZRT Ice
@ the end of the event. 1 month 3 weeks approx.
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May 9th, 2012 at 9:42 am - #BolverkGTM
Very nice! When I first got GT5, I was a little bummed that Motegi was missing. I went to practice all of the courses on the first week and wondered “Where the heck is Motegi?” Good to see it returning now.
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May 10th, 2012 at 2:12 am - #Zamado75
@another_jakhole
Dont even begin to think you can go there.Zm
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May 9th, 2012 at 8:50 am - #deadcat777
This game is dead. No more new content.
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May 9th, 2012 at 12:42 pm - #Quakebass
Why do you say that when a new track was just announced? And “No more new content” doesn’t define a game as “dead”, if so many people still play it.
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May 9th, 2012 at 2:40 pm - #84outlaw
how is this game dead, this game is amazizing lol
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May 9th, 2012 at 4:35 pm - #moxlox
Funny…still seems to be spinning daily in my PS3!
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May 9th, 2012 at 4:47 pm - #TomBrady
he has to be sarcastic here. I mean seriously, they add content literally every week now, not to mention the occasional DLC. Though those occasions are becoming WAY TOO RARE!!! GT5 is still further from dead than forza was within it’s first week. If you compare the people playing, it’s true. Not to mention, the only thing they add is DLC, and that’s only to take the money of the poor sapps who actually bought that game.
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May 9th, 2012 at 5:45 pm - #TokoTurismo
“This game is dead. No more new content.”
-1. Like it’s great to bring complaints to help improve the game, and I truly understand that, BUT. When you bring something similar like this up, THAT’s going overboard… If you find the game dead, GO PLAY A DIFFERENT ONE, such as the “other racer” or give TDU 2 a chance. Or better yet. DO SOMETHING IN THE REAL WORLD. Honestly…
@TomBrady +1. To be honest, I laughed at ending part in your sentense, cause it’s true. XD
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May 9th, 2012 at 6:14 pm - #Jdm-Integra-R
says the deadcat
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May 9th, 2012 at 7:40 pm - #deadcat777
You gotta face it. I got a feeling PD already started in minimizing their support and development for GT5. I feel that they are currently focusing on GT6, which I hope GT6 will have a whole new game play and hope they will get rid of ‘standard’ cars!
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May 9th, 2012 at 7:45 pm - #deadcat777
They seems to be focusing on branding instead. Look at all the sudden increase in GT sponsorship in those racing event, you dont see that before GT5 era. Making Gran Turismo a world wide brand before releasing GT6 (where they will learn from their GT5 mistakes).
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May 9th, 2012 at 7:47 pm - #TokoTurismo
^ You do have a point. 0.0
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May 9th, 2012 at 8:02 pm - #another_jakhole
“I got a feeling PD already started in minimizing their support and development for GT5. I feel that they are currently focusing on GT6″
That means GT5 is dead?
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May 9th, 2012 at 11:29 pm - #TokoTurismo
Btw I was only being sarcastic anyway. New A-spec seasonal came out, and OCD updated. :D
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May 9th, 2012 at 8:12 am - #ANNIHILATOR90
Although not my personal favourite, if Motegi would become available in some way, it’d be pretty interesting seeing the different sections.
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just a guess but if we get a maintenance notice on GT5, the last week of GTA Challenge, we could be getting Twin Ring along with our 8 academy cars. (Hopeful)