New “World Compact Car” GT5 Seasonal Events & More

Gran Turismo 5 July 28th, 2011 by Jordan

After nearly a month-long hiatus, GT5‘s Seasonal Event updates have returned. The “World Compact Car” series is now available, open to cars with less than 450pp and less than 4200mm in length. Races take place at the following circuits:

  • Rome City (5 laps, 356,100 Cr.)
  • Grand Valley East Reverse (5 laps, 384,000 Cr.)
  • Cape Ring Outside (3 laps, 403,200 Cr.)
  • Tokyo Route 246 (3 laps, 395,100 Cr.)
  • Tokyo bay (Kart) 107A (5 laps, 406,800 Cr.)

In addition, new Time Trial events at SSR5 and Suzuka East are now available, along with new Drift Trials at Trial Mountain and Rome Reverse. The game’s Online Car Dealership has also been updated with a curious selection of “classics”.

As always, head on over to our GT5 Seasonal Events forum for more analysis and discussion. Thanks to RACECAR for the early tip!

GT5 Photomode image by Moglet.

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  1. July 28th, 2011 at 9:09 am - #
    PIGBOY

    oh oh oh ,didnt see other updates…oh oh oh

  2. July 28th, 2011 at 8:38 am - #
    darren200cook

    Best news on GTP EVER!

  3. July 28th, 2011 at 8:37 am - #
    DawgCCCP

    Finally an update :D

  4. July 28th, 2011 at 6:43 am - #
    tika

    so that was fun for 40 min our les, to bad the season event brings nothing new just more helmets and suits, bye the way what is going on with that in arcade mode the driver has team clothing why dont whe get those instead of the grapy looking suits and helmets we have now. beter idea make a shop where you can buy those silly things.

    and is there any possibility that we get a answer to the question if we will get cockpitview for a the cars. fotr that will be the best update ever.

  5. July 28th, 2011 at 5:46 am - #
    jimbo11

    There seems to be a bug in the cars allowed for the “compact car” championship. The current list of legal cars includes: Range Stormer Concept, SSR ’03, F-150 Lightning, Charger Super Bee, CL 600, VW Bus….

    Someone with fat fingers typed in the “4200″ instead of “3200″ perhaps? Or something of the sort?

    Also, I notice that someone has found a way to cut corners on the NASCAR Suzuka Time Trial, there is currently one time 25 seconds better than most of the other times. Count on that one being taken down tomorrow.

  6. July 28th, 2011 at 5:44 am - #
    Super T

    Have been checking before going to work the last couple of days to see if they’ve been updated… Wish I hadn’t now, a) nearly made me late this morning and b) I now have to wait until I finish work to get stuck in. :-(

  7. July 28th, 2011 at 5:36 am - #
    pigboy

    i got 2 different helmetys for finishing first at toyko bay,,,deep black paint for 3rd,gunna try again now

    • July 28th, 2011 at 5:44 am - #
      PIGBOY

      horns for 3rd…grrr

  8. July 28th, 2011 at 5:14 am - #
    G

    awesome… I was beginning to think they’d forgotten about us for a second

  9. July 28th, 2011 at 4:19 am - #
    AstonMartinGT5

    the whole picture i mean :)

  10. July 28th, 2011 at 3:57 am - #
    AstonMartinGT5

    I think it is photoshop because I think you can create reflections on photoshop using the right type of brush :)

    • July 28th, 2011 at 4:19 am - #
      AstonMartinGT5

      although it looks really hard to do!

    • July 28th, 2011 at 11:49 am - #
      Sy

      Yup you are correct! It’s just a very creative pshop image.

    • July 29th, 2011 at 5:38 am - #
      Klaus

      Moglet would have just cut around the red car, resized and then placed the red reflection on the chrome bumper. It’s not *that* difficult to get a similar result

    • July 29th, 2011 at 12:34 pm - #
      Moglet

      Like Klaus said, it’s not hard to do it. You just cut it out, resize and flip it and then blur it a little!

  11. July 28th, 2011 at 3:31 am - #
    Aztec

    Those are real cars :) duh!

  12. July 28th, 2011 at 3:16 am - #
    gt55555555

    That’s photo mode….. Not ran online session. Come on.. we need answers

    • July 28th, 2011 at 3:21 am - #
      Jay

      Argh!! ANSWERS!! Pleaseeeeeeeee!

  13. July 28th, 2011 at 3:16 am - #
    AlteredNicolas

    It’s not PhotoShop because you can see the orange 500 in the black 500′s bumper.

    • July 28th, 2011 at 1:30 pm - #
      danjee

      Who says you can’t be good at photoshop?

    • July 28th, 2011 at 10:37 pm - #
      N99GT

      HAHA!! you’d be surprised sunshine!! sortov the point when you want to make the picture look ‘legit’…

    • July 29th, 2011 at 5:36 am - #
      Klaus

      You’d be surprised what some people do in their spare time :D

    • July 29th, 2011 at 12:38 pm - #
      Moglet

      I studied Graphic Design for 3 years to get my degree, by being in that environment for a while you tend to get into the habit of paying a LOT of attention to the details! ;)

      Details are very important if you want an image to be believable or stand out from the crowd. It seems to have worked as it got picked up on by several members despite being a very easy edit to carry out!

  14. July 28th, 2011 at 3:14 am - #
    Mr. Herp Derp

    Photoshop!

  15. July 28th, 2011 at 3:11 am - #
    Mark

    3 people online maybe?

  16. July 28th, 2011 at 3:06 am - #
    gt55555555

    With an answer not another question lol

  17. July 28th, 2011 at 3:00 am - #
    gast1976

    PhotoShop ?

  18. July 28th, 2011 at 2:55 am - #
    WanganGodHand

    how can you have 3 cars in one picture?

    • July 28th, 2011 at 3:01 am - #
      GTP_Rcrcool9

      Photoshop?

    • July 28th, 2011 at 3:05 am - #
      gt55555555

      Please answer this fellow’s question

    • July 28th, 2011 at 3:23 am - #
      Tankuroded

      @Rcrcool9: Moglet did many decent Photoshopping, so yes.

    • July 28th, 2011 at 3:41 am - #
      miniDave

      The post from Moglet states “500 montage!” … so I would say good photoshop skills.

      http://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?p=4575537&posted=1#post4575537

    • July 28th, 2011 at 7:26 am - #
      kaos

      Look at the filename of the picture: it’s called “montage” so yes, it’s photoshop or equivalent.

    • July 28th, 2011 at 12:52 pm - #
      infamousDee

      Actually very simple. You don’t even need Photoshop; it can be done in MS Paint.

    • July 29th, 2011 at 1:50 am - #
      RouseHouse

      Drive them all in really fast before GT5 notices! XD

    • July 29th, 2011 at 5:35 am - #
      Klaus

      What you can’t do in MS paint however (or it would be extremely difficult), is the reflection of the red car on the bumper of the black car. That’s attention to detail ;)

    • July 29th, 2011 at 9:45 am - #
      VBR

      Great picture Moglet, what would’ve been really clever is if the cars were in green, white, and red (from right to left), to match the colours of the Italian flag.

  19. July 28th, 2011 at 2:53 am - #
    Devil240Z

    Awesome!

    • July 29th, 2011 at 9:25 am - #
      Sean

      Definitely gonna rock these races with my fiat panda!