Nürburgring Featured in Latest GT5 A-Spec Seasonal Events
After a few weeks of much-bemoaned B-Spec Seasonal Events in Gran Turismo 5, Polyphony Digital has put you back in the driver’s seat with three new A-Spec races, available now:
- 400PP Tsukuba Circuit / 5 Laps
1st: Cr.169,500 2nd: Cr.103,200 3rd: Cr.90,700 - 500PP Cape Ring Outside Course / 3 Laps
1st: Cr.312,000 2nd: Cr.190,200 3rd: Cr.167,100 - 650PP Nürburgring Nordschleife / 1 Lap
1st: Cr.500,000 2nd: Cr.304,400 3rd: Cr.267,400
The game’s Online Car Dealership has also been updated; check out a list of the new inventory right here. As always, stop by our GT5 Seasonal Events forum for more analysis and discussion!
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March 20th, 2012 at 3:29 am - #SZRT Ice
Seriously missing some Cita di Aria, Seattle Circuit, Midfield, Costa di Amalfi, Special Stage Route 11, Apricot Hill, El Capitan, Hong Kong, Tahiti, Smokey Mt., Swiss Alps, Seoul, Opera & George V Paris, Las Vegas, & New York (though admittedl)y, New York has much better highways and streets to make into a GT track “see: FDR Drive, West Side Highway, Brooklyn, & Manhattan bridges as well as PGR3′s NY rendition of the aforementioned bridges.
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March 20th, 2012 at 7:17 pm - #FormulaKimball
Me too! Seattle, SSR 11, and El Capitan especially. NYC was awesome as well.
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March 19th, 2012 at 4:56 pm - #TokoTurismo
Will there new news tonight or tomorrow? Or something? I’ve been good. :)
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March 19th, 2012 at 6:35 am - #JacksHerer
ooo it’s like a broken cash machine, I’ve had over 40 million from it now 8-)
can’t get below 6.10 though 8-(
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March 20th, 2012 at 7:26 pm - #FormulaKimball
R35 TC – 6’04 or better (660hp, 646pp, RS tires). Oreca Viper or GT-R LM Concept also (haven’t tried them for this race but both are under 650pp and can do sub 6’00 in practice).
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March 21st, 2012 at 12:08 am - #MyFavoriteGame
Racing Softs?….how so?….I make 6:28 with my R35 TC on Racing Hards. I’m OK with that, I almost own every Premium car.
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March 22nd, 2012 at 12:31 am - #FormulaKimball
Hi MyFav, yes if I’m going for a lap time, then RS tires and a car with right around 650pp will push or break 6:00 (#91 Viper did 5:57). Even on RH tires my R35 TC did 6:16 tonight, and was all by itself from Ex-Muhle on. My garage is full too – tossing 1mil per lap, nothing to spend it on ;) Just love the ‘Ring.
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March 18th, 2012 at 2:37 pm - #Cjm845
This event was really good, took a few attempts to finally get a 1st, i used the jag lm race car, after a few tweeks managed to just beat the merc.
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March 18th, 2012 at 11:33 am - #DaScouser101
C’mon kaz only 13 days left in march WE NEED DLC
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March 18th, 2012 at 10:14 am - #ApexVGear
Every time I see there’s an event on the Nurburgring (beautiful in GT5), I turn on my PS3, load up GT5, select one of my favorite cars, such as the Mazda 787B with a manual transmission… and I’m constantly reminded why I just don’t enjoy GT5.
Polyphony Digital, FIX YOUR MANUAL SHIFT MODEL!!!
GT5 has been out for well over a year, there’s been several updates, and NOTHING has been done about the absolutely horrible shift model. It’s still just as bad as it was in Prologue. Every time it’s time for a gear change, I’m taken out of the “immersive” experience because I know there’s a 30/70 chance of a successful shift, or I have to think, okay, press the clutch pedal all the way in, leave it there, change the stick position, then release the clutch.
This is not realistic at all, I don’t think about that when I’m racing a real car. In GT5, I’m often hitting an apex, or taking an exit and shift down to “launch” out of the turn, and nothing’s more annoying and frustrating than hearing the engine rev up as the car is in neutral. It’s even more annoying when you have to disengage and reengage the stick two or three times repeatedly before it “takes” the gear, and by the time you “get” it, you need to shift to a lower gear because the car has “coasted” and lost speed.
I’m currently logging time in Forza 4, moving up the leaderboards in Rivals mode, running the 787B on the Le Mans and a RUF on the Nurburgring track day events. Forza 4′s shift model is EXCELLENT, and very realistic. It takes fast and rapid manual shifts, you don’t have to “think” about it, and if you mis-shift, you “damage” the transmission (costing you repair charges), but the gear still engages if the stick is in a position.
Believe me, I want to enjoy GT5 (I have “completed” it), there’s so many excellent things about it… but I’m now shutting down the PS3, and turning my Xbox 360 back on to totally immerse myself in the driving experience that Forza 4 delivers.
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March 21st, 2012 at 1:17 pm - #KFM
Maybe it’s just your wheel? I always drive manual and never experience these problems you’re talking about. I do wish that poor shift work damaged the car as well, though.
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March 22nd, 2012 at 3:15 am - #TomBrady
It’s pretty clear you’re just a troll forza fanboy dude. I also, never have the problems you’re talking about and you know what else gives you away? you called Forza realistic LOLz.
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March 17th, 2012 at 3:59 pm - #jtwraj
Same cars, different tracks! Why are these Seasonals? You should be able to pick any track and run them with these restrictions in the Practice section of the game!!! These aren’t special! Where is the originality? Start by reinstating the Seasonals you took away and then use an ounce of creativityy and occasionally give us additional races. Stop rehashing the same mundane, boiler-plate, crap!!!
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March 17th, 2012 at 1:28 pm - #SpinnyTires
awesome..love the ring and the doe <3 preesh
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March 16th, 2012 at 10:02 pm - #WJHMH
These are easy events, PD really needs to put better tire restrictions to make it more of a challenge.
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March 17th, 2012 at 2:48 am - #Ezekiel76
Just because there are no tire restrictions doesn’t mean you have to race with the best tires. Downgrade your tires then give it a shot, might not be as easy.
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March 17th, 2012 at 7:29 am - #foefke
with normal cars i use sports hard or normal , and race cars sports soft or racing hard . you cant puch as hard as with racing soft
but it is all about care controle
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March 16th, 2012 at 5:06 pm - #sanesh21
Loving this Nuburgring event. Consistent sub 6:30s using the GTR R35 TC, even with traffic and running wide lol. Gonna cash in and experiment all night long!
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March 20th, 2012 at 1:02 pm - #Platoesq
Love the GTR R35 TC… Incredibly fun car to drive, sticks to the road like glue! I need more practice with it at the Nurburgring.
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March 16th, 2012 at 11:13 am - #risewithefallen
They need to change the PP levels on these. You can basically use the same 3 cars for the whole thing and it grows redundant. They should do more car specific challenges like the Honda challenge, German cars, etc
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March 16th, 2012 at 10:14 am - #MyFavoriteGame
Does anyone know good 750pp car for SPA?
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March 16th, 2012 at 5:42 pm - #foefke
Yes the green one
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March 16th, 2012 at 7:51 pm - #MyFavoriteGame
Uhh….I tried the green one, the one with the tires,…..couldn’t quite make gold
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March 16th, 2012 at 8:13 pm - #Dekropttiv
Try the blue one. The one without tires.
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March 17th, 2012 at 7:20 am - #foefke
No no the blue one has only 620 pp , it is the green one with the pilot in the trunk
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March 19th, 2012 at 2:35 pm - #MyFavoriteGame
I used to red one…..made a 2:04.
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March 16th, 2012 at 8:34 am - #Elconio
Had a real nice 400pp race with a stock mercedes 190evo on comfort soft. Little bit tail happy, driftin some corners a bit and pass the number 1 in the last lap. Yeah fun!
For the 500 pp race i take the mercedes c63 amg stock with sport hards. Also speed driftin some corners. Real fun! Big smile watching the replay and see myself passing a other car on the outside of a corner while driftin my car!!
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March 15th, 2012 at 11:00 pm - #kennyuk77
650pp season on the nordschleife OH YEAH!!!!
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March 15th, 2012 at 10:09 pm - #MadmuppGT
I wish they would do some really low PP racing, why have such cars in the game then just stick to the hyperquick race cars… plus as a joypad user (no room for a wheel before anyone wise cracks) the race cars become too much of a chore to drive cleanly (yes I am aware there are some joypad kings out there who will claim its easy and they can beat wheel users in races **yet to see it myself**)
But back to my point, why is there never any love for the smaller cars, the real heroes (in my opinion) of Gran Turismo
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March 16th, 2012 at 10:10 am - #Uppmas
There just was a jap. classic seasonal. They all are under 400 pp cars.
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March 16th, 2012 at 2:12 pm - #Flaco13
Because the whole title has turned into a hyperquick race car game. Everything w less than 500 pp is considered boring and slow. Yet at Online shuffel’s you’ll notice that those who complain about the boringness, are the one’s that cant handle a 400 pp car on comforts.
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March 22nd, 2012 at 1:00 am - #FormulaKimball
I enjoyed Tsukuba 400pp in an MR2 (tuned to 385pp, CS tires), but most tracks are really wide, which is part of what makes them seem slow and boring in smaller cars. More Top Gear challenges would rule – the VW Bus race and the Kubelwagen race are fun to chill out. And more Cote d’Azur – right now there’s not one single Seasonal event that races there! Obviously more Nurburgring is always welcome.
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March 22nd, 2012 at 3:18 am - #TomBrady
no room for a wheel? LOL seriously? do you live in a cardboard box? get a DFGT, they’re tiny, you don’t need a big racing cockpit, just a stand and a chair, that’s all I have. The space it takes up is literally not even 4 feet by 4 feet
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March 15th, 2012 at 7:31 pm - #BubbleBelly542
Wish my sign in bonus hadn’t dropped to 180%!!!
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March 15th, 2012 at 3:16 pm - #TriumphTT900
Hell yes. That 650pp nurby is a real money maker! 2 mil in 13 minutes :)
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March 15th, 2012 at 8:18 pm - #MyFavoriteGame
Uhh,…. its more like 500, 000 every 3 mins 15 secs. Dummy!
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March 16th, 2012 at 10:33 am - #TriumphTT900
You forgot 1,000,000 every 6 mins 30 secs mr. doo doo head.
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March 18th, 2012 at 8:10 pm - #SZRT Ice
You’re both saying the same thing…
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March 18th, 2012 at 8:15 pm - #SZRT Ice
Oh, & 1,500,000 every 9 mins 45 secs
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April 3rd, 2012 at 6:26 pm - #Avenged7X
@MyFavoriteGame
You aren’t the sharpest pencil in the box are you?
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March 15th, 2012 at 2:55 pm - #SVX
Loving the payouts for the 650pp race!
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March 15th, 2012 at 1:31 pm - #caasimun_18
Nice 500,000 that means ill get double that for the nurby race hehehe
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Look. I know PD are trying their hardest to ditch GT5 for GT6, which I like. But they really gotta get the event creator and stuff like that ready soon or for Spec 3.0. WE REALLY NEED MORE TRACKS AND EVENTS!!! D: