Polyphony Digital Sponsor “Gran Turismo Rev Limiter Zone” at Laguna Seca
The focus of the automotive world will be on Monterey, California this weekend for the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance and accompanying historic races at Laguna Seca, with the Shelby Cobra as this year’s featured marque.
As announced on the raceway’s website, Polyphony Digital is sponsoring the “Gran Turismo Rev Limiter Zone”.
It’s a special viewing area offering “unparalleled access and fence-free viewing for optimal photographing as the cars accelerate by” the start/finish line. Tickets can be purchased via Ticketmaster for $25 and offers full pit access.
Kazunori Yamauchi will also once again be attending the Concours d’Elegance to award the Gran Turismo Trophy.
Previous winners of the award include the 1967 Lamborghini Miura P400 Bertoni Prototype and the 1962 Alfa Romeo TZ2, both of which were prominently featured in Gran Turismo 5.
GT5 Photomode image by cphbullet.
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August 17th, 2012 at 4:42 am - #gt5box
I’ll be there but Laguna
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August 16th, 2012 at 8:32 pm - #TheCrazySwede
I’ll be there!
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August 16th, 2012 at 12:50 am - #Amac500
And many people only know Carroll Shelby for the Shelby Cobra and maybe a couple other things. Take the time to learn about his influence on the automotive world, and in my opinion the battles with Ferrari were the most amazing, and that 1965 FIA World Sportscar Championship.
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August 16th, 2012 at 12:46 am - #Amac500
Me personally, the car show I’ll be attending this weekend is the Woodward Dream Cruise. Woodward Ave. is a street running from Detroit into the suburbs, and if I’m correct it was also the first paved road in the U.S. Anyways, it’s all historic cars, mainly the American Muscle Car. Its quite an event, HUGE in scale because it’s all the way up and down the road. Google it or something, quite a cool event! And since it’s a whole road it isn’t a pay to go to event, just a car cruise.
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August 15th, 2012 at 3:50 pm - #Youngun
Sponsoring events….. That’s one way to get your hand on rare cars ;) wonder what will win this time
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August 15th, 2012 at 9:03 am - #KiroKai
About the attached photo gallery, I’m wondering what cars are these?
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August 15th, 2012 at 10:27 am - #pasigiri
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August 15th, 2012 at 10:30 am - #pasigiri
Devon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devon_Motorworks
Bertone http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertone_Mantide… I’m sorry. I’m sure that’s more than what you wanted to know. But they are interesting vehicles.
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August 15th, 2012 at 11:16 am - #HKSBro92
I drove both of them Forza 4. Pretty cool and unique cars I must say.
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August 15th, 2012 at 5:41 am - #Amac500
AC Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe FTW! Come on Kaz, theme is Shelby, do it in honor of Carroll Shelby. Plus it’s just a really nice car!
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August 15th, 2012 at 9:53 am - #Pit Crew
225 with No Draft at Daytona SSW Power to Weight ratio is so brutal if your setup is even a little off your in the sand, or trees, water. I heard 1 went in a pool in real life lol.
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August 15th, 2012 at 9:55 am - #Pit Crew
Oh yeah Shelby Cobra 1 of the few that can still be wheelied post 2.0 Update.
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August 15th, 2012 at 12:03 pm - #Amac500
It would be a true driver’s car, thats why it’s deffinently one of my top 5 cars to add :)
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August 15th, 2012 at 5:21 am - #Tvensky
I really like 1967 Lamborghini Miura P400 Bertoni Prototype and the 1962 Alfa Romeo TZ2! One of my favorites in GT5! Hope PD will continue to add award cars in future!
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August 15th, 2012 at 2:47 am - #COLOSAL TOSSLE
nice…just got me tuned gtr academy car :)
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August 15th, 2012 at 12:48 am - #dbarrade
Wow, that’s so similar to my Photo, except I managed to get the Shelby suits and helmet in there and the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion Sign too… I’ll be in the Rev Limiter Zone on the 17th if I can get a ticket and I’ll be wearing a GT t-shirt and a Lotus Cap… say Hi if you see me!
https://us.gran-turismo.com/gt5/photo/image/bNVFb2ls4Xeaf9jik7q_0.jpg
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August 15th, 2012 at 12:45 am - #Jett_Racer
Right in my backyard, sa-weeet.
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August 15th, 2012 at 12:22 am - #LR-MR-Cole
It should be, RIP Carrol Shelby
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August 14th, 2012 at 11:58 pm - #researchALLwars
Image with the Shelbys? Saved. : )
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August 14th, 2012 at 11:42 pm - #Pit Crew
Lets hope he sees a concourse de elegance car for GT6 while he’s there.
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August 15th, 2012 at 5:42 am - #Amac500
We will, last years winner is already confirmed for GT6. It was a 1960 Plymouth XNR Ghia Roadster!
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August 15th, 2012 at 8:30 am - #flink racquet
That Plymouth looks horrible! The Lambo and Alfa are both beautiful cars, hopefully the Plymouth has full damage modelling so I can smash off some doors! Or just run it against barriers to stretch the bumpers strangely… :-/
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August 16th, 2012 at 12:41 am - #Amac500
Lol, honestly plink racquet it totally depends on the angle you look at it from. Google image it a look 1 picture at a time. I was doing that and at some pictures I’m like “that’s not a bad looking car, kind’a sharp” and I’d get excited for it, then in the next picture I will go “ugh, that’s not to attractive” and be disappointed.
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August 14th, 2012 at 11:01 pm - #KilzoneStrife
I wish Kaz was at Gamescom making any announcement.
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August 14th, 2012 at 10:59 pm - #dethringr
In honor of the Shelby Cobra being the feature car, GT5 will be getting a new Nissan GT-R DLC shortly
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August 14th, 2012 at 10:56 pm - #tpark103
Kaz sure does keep busy. I’m am a big fan!
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August 14th, 2012 at 10:11 pm - #Toyota2jz
Forget this PD! Focus on GT5/GT6!
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August 14th, 2012 at 11:27 pm - #TomBrady
I know. They can’t give us DLC but they can make stupid GT academy mini games and do stuff like this. It’s so annoying. They’re producing content for GT6 anyways, there’s no reason it can’t be put into GT5.
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August 14th, 2012 at 11:40 pm - #Pit Crew
@TomBrady I was thinking that also but wasnt sure of somethings so I left it alone.
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August 15th, 2012 at 2:36 am - #Quakebass
It isn’t the whole studio going, just the head. There’s likely a vice president of PD managing the company’s development of GT6 and/or GT5.
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August 15th, 2012 at 5:30 am - #Amac500
Okay, NISSAN GT Academy, emphasize on Nissan, is a promotional thing. They have a deal, they have to do it. And there is a very good reason why they can’t put all the GT6 content in GT5 and it’s that there would then be ZERO reason to by GT6. And why can’t they go to Concours d’Elegance? They give out an award there every year, then they add the car to the GT franchise. And even if they werent adding a car that’s fine to. If the man wants to go to Concours d’Elegance the man can go to Concours d’Elegance! You can’t seriously expect him to do nothing but make game content, geez people. And there hasn’t been a DLC yet because then the different brands of cars would take away from the focus on the NISSAN, emphasis on Nissan, GT Academy. So unless you want to buy a DLC full of more Nissan’s then you’ll wait. If you do then your getting GT Academy cars! Plus they did just give us Motegi not to long ago and they said he is scheduling a trip to Shanghi to look at getting Shanghi Circuit in GT5! Now that all that is put back in your heads what is there to complain about?
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August 15th, 2012 at 7:49 am - #foefke
@Amac500 +1000
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August 15th, 2012 at 10:17 am - #Pit Crew
Kaz gives away the trophy there which gives him opportunities to look at all the contestants, just out of curiosity , giving some respect at least to the other cars global heritage, and equal considerations for a GT6 car list final cut.
I was curious as to why PD couldnt use maybe 4 cars from the GT6 car data they may have already and just create a DLC pack for GT5 not all of it, and probably any 2010- 2011s at that. I wasnt pushing the idea though but was more keyed in on how I wasnt quite alone in that idea.
I personally expect nothing more than an update, the remaining GTAcademy cars, maybe something free after race season (If PD follows last season pattern in like the Infamous X1 freebie) or upcoming holiday.
If NISSAN got that much influence in PD then the future of this franchise could be at risk. (Opinion)
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August 15th, 2012 at 12:01 pm - #Amac500
Well it’s not that Nissan has too much influence, it’s that to release something over top of GT Academy would be cross marketing. But by the amount of Nissan cars to get it’s probably safe to say they have a bigger hand then other manufacturers.
I wish they pit the Gran Turismo Award cars in GT5, but they are understandably viewed a bit differently by PD so I can’t blame them for waiting. But Kaz did say GT5 still had content coming and I believe we will see it.
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August 14th, 2012 at 8:36 pm - #gamerdog6482
Why call it the “Rec limiter Zone” if it is a viewing area? Are they planning on limiting the spectators revs? That sounds painful.
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August 14th, 2012 at 8:42 pm - #gamerdog6482
*Rev
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It was a fun 4 days. The tarmac was hot, but up in the bleachers and hillsides there was a cool breeze. I video taped the starting lap of the Cobra races. I believe I counted something like 37 cars even though there were reported to be 45 competitors there. They were not all on the track for the same races it seems.
The most original Cobras there will ever be seen in the same area, must have been over 75 originals there. The number of kit cars was staggering. I didn’t even bother to photograph them :-D
The Ford display had 10 to 12 of the original historic cars on display. It will take me month’s to convert all the photos from RAW to jpg to show here ;-)