Polyphony Digital to Gift Cars in GT5 on Christmas Eve

Gran Turismo 5 Other Polyphony Digital December 15th, 2010 by Jordan

First picked up by our own Amar212, SCEJ (Sony Japan) has announced that three free cars for Gran Turismo 5 will be available to download from the PlayStation Store on December 24th. The free cars will be “Chrome Line” editions of the Lamborghini Murcielago LP 640,  Jaguar XJ13, and a BMW M3 Coupe. Keep in mind this news report has – so far – only come out of Japan (though Japanese gaming site AndriaSang rather confidently states that “Anyone with GT5 will be able to make the download for free.”)

Stay tuned for more details when they become available. Thanks to all who sent this in!

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  1. December 25th, 2010 at 9:41 pm - #
    RTSolvalou

    We invented christmas and got left out.

    • December 26th, 2010 at 2:18 pm - #
      bLububL

      haha

  2. December 25th, 2010 at 9:57 am - #
    mike

    i found how to get those car in my normal account, i give myself those cars to myself, my jap account and eur account are friend then i just give them to me

    • December 25th, 2010 at 11:57 am - #
      sen15pl

      i try but when i download at jp account and instal ther isnt in tge jp game so i cant send to my eu account;/

    • December 25th, 2010 at 7:22 pm - #
      Kyle

      I have tried this as well. PSN said it downloaded and installed and no go….it isn’t coming up in my Japan sign in and nothing. How did you make this work? Please help!

  3. December 25th, 2010 at 5:12 am - #
    Rios

    So I guess my Collectors Edition exclusive cars are still exclusive, at least here in the good old US of A.

    • December 25th, 2010 at 7:59 am - #
      Turbo-Kai

      I wish they won’t do this… the CE cars are exlusive for the CE buyers… i would agree when they give us other cars for free…but not thise that i paid for!

    • December 26th, 2010 at 2:09 pm - #
      White & Nerdy

      They might still be exclusive, but you’re still missing the XJ13. So am I. They seem reeeeeeeeaally intent on _never_ letting America have that car, for some reason.

  4. December 24th, 2010 at 8:17 pm - #
    doggyollie

    There is a banner that cycles through under the Playstation store in the game section. Or you can search the Playstation store with this phrase “グランツーリスモ５”

    No luck here either in getting the cars in game with my japanese psn id, and US version of the game. WTF?

    Hopefully they open this up to other regions besides Japan.

  5. December 24th, 2010 at 7:51 pm - #
    BurgerMaster

    Reminds me of a saying ”If it’s too good to be true it probably is”… It’s free stuff so I won’t cry if I don’t get it.

  6. December 24th, 2010 at 2:53 pm - #
    Crushed

    Yea i have a regular and japanese account just for this reason, i downloaded them off the jap store but i cant get them in the game, must be because i have u.s. version like gospracrgo said

    • December 24th, 2010 at 2:57 pm - #
      desmalta

      Where did you find them?

  7. December 24th, 2010 at 10:20 am - #
    d360

    Where are the downloadable cars? I need the Jag

    • December 24th, 2010 at 1:50 pm - #
      gospracrgo

      They are in the Japanese Playstation Store. I downloaded them and nothing unlocked, probably because I have a US version of the game, but I’m waiting until tomorrow to find out if they unlock on Christmas Day. I’m not hopeful, though.

    • December 24th, 2010 at 2:56 pm - #
      desmalta

      @gospracrgo Where in the store? I can’t find them anywhere.

    • December 24th, 2010 at 5:55 pm - #
      Pedz

      They’re in the Japanese playstation store, not EU, nor US, nor AUS or anywhere else =]. They’re probably in the PS3 addons section

  8. December 23rd, 2010 at 10:07 pm - #
    Sean

    It’s 24th. Where are the cars?

    • December 24th, 2010 at 2:56 am - #
      slick1ru2

      Think about it. Does Santa come on the night before Christmas Eve or on Christmas Eve? I expect them Christmas Eve, at midnight.

    • December 24th, 2010 at 3:04 am - #
      Santa

      I suspect mass dissapointment from believing yet another third party source rumor.
      Otherwise, i’d check the Japanese GT site after midnight their time, has it was supposedly a Japanese market promo.

    • December 24th, 2010 at 10:11 pm - #
      Santy Claws

      Everyones been naughty abusing the PSN account “birthday feature”, HO HO HO, so no free cars for any of you!!

  9. December 23rd, 2010 at 9:33 pm - #
    Brendan

    Well its the 24th here in NZ and nothing…

  10. December 22nd, 2010 at 9:41 pm - #
    Christian

    I want all of those cars. For real, like im not rich on GT5, so hell yeah!

  11. December 21st, 2010 at 2:43 am - #
    White & Nerdy

    Sorry for posting that as a reply but I couldn’t leave a standard comment.

  12. December 17th, 2010 at 11:48 pm - #
    Louie_Schumii

    Plz GTP staff – Moar news Plz

    • December 21st, 2010 at 2:31 am - #
      White & Nerdy

      This is great, assuming it can be done in NA. Even if I can’t get the SE stealth cars without gameshark, I can still get the XJ13…

  13. December 17th, 2010 at 4:42 pm - #
    Moby45

    I don’t see how I am talking about the wrong edition. Mine says Collectors Edition(CE). I have my game, my keychain, my model car, my book and my certificate. This of which was advertised. So I do believe you sir are talking about the wrong edition. Mig = Dumbass, go figure.

    Who gives a crap about the “exclusive” cars when they were never ment as “exclusive” nor advertised as “exclusive”.

    As I stated, it should have been comon sense that the DLC cars would be given to the public anyway. So quit b*tching about it and get over it. I am pretty sure you baught the game to play the game. Not whine about who has what cars.

    • December 17th, 2010 at 10:48 pm - #
      Mig

      I used something it seems your lacking, intelligence. I looked at your comment and thought this whole CE thing isn’t adding up. Instead of posting mindless comments like “mig = dumbass” I had a look on the interweb to find that we both have collectors editions however the Aus and US collectors editions are 2 different things, Aus got a lot less in our collectors edition and i can admit i was wrong, although i highly doubt you have the mental capacity to do the same.
      after all your the one that didn’t know the definition of bonus yet your calling me a dumbass?…. good one mate top stuff, really.

    • December 20th, 2010 at 9:07 am - #
      Moby45

      @mig

      Yes you are wrong. That’s all that needed to be said. With that, get a life. Appearently you have nothing else better to do than argue with me on the internet. So yes, good one mate. Top stuff, really.

      Just for you, Mig = Still a dumbass.

  14. December 17th, 2010 at 4:05 pm - #
    BWX

    I had the CE preordered at GameStop but on Nov. 23rd, Midnight when Walmart was open and GameStop wasn’t, I bought the regular version at Walmart. They also had the “Prima” Essential Track Guide for GT5 book, but when I took it up there with the game, they wouldn’t let me buy it. I went back last week and got it.. $14- too expensive but it’s a cool addition to my GT5. I wonder why there’s been no mention of this GT5 track guide here in the news section? Maybe I missed it? It’s a neat little booklet.

    • December 24th, 2010 at 4:46 am - #
      JimInPT

      Bought that Prima track guide on Amazon for $10.11 and got it the day before GT5 shipped.

  15. December 17th, 2010 at 7:23 am - #
    Mig

    and to savageevil i got the collectors edition solely on the reason it had those cars and to say they are a bonus with the collectors edition is wrong.. they were advertised with the collected addition to temp people such as myself into buying it therefor are not a bonus but rather a part of the overall product

    • December 17th, 2010 at 9:05 am - #
      Moby45

      Then you are tempted rather easily and therefore a dumbass.

      The cars were added bonus. The CE Package was only the Game, The Keychain, the Model Car and the Certificate. Thats it. The DLC cars were just there as a bonus. Notice how gaming retailers had their own bonus cars too.

      So anyway, Stop whining people. If sony didn’t give these cars away then you would b*tch and moan because some other gamers figured out how to get these cars without paying for them. Boo Hoo.

    • December 17th, 2010 at 11:06 am - #
      Mig

      First off your talking about the wrong edition…2nd how can you say the cars are a bonus yet the keychain and what not are not?…..Bonus – Something given or paid in addition to what is expected… since the cars were advertised and used as a marketing technique they were NOT an addition to what was expected making it not a bonus but rather a sweetener therefore the cars do hold (small) monetary value and i will stop here cause i can go on and on ..

  16. December 17th, 2010 at 7:19 am - #
    Mig

    i got my collectors edition for the chromeline cars and now they are just giving them away… thats awesome for every1 else but i paid extra money for the collectors edition and i dont get a bonus… whereas the people who didnt pay extra do get a bonus i really struggle to comprehend the way these people think

  17. December 16th, 2010 at 10:52 pm - #
    SavageEvil

    The free DLC you got with your SE and CE packages were just bonuses, all the stuff you paid for came in the box. The nerve of some people, you got what you paid for. They didn’t say that those cars were exclusive only to those packages, just that 5 in one package was exclusive. Look at the folks who got free car(s) just for reserving their game.

    I can’t believe how many people thought that those cars actually had any monetary value, really?

    Sidenote, anyone else notice that the DLC was like 100kb or so in size. Just a bunch of parameters how to deck out the car, this bodes well for having some sort of paint shop added or updated liveries for cars. Anyway I’m fantasizing about things that should be added…oh well.

    • December 17th, 2010 at 3:46 am - #
      unoc

      I love the ‘I can’t believe PD is giving away my precious chrome cars.. it is completely horrible and unfair and horrible. But it can be made all better if they give us all the stealth cars….’

      Why don’t they just allow us to stick racing stripes on all of our cars. THat would be great

  18. December 16th, 2010 at 2:16 pm - #
    crab

    Maybe some of you will learn not to waste your money for a bunch of worthless crap.

    • December 16th, 2010 at 2:33 pm - #
      chump

      thumbs up on this and I’m a CE owner

  19. December 16th, 2010 at 12:33 pm - #
    Boomee

    wow PD you just gave me the middle finger when I went out and bought your stupid Collectors edition sheesh

  20. December 16th, 2010 at 11:52 am - #
    Mike

    looool @ any attempt to discredit and bash PD. loooooool. Look what they have done as opposed to what they did-not.

    • December 24th, 2010 at 2:53 am - #
      looool

      AWWWWWW, lookie, a sweet little fuzzy fanboy!
      Oh, how cute it is to read your meager attempt to deffend PD. Allways nice to see nearly extinct creatures, in their natural enviroments, doing what they do, completely oblivious to the reality of the world arround them. Sometimes they have a hint of the impending demise, but even then, not knowing what else to do, they just go on the best they can, buisness has usual………admirable.
      Sad, but admirable.
      Anyone have a spare glue trap?

    • December 25th, 2010 at 6:19 pm - #
      Tvensky

      where did good people go? maybe war? hmm.. they maybe play….. yes they are! :)

    • December 26th, 2010 at 4:24 am - #
      ?

      Fanboys = good people?
      If that’s what you ment, I have to wonder how being a blind follower of a videogame, to the piont of becoming delusional about it or it’s creator having any faults, and has such defending it with almost religious faith, could ever be considered good because of it.
      Many wars come from just such zealotry. The only difference is that fanboys waist it on such pointless, meaningless things like videogames.