Red Bull X2010s For All in GT5, New Seasonal Event

Jordan Greer · · 225 Comments

Everybody gets a car! Sebastian Vettel just secured the 2011 Formula 1 World Championship at the Japanese Grand Prix, held at Suzuka today, and that has significant implications for Gran Turismo 5 players around the world.

As previously mentioned by Kazunori Yamauchi (and formally announced by Polyphony Digital), everyone will now receive the game’s fantasy hyper-car, the Red Bull X2010, for simply logging in to GT5 for a “limited time” (head to the “Gift” section in GT Mode to retrieve the car’s ticket). The occasion is also being celebrated with a Red Bull Seasonal Event, featuring the X2010 on Suzuka with over 5 million in-game credits up for grabs.

Congratulations to Vettel and the Red Bull team for bringing home the championship this season!

GT5 Photomode image by Sander H.

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Comments (225)

  2. goob89

    Apparently it is. I just logged in tonight and got it. Was that supposed to happen? I read that the duration of the giveaway was extended for another week but I still should have been too late. I’m pretty sure that I didn’t sign into PSN earlier either.

  3. helloworld

    PLEASE TELL ME THIS IS STILL THERE! aish, been so busy with school lately, i won’t be able to play the game until tomorrow! ):

  6. xXmysterio32Xx

    I think this is a bit of a shame. Before, owning an X2010 showed you had *some* skill, now anybody can own one. I think it was better when they were more exclusive. Oh well.

  13. j8mie

    @ 88FoxBodyFan

    Just showing him the lack of respect he shows others ;)
    In all seriousness though I wouldn’t wish anyone to have an accident on or off the race track.

    2. f40

      It was an aggressive move, but I am still convinced it was merely “harsh, but fair”, and wasn’t worthy of a penalty, let alone disqualification. Luckily you don’t wish injuries on anyone, and nor am I trying to be casual with people’s lives. Guess this was a misunderstanding.

  14. Projectoutlaw

    Thanks for the car and the race! However don’t be supid like me and go into the race with 19 million in the bank. It only gave me 1 million and unlike any other seasonal event you can’t beat it again to get the rest of your money. I got screwed!

  16. GranTurismo330

    WOW!!!!!!!!! THE RECORD FOR THE SUZUKA SEASONAL EVENT IS LIKE A MINUTE!!! I’m pretty sure the guy was Japanese. Maybe it was Kazunori himself…………..

  17. Turbo_3800

    After 2 days of all the frustration and sweaty hands of doing the special event to get this car, then a few days later I hear we would possibly get it free. I was very vexed to say the least lol. I really don’t need 2 of these cars lol.

    1. Bappers

      Firstly, in regards to your reply to my post:

      My mistake, I totally forgot that brake fade doesn’t occur (not played for about 2 months) :-/ However, calling me “retarded” was a bit overkill…

      Moving on though to answer your question, you can only get the 5 mil once

  19. j8mie

    @ F40.

    So you think it’s acceptable to play chicken with someone else’s life at 140mph do you?
    I wonder how you would have felt had someone done that to you on a race track?
    Why take that risk?

    You might be casual with others lives, but I for one think doing what he did was needlessly dangerous. He had the Championship in the bag, he only needed one point from five races.

    I’ve seen drivers in F1 over the years killed after a “nothing” crash. Roland Ratzenberger died back in 1994 at Imola, the day before Senna was killed. He had what looked like a nothing accident when his Simtek gave the wall the lightest of touches. He was killed on impact.

    Had Vettel hit him and broken part of his steering he could have hit the wall at speed, or worse yet spun into the path of the following pack. Mindless stupidly.

    I think you need to get your head sorted out sunny. Your lack of respect for life is far too casual.

    1. HPUnleashed

      Regardless if Jenson Button’s life was at risk, I’m like you in the fact that Vettel’s major victory was in the bag. I would’ve been fine if it was an accidental movement at the start, but that was totally deliberate. Vettel, starting out in pole position, had the best racing line and side of the track, but instead of using those advantages he decided he wanted to play cat and mouse with Button; which was just stupid and uncalled for. If I was a part of the Mclaren race team, I would’ve been screaming for a penalty just like they were! Which I still don’t understand why Vettel never got one…

      I had a lot of respect for Vettel and was routing for his victory. But after that, I can’t say I’d be hoping that he wins any of the other 5 races up ahead. Vettel may have sealed his victory, but I hope Jenson Button wins every other race and totally frustrates Sebastian Vettel.

    2. 88FoxBodyFan

      @ J8mie,
      You said in an earlier post that you hoped Vettel would get in a major wreck and be out for the season. Now you’re telling someone else they are “casual with other lives”? We have a word for that around here, hypocrite.

    3. f40

      J8mie, you said that you wanted Vettel to crash and get injured, rather than win the title. If you can’t see your astounding level of hypocrisy, you need professional help. Considering the amount of moves at the start of every race you see throughout the field, and not just involving Vettel, you were being melodramatic in order to pick on the double champion. As I said before, take your trolling somewhere else.

  20. Bappers

    I’ve noticed a lot of people composing about grip and brakes. Like a real F1 car, the tires and brakes won’t work properly if they not at the right temperature. If that’s the case for you, you’re not driving fast enough

    1. kmk1983

      You’re retarded if your think GT5 has brake fade. They don’t even have a brake upgrade option. You ever see those crazy lap times with the Veyron on the Nurburgring ??? The brakes have the same level of breaking power the entire course. In real life, that heavy car would destroy the brakes.

  21. Bappers

    I’ve noticed a lot of people composing about grip and brakes. Like a real F1 car, the tires and brakes won’t work properly if they not at the right temperature. If that’s the case for you, you’re not driving fast enough…

  22. WTFnews

    vettel done a good job but thx to kaz the x2010 vettel version is now gay becouse everyone has it that’s what i say when i will be honest

  23. MYBaLLsaReB1G

    Woohoo thanks Kaz and Sebastian!! You guys have saved me from having to fix my wall with all the time I’ve punched it doing the red bull challenge. Woohoo!!!!

  24. Cjm845

    If summit happens in the next few races like er maybe redbull do summit really stupid and get a driver or constructer points deduction, firstly PD ain’t getting this car back, secondly can we have a free merc or Ferrari if those teams win. Lol. Well done Vettel by the way. X

  26. doodooshorts

    More to get excited about! Less than 48 hours till 2.0 and this now! So glad i didn’t trade this game in when i got a little bored with it a while ago.

    1. MadmuppGT

      Can I ask, as this is the first time I’ve really used this car… (I’m not a race car fan I like my road cars) but this is the best car ever right? I’m asking because driving it is like being jabbed by a guy with a long pointy stick, its not painful, just really annoying and theres nothing you can do about it…

      Its like Grip, Grip, Grip, NO GRIP, TOO MUCH GRIP, NO GRIP… Wall! haha

    2. MadmuppGT

      and the brakes seem to be manic depressive, one minute they’re sharp and full of life and the next they cant be arsed haha

  32. Kesl

    Alright, Now I have all 5 2010’s. Hmmmmmm, decisions decisions.
    I love this frikin’ game. and Kaz, I would let you sleep with my wife’s sister.

  33. GTP_Yamicarlos

    I think this particular seasonal event is glitched. $5.000.000 credits and 0 experience points, why? Anyway, thanks PD for the money and the car.

  35. jrkiwiboy

    The X2010 is the only reason I wanted Seb to win. At the start of the year I wanted Mark Webber to win (im Australian) but seeing we all get the car and possibly 5 million im quite happy he won.

  38. elston87

    I just bought my “own” PS3 today for GT5, and now I hear this news come around:

    Well, at least I won’t have any trouble getting back all of the stuff I had… :P

  40. HPUnleashed

    I’m actually glad Jenson Button won the Japan Grand Prix after that move Vettel made at the start of the race.

    1. j8mie

      Well said HPUnleashed.

      It’s disgusting to see someone try and put someone else’s life in danger which such a cavalier attitude. For that move alone I would have stripped him of his championship points. I wonder if he thinks that is justifiable.

      What respect I had for him went out the window with that move.

    2. f40

      @ j8mie – total melodrama. Yeah, sure Button’s life was at risk! He was totally going to be injjured!

      Please.

  42. RACECAR

    lol, Jordan you are a genius for posting that video. I was in stitches when I watched that. Great Accomplishment for Vettel and an Awesome deal Kaz setup for the fans. I would love to see more of these happen, it would keep so many people engaged.

  49. j8mie

    Shame. I was hoping he was going to have a massive crash and be out for the rest of the season and someone with some real talent would win the drivers championship. Instead what we got was some cocky German who’s just in the best car.

    I loved that move he did on Button at the start. Pushing someone onto the grass at speeds over 130mph. Hardly the actions of a World Champion. More like World Chump.

    Think I’ll pass on the car thanks PD. I’ve already got one and it’s cack.

    2. CaptainHarlock

      Well next time maybe your car will be able to beat him. Oh, what’s that you say? Oh that’s right! You don’t have an F1 team of your own! Like I always say to people who hate the New York Yankees; go out there and beat him. Put together a support team and a car that’s capable of beating him. Till then know your role, and shut your hole.

    3. killer tiller

      You been smoking crack again?? The only one with talent won the championship, hence why he won the championship genius

  51. Foxiol

    Well 1:06:276 Nº 871 in the world now after 6 tries. :P Thanks for the 5.000.000 KAZ!!!!! and my 5º X2010 car!!!!

  52. GranTurismo330

    Wait. Couldn’t you just have other PSN accounts and just gift the ticket to your main account? (I am not like that so I wouldn’t do that). Just wondering.
    btw This is now my 4th X2010 (2 S.Vettel’s, 1 plain color and 1 carbon prototype). :D

    Sent from my iPad

  54. GranTurismo330

    YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Sent from my iPod

  55. teppischfresser

    that video was awesome lol. Great job Seb, I stayed up until 4:30 am after the Bathurst 1000 to see you clinch the championship. It was well worth it.

  57. CaptainHarlock

    I urge everyone to just take a step back and really appreciate this. Like Michael Jordan, a talent like Sebastian Vettel doesn’t come along every day, and we’re really seeing something special here.

  61. Turbunio

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!…. YOU GET A CAR, YOU GET A CAR… EVERYBODY GETS A CAR!… LMAO!
    great stuff whoever came up with the idea of the video ( two thumps up)

    the car is a beast! I’m running it on B-spec and its eating the competition… the car is lapping the Scudo and the Minolta TWICE on a single 10 lap race, with a 40 sec advantage per lap of the second place (suzuki escudo) I feel like I’m cheating! Muahuahuahahahaha

    Thank you VEttel for pushing Button to the grass and getting away with it!

  64. p0p0ng

    Got 6 Vettel’s long time ago already & all colors of the X2010 … and Oprah’s car giving are sponsored by a car company’s – not hers. OWN Network just got pawned by who else… Oprah! it’s going down. hahaha.

  68. Bappers

    It seems I’m one of the few who didn’t already have an X2010… Oh well, it’s all good, especially the easy 5 mil :-D

  70. ZDUPH

    Got 2 brand new S. Vettel X2010s, bringing my X1 total to 6!
    1 Proto
    1 Regular
    4 S. Vettels!

    And I didn’t earn ANY of them! LoL

    1. pudge

      The only CAR I don’t have in the whole game (except DLC I am ineligible for, like the Gamestop NASCAR) is the X2010 prototype. Some things can’t be bought, I guess. :-)

  72. BMfan

    After seeing that people can go around Suzuka at just over a minutes proves that this car belongs in a arcade game.

    2. MadmuppGT

      It is quite a shocking thing to drive, as unpredicable as Sharron Stone in that movie where she gets her growler out!

  73. Luke

    First time driving it, don’t really like it, can’t really believe i can push 1500+ HP throught the corners like that at full throttle. Seems more like Need for Speed. But i never was a friend of F1 style racing.

    1. HPUnleashed

      When you have that much downforce it’s possible to take corners extremely fast, that’s why fan cars were banned from auto racing. What I do think is unrealistic though is how long your tires last in the game when driving the X2010. I don’t think they’ve designed tires yet that can withstand so much heat and pressure for more than a couple minutes.

    1. MasterLeaf

      What are you saying? Online is broke because people now have X2010s? It always was, I mean you get one for pressing buttons enough (B-Spec LV35) and to be honest, Only X2010 prototypes are prestigious any more. Oh, did I mention that tyhis is my 6th X2010?

  76. Turbo-Kai

    to be honest….the x2010 sucks for thel pad drivers… i got already two of them and with pad they are not really fun to drive… so it is just a matter of collectors…
    thanks pd…lol

    3. IzzyDoom

      If u.adjust the sensitivity of.the.steering input.it fine mines at 3 and it just.fine just don’t smash the analog sticks up down or left and.right too fast.or.u looze control. I’ve done.it XD

    4. MadmuppGT

      Its undrivable with a pad, pointless turning sensitivity down to -2 its still grip one minute to no grip and then too much grip… needless to say its the only car in the game that I cant but in any kind of decent lap time with. So its just going to sit in my garage and rot, while reminding me that somethings in life are free… like STDs

  77. TokoTurismo

    Congratulations Sebastian Vettel. :) We never had my doughts in you period. You really rocked the championship. Congratulations again our friend. And thank you Kazunori. :) For sharing you great imaginary car to us, you rock too. ;)

    1. recca

      they should’ve gave us that instead of teh x1…i have 4 and i’m gonna get a 5th one soon from b-spec leveling

    2. recca

      YOU YOU YOU GET A CAR CAR, YOU YOU YOU GET A CAR CAR, YOU YOU YOU GET A CAR CAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

      lmao Oprah is too generous

  79. FaboxSandvich

    Sweet! I Have got 3 Red Bull’s and a new Seasional Event (wich gives you 5.000.000 if you beat it, it’s easy :D)

  83. cbarbosa

    Just reporting this to everyone:

    Just entered my 2nd account and got another X2010… Is it one per IP or one per account?

  84. gearninga

    When i was reading the update made on the 5th of october it said we will get the fantasy x2010 how do we receive that since nothing like this has ever happened to me

    1. HPUnleashed

      I know, I wish I could sell one of mine too! I’ve been wanting to get some of the Pebble Beach edition cars and if I could sell one of my X2010s it would be extremely helpful.

    2. blue night

      Just do the Red Bull Seasonal Event. You get an easy 5mil credits and I do mean easy. I golded it my first try with 2 seconds under the required time and I can’t even bronze any of the Redbull Special Events.

      Anyway, it’s the same one you get from Bspec mode so now I just got two of the same X2010s. I wish they gave it to us in a special color.

  92. BMfan

    Thanx to another German for making another boring season,since 2000 there have been quite a few boring years.

    1. BMfan

      I forgot to add, a car i don’t like and a event i will never do,i haven’t even done the special event because this car is just too unrealistic.

    3. BMfan

      The g-forces that car would pull in corners would make someone faint.
      I highly doubt that racing slicks could really corner the 130r at 430km\h.

    4. dj-smurph

      The car pulls 8.75 that Is do able with out a g suit but it cannot be sustained. With a g suit then this is possible. Adrian newey did the maths this car is viable if it was ever made

    5. Dave_Panic

      A g suit will only help with vertical g forces. Pulling 8 g in a corner, in a car, would snap your neck off and no flight suit in the world can handle that. What you need is scaffolding around your neck!

    1. Famine

      No, it’s not. All you know is that either Jenson Button didn’t win OR Sebastian Vettel scored a point or more. No information about this race is given except that – and it’s barely information since you don’t know which outcome occurred or why.

  94. Freezer445

    It’s awesome that Vettel became champion but a free X1 for everyone?Soon each server will be filled with X1’s…

  96. hywelkidd

    Looks like I’ll be firing up GT5 when I get home later then XD Great race earlier though, especially the last few laps with Alonso closing in on Button.

  97. Maxymilan

    Oprah style:

    Oprah: Yes thanks Chuck, we are back after the break!

    *Oprah sound*

    Oprah: Some of you know that Sebastian Vettel just won the F1 2011…
    Good news!
    Our guest for today is Sebastian Vettel!
    Here he is!

    Vettel: Gutentag!
    *blablablablablablabla*
    *X2010 story*

    Oprah: X2010 for everybody!

    2. LaserGunCarrier

      AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhh!!!!!!! OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.. LOL!

  98. GOTMAXPOWER

    SEBASTIAN VETTEL YOU ARE WORLD CHAMPION!

    Great champion, this guy is one of the best talents in F1 history and he’s still so young.

  100. Mubble

    Cue loads of plebs smashing in to everyone on the online roaming tracks. Do us all a favour and only use them in practice rooms offline!

  106. GrEn

    Thanks PD and congrats Vettel… without you I would never have this car lol… now onto GT Spec 2.0! It just keeps getting better for us :D!

    Forza 4 can have all the perfect reviews in the world but the king is still the king!

    2. Luke

      Yes, but many play it because of the name itself. GT was always THE simulator. But now, with GT being a big disappointment for many fans, and Forza 4 becoming a seriously great and big racing simulator itself, PD can’t just rely on the name Gran Turismo anymore. They have to rethink many parts of the game for GT6, and i’m really looking forward to what they will come up with.

    3. spikeyhairdude

      I’ve bought several of them just for the colour as I have mates who remote race my racers everyday. So I’ll have a lot of money. I’ve golded the x1 challenge and got the x1 from level 35 b spec. And I’ve only got 3 from trading.

    5. RIPCDE

      “daics69

      maybe it’d mean more if you didn’t cheat/dupe”

      Actually it means less, I at least had to do something besides log in to get it before.

      daics69, thank you for the laugh, you made a contraction out of “it would of” = “it’d”. LMFAO you just cheated at posting your own thought.

  109. Nicky_loves_GT5

    JAJAJAJAJA at first i was like…Oprah….then “YOU GET YOU GET YOU GET EVERYBODY GETS A CAR” xD

  111. AlphaAndius

    Yum, as if an X2010 wasn’t enough, they are also granting us a sweet 5,000,000 credit prize for the event.

    Oh yum. ^^

  112. Fastas

    Well well! Congratulations to Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull, thank you very much Kazunori Yamauchi and Polyphony Digital and thanks for the very amusing notification Jordan and GTP!

  119. cornappeltje

    A free car, always nice :p

    Congratulations to Sebastian Vettel for taking the 2011 World championship!

    6. 07_HSV_GTS

      Awesome, 5 million credits, but still have to wait a day or two to collect it. Can’t wait to find out what’s in the dlc.

    8. MadmuppGT

      GRRRR GOD DAMN UNDRIVABLE CAR, I need a wheel or rid myself of these fists of freakin ham while I’m stuck with this controller

    10. 07_HSV_GTS

      I’m watching F1 at the moment and Vettel just did 2 pit stops and I can’t believe how fast the pit stops are 3.7secs and 3.3secs a total of 7secs for 2 pit stops is amazing after watching Bathurst 1000 and those pit stops are 10 – 25secs each.

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    12. Biach

      Ghskilla, i watched multiple senna vids on youtube and the nsx sounds sooooo good!! A high reving sweet sounding V6. Turn on gt5 and it doesnt even sound anything like it! It just sounds crap. The nsx r was my favourite car in gt4 because it handled sweetly and sounded great, then they changed the sound in gt5p and i hoped they would change it back for the full game but no. The best sounding (most realistic) nsx ive heard in a game is in forza. In fact all the cars in gt5 sound crap and computer generated. Its such a letdown and is trully the most disapointing aspect of the game.

    13. rchdic

      @ 07_HSV_GTS

      FYI
      The pits a longer in bahurst due to cars re-fueling. F1 rules have changed and no longer permit refueling during races.
      If a V8 supercar were to do tyre change only the time would be very close to that of a F1.

    14. payback23

      The red Bull special event challenge is really easy i got gold with 1:10 after 2-3 times. And the essayer is so fun $$$….

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