GT5′s New Route X Circuit: First Drive at Tokyo Auto Salon

Gran Turismo 5 January 14th, 2012 by Famine

This short, 1’42 video shows the first action seen at Gran Turismo 5′s new “Route X” track, announced earlier in the week.

Though most of the colossal 30km track remains under wraps at this point, this video shows a gamer attempting a Max Speed Test on the 12km straight using the Red Bull X2010 S.Vettel.

While comparisons have been drawn to Volkswagen’s phenomenal facility at Ehra-Lessien (which has a 9km straight that is impossible to see either end from the middle, due to the curvature of the Earth), little information exists about the remaining 18km of circuit, with GT5 fans remarking on architectural similarities to the infamous Tokyo Bayshore Route.

Thanks to SHIRAKAWA Akira for the tip!

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  1. January 17th, 2012 at 4:42 pm - #
    Flagmo-T

    TeamWork on the 30km straight, doing nothing but massive Slipstreaming and changing places all through the length of it and cross the line side by side in a humongous breaking – Hula what a Crazy surreal Dream Haha – I’m looking forward to this Monster of a track :0) Monjana !!

  2. January 17th, 2012 at 12:56 pm - #
    Demonyze

    I just wanna slap some whining kids to da face.

  3. January 16th, 2012 at 10:59 pm - #
    Mr2Fast4U

    I’ll be spending plenty of time just pushing all my favorite cars in my garage to the limit on this track and see how they compare to there real life counterparts great job once again PD!

  4. January 16th, 2012 at 10:38 pm - #
    TeamCZRRacing

    To all the people complaining about the new track: you can keep whining about how long it is if you want. Meanwhile, I’ll be taking my new Lambo and Jag around it enjoying the ability to let them eat without worrying about an accident. Before you post another complaint, though, consider this. When you’re trying to supe a car up, which would you rather have: Le Mans (La Sarthe), with its bumpy and somewhat narrow backstraight; SSR7 with its not-quite-straight carriageways connected by hairpins; or a 30-km, massive oval with an arrow-straight straightaway whose ability to see a car’s true potential rivals, if not beats, Ehra-Lessein’s? I think I’ll take the latter.

  5. January 16th, 2012 at 4:49 pm - #
    betec18

    The new NSX will be include in the 2.03 update?

    • January 16th, 2012 at 10:21 pm - #
      TeamCZRRacing

      Looks like it.

  6. January 16th, 2012 at 4:37 pm - #
    betec18

    Update 2.3 and the new DLC in same time?

    • January 16th, 2012 at 4:44 pm - #
      ZZ-II

      Update will come Tomorrow, January 17th. And DLC January 18th.

  7. January 16th, 2012 at 4:35 pm - #
    betec18

    New DLC today?

  8. January 16th, 2012 at 1:58 pm - #
    kollosson

    bye the way peeps i can’t wait for the new track either..happy days ahead :)

  9. January 16th, 2012 at 1:57 pm - #
    kollosson

    @ 2012GT325

    I spend most of my time on the Nurburgring both driving and taking photo’s, i have never ever seen this bug your on about, sounds to me could be connection issues between your TV and your PS3, or your really a Microsoft agent trying to get Polyphony wasting time bug hunting ;) next time it happens try switching your TV off then on to re-establish the connection.

  10. January 16th, 2012 at 11:55 am - #
    wellfire

    DRAG DRAG DRAG :)

  11. January 16th, 2012 at 10:28 am - #
    FuzzyFassbender

    I see a lot of posts talking of drag racing – here regaring this new track and elsewhere in the forum. As I only occasionally play GT5 I am wondering if GT has added drag racing and I have just overlooked. Drag racing really needs staging and timing lights… does GT now have this?

  12. January 15th, 2012 at 8:48 pm - #
    austin125

    they need to put some kind of real mountain road like the tail of the dragon or muholland highway in the game so people can just cruise if they fell like it.

    • January 15th, 2012 at 10:15 pm - #
      SEIDO463

      Yes, I’ve been wishing for this since release. It would be perfect for GT5… a twisty Euro or Japanese mountain/valley point to point road… 20 or more kms long…. head to head battles! sections for parking on the road side to watch the drifters go by…
      full weather and day/night transition….perfection.

    • January 16th, 2012 at 12:54 am - #
      arsenal1992

      The San Bernardino Pass, Great Ocean Road and Transfagarasan would be epic. New Zealand has some great roads too.

    • January 16th, 2012 at 2:47 pm - #
      SpaceTenor007

      Yes, Mulholland Dr, Pacific Coast Highway between San Simeon and Carmel, Amalfi Coast, Cinque Terra, would be beautiful!

  13. January 15th, 2012 at 7:00 pm - #
    aronh17

    So wait… There’s 18km left, I could have swore in the NSX vid there were bends. Could this be the open world Kaz wanted along with a test track? In some of the pictures it looks like you go over a big body of water on a bridge. Maybe there’s an internal course, why would he call it “Route X” instead of “Test Course”? It just gets me wondering, don’t actually hold me against it nor expect what I said. We’ll see soon!

    • January 15th, 2012 at 10:10 pm - #
      SEIDO463

      I was thinking that it’s a point to point route or if that straight is 12kms long then the other straight could be 12kms long leaving each bend at 3kms long.

      This track has potential to be awesome or just an oval…. but I’ll be taking it, no complaints.

  14. January 15th, 2012 at 6:30 pm - #
    RoarOfZonda

    Just got home with a $20 PSN card from walmart :)

    • January 17th, 2012 at 1:03 pm - #
      Demonyze

      Lol same :)

  15. January 15th, 2012 at 6:25 pm - #
    Fryto

    I guess the Force Feedback was put on low :-)

  16. January 15th, 2012 at 6:18 pm - #
    Dazmeister22

    I’ll buy the car pack but not the track. If I want to test the top speed of my cars I can do it at Special Stage Route 7 and if I want to go on an oval there’s already 2 of those in the game. €4 for a massive straight?? Thanks PD but no thanks. Give us some real tracks please. Brands Hatch GP/Indy circuits, Bathurst or any of the previous tracks from the GT series and, what about Phillip Island and Valencia, they were both in Tourist Trophy, how hard can it be to add those to GT5??

    • January 15th, 2012 at 6:53 pm - #
      vrossi

      I AGREE with u 1000%

  17. January 15th, 2012 at 5:49 pm - #
    ZZ-II

    @Uppmas: just look into the videos

    in the Honda NSX Video you see a very long straight with a curve going to the right

    and in the 2nd video you see another very long straight, but not the same as you can see with the Honda. and in the end of the 2nd video you can also see a curve going to the right.

    and i think these two parts are part of 1 Oval track…

  18. January 15th, 2012 at 4:28 pm - #
    dudekilla8

    My biggest GT5 dream is to drive the Lamborghini Diablo and McLaren F1 GTR Longtail Road Cars on the Autobahn as a track. GT5 not GT6.

  19. January 15th, 2012 at 4:03 pm - #
    BWX

    It’s probably a COMBINED 30km WITH all the track’s layouts. I’d be surprised if it was a 30km oval and that’s it. That would be a huge waste.

    • January 15th, 2012 at 4:39 pm - #
      ZZ-II

      i don’t think so. if you look at the videos you clearly see both oval-curves and both straights….

    • January 15th, 2012 at 4:57 pm - #
      Uppmas

      Where did you see the another oval-curve? Or the another straight?

  20. January 15th, 2012 at 3:55 pm - #
    Elitekilla29

    maybe they will have a seasonal event for this track for time trail or something.