Sony Has “No Plans” for GT5 Spec II Disc Update in Europe

Gran Turismo 5 December 11th, 2011 by Jordan

Since Polyphony Digital announced the Gran Turismo 5 Spec II disc and box-art update for Japan earlier this month, there has been some confusion about the changes spreading to the rest of the world.

Sony Europe, however, actually clarified things a few weeks ago in a statement to VideoGamer.com that seems to have slipped under the radar:

[...] Sony has confirmed to VideoGamer.com that it has “no plans to release Gran Turismo 5 Spec 2 in Europe at this time.”

For now, SCEA remains silent on the updated box art coming to North America. Of course, this remains mostly a formality, considering the Spec II update is available as a free download to anyone with a copy of the game and an Internet connection.

The new Spec II discs will be released on February 2, 2012 in Japan, and may be destined to become a tempting collector’s item for the rest of the world.

GT5 Photomode image by ZEROX.

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  1. December 28th, 2011 at 3:42 pm - #
    SpinnyTires

    because the euros already got all the good cars stealth etc.. on their disc ? darn u pd i need all stealthysss i’ll payy =)

  2. December 19th, 2011 at 7:53 am - #
    batman346

    who cares….

  3. December 18th, 2011 at 3:10 am - #
    Sander 001

    I have a feeling the Spec II disc is coming to NA because BestBuy was sold out of GT5 and no new orders for that SKU had been placed.

  4. December 14th, 2011 at 9:28 am - #
    MazdaPrice

    I can’t get my PS3 online. I’m still on v1.0.

    You would be cheating me by basically retconning GT5 as GT5 Gamma but I will gladly pay £40 for GT5 2.0

    Please, please, please!

    Yours hopefully, a PAL user.

  5. December 13th, 2011 at 3:51 pm - #
    Big Ron

    Of course they do´t have. Sony has never any plans for Europe.

  6. December 13th, 2011 at 5:33 am - #
    Marcs2606

    All I want to know is when the next dlc will become available? New cars would be good but I’m desperate for more tracks.

  7. December 13th, 2011 at 2:39 am - #
    SaintSaiya

    is the copy standard or premium?

    • December 13th, 2011 at 8:10 am - #
      TokoTurismo

      I believe it’s premium now. :) This is how GT5 would have been.

  8. December 12th, 2011 at 8:55 pm - #
    BWX

    Maybe they’re saving the new disc for Spec-III.

  9. December 12th, 2011 at 6:31 pm - #
    raceur

    I think this means that GT5 hasn’t sold as well as they wanted, so there’s lots of discs in stock. If they needed to create more they could easily update the image. They may do so when Spec III comes out if stocks run down. They have traded off the cost of not using the existing discs against the marketing value of “Spec II” on the box.

    • December 13th, 2011 at 3:53 pm - #
      Big Ron

      GT5 sold nearly 7 million times and most of it was sold in Europe. So wait some years and it will beat GT4.

    • December 14th, 2011 at 7:12 am - #
      Bom15

      also don’t forget gt5 was released early. These new discs include the updates. The point is. This way it saves new buyers downloading all the updates. Plus people who can’t update can buy the new disc to bring there games up to date. I don’t how i’d feel if i’d bought spec 1 and then had to buy spec 2 though. One hand the game is up to date. But then theres £40 i spent on the original (If bought new). But i suppose you can trade Spec 1 for Spec 2 to reduce costs. Then you gotta think about Spec 3. If it happens. Will they do the same? And then u also got to think about DLC’s. Will they be attached to these new spec discs? In a way i hope they don’t considering the cost of DLC. But in another way i suppose it’ll help those who don’t have net to get the DLC’s. I just don’t want PD to follow Turn 10′s rip off ways with Forza’s Ultimate editions. I’ve already got Signature edition and was a bit annoyed some of the stealths were just giving away because of PD’s North America failings.

  10. December 12th, 2011 at 4:37 pm - #
    Dude27

    I was waiting for a Spec II edition (like that I don’t have to update 1000 times and play 2-3 day later)… guess I will pass… too bad I would have bought a PS3 next year when it will be 200$… maybe a new video card for my PC then…

    • December 14th, 2011 at 7:20 am - #
      Bom15

      I think you only have download the updates as 1 update so you won’t have to download each individual update. Which if your internets speed is relatively good, wouldn’t take that long. Its the game data install that takes ages. But even that you don’t have to do in 1 bulk like a PC. It can install as you play. Mine still comes up with the installing logo a year after i got it, after playing nearly every day. but it doesn’t affect anything.

  11. December 12th, 2011 at 4:30 pm - #
    mr_pepps

    Hahaha! Yeah all the time!
    I shall until the new DLC is revealed ;-)

  12. December 12th, 2011 at 12:46 pm - #
    mr_pepps

    Top quotation, very classy :)
    Yeah news on DLC would be, well, news. I don’t mind not knowing. It’ll be a pleasant surprise. As if Kaz turned up at my house and gifted me some new GT stuff. He’s even wearing the cocacola suit with a white beard and he flew in on a sleigh pulled by reindeer, who’d all been drinking so the front runners accidentally crashed into my house. But, because it was a GT sleigh the damage wasn’t very bad.

    • December 12th, 2011 at 3:50 pm - #
      MadmuppGT

      Youve thought about that situation alot havent you :P haha

  13. December 12th, 2011 at 11:57 am - #
    MadmuppGT

    Thank you for the news update on this PD… NOW more pressing matters Decembers DLC, Where is it, and what is it… I need more cars as I’ve just looked over the car dealerships and every car I want I have (sometimes two of them) so I’m gonna need some new metal soon.

    I’m reminded of this quote “And when Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept, for there were no more worlds to conquer.”

  14. December 12th, 2011 at 10:09 am - #
    spikeyhairdude

    What. Nothing new with this spec II disc. That’s is silly. No point buying this then. If dlc included then yeah maybe.

  15. December 12th, 2011 at 9:53 am - #
    CRXFREAK001

    For those of you asking if the DLC “comes” with the spec II pack, it’s been said (from what I’ve been reading) pretty well around here. And… if you go to their website, and hit translate.. you get this

    “Gran Turismo 5″ (GT5) 4,980 yen price of the (tax) is affordable and, “Ver. 2.00″ Blu-ray discs to reflect the updates, downloadable content, “Complete Pack” special edition with a set of product code available to “Gran Turismo 5 Spec II”, February 02, 2012 (Thursday) released. Directly from their website.

  16. December 12th, 2011 at 7:18 am - #
    Mohamu

    :( Bad news.. I wanted to spend a lot of money on this Spec2 disc, alsoit is free to download spec2 update (or bug-bag, whatever you call it)…
    :( I wanted to spend more money on a half-finished game once again..
    :( I wanted to spend more money just for a new picture on the box..

    Well, I have to live my life without it… who cares?:)

    I’m surprised they don’t release a new disc for every update.. how much we have till now? 20? and how much will we have in the future to correct the main mistakes? 20? And how much time do we need to get the connectivity problems to be solved? 20 years?

    But I still say: This game is Awesome :)

  17. December 12th, 2011 at 6:55 am - #
    Turbo-Kai

    i don’t care…

  18. December 12th, 2011 at 5:33 am - #
    BlindZenDriver

    Make sense to me. Europe is an area with many languages so putting out software here means extra translation, printing and packaging costs compared to releasing in one (or two) big countries.

    • December 12th, 2011 at 7:07 am - #
      j8mie

      That is more than likely the reason behind it.
      That said I’m surprised they aren’t doing an English language version for the US, UK, Oz and New Zealand at least.

  19. December 12th, 2011 at 5:11 am - #
    fps_christian

    It’s probably because everyone in Europe has such a good internet connection any way.

    • December 12th, 2011 at 7:11 am - #
      j8mie

      My understanding is that, that’s not the case compared to Japan :)

      The Japanese have a very smart policy of re-generation of suburban areas. When they do this they upgrade all the infrastructure including drainage, power lines and phone connections. That way they stay up to date and ahead of demand for future services.

  20. December 12th, 2011 at 5:09 am - #
    Joie de vivre!

    I don’t get it. The Europe is the bigger consumer of GT series and yet they treat us as we were the smallest.