The GT5 Demo and GT Academy 2010: What We Know
As I read through the comments here and in our forum, there seems to be a surprising amount of confusion regarding the details and some of the specific points regarding the Gran Turismo 5 demo announced yesterday. I’ll try to condense things down into a few key bullet points to make sure that we’re all on the same page, while summarizing the details of how it’s all going to go down…
- The demo will be available to download for free by on December 17, 2009 in Europe, Australia/NZ, and North America. Availability in local PSN Stores in other regions -- including Japan -- is not yet confirmed. However, you can easily create a new account on your PS3 associated with any country, so it will technically be available to everyone simultaneously.
- You will only be able to download the demo between December 17, 2009 and January 25, 2010. After that date, the demo will be playable indefinitely, but it will no longer be available to download for others who missed out.
- This is a demonstration of Gran Turismo 5 and its new physics engine -- it is not just a new track or car inserted within the world of GT5: Prologue.
The demo will feature one variation of a new track in Gran Turismo 5 and two cars: a stock and tuned version of the Nissan 370Z. Winners will be determined by the fastest combined time with the two cars. In other words, your fastest laps in each car will be added together, and the fastest total time wins.- If you’re from one of these countries, you will get to compete for a chance to race with Nissan via the GT Academy driver search program. If you’re in the United States or Canada, you win…two tickets to the Indianapolis 500.
- GT Academy competitors will try to set the fastest lap in their respective country. The top 20 fastest laps recorded in each country will be invited to a national final where, according to the official press release, another new track will be used to host the second round of the competition. The fastest driver from each national event will move on to Silverstone to experience GT Academy -- an intensive 5-day program (you can watch last year’s GT Academy finals here).
- You must be over the age of 18 and you must have never held a national or international racing license of any kind to be eligible for GT Academy.
- It is not yet known if Gran Turismo 5’s new damage engine will be shown off in this demo.
- The tires visible in the rendering of the tuned 370Z in the demo appear to be mounted backwards, and it hasn’t gone unnoticed. Looking at the tread pattern, the tires can be identified as Yokohama ADVAN A048s and -- sure enough -- according to their TireRack description, they can be mounted “inside-out” to prolong their life. Why Polyphony Digital would choose to render the tires this way, however, remains a mystery.
Now, a few things remain unconfirmed -- most notably the circuit which will be used in the demo. Before the public announcement, it was revealed to me that either the Indianpolis GP Circuit or Spa Francorchamps would be featured. After putting the rest of the pieces of the puzzle together, it’s quickly becoming obvious to that Indy will be the one available to the public. First, Indy was the only track which was explicitly revealed by name in the Gran Turismo 5 E3 2009 Trailer. Second, the “Time Trial” prize for U.S. residents is a trip to the Indy 500 race. And, finally, the European PS Blog announcement carefully described the track as “a specially created section of a new Gran Turismo 5 circuit”. Indianapolis Motor Speedway, of course, hosts three configurations: the famous oval, the GP circuit, and the counter-clockwise MotoGP circuit. Spa Francorchamps, then, would provide an “unseen” challenge for all GT Academy participants and would help even the playing field when they meet in their national finals. Unfortunately, however, that suggests the rest of us will have to wait until March to try out Polyphony Digital’s version of this epic track…
For now, here’s an onboard clip of the Indianapolis GP circuit. If you don’t know it yet, now would probably be a good time to start learning!
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Nice summary!
The real question is if the Synchro Rev Match feature in the transmission will be simulated when you select manual with the 370Z.
Jordan: Deliverin’ the goods once again. Thank you Sir!
GIMME SPA PLEASE!!!!
Thanks, Will and exgeeinteractive!
Great!
Is it possible that the tuned 370z is actually just an example car that has been customized with a spoiler and new wheels? (GT3 style) I remember something about Kaz saying we will be able to customize “every part imaginable” or something along those lines
Great to reread soooo goood news. Nice summary.
PHYSICS!!!!
ALL I WANT ARE REAL PHYSICS!!!!
I love GT for everything but the most important thing in sim game i.e. Physics! I hope I won’t just download the demo but play it!!! PD please give us rFactor/Race On kind of physics!!!
Christmas comes early this year. Thanks for the update.
Do you know if the restrictions are the same for the US/CA prize?
Also a note to everyone: A steering wheel (Ideally Logitech) will be essential for both Indy and Spa. The long steady state corners in Sector 1 and 3 at Indy and Spa’s Sector 2 (Rivage to Stavelot, especially due to the off-camber nature of Pouhon) will yeild great rewards by the additional control.
GETTING EXCITED!
-Dmac
damage features?
Great!Can’t wait for this present lol.
I love how I know the Indy GP track off the back of my hand.. I live 5-10 minutes away from it and I’ve seen many races at that track… I probably won’t play to compete though.. I usually can get tickets to the 500 either very cheap or for free… I do live in Indy after all (connections ftw..)
Good luck to everyone.
I love addition of real tyre types to GT, addition of FR car to a demo over Christmas and am very curious about new sound, physics and graphics, mainly graphics of the track if it’s more “live” and dirty than tracks in Prologue. Spa-Francorchamps would be beautiful! Can’t wait to try it!
Thank you for this awesome summary of what’s to come! I bought my PS3 in anticipation of GT5 when we were pretty much certain it would be released before the new year, now this kinda makes up for the let down! Now to sort myself out with a HDTV before the 17th..
NIIIIIIICE!
private race online possible?
i dont like this track but its ok…Greece out again from gt academy :(
14 days!!… Can’t wait.. :-)
@Zenith
i think the tuned version will be something like the tuned cars of GT5 Prologue, small body kit, little bit more power and better suspension, otherwise it wouldn`t make much sense to time both cars together if they nearly are the same.
I suppose the demo doesn`t have much features, i think it is primarily released to extend the people trying to get into GT Academy, but i`m so curious about the new sounds and physics.
The Synchro Rev Match feature of the 370 can be toggled on or off in the real car. Advanced drivers would have this turned off since it designed to be a helper of sorts.
Though it would be cool if they offered toggle, just for fun.
Thanks for the summary. Can’t wait!
@ riph
Why would a private online race be available in a demo completely focused on a time trial for the GT Academy?
SPA pleaseeee!!!!!!!!!!!
GT5 the best game ever!!!!i wish to drive the SPA,its very beautiful,,,,,
thanks jordan, i know what im going to be up to in the christmas holidays…. trying to get within the top 20 uk times :D
Interesting that it uses both the standard and tuned times combined.
Id love to see this track with new lighting like the “Citreon” trailer had rather than bright blue skies. Oh a sunset or something would be ace.
Now if only they also used this time trial to let people test out the “PS3 Eye” head tracking feature. Itching to experience that.
i’ll take spa instead
@ Luke
I dont think you should expect anything special when it comes to sound.
Though, I can’t wait to get the feel of the new physics either (:
I hope we’ll see the pit crew in action too! :-)
Hmmmm, will it be all countries in Europe or just the big ones? Cos they said also that Vidzone was comin to Europe but it was only the big countries in Europe like UK, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, etc.
Yes, and Belgium finally in for GT Academy!!!
Now just Spa as the track and this will be indeed a nice christmas….
finally we have geat new about GT5 demo coming out on the 17 of this mouth can’t wait to comes out woooooohooooooo thank you kaz for gt5
Will it be all countries in Europe or just the big ones like UK, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, etc.?
What’s so special about Spa Franchochampsomehow so much? And I don’t get it what it says about tires…
I am very excited about this although indianapolis seems like a boring track to me ;)
Does the ‘new physics engine’ mean we will experience damage as well?
“It is not yet known if Gran Turismo 5’s new damage engine will be shown off in this demo.”
I’ll say it again. This should have been a Spec upgrade for 5 Prologue.
What physics are we getting on the demo, standard or professional?
Superb Can’t wait ’til 17th…Thanks for the info Jordan…Hope the servers dont crash on that day….
Sorry but I hate US tracks :( They all crap wich I played in GT5P and Supercar Challenge… My only love is Laguna seca… I hope we get Spa in the demo
@ Mustangmiha, go on to u tube and watch an on board video of an f1 car at spa and u will see whats so special with it, indianapolis is a boring circuit that doesnt challenge car nor driver
@Donald
i don`t think you can easily make a Spec upgrade for 5 Prologue. It´s been years since Prologue came out, so GT5 now surely is a completely different game.
@noname
He once said sound is one of the greatest improvements, but we`ll see on december 17th, hope Kaz is right about that. And if not, i`ll just enjoy how GT5 will play :)
I’m curious if I can login with my EU PSN account and compete in GTAcademy even though I live in USA?
Anyone know?
i think spa would be cool.. but not when you are driving a 370Z
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tT09p51cfSI&feature=related
well, it looks like I’m headed to Indy…
@JDigital:
They’ll be able to tell from your IP address.
There is an official Facebook site for GT Academy – just had it forwaded it to me by a friend. its facebook.com/GTAcademy
there’s some pictures of the car and some other stuff here and there.
I cannot wait for the 17th. I am not sure that I’ll even crack the top 1000, but I will gladly try..
..over and over again!
This should keep me somewhat busy for a couple days. I thought this demo was gonna be something like the GT-HD demo from 06′. I guess this is better than nothing and I can’t be picky at this point lol. It’ll be nice to see what the new developments bring us. I wonder if there will be different camera views even tho cockpit is the best of th all, I do wanna drive outside the car sometimes and I think the camera being tight on the car is stupid. It throws me off while turning. Like the car stays fixed but it’s the track that turns, I love the camera loosness from GT1-GT3. That’s my only real complaint about GT since GT4 till now but CP view fix that! (let me stop rambling)lol
can’t wait to see what the new physics engine feels like…the 17th can’t come soon enough!
New Physics on the 17th = improvement on GT5-P driving!!! this is getting SWEEEET!
Cant wait to take it for a test drive !!
Jordan: very nice summary by the way !
Hi Guys,
As GT ACADEMY 08 winner I would like to say to all of you that GT ACADEMY 2010 will be even bigger and is your best opportunity to became a Professional racing driver and live the dream as me. My advice to all of you is not only train hard in the PLAYSTATION you must be very FIT so you must have to do lot’s of Fitness training If you want to be the next GTA winner!!!
Good luck guys and see you in Silverstone!!
Don’t forget to add and visit this sites!!:
http://www.lucasordonez.com
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=171982060934&ref=ts
http://www.facebook.com/GTAcademy?ref=ts
http://www.nissan-motorsports.com/ENN/RACE/2009/GTACADEMY/index.html
GOOD LUCK!!
LUCAS ORDONEZ
I living in Ireland, but I’m not irish. What’s the story now? Am I able to racing in the champioship or not? Or someone, who ex. English fella, but He livin in Cuba, is he able to do?
What if it’s not Indy or SpA?
Sorry to sound like a dickhead newb here but… Do I REALLY need to be in this “GT Academy” to play the demo?!?!? Weirdest shit I’ve ever heard!
@ Will, no u dont, u play the demo and if ur good enough u go INTO the gt academy, got it
oh well, I didn’t even want to participate in the contest either, i just want to play the demo
Thanks alan. not very clear even in this “bullet point” version. The story to me is we are getting a demo THIS MONTH, all the “GT academy” stuff is just confusing matters.
Congratulations Lucas! Its a nice welcome to see you participating the posts.
I was under the impression that North Americans (Canadian here :) ) wouldn’t get any sort of prize, thanks for clearing it up Jordan. Any track is fine with me as i just really want to see and feel the improvements Polyphony Digital has conjured up… and to race of course!
I’m not sure if any present under the tree could top this haha, thanks Kaz and PD!!!
Wouldn’t it be tragically funny if the track and segment actually turned out to be Suzuka East?
I’m a bit confused about the tires being backwards thing….they look fine to me….can someone please explain?
It says on the Gran Turismo Website that it is a brand new physics engine.
http://us.gran-turismo.com/us/news/d5142.html
first: indy is boring as ´the only´ demo track for the next possibly half a year
second: only two Nissan 370Z versions also (there are so many cool brands in the world and they choose Nissan (again – nobody (KY) can say that they didn´t pay for the promotion)
third: hope for Spa
I want more info on nascar!
Ohh god I wish I lived in the UK now…
Thanks PD for legend’s GT
And Special Thanks for Jordan and Team members of the forum
few weeks time to move there..
I was a little bit disapointed when i see this.
Look at die Sunlight in die Cockpit, when the car drives through shadows, it dosent matter.
i hope they fixed this bug =)
Hi, I was wondering if anyone could answer this question. Would I be eligible to participate in the European contest since I am a Norwegian citizen who currently lives in the US?
I guess I won’t have to use my European account after all. Too bad US winners get 2 free tickets to Indy, it’s so much better on TV because you can see the whole race (and there’s not 60000 other people around you), believe I did it once.
At least give us a more interesting, and challenging track. Indianpolis just doesn’t do it for me.
Spa or Nurburgring please KY.
When I saw the car model at first, I thought it looks like it’s from Prologue because in the demo videos it looks much more reflective.
I just heard that Spa has been confirmed. Is there any truth to this? I would be very very happy if so.
HIP HIP HOORRRAAAY !
Fantastic news. I read Lucas’ post there about the need to be fit…guess some of us just wanna be there at Silverstone but don’t seriously think of wining the GT Academy.
Instructor: give me 3 laps around the track.
Me: ummm…I’m here to become the next Lewis Hamilton not Usain Bolt !
Thanks for the great news Jordan.
I live in New Zealand and I have two questions:
1. Will I be able to get this demo?
2. Will I have to pay or can I download it for free?
Thanks. :)
I am an Australian currently living in Japan… Am I eligible?
Will this be professional physics only then?
Yeah it’s a great posting and everything, but I’m thinking that Indy configuration looks a bit like a whale, maybe a beluga or sperm whale. It’s like they rolled dice to choose what kind of corner comes next, and then strung them together with straight bits of track.
well its great that the shown us the new game engine, based in what we probably will see in the demo we can make some ideas of the phisics in moments like rainning, and they probably also going to show the damage engine, the anuncement were almost 1 month ago and they are probably working on the destructible panels of the 350z, also the graphic are going to be something that everyone will be looking at, with new frames and after the pictures of the ferrary italia and the new mercedes we will taste a little bit the sensation of the whole gran turismo, in the circuit factor we will probaly see textures of tracks and another variables that are priority of the circuit development, in my opinion i will like to race in spa but the probably are going to indianapolis because the promotion in the us and canada sugest it.
on the pelaaja magazine at finland says 1-2 months after jp release and over 1000cars
The video of the Indy GP circuit is outdated. The end of the lap where there’s those two hairpins before the right hander back onto the banking has been turned into a left/right/left to the right hander onto the banking. These changes were made for MotoGP. No big deal, it’s only a few more corners to learn.
Played the gt5 demo and its crap.
Same floaty and disconnected feeling of the prologue… back to dirt 2 i go.
Is this demo and entry only available for the PS3 or do they have a demo to download on a PC? I think I can do well, maybe not the top, but the top 100 at least.