Are they bringing back the Test Course from GT4?

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I really hope so. Midfield Raceway is my most wanted fictional racetrack though, next to complex string (I don't think we will ever see that!).
 
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I really hope so. Midfield Raceway is my most wanted fictional racetrack though, next to complex string (I don't think we will ever see that!).
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Totally agree with complex string. It was infuriatingly fun.
 
I loved the test track, used to line up all my cars and create "who's fastest" lists, just like when I was a little lad with my toy cars! Gave you a good basis of what the car could do!
Bring it back, along with my toy cars!
 
Hello guys! If you watch the bellow video which is the GT5 2.0 DLC introduction at 3'18 you will notice that the mighty X2011 is running somewhere else other than ANY of the present tracks, with the yellow strips marking every 100m of the track.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EePHJNRJVU4&feature=email&email=comment_reply_received

For the guys that have been around since GT4 or earlier they'll see it's a revamped version of Test Course! Yes and it seems NICE!!! An example of the Test Course from GT4 bellow:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EJxHJAiz7E

But from what we all know about the GT5 2.0 DLC, it is not introducing this track so far (Actually i was on a trip so i don't even know whether it's available for download or not).

Do you guys have any news about this track on GT5? I didn't find anything related on all my web searches.

Hope someone comes up with good news though!

👍:sly:
 
That one run way with the lights that the mazda furai was dragging on in the first video was there but also never added into the game.
 
It looks like PD is either trying to give us something to look forward to, or they just thought the X2011 would look cool on that track. I personally think that we'll get the Test Course and Pike's Peak for sure. Just gotta wait it out.
 
I think it's a dead certainty we will be getting quite a few new tracks as future DLC packs have been confirmed by Sony. Then of course, there is the 25 track logo's which were discovered on the GT website :)
 
Why bother speculating? The chances of getting it right is fairly slim and becasue of that it is almost like a wish list thread. Kind of seems like its posting for the sake of posting.
 
2.0 update is 1gig in size. To be honest that is awfully huge for 2 tracks and 15 cars and a few paints and suits and some other tweaks. To me I bet there is allot more hidden and ready to be unlocked in spec 2.0.

I guess we GT fans are going to be milked!
 
also not sure if any one else has noticed but the intro seems to feature just the premium models but in that vid @ 3.33 there is a R8 LMS which at present isn't a premium model....:odd:
 
Probably not due to some Ferrari licensing issues, they arent allowed to let Ferraris do 100m tests and such.
 
GfxJG
Probably not due to some Ferrari licensing issues, they arent allowed to let Ferraris do 100m tests and such.
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Can't you do them (1/4 mile atleast) in FM3/4?
 
jay.s
also not sure if any one else has noticed but the intro seems to feature just the premium models but in that vid @ 3.33 there is a R8 LMS which at present isn't a premium model....:odd:
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There was a thread about that a few days ago, and I believe they concluded that its just a really good model but still a standard.

I Wouldn't be suprised if they bring the Test course back mainly to enable drag racing.
 
Due to their sky-scraping gear ratios, I find it frustratingly difficult trying to max out most of the road-legal cars in the game. Whenever I try slip-streaming, I either end up passing the car I'm drafting or I rear-end it. So PD, PLEASE BRING BACK THE TEST COURSE!! Honestly, did you think taking out these classic GT4 courses would help the game? :(
 
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Due to their sky-scraping gear ratios, I find it frustratingly difficult trying to max out most of the road-legal cars in the game. Whenever I try slip-streaming, I either end up passing the car I'm drafting or I rear-end it. So PD, PLEASE BRING BACK THE TEST COURSE!! Honestly, did you think taking out these classic GT4 courses would help the game? :(
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i'd also like them to bring back the las vegas drag strip
 
There's always been a lot of speculation about the Test Track and why it wasn't included in the game at launch or if ever.

Now, I don't want to rain on anyone's parade but looking at it now... I don't think I'd want it as DLC for $$$ or as DLC at all. Think about this... Test Track was mostly known for it's role in Machine Test, which in GT5 is completely absent from the game. It was also a track in the Like The Wind series, but has since been replaced by Indy (I'm assuming).

Now in GT5 there are two high speed oval tracks, neither one you can get much speed out of in the straights, and then there is SSR7, which is what I'm most suspicious about replacing Test Track possibly in GT6 as well. And I do think it has something to do with license agreements with certain manufacturers, as someone pointed out in this thread eg. Ferrari. I have come to realize out of all the tracks in the game, there is no place to give hard 0-60, 0-400, 0-1000, or even true top speeds. For example, my top speeds are different in Sarthe (usually greater) than in SSR7 and Nurb. There doesn't seem to be a neutral ground for this sort of thing, only tracks which just happen to have long straights over different types of terrain which make differences in top speed testing. Usually Machine Test and Test Track would be the neutral ground.

But anyway... I don't really see Test Track being something worth money, but if it were a freebie, I guess I'd take it. It would also be weird to have the Test Track but then no Machine Test that sets up the 400M/1,000M/Top Speed tests for us. I mean it isn't a particuarly interesting track itself - I guess the drafting battles would be fun online, but really we have tracks for that already. I just don't see the appeal in it without a Machine Test. And unless Ferrari is going to send out a team of people to tune your car before every test, I don't think we'll see it. If it were going to be in the game, it would've been here at launch like every other title before it (except GT5:P).

Just IMO. I don't have hard facts, just some speculation. I will note that GT:PSP had Test Course with Ferrari, but that game really is a completely different beast from GT5.
 
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Oh I hope so....I spent countless hours there trying to make the perfect lap...very challenging track.
 
-> Heres what I think of it... (sorry for the long reply)

-> This Driving Park: Test Course has a very significant traits the differs than the (Driving Park:) Test Course '90s the we were accustomed to when that particular track was introduced in GT3 and was returned (and renamed within the 'Driving Park' nomenlature) in GT4. And of course this is completely different from Test Course '90s from GT1 & GT2.

-> As I might say, this is a completely new (ie. Overhauled/Redesigned) version. I might call it Driving Park: Test Course '10s.

-> Here some screenshots from 2:16 to 2:21 from Youtube (along with Red Bull-PD X2010):

400m Mark
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500m Mark
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600m Mark
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700m Mark
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800m Mark
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approaching 900m Mark w/ X2010
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1000m Mark
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halfway to reset mark
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?reset 100m Mark?
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^ So pretty much; that the Test Course ('00s from GT4) will NOT return, but a NEW Test Course ('10s) will be available in GT5 as a dedicated DLC in the near future. ;)

~> Looks like I'll be editing my >MISSING< Tracks Thread again!

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Could be the Xmas present Yamauchi mentioned they are preparing for those who have purchased multiple DLC?
 

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