Gran Turismo 4 / PSP Courses found in Gran Turismo 5

[Yauma9]

Last update for Today. 12 working hidden tracks left. Unfortunately the other hidden tracks do not work as you can see here: https://tcrf.net/Gran_Turismo_5/Courses/Course_Database

I will ask friendly the tcrf people if they can embed the videos on the page so they can be easier to find

Hey man! Cool videos! I was wondering if you could do comparisons between circuits that have updated versions in the game? (Like Trial Mountain, Laguna Seca, High Speed Ring, etc.)

 

[Paiky]

Good suggestion, I'm trying to implement that if I can load the track via real hardware (PS3 with CFW)

 

[RandomCarGuy17]

Wait, PD was still labeling Swiss Alps as Smokey Mountain South in their track data?! I figured they would've updated that by the time they were working on GT5.

 

[Paiky]

c044_kashiwa_ps2 (Motorland)


c045 seoul_ps2 (Seoul Central)


c046 complexstring_ps2 (Complex String)


c048 midfield_ps2 (Midfield Raceway)


c070 yosemite dirt_ps2 (Cathedral Rocks Trail I)


c072 testcourse_ps2 (Driving Park - Test Course)
https://youtu.be/Lt4t-Uql5zQ

 

[j0nny0093]

A big thank you Thom Lee for making videos for all tracks!

 

[Paiky]

Last Update!
Finally I uploaded all hidden tracks. Unfortunately, I can not show more because, as mentioned earlier, the other tracks crashes after the loading screen. It was a lot of fun to drive the hidden tracks with the GT5 Engine. I've played Gran Turismo 5 for more than 1000 or maybe 2000 hours and it's exciting to discover new things. I hope PD will add some tracks like El Capitan or New York for the next Gran Turismo. I miss the tracks very much and especially now where I drove it in GT5. It was a pleasure to share my discovery with you.

Shout out to @j0nny0093 who has found the method how to load the tracks and
the all the people in Discord! Maybe GT6 also hides some pearls that will be discovered in the near future.

c076 pikespeak_ps2 (Pikes Peak)


grandvalley east_ps2 (Grand Valley East Section)


c109 mini_ps2 (Autumn Ring Mini)


c112 r_midfield_ps2 (Midfield Raceway)


c113 yosemite_dirt_mini_ps2 (Cathedral Rocks Trail III)


c114 r_yosemite_dirt_mini_ps2 (Cathedral Rocks Trail III)
https://youtu.be/DqymemZfJRo

 

[FoRiZon]

Is there any reason on why some of the gameplay are in 2 player mode?

 

[j0nny0093]

Is there any reason on why some of the gameplay are in 2 player mode?

Fuji Speedway 90 will work only with 2 player mode. If you try to open the track in other modes, the track will appear but it will crash as soon as the screen fade to black.

Pikes Peak has only 2 position on the starting grid. If you try do to Time Trial, or Single Race, you will spawn out of bounds and it would be impossible for you to move. Using the 2 player mode, you'll be placed on the starting line.

 

[Sonygamer455]

You know, after watching this video, it made me think of this for some reason.

Maybe it's just me, but that Zonda looks about as out of place on that track as the guy does in that gif.

 

[TheAdmiester]

Thanks to @elston87 for getting me set up to debug my PS3, I can now swap tracks on the real hardware for the first time. Here's El Capitan with 16 cars, in full 60FPS, with no slowdown:

 

[j0nny0093]

At the end I managed to make them work too, after a day of testing. Have these 2 pics!

Edit: offscreen pic

 

[Paiky]

^
I hope you can recreate this screenshot

 

[TheAdmiester]

^
I hope you can recreate this screenshot

Funnily enough I already did:

EDIT: While I appreciate that @Thom Lee has taken the liberty of recording gameplay of each track, I was wondering if anyone had any requests for tracks they’d like to see done on real hardware with a full grid at 60FPS?

 

[Whistle Snap]

Where's Razerman? He added the hidden tracks in GT6 by modding the save file, surely the same could be done with these and GT5?

 

[TheAdmiester]

Where's Razerman? He added the hidden tracks in GT6 by modding the save file, surely the same could be done with these and GT5?

Do you know more specifics on what he did? If it's possible that way then it's definitely worth looking into.

 

[Sonygamer455]

Where's Razerman? He added the hidden tracks in GT6 by modding the save file, surely the same could be done with these and GT5?

I doubt it’s the same in GT5 as it is in GT6, but it’s worth looking at I guess. Hopefully Razerman can help us out a bit.

 

[FoRiZon]

Where's Razerman? He added the hidden tracks in GT6 by modding the save file, surely the same could be done with these and GT5?

I remember you. You're that guy that datamine GT6 updates.

Razerman as I remember mods circuit maker, but not exactly the save file?

 

[Paiky]

I can load the tracks on real hardware as well. Thanks again to @j0nny0093 I can make a livestream on sunday and you can then make suggestions in chat

 

[TheAdmiester]

I uploaded this earlier and forgot to post here. Since New York is kinda cloudy and GT5’s exposure makes it look overcast, I thought it would make sense to make it rainy and record some gameplay. Here’s another 16 car race:

 

[Whistle Snap]

Razerman as I remember mods circuit maker, but not exactly the save file?

He also released a modded save that put the hidden GT arena tracks, moon tracks and some sky track in the arcade track selection. It worked on both CFW and OFW.

 

[TheAdmiester]

He also released a modded save that put the hidden GT arena tracks, moon tracks and some sky track in the arcade track selection. It worked on both CFW and OFW.

He also did some kind of file/specdb edit to port over the Top Gear track from GT5, none of us know how it was done right now and his custom tools aren’t public.

 

[PettyWingman]

c044_kashiwa_ps2 (Motorland)

I'm surprised that Motorland is set to be in Kashiwa, Chiba.

 

[j0nny0093]

Here few pics I shot yesterday. As you can see, the skidmarks are glitched, they will came out on photo mode in "partial color" mode.

Also it seems that 1.01 reacts differently regarding those circuits. For example, attempting to load tracks that doesn't work like hongkong or rome, will make the game into infinite loading instead of crashing. So there's still other things to test, even testing them on vanilla 1.00 release.

 

[rex1825]

He also did some kind of file/specdb edit to port over the Top Gear track from GT5, none of us know how it was done right now and his custom tools aren’t public.

...maybe TopGear track was initally part of GT6, but before release cut out...

 

[Sonygamer455]

He also did some kind of file/specdb edit to port over the Top Gear track from GT5, none of us know how it was done right now and his custom tools aren’t public.

That brings me to one thing. Could these hidden tracks be ported over to GT6 and if so, what would the result be compared to GT5? More importantly, could those unplayable tracks work when ported over? (I doubt it, but it’s worth a try)

 

[j0nny0093]

All those unused tracks are in GT6 files since its release, but for now they don't seem to working.

 

[GTPNewsWire]

This is the discussion thread for a recent post on GTPlanet:

Video Blowout of Gran Turismo 5's Hidden Tracks

This article was published by Andrew Evans (@Famine) on July 28th, 2019 in the Gran Turismo 5 category.

 

[Paiky]

Wow, what a honor that I'm mentioned on the page! Thanks a lot!


I was actually recording all the tracks with real hardware and cutting it all together in one video. Of course I will continue that!

 

[SuperMegaGeek]

Pikes Peak is in Dirt Rally so not sure how exclusive that licence is unless I'm missing something?

 

[jaytmtb]

So in 10 years time, will we will find out that Gran Turismo Sport has every track, just sayin'