August 18, GamesCom, held in Cologne, Germany: Gran Turismo 5 has been announced! Here is the latest information on the game design:
■ models included
1,000 vehicles
170 Premium new models (full interior modeling, the interior corresponds to vehicle damage)
830 kinds of standard model (some are from Gran Turismo 4 that have been carried over to GT5) [Read: Cars we have seen in GT4 before ]
■ Courses
60 courses confirmed with 20 or more to be revealed
■ physical simulation of vehicles
Physics system simulation is brand new
Represented is full fall in vehicles [possibly rollover]
Damage representation (reproduced in full by real-time collision deformation)
faithfully reproducing the behavior of electric cars, i.e. Prius, Insight, hybrid cars and the latest Tesla model
■ Arcade Mode
Single Race
2 player battle
■ GT Mode
World Map
My Garage
Car Dealer
Tuning Shop (parts, tires)
Car Washes/Oil Change
Race Championship (Series system, point system)
License Test
■ Online
Open Lobby
Text / Voice Chat
Private rooms
Online Photo Album
Online Replay Album
YouTube replay output
■ Photo Mode
Photo Drive (Circuit)
Photo stage (Stage Photo mode only)
■ Gran Turismo TV
Video output to a PSP or PSP Go®
Progressive Download
Improved user interface
Continuous Play for videos
■ Museums
The Gran Turismo 5 Prologue version, + more information at TGS
■ Sound
Custom soundtracks (Use songs from your PS3 hard-drive)
Dolby Digital 5.1 and 7.1
■ User Interface
The Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, and the same design concept. The icons change color
Able to track the movement of Cockpit Camera interface (confirmed in full 3-D. The camera can be fully manipulated and you can opt to have your head tracked by the PSEye)
Im saying D they did give us this information i don't know how many took this though. Also they cant give us everything, if you compare this list of info to what we know now we got more info Ex standard card have damage and mechanical damage.
This is from Amar The Winds have Started to Scream and their Words are even Clearer thread many people in this thread posted their feelings on the standard car issue way back, but now for some reason its all new

If you go to that thread around page 70 to 90 it has the same arguments as this thread.
I friend of mine that knows japanese translated it in italian for me ( i asked to traslate only cars part) and it understood this :
1000 cars (all with cockpit and maybe damage), 170 (with damages also in cockpit) 830 (with cockpit and esterior damage, not damage in cockpit and seen since gt4). the 170 are premium dont' know what stand for maybe pay for it.
CobraNZ on the issue
last year
Well I'm very disillusioned.

I woke up this morning and first watched the PS3 Slim video. I was literally punching the air and clapping. I was saying to myself "Way to go Sony, you guys finally did it!". There I was thinking Sony will now win the console war. I was awaiting the big GT5 to really close the deal with me, but... Then I realized there is no GT5 trailer. Then I read the GT5 confirmed features, albeit the translation of it. Now I'm quite sad to be honest. Here are the things that spell
"FAIL" to me about GT5:
-No confirmation of livery editor (paint editor, decals, vinyls, window tinting, carbon fibre parts, etc)
-No confirmation of external tuning parts (removal of existing or adding of after market exhausts, body kits, wings, canards, etc)
I don't want a car designed by PD, I want my very own, I am an individual.
-Possibility of No interior for all cars or No damage for all cars (translation makes things a bit unclear but either way it would be a massive disappointment, should both of these statements be misread it may make me forgive all the other shortcomings:tup
-No confirmation of ability to roll cars over as a result on an accident (possibility does not quite cut it after seeing some of the latest games simulate that in spectacular fashion)
-No confirmation of drag racing (as boring and simple as it may be it's just fun and no driving game should be without this type of competition)
I want the full GT5 package, in now way am I prepared to wait for DLC or GT6 to get what I want, not after how long I've been waiting for GT5. To be honest I've been waiting for these features since GT2, so that's over a decade. No more, I'll settle for Forza Motorsport 3.
-Confirmation of NASCAR and WRC licensed competitions (if indeed those are the only licensed ones)
-No confirmation of Porsche, Maserati, McLaren manufacturers (I'm referring to the McLaren F1 model)
Why not the Japan, Europe or US, GT and Super GT competitions? Why not F1, F2000 or many other open-wheel competitions? Why not many of the single model competitions around the world?Why not IndyCar? Even that competition is more interesting and fun to play than NASCAR. If they do confirm they have plans to release these competitions as free, or not, DLC, I may forgive this bad choice of licensed competition. As for missing out on Porsche, Maserati, and the McLaren F1, well I don't need to emphasise just how disappointing that would be.
There are of course many things about GT5 that will make it a fantastic game and I do see the GT5 being a popular game. I've been a GT fan all my life, and in my heart I want it to be the better driving game. But there are a fair few shortcomings at the moment. I understand other GT fans will try to be positive, or forgive or indeed lie to themselves that there's more there it's just that PD are holding back. But I like to work with facts not delusion...
EDIT: As for GTM, Why? GTM would not win the console war, GT5 would! The time and publicity wasted on GTM was a very bad idea. GT5 should have come first, then GTM.