Gran Turismo News and Information

It is. It's in GT4 and PSP, so some of us know it quite well. There are several variations to it... the Full course, East, West and the Oval, an egg shaped medium length track with very little banking. Iz gud.

http://www.etracksonline.co.uk/Asia/Japan/motegi.html



The leaked photo is the corner in the top right of that map

East is the best of the 3 road courses, has some flow and not just stop & go. I'd about put GT4 in quickly to play Motegi for 10 minutes, but I raced some splitscreen there in Forza 4 last week.

http://www.gtplanet.net/new-motegi-screenshots-info-on-gt-academy-rewards-in-gt5/

Any questions about the authenticity of the Twin Ring Motegi screenshot that emerged yesterday can be quickly forgotten, as the image (along with another completely new shot) have been discovered on SCEA’s press site.

The original screenshot is now available in high resolution; you can download the 15-megapixel version here for closer inspection. Another new image of a 2012 Nissan GT-R emerging from one of Motegi’s overpasses can also be seen above.

As pointed out by Jay in GTPlanet’s forums, file names of the respective track screenshots clearly hint at which circuits will be featured in future rounds of GT Academy 2012:

Round 1: Autodromo Nazionale Monza
Round 1: High Speed Ring
Round 2: Rome
Round 2: Special Stage Route X
Round 3: Cape Ring
Round 3: Circuito de Madrid
Round 4: Eiger Nordwand Short Track
Round 4: Road Course – Indy
Round 5: Suzuka Circuit
Round 5: Tokyo R246
Round 6: Eiger Nordwand Short Track
Round 6: The Top Gear Test Track
Round 7: London
Round 7: Special Stage Route 5
Round 8: Circuit de la Sarthe 2009
Round 8: Twin Ring Motegi East Short Course
Finally, Kazunori Yamauchi answered a question via Twitter that many GTPlanet users have been asking: when will you be able to claim the prizes earned in the GT Academy 2012 mini-game in Gran Turismo 5?

Responding in English, Kazunori stated that “all the prizes will be sent out together when the 8 week event is over.” Thanks to all of you who sent this in so quickly!

clacksman wrote:GTAcad '12 feels a lot like doing the GT5 license tests, except much easier to gold.

MasterGT wrote:However, they were not really aware of some current issues, so if you see things beyond just off-track infractions, let me know.

Rounds 1-5 and 2-5 include two AI cars each; there's no apparent penalty for hitting them.

Correction: at 2-5 I can get a contact penalty; via running straight into the back of an AI car while it's accelerating. If it's braking or turning any contact is allowed with no penalty to me. My best time at 1-5 uses both AI cars for extra turning, I can't get within .15 of that time cleanly.
I think this is an excellent thing to teach via GT Academy.

At four or five tracks without traffic and with turns I got in the top .5% or so overall in 5 runs which isn't too damn bad I think.

gtplanet reports new OUCD:

PT Cruiser '00 Chrysler Cr. 16,390
300C '05 Chrysler Cr. 34,780
Crossfire '04 Chrysler Cr. 35,670
Prowler '02 Chrysler Cr. 47,430
Panda Super i.e. '90 Fiat Cr. 14,600
500 R '72 Fiat Cr. 15,700
500 L '69 Fiat Cr. 18,580
500 F '65 Fiat Cr. 20,770
Barchetta Giovane Due '00 Fiat Cr. 24,060
Punto HGT Abarth '00 Fiat Cr. 30,030
Coupe Turbo Plus '00 Fiat Cr. 48,110
SVT F-150 Lightning Ford Cr. 35,050
Clio Renault Sport Trophy Race Car '00 Renaultsport Cr. 115,000
Formula Gran Turismo Cr. 5,000,000

I'm still missing the 500 R and 500 L, so I'm happy

New A-spec Challenge seasonals too, Wednesday night update as usual. 650pp 5 lap Suzuka was pretty good.

Gonna have to go shopping, I think I'm short an old Fiat too.

Rounds 3 and 4 of GTAcad '12 are available. Pretty fun batch. Just done the DS3 gold & go so far, snuck into the friendlist top 10 at 4-4 'Spoon Curve'.

I got into the top 5 of my friend list for all 5 events of round 3. Currently 150th of 3-4. Neither will last long

And I admit of cheating in the sense of downloading ghosts and using them

I must say the events are quite enjoyable.

Went to bed 46th overall in the rd 3 La Sarthe challenge.

'supdate to 2.06 - 475mb DLing now

http://us.gran-turismo.com/us/news/d6377.html

A new update has been released for Gran Turismo 5.
The main contents of the update are as follows:

- It is now possible to adjust the race BGM and sound effect volume from "Quick Options" during a race.

- A save data backup feature has been added.

- Compatibility for the sequential shift mode of the Guillemot "TH8 RS" gear shifter has been added.

- A "Performance Difference Adjustment" has been added to the rewards for seasonal events (Applies only to seasonal events held after this update).

- Force feedback for the "Driving Force™GT", "GT FORCE®Pro", "G25 Racing Wheel", " G27 Racing Wheel", and " T500 RS" steering wheel controllers have been improved.

- A car with racing modifications applied are now categorized as a Racing Car (previously Tuned Car).

- The off-track shortcut penalty has been tweaked.

- A new GT5 Photo Stream service has started on gran-turismo.com. Photographs taken in Photo Mode and set to "Share" will now appear on a web page viewable by all visitors.
- GT5 Photo Stream


[Correction of Known Issues]
- Fixed a problem where Karts and Ferrari F1 cars could drive together with other cars in the Lounge
- Fixed a rarely occurring issue in which the system freezes when exiting the lounge
- Fixed a problem where you could purchase tires for the 125 SPL racing Kart in the tuning parts shop (Tires purchased previously will now become invalid)
- Fixed a problem in which the straight-line stability of the Lancer Evolution X was decreased when using a steering wheel controller
- Fixed an issue where wrong color dirt and snow tire wheels were displayed on some cars when the wheels were changed
- Fixed delay when launchiing electric cars using controllers other than a steering wheel controller pedal
- Fixed a rarely occurring issue where the system would freeze at the end of a race
- Fixed an issue where it becomes difficult to hear your own car when driving with other racecars in online races, etc.

Neato.

PS 475MB is way bigger than those bug fixes would require.

Lurking PSN off and on today. Looks like FFB is stronger/changed, headlighting has been played with, and the automatically-made-upon-game-start backup gamesave works.

The new Seasonal events are up. This round introduces the new "Performance Difference Bouns", which increases the payout the lower the PP of your car is.

This is an expert level event using FF cars.

Tuning is allowed up to 430PP, and tires are limited to Sports/Hard or less.

In this race there is a "Performance Difference Bonus" where cars with lower PP receive a reward bonus For example, winning with a 400PP car in this race will roughly double the reward.

Tsukuba - 7 laps
Daytona SS - 5 laps
Cape Ring "Outer" (It's called Periphery, but apparently someone at PD doesn't know that ) - 5 laps
Clubman Stage Route 5 - 7 laps
Eifel (Kart) 103B - 7 laps

Neat. Shame I don't need the credits. Would have been handy a year ago.

That FF seasonal is neat, grind detected if anyone needs some Cr/XP in a hurry. I ran a 391pp Hyundai, it was giving me 750k ish per win (200% login bonus involved).

OUCD got a refresh too.