Gran Turismo 5 Spec II coming later this month
Improvements, cars, and features to be added.
Sony is preparing a major update for Gran Turismo 5 later this month. The ‘Spec II’ update will add new improvements, cars, and expanded features to the Polyphony-developed racer. Polyphony Digital boss Kazunori Yamauchi has been tweeting about it.
Here’s the list of confirmed updates, as compiled by NeoGAF member Metalmurphy:
- Simplified interior view added to all standard cars.
- User control of the weather change feature.
- Added a setting sheet feature allowing you to save multiple car settings.
- Spec 2.0 Opening movie.
- Improved UI response and usability.
- Replay front forward/rewind.
- Mid-race save feature for endurance races.
- Expanded online lounge features (narrowing down car types, shuffle races).
- Expansion of the B-Spec remote race you can play from GT.com (a graph display now shows changes in race rankings).
- Expanded Photo travel features / You can now take photo’s of cars together with your avatar.
- Added a “NASCAR Pit Scene” stage to Photo Travel.
- Added eleven 2011 model NASCAR cars.
- Added the Nissan GT-R N24 Shulze Motor Sport.
- Improved physics and AI.
- Support for the Logitec G25/G27 Steering wheel.
The update will launch for free during the third week of October. Additionally, Polyphony is preparing paid downloadable content, including a race car pack, a course pack, and a race gear pack.
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I’d probably be playing this right now, if I wasn’t currently getting my ass kicked by Dark Souls.
@zerolegacy0: At least it isnt as hard as Demons Souls
No Cockpit mode on every car still? Tisk…. Tisk….
@XxBarretxX: Ah, it seems there is. All Standard cars now will just have the same interior.
It would be nice if they did individual designs for -every- car.. but they’re more likely to put all that time into GT6, I’d say.
Even from the most optimistic person, it would have been hard to imagine this much support for GT5 post release.
That is how you do DLC. How many shoddy map packs and DLCs are we seeing for almost any other game? Fallout: NV? Deus Ex? Civilization? Call of Duty?
Not only is Polyphony and Sony delivering us a great game with GT5, but they also treat us like royalty. This is service.
I mean come on… new physics, AI… a new opening movie? Get out of here…
@rockman29: It all comes down to a selling strategy for the console:
“Buy our console, buy games and benefit from the free omg updates. Also, there’s payable DLC if you want.” –Of course you end up wanting some.
Not to mention this gives developpers the chance of releasing games at an acceptable degree of incompleteness and build up some earnings while continuing the game development until it is really finished.
DLC strategies are convenient for console manufacturers, developpers and gamers alike. The would-be excuses for an “almost there” release are no longer needed when little extras are added in free upgrades, most of which could be user-driven through web forums and direct feedback.
@Zefhar: Yea, it was really convenient for Activision when 4/5 maps for the new Black Ops DLC came from DLC from the last COD game, and they still charged a ridiculously high premium of 14.99 USD for the pack? 25% of the full game’s cost?
I guess those maps weren’t ready for release either, right?
Quite the optimist, aren’t we. Game designers leave companies like EA and Activision, because of policies like this.
Just remember that CD Projekt has been updating Witcher 2 for MONTHS now post-release, and a company like Activision or EA will charge you out the wazoo for a couple of maps. Reasonable business practice, maybe. All I know is CD Projekt has less money, yet treats their customers better. And I know GT5 didn’t sell as well as Black Ops, yet SCE is allowing them free reign over their content delivery.
Awesome for us. GT5 didn’t feel complete to me. I hope GT6 isn’t like this.