A Grand Update for Gran Turismo 5 Prologue

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Taku Imasaki Producer, SCEA
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** UPDATE: More details added

On Friday, August 1st, Gran Turismo 5 Prologue owners will receive a significant update that will take their racing and automotive experience to a new level.

GTTV

The heart of this update is a new line-up of exciting automotive programming for “Gran Turismo TV”, our in-game automotive media channel. Gearheads will enjoy a host of new free and pay-per-view programming, including “Top Gear“, UK’s premier car entertainment program, and Japan’s “Best Motoring” video magazine, dedicated to the pursuit of the pleasure of driving.

Whether you’re in the mood to tour Ferrari’s factory in Italy with Gran Turismo creator Kazunori Yamauchi, or to be insulted by Jeremy Clarkson talking trash about your favorite cars, or even sitting down to watch some mad Japanese race drivers play ‘car soccer’, there is a variety of choices for all types of car fans. Gran Turismo TV is housed within Gran Turismo 5 Prologue so access and videos is all in-game!

A few other notes about Gran Turismo TV for you to keep in mind:

  • For the first two weeks only, we are providing all pay-per-view content for at a discounted price of $.99! It’s a good way to get a taste Gran Turismo TV. The HD content we shoot for our exclusive stuff looks pretty amazing. Following the initial two-week period, content will start at $1.99. So start downloading away!
  • Be sure to check the full content list for a full content list, as we will be adding new programs on a regular basis.
  • Gran Turismo TV will also include new features that allow viewers to fast forward, rewind, and move between chapters when viewing video content.
  • Viewers can download up to 8 episodes simultaneously and pause individual downloads.

Personally, I would like to find some American content to beef-up the roster. What do you think? We welcome any suggestions you may have.

In addition, other gameplay enhancements come with this update, like fixes in penalty judgments, more tire choices for Time Trial and improved physics during collisions between cars during online races (YES! We’ve been carefully monitoring players behaviors online and all your comments on the forums.)

Stay tuned for more updates on Gran Turismo 5 Prologue in the future. See you online!

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  • FrankDogg
    July 30, 2008 at 2:08 pm PDT

    Sweet.

  • XxBigP123xX
    July 30, 2008 at 2:10 pm PDT

    Car damage plz

  • Thetruefiziks
    July 30, 2008 at 2:10 pm PDT

    no trohpies? (lol)

  • Kamakazikenny
    July 30, 2008 at 2:11 pm PDT

    If your adding so much to Gt5 prologue, is it just going to evolve into the full gran turismo 5? Or is the number of cars and tracks the only plus of the full Gran Turismo 5. I dont see what else you could add to the next version.

    Is Gt5 going to be episodicaly updated with content and features or its this going to be a teaser of the full product?

  • Jenovah
    July 30, 2008 at 2:12 pm PDT

    Can you BG download GTTV content in the update?

    • Taku Imasaki
      July 30, 2008 at 3:45 pm PDT

      Jenovah,

      Background downloading is supported starting from this update. Up to 8 simultaneous downloads.

  • angelfly
    July 30, 2008 at 2:13 pm PDT

    Where is the custom soundtrack support?

  • FritoZ
    July 30, 2008 at 2:15 pm PDT

    can’t wait for the full-on GT5, this no damage stuff is killing me!

    thanks for this update!

    oh , and for suggestions, i’d like to see the new 2009 Oscar Meyer Weinermobile make it’s way onto the tarmac.

  • nuck44
    July 30, 2008 at 2:15 pm PDT

    No Car Damage?

  • Ad-Kemp
    July 30, 2008 at 2:16 pm PDT

    Nice update guys. This will get me playing it again. A few questions though:

    Will GT5: Prologue ever have trophies or are they completely ruled out?

    Will the online component ever have a more simplified and stream-lined race finder? At the moment it is hard to race in the car you want on the track you want, and there is no way to invite your friends for a quick lap round your favourite track.

    Will a friend invite system ever be introduced or some party system perhaps?

    Will GT5: Prologue ever support Custom Soundtracks?

    Why does the Blu-Ray version need to install a whopping 6GB onto the HDD when the same content is on the PSN version for a much more respectable 2GB? With all the content I have download (Music, Video’s, Games and other install data) my HDD is groaning at the seems.

    If you could answer any of these, I would appreciate it.

    Thanks

    Ad-Kemp

  • TouchyEd
    July 30, 2008 at 2:18 pm PDT

    When are you going to add “fun” to the feature list?

  • misteroy
    July 30, 2008 at 2:20 pm PDT

    Wow that was unexpected..thanks a bunch.

  • EvoAnubis
    July 30, 2008 at 2:25 pm PDT

    Nice! I’ll have to tell my brother; he’s been waiting for this.

  • babybluedb
    July 30, 2008 at 2:26 pm PDT

    cant wait until the the update drops ive been waiting to get a sneak peak inside the ferrari complex and cant wait until the full GT5

  • TheHater
    July 30, 2008 at 2:26 pm PDT

    it great that Sony and their firs party studios are supporting their games so much. That is why I prefer your consoles

  • zashbot
    July 30, 2008 at 2:31 pm PDT

    for all the people who are asking about car damage, the licence that the GT series uses to get the manufacturer’s cars in the game bars them from putting a damage system in.

  • depward
    July 30, 2008 at 2:31 pm PDT

    Great stuff – been meaning to go back and play this a bit… played it a LOT right when it came out.

  • AwRy108
    July 30, 2008 at 2:34 pm PDT

    Trophies and car damage, please. All this other fluff can wait.

  • Elriique
    July 30, 2008 at 2:37 pm PDT

    Will it finally be possible to actually download patches/content from GT5p once this update is installed?

    As it is now it’s just not worth the time of downloading anything from GTTV menu ingame.

    Last patch took me around 40 tries before it was successfully downloaded. Each try took somewhere between 1 to 60 minutes before it failed.

    The last movie added to GTTV weighing in at 126MB I cancelled the download after almost three hours. At that point I had downloaded roughly half of it. In comparision – I can download about 10GB from other sites in three hours. Something is horribly wrong with the setup of datastreaming to us in Europe.

    Please add this as your #1 bugfix.

  • Zorox
    July 30, 2008 at 2:41 pm PDT

    Why don’t you guys actually do something meaningful. You know, improve online and get car damage implemented instead of adding stuff that is irrelevant to the quality of the game itself.

  • stennex
    July 30, 2008 at 2:48 pm PDT

    If there is no car damage or two player online support, then my game will just keep gathering dust. I fail to understand how GT series goes from being exciting to being boring. The graphics is amazing and the gameplay is ok but the overall experience is somewhat dull. Maybe i need to try out the racing wheels to enhance my gaming experience but that doesn’t excuse the boring menu which shows the wrong state or country that i am in or the slowness in which each section takes to open up. What is with all these loading times. I bitch now hoping that GT5 will be the refinement of Prologue and not just an addition. How could there be no two player online room or for that matter custom racing room for you and your friends.

    PSN ID: stennex
    GAP member since 2005.

  • eggowong
    July 30, 2008 at 2:49 pm PDT

    Sweeet! Been waiting for this update since I got wind of it through the in-game News icon.

    Question though, will Tsukuba Circuit make a return in GT5P?

  • Prezhulio
    July 30, 2008 at 2:55 pm PDT

    cool stuff but….how about custom soundtracks or trophies, are either of those features being considered?

  • MegaClank
    July 30, 2008 at 2:57 pm PDT

    Nice, keep bringing updates for us!

  • verybadbeetle
    July 30, 2008 at 2:58 pm PDT

    The BEST racing game/series on the market today gets even better. THANKS!

  • RoAcH2285
    July 30, 2008 at 2:59 pm PDT

    This is cool. I’m a big racing fan. I hope we get an update with trophies. This update should have custom soundtracks enabled, I mean how hard could it be to implement? I’m also looking forward to the update that will include car damage.

  • lb003g0676
    July 30, 2008 at 3:03 pm PDT

    No car damage, just more cars would be awesome.

    I’d like to drive soem classics, or a second hand dealership. Progression is pretty linear otherwsie.

  • Trieloth
    July 30, 2008 at 3:03 pm PDT

    this comment is from a mechanic- Wow what a cool update!
    No trophys, no car damage WHO CARES!! Dont want or need that nonsense.
    But I would like to have custom sound tracks though.
    Thank You!

  • TouchyEd
    July 30, 2008 at 3:07 pm PDT

    ZashBot (#15)

    What a load of B.S.

    The developers of GT have already stated that they’ll be potentially adding damage modelling sometime soon.

  • PSPsGTghOost
    July 30, 2008 at 3:11 pm PDT

    When is the trophy support for GT5P coming out? Also, you guys have ZERO excuses for not supporting trophies. Please tell me its retroactive!

    *Where is my PSP GT game?

  • Zorgz
    July 30, 2008 at 3:12 pm PDT

    Where’s my car damage? Custom Soundtracks? Trophies??

  • thingg
    July 30, 2008 at 3:13 pm PDT

    @28
    link please? because I’ve heard the same thing about them having trouble with the manufactures, especially Ferrari, giving them a real hard time about the idea of damage modeling.

  • zDiablo
    July 30, 2008 at 3:15 pm PDT

    What about In game music?

  • myke6699
    July 30, 2008 at 3:16 pm PDT

    If American content means NASCAR- I’d say “No F***ING WAY!” ‘Nuff said. What I like to see is the “One Make” races from Japan. Hopefully this year’s Le Mans and more stuff about the Nissan R35 GT-R. Btw, I’m canadian and I don’t hate Americans, just think they’re lesser than us :)

  • PirateThom
    July 30, 2008 at 3:21 pm PDT

    In the UK, will the Top Gear episodes cost money?

    I ask because we pay a license fee and get Top Gear, it’s free on iPlayer for 7 days after broadcast and we have a few channels (including freeview channels) showing repeats daily and while I’d like to see them, there’s no way I’d buy them whent I have about 4 or 5 channels/options to watch them free of charge.

  • Brownber
    July 30, 2008 at 3:34 pm PDT

    Awesome! GT is really coming through! Next stop-car damage!!!

  • ruffneckc
    July 30, 2008 at 3:35 pm PDT

    Thanks for the update. However, what GT Fans really NEED is a much better fleshed out online mode. Please look into 1v1 races with friends and the like. Also, trophy and headset support while racing, would make this game more competitive with the competition (i.e. Forza 2).

  • Morphine16
    July 30, 2008 at 3:36 pm PDT

    Top Gear in my PSs3 :P
    Good addon for ppl that loves car

  • Thetruefiziks
    July 30, 2008 at 3:37 pm PDT

    start your engines, gold poll position got me sittin’ in fifth row, you only go if you’re gassed like citgo

  • markstew
    July 30, 2008 at 3:37 pm PDT

    everyone in Europe with cable pays the BBC, it’s time for the BBC to open up the iplayer to everyone who pays them…

  • whoelse
    July 30, 2008 at 3:39 pm PDT

    Yay, hopefully online races will be a lot more playable!

  • markstew
    July 30, 2008 at 3:39 pm PDT

    #36 ruffneckc | July 30th, 2008 at 3:35 pm

    once u paid 59$ for a full game you will get a full worked out online mode.

  • nmc75
    July 30, 2008 at 3:39 pm PDT

    Thanks for continuing the support for this great game. I have a question, will I be able to re-download episodes of GT:TV if I swap and replace my PS3 HDD?

  • blazsox
    July 30, 2008 at 3:41 pm PDT

    While I can understand there will be pricepoints to download such content, isn’t it a bit expensive when you will be charging $1.99 (after the initial 2 weeks) for episodes that can vary in length when you can download 45 minute episodes of 24 for the same price? As seen on the included screenshot in this blog, the episode highlighted is only 10min 56 sec long. This will eventually be $1.99.

    One can make the same argument about 22 minute TV shows being $1.99, but $2 + tax for an 11 minute video is a little pushing isn’t it? Content like this would seem more suitable at $1.

  • whoelse
    July 30, 2008 at 3:43 pm PDT

    So when will the Top Gear test track arrive? I think this would make ALOT of people buy the game and it would be for me countless extra hours of gameplay.

  • viper262
    July 30, 2008 at 3:44 pm PDT

    Yea wheres the trophies i mean come on. Its a racing game

  • viper262
    July 30, 2008 at 3:46 pm PDT

    It would be smart to be able to purchase cars or something

  • TheHakku
    July 30, 2008 at 3:47 pm PDT

    Wow. This must be the first game to support background downloading in game. Amazing!

  • viper262
    July 30, 2008 at 3:48 pm PDT

    This is just like qore

  • Stinkin Mushroom
    July 30, 2008 at 3:49 pm PDT

    euhmm.. Screw polyphony .. i’m serious. WTF sony? Are you kidding? we’re all waiting for damage on cars and PD comes with this, we are all waiting for GT5 and PD says it won’t come before 2010 ( so if we think about it, it’ll come in 2011 knowing PD) … Screw Polyphony i’m serious

  • perrandy
    July 30, 2008 at 3:49 pm PDT

    so, is the life with playstation coming or not?

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