GT5 Spec 2.0 update to launch October

By Tom Phillips Published 28 September, 2011

With fresh DLC to follow.

PlayStation 3 exclusive simulation racer Gran Turismo 5 will receive its Spec 2.0 update in the third week of October, series producer Kazunori Yamauchi has revealed.

New DLC will follow a week later, Yamauchi confirmed via Twitter.

Yamauchi previously tweeted that players should expect the Spec 2.0 update to include additional features and content.

No further details, or pricing for the DLC, are known.

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Comments (41) Latest comment 8 months ago

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  • joelstinton #1 8 months ago

    Typical. Just traded this in as well. Still, there have to be some pretty big overhauls to tice me back in : Improved easy access lobbies to race online, racing clubs, new tracks and new cars.

  • HyperTails #2 8 months ago

    You can't fault Polyphony Digital for their support of this game. This Gen has been full of devs putting out buggy games, patching them once, twice if that, and then forgetting about it. These guys have gone over the game with a fine tooth comb and adressed all the faults that people had and their STILL supporting it. Major kudos to these guys.

    The new update should be good, and I look forward to the DLC. I love Gran Turismo 5, think its brilliant, and i'm just chuffed that its still being supported.

  • NotSoSlim #3 8 months ago

    Always going to come out around Forza release. Will be interested to find out exact details of whats included

  • GamesProgrammer Verified Games Team Programmer, Eutechnyx Ltd. #4 8 months ago

    I hope they make the Veyron a premium car,

    But just for an example of what 2.0 could be, when prologue went 2.0 they added 37 cars and a track :o

  • kingcrowbar #5 8 months ago

    To be fair a lot of the updates have been because they had to "rush" the release. If Polyphony had it their way it might still not be out yet.
    Edited by kingcrowbar at 28/09/11 @ 16:35

  • djronz. #6 8 months ago

    DLC seems a long time coming for this, hopefully this will included some more premium cars and th seattle track, i loved that in gt3.

  • Beano #7 8 months ago

    I hope there are new tracks and events planned for DLC...

  • chris_ace #8 8 months ago

    Post deleted at 11:55:13 13-12-2011

  • RodHull #9 8 months ago

    Seems a bit cynical waiting 12 months for Forza's release to finally get around to unleashing the first piece of DLC.

  • Miths #10 8 months ago

    Great. I've just started playing GT5 again and improvements but more importantly DLC (I'm really hoping for a few new tracks and more premium cars, although I imagine the odds of getting the premium cars I happen to want are rather low) are certainly very welcome.

  • ResidentKnievel #11 8 months ago

    Seems a bit cynical to release Forza 3.1 as a full price game.

  • TaniumZX #12 8 months ago

    An update that kills the screen tearing would be nice.

  • chub #13 8 months ago

    I hope they add mid-race saving for the endurance races. No way am I going to do races that last several hours otherwise.

  • Beano #14 8 months ago

    Though that was already confirmed?

  • Arwin #15 8 months ago

    Just new 2011 cars alone would do it for me, though I'd never say no to a new track either.

  • PixelPirate #16 8 months ago

    I was just finishing off Dead Nation, before i got back to playing this. Its such a large game I tend to play it in chunks for a month or so, switching to other games in between.

    Polyphony are a mad bunch, but you cant fault their support of the game. Alot of stuff for free so far too.

  • DJDog #17 8 months ago

    Hopefully they're add some "fun" into the game. But I guess that's a novelty to PD.

  • RevanNL #18 8 months ago

    So it's finally going out of beta?

  • Cigol #19 8 months ago

    I'm tempted to say 'about time' but considering I hate day one DLC cash-grabs and PD have been ever supportive with free patches and content both in the past and present it's hard to be anything other than glad they are still heavily supporting it - not just with content but features, bug fixes and the like.

  • joshuaboy #20 8 months ago

    There's one feature I really want. To be able to select multiple cars for photo shoots. That is all

  • djm99 #21 8 months ago

    Screen tearing at every corner is something i'd like to see fixed, but most of all, a bonnet cam!!

  • UkHardcore23 #22 8 months ago

    Are we finally getting hundreds more Premium cars? 200 out of 1000 was no where near enough!

  • SavageEvil #23 8 months ago

    Spec 2.0 should do a slight overhaul and possibly give us leaderboards and set up more framework for the online part to be more robust with more in depth restrictions. Possibly day/night for more courses(unlikely), weather might be easier to add than day and night since it doesn't require different textures to visually represent weather. But based on how well rounded GT5P Spec update was we can expect GT5 Spec 2.0 update to be well rounded.

    DLC well I certainly hope it's in the form of all the GT4 courses missing from this game updated with the correct textures and a better looking Laguna Seca, it's incredibly awful in GT5 as it is, the worst looking course by far. Update to give us multiple liveries for RM cars and different types of RM for Rally/Race cars like the Subaru Impreza and Lancer's, more visual custom parts for all the Premium cars as well. DLC cars well, only new cars and missing classics like the Weigert W8, Vector M12, Ferrari GTO, Ferrari F50, BMW M3 GTR, DB R9 LM and Veyron SS...etc. Keep up the work Kaz, the online part of GT5 is what is allowing us to give PD feedback so next iteration of GT won't be so backward out of the gate.

  • djm99 #24 8 months ago

    Improve loading times. With a full garage it's taking 3minutes to load. The ability to cancel being gifted paints and cards. The ability to get rid of them off your profile altogether if it was to speed up loading.

  • TheBrow #25 8 months ago

    Very nice. I've recently uninstalled this in order to make some room for some games in my back-catalogue (and what with various other new ones on the horizon). Looks like I might have to get around to finally upgrading that 40 gig drive...

  • cheeky_BILLY #26 8 months ago

    Ariel Atom. That is all.

  • DrStrangelove #27 8 months ago

    @HyperTails

    PD did address a lot of faults, but there's still much that needs fixing. But even with its faults, I think GT5 is still the best racing game around, and I'm really looking forward to the update and DLC. I expect a lot, given how bountiful some of the past updates have been.

  • DrStrangelove #28 8 months ago

    @ResidentKnievel

    "Seems a bit cynical to release Forza 3.1 as a full price game."

    Forza 3.1 actually being Forza 3 without Porsche, heh. But Clarkson would certainly say that having the beetles taken out alone makes it worth its price.

  • Ryze #29 8 months ago

    Bloody hell. £15 at Zavvi.

    Gotta be worth a punt.

  • forgoodnesssake #30 8 months ago

    Recently had to replace my ps3 due to the red light and have lost my gamefile. I'm gutted, there's no way I'll be putting al those hours in againto get back to where I was, no way. 200 hours gone to waste and now I'll miss the dlc.... gutted, I loved this game just can't bear having to start from scratch again.

  • HyperTails #31 8 months ago

    @DrStrangeLove

    True, there are still some improvements to be made, but nothing 'major', IMO.

    @Ryze

    At £15 this game is a steal. If you got it, you'd be buying IMO the best racing game around. And with all the new update and DLC coming, it'll be even better.

  • Ryze #32 8 months ago

    ^ Already rented the game, young scamp. I'm fully aware of what it is, and also of what it isn't.

    It's a fine achievement, by a very passionate development team. It's also very stylish and pretty, with a fantastic driving model.

    I'll be needing a wheel, however - and this is the perfect game to encourage or justify buying one.

  • TagemandBagem #33 8 months ago

    The gift that keeps on giving.

  • carlosdfn #34 8 months ago

    LOL, last week IGN published an article where they were bashing sony and PD for not releasing any dlc to coincide with Forza 4's release. I just checked IGN and there's no mention of this GT5 update anywhere. Hilarious.

  • SavageEvil #35 8 months ago

    @forgoodnesssake
    Sorry to hear that friend, but with the Special Events as they are it won't take you nearly as long to get back to what you were last on before you lost your save. I created a secondary save that I played for less that 15 minutes anytime I powered up my system is up to level 30 and I got to 20 by only doing the Special events and I didn't complete them all either.

    I only play GT5 to grow my car collection, once I have all the cars that I had in GT4 then I will be free to just race all day long, I race online once in a while as well, have loads of tuned cars and running on SS tires as RS tires are way too grippy and make for meh races.

  • Malek86 #36 8 months ago

    Good. There is no denying that the original GT5 was essentially a beta version, especially when considering their previous efforts. Maybe we're finally gonna get the game as it was originally intended to be.

  • Lucodeath #37 8 months ago

    Full support on the G25/27 please

  • theonlyix #38 8 months ago

    Wow.This is to little to late. This game really wasnt nearly up to its hype and fell flat a few kilometers before Forza 3. in two weeks Forza 4 will be released.

    The king is dead(F3) , long live the king!

  • Ryze #39 8 months ago

    ^ I'm happy to continue using the rental system (Lovefilm) to sample new games, followed by buying the patched or GOTY versions a year or so later, I reckon.

    It's worked for me for the past year or so, and situations like this show that it is the path to happiness and satisfaction :)

    Only the best of the best - FINISHED / stable games are getting launch window cash at this stage I'm afraid. It's shocking that GT5 launched with so much on the disc, but with elements like the menus being such a mess after such a long dev cycle. They needed their priorities sorting out - back in 2006.

  • Schmoke-n-a-pancake #40 8 months ago

    Rentals all the way for me too. Launch window gaming is becoming less and less attractive.

    Just completed Gears 3 and enjoyed numerous hours of multiplayer in a four day rental for less than 10 bucks. Great as that game is, I've seen the the best of it and I'm 30 pounds better off than if I'd bought it.

  • betrayerofhope #41 8 months ago

    i am ready to pay 30 quid for new cars and new tracks featuring dynamic weather.

    c'mon PD, take my money already