PlayStation

Gran Turismo 5 Gets More New Cars Via DLC

Next week, Gran Turismo 5 owners will get access to a load of new vehicles, some for money, some for free.


October 11, 2011
PlayStation

Gran Turismo 5′s DLC Is $US12 For A Smorgasbord Of Stuff

Along with its big update, which is free, Gran Turismo 5 is also getting some paid DLC, which includes new cars, new courses, new clothes and… new paint colours.


September 28, 2011
News

Gran Turismo 5 Getting A Long-Overdue Update

Polyphony boss Kaz Yamauchi has announced that an update to GT5, called Spec 2.0, will be out in the third week of October, with DLC due a week later. Sadly, no word on what’s actually in them.


June 8, 2011
PlayStation

Gran Turismo 5 Welcomes Back The PSN With An Update

Gran Turismo 5 was just seriously updated, v1.10 of the racing game bringing not just tweaks and fixes, but some new content as well.


March 20, 2011
In Real Life

Video Gamer Takes Second In Real Race

It was a long day for Nissan Signatech racing, and a longer one for Lucas Ordonez, the “digital kid” who won Nissan’s GT Academy. The team’s inaugural 12 Hours of Sebring culminated in a nail-biter of a second-place finish. [Jalopnik]


February 22, 2011
News

Taiwanese Game Show Heroically Shows Old Stuff

This year’s Taipei Game Show recently wrapped up. And while it’s short on breaking news when compared to the Tokyo Game Show or the E3 gaming expo, it does look like a grand time.


February 18, 2011
PlayStation

Gran Turismo 5 Mega-Patch Is Racing To Your PS3

When you release a game of the scope of Gran Turismo 5, there are bound to be hiccups. And GT5 had some hiccups. A massive patch issued overnight will hopefully remedy many of those!


February 12, 2011
PlayStation

How Gran Turismo’s Super Car Was Brought To Life

I.materialise is 3D printing company. For years, the company churned out concept cars years. “We make a lot of concept cars using 3D printing but we’re never allowed to talk about them,” says i.materialise’s Joris Peels. This time is different.


February 11, 2011
In Real Life

Nothing Races By Gran Turismo’s Creator, Not Even Sumo Cheating

This week, Japan’s national sport was brought to its knees, hit with allegations of match-fixing. Some sumo fans were surprised, but after lingering questions over previous gambling scandals, some weren’t. Gran Turismo creator Kazunori Yamauchi sure wasn’t.


February 7, 2011
PlayStation

Cheaters Are Messing Up The Gran Turismo Academy

This year’s edition of the GT Academy, a long-running competition that has now been turned into a TV show, is in a bit of a mess after so many people were caught cheating, the last round was called off.