Gran Turismo 5 Patch 1.05 out now

It's only been a month since GT5 was released and already 5 patches have been released. Patch 1.05 was just released yesterday and this is a big one. At a file size of 608MB, the content added improves the GT experience online and in your GT life. Were talking about seasonal events, time trail and drift leaderboards, online dealership, online experience, improved rewards, and a few more. talk about an incomplete game on release.

I started to wonder, were they really holding off with some content just for the sake of making sure certain features are ready to be added in the game? or their holding off content to  impress us that the game is constantly evolving? whatever the reason, more content is always welcome in any gamer's book. Patch notes below.

Gran Turismo 5 patch 1.05:


Seasonal Events
[Seasonal Events] have been added to the upper left side of the [GT Mode] - [GT Life] screen. From here you can participate in official online events from the Polyphony Digital team. In these events, all participants under the same regulations, and if you complete the event you will win rewards and experience. In Time Trials and Drift Trials, compete on the leader boards with players around the world.

Online Dealership
An [Online Dealership] has been added to the left center of the screen. In here you will find popular and rare used cars. You might just come across that one car you've always been looking for, that you haven't been able to find in the used car dealership.

Online Race Rewards and Experience
When you complete a race in the open lobby or my lounge, you will now gain rewards and experience points. Therefore if you are focused more on playing online, you'll still be able to gain rewards and levels that you need to progress in GT Life.

Driving Distance and Number of wins in Online Races
The driving distance and number of wins you achieve when you complete a race in Open lobby or My lounge will now affect your stats in Profile and the Garage. Here again the results from your online play will cumulate within GT Life

Improved Rewards
The rewards for winning races in Both A-Spec and B-Spec in GT mode- GT Life have been increased for a limited time only. This applies until the end of January 2011. This is a great chance for those who were previously have difficulties getting ahead in the game, due to lack of funds for tuning and purchasing required cars.

Race Information Display
Is now available in the Start-Quick Options. You can also see this in Race Display in Options.

Save Data Backup
You can now copy and restore your save data. For details please refer to the in-game Manual

Personal BGM (menu)
From [options]-[hardware]-[Audio], it is now possible to set the Personal BGM (menu). This can also be accessed from the Music Library within GT Mode.

Car Name Change
The official name of the "Red Bull X1" has been changed to "Red Bull X2010"

Integration within the website
THe main features within GT Mode - Community can now be accessed through the "Gran-Turismo.com Official Website.

Important Note
We have made improvements to the Log within GT Mode - Community section,
in order to make its operation more stable. Please note that the information that was here before the update has been reset.

Gran Turismo 5 gettiing more premium cars

More planned updates left and right for Gran Turismo 5. A few weeks ago the game was patched with online mechanical damage to avoid childish drivers ramming other players. Now, GT 5 designer Kazunori Yamauchi tells Japanese magazine Famitsu that future updates will include increasing the number of premium cars in the game. The designer did not specify any date on when these updates are coming but heck as long as their on their way, we are happy.

Premium cars provide a detailed cockpit view, and also feature a more detailed car compared to the standard cars. With this many planned updates, yes its great for us players but you wonder that six years of development is still not enough to finish Gran Turismo 5. Yes it feels unfinished in my end. My review of the game is coming up soon so watch out for that.

More updates, Sony Entertainment today revealed that its giving away free DLC cars....but for japanese gamers. These Chrome line cars are a Lamborghini Murcielago LP 640, a BMW M3 coupe and a Jaguar XJ13 race car. The Chrome Line cars were originally DLC in special editions of GT5. Now since its only in Japanese gamer who are lucky to get free awesome cars, ill see if i can get this free dlc by creating a Japanese account. I'm hoping the DLC is made for every version of the game since it was in the special editions.

These cars will be available free of charge for download between December 24 and January 31, 2011 via the PlayStation Store.

If you guy's were wondering that picture above is a shot of my Mazda RX - 8 07' in Gran Turismo 5. That is my main car for A - Spec races and it's just a great car. Used the Photo travel feature to take a shot of my Mazda.