GT5 Prologue Update (August 1st)

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Here are the features that will be present in the next update:

* Improved penalty judgments in online races.
* Improved collision physics in online races.
* Improved handling characteristics for S1-S3, and R1-R3 tires
* New calculation rules for performance points.
* 6 new songs added to the soundtrack.
* Players matched in Online races now added to the [Friends] -> [Players Met] menu within Playstation 3.
* The time and score from replays of time trials, drift trials, and distributed demo replays are now displayed after their replay.
* From the latest screenshots, a new “location” for your selected car appears to have been added to the main menu screen.

There is still, unfortunately, no word on using your own music in-game or making any use of the PlayStation Network’s “trophy system”. See the full press release, with all of the new features and changes, after the jump.

A free online update of Gran Turismo 5 Prologue will be performed beginning in the afternoon of Friday, August 1st.

The main contents of this update are as follows:

Improvement in Download Speed
- Improvements in download speeds for online updates and content

Gran Turismo TV
- Start of PPV (Pay Per View) service
- It is now possible to fast forward, rewind, or move between chapters when viewing video content.
- It is possible now to have up to 8 simultaneous background downloads running at the same time.
- Individual downloads can now be paused or resumed.

Distribution of Expansion Data
- Instant distribution feature of My Page backgrounds added

Race
- Improvements in penalty judgments
- Improved physics during collisions between cars in Online races.

Time Trial
- The tire selection in Arcade time trials changed from “S2” fixed, to “N1-S2”

Ranking
- It is now possible to display top lap times in all courses in a list.
- Improvements in the user interface

Common Vehicle Physics
- Improved controllability when using S1-S3, and R1-R3 tires.
- Changed calculation rules for performance points.

Option
- Added [Standard Definition (SD) Display Size] in [Display Settings]
- Moved the [Temperature] unit setting from [Network] to [Units]
- Added Expansion Data settings and Advanced Download Option settings in [Network]

Sound
- 6 BGM tracks added

Online race network specifications changed
- Added port 5658 to the ports used in Online races.
* Refer to the following when trouble occurs or when necessary.

Other
- Players matched in Online races now added to the [Friends] → [Players Met] menu within Playstation 3.
- The time and score from replays of time trials, drift trials, and distributed demo replays are now displayed after their replay. For distributed demo’s, the Online ID is also displayed here.
- Manual updated
 
Not the huge update we are still waiting for that will add cars, tracks and damage:(
But good that they are doing this nontheless.
Is anyone else upset that some stuff will be PPV, I thought it was all going to be free:(
 
gamerTM21 said:
Is anyone else upset that some stuff will be PPV, I thought it was all going to be free:(
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Yeah, I got the impression from the trail at E3 that it was free :confused:

As said in my thread at the back end of last week, they need to stop frigging about with Prologue and conentrate on GT5 (Although this does look like a very good update for GT5P owners ;))
 
Loving GT5P at the mo. Only really racing the super cars online at Suzuka, but its great fun. Nice to have an update, although the penalty system does weird things sometimes I dont think its too broken.. so i hope the changes there are appropriate and not just to satisfy the people who complain because they cant drive..
 
If they concentrated on getting the full game out this year, then I would be happy for them to stop supporting Prologue, but that's impossible, so I think they should concentrate a lot on the main game, but also add updates to prologue, since there are people like me, still enjoying the game, but after I complete all A, B and C class events, there won't be much more to do, so more cars/tracks, damage etc. will increase replayability for me:D
Although I do agree that they shouldn't be focusing 100% of their attention on prologue.

Am I the only one that loves GT TV??
I love the HD vids, and bringing out top gear epis and racing can only make it better!
 
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