14 DAY TRIAL // In between making some big announcements at its E3 2011 conference, Sony has just announced that it has deployed the Gran Turismo 5 patch 1.10 for its popular racing game, which adds plenty of special features and fixes many issues.
Gran Turismo 5 impressed quite a lot of people when it finally appeared for the PlayStation 3 at the end of the year.
Sadly, due to the PSN outage, players could only engage in standard races, being cut off from multiplayer ones or from any of the activities which required online access to the PlayStation Network.
Now, as things are almost back to normal, a brand new patch for Gran Turismo 5 has been released, taking the racing game to version 1.10.
"As well as addressing a few issues and making a few simple improvements to enhance the GT5 experience, update 1.10 adds some exciting new features such as online event prizes, a simpler way to purchase parts, an improved opponent AI algorithm, an easy way to interrupt and save your progress in championship mode, new racing gear choices and a new music track," said GT5 brand manager Penrose Tackie.
In order to properly welcome back players to the online features of Gran Turismo 5, the patch also triples the prizes for all of the special events in the game, for a limited time, and all cars from the Online Dealership are available as brand new, with 0 mileage, and at half price.
Plenty of other new features have been added, which you can check out below.
- Racing Gear A new racing gear category with racing helmets and racing suits has been implemented. You can use these for your A-Spec driver or any of the "My Drivers" in B-Spec. There are many variations to the racing gear, and in addition to several sets being given out as gifts when you start GT Mode, you can also gain new ones when you win in online events. You can even take a photo of your driver wearing your favorite gear, and use that custom photo for your driver profile.
- Introducing Prizes for Online Events In some online events you can now win racing gear items and cars as prizes, based on your performance. The content of the prizes and the conditions for winning them will vary per event. Please check out the details of the events through [GT Life] - [Online Events].
- Purchasing Parts through the Settings Screen In the settings screen, parts you have not yet purchased will now have a shopping cart icon appear next to them. You can now purchase these parts on the spot. Purchased parts will immediately be equipped onto your car.
- Improved Opponent AI Algorithm The search range of opponent AI has been expanded, and their intelligence algorithm has been improved.
- Interrupting and Resuming Championship Races In championship races of A-Spec and B-Spec within [GT Life], there is now a "Suspend" option in the quick menu which appears after completing individual races. If the suspend option is pressed, the event will be interrupted and your record up to that point will be saved, and the game will end. The next time you start the game, you can continue the championship race from where you left off. For the full list of changes included in Gran Turismo 5 patch 1.10, check out the game's official website.
The update can be downloaded once you boot up GT5, have your PlayStation 3 connected to the Internet and already installed the 3.65 firmware for the device.