Three new cars for GT5 Prologue

[jesse]

Polyphony has a surprise for GT fans this morning in the form of a chunky new update for GT5 Prologue that adds three new cars and some neat gameplay tweaks.

Citroen, those into the motor industry may know, revealed a brand new, beastly-looking concept car in Paris yesterday called the "GT by Citroen", and Polyphony have already stuffed it into Prologue.

Also look out for the Lotus Evora and Ferrari California in the game's dealerships. And there are a fair few other tweaks in there too.

"This includes changes to the penalty system; specifically, during Time Trial events, speed penalties have been removed, and instead incurring such a penalty now invalidates the lap time for that particular lap," explains game producer Taku Imasaki.

"Race events are also being updated, with tweaked difficulty levels and increased earnings for winning a top spot. Additionally, improved responsiveness when using the wireless controller, and improved sound volume balance for sound effects and music for a better racing experience. Drift Trial races have also been changed to feature a rolling start."

The downfall is that the update will reset all your rankings, arcade time trial times, drift trial records, as well as vehicle-specific quick tune settings and custom key layouts. And replay data made before the second update (released on July 30) will be rendered unusable.


Lotus Evora in GT5 Prologue





Ferrari California in GT5 Prologue





GT by Citroen GT5 Prologue update

[Birdie]

The patch, which should download during the startup for GT5P (it did for us anyway), also tweaks the penalty system, race events and other miscellaneous bits and bobs.

[johnson22]

Time Trial events will now punish you with an invalidated lap rather than enforcing speed penalties, apparently, and race events have received tweaks to difficulty levels and increased winnings for finishing first.

[deoWo]

Elsewhere wireless controller response and the audio balance between sound effects and music are said to be improved, and Drift Trials races now feature rolling starts.

[need Tos]

Sony warns on its blog that the new update will reset rankings, arcade Time Trial times, Drift Trial records, quick tune settings and custom key configurations, and that replays over a certain age will no longer work either.

[SecRecy]

In order to find out whether your replays are okay, check with the in-game manual to see if you have the second update. If you don't, replays won't work. If you do, only stuff created since you last patched will work.