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The new Gran Turismo 5 damage system first spotted by GTPlanet users in the Best Buy demo continues to make waves throughout our community, as more pictures (and now videos) keep coming in. Here’s the latest batch of higher-quality photos from Asane and tyv2448, along with a YouTube clip courtesy of StedySniper (thanks to Volcao for the tip!). Asane also provided me with a few more details on his observations so far:

From playing the*demo I noticed the only car I could really kill was the Ferrari 458*and to an extent the NASCAR car and the AMG. The other cars in demo*were impossible to really beat up only having dents and scratches.*I think it’s either damage is only turned on in some cars or PD has*made some deals with a few manufacturers to have that kind of crazy*damage. For example, the 458 is murdered in these screenshots, but the*Ferrari Enzo was very hard to kill.

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NISMO have succeeded in spawning their first NISMO GT-R RC fielding race team with Team Daishin accepting the reins to their new R35 for the debut at round 5 of the Super Taikyu 2010 Championship series at Okayama Circuit, Japan.

The weekend started well for the team proving that the GT-R RC is already potent so early in it’s career as they managed to lap third fastest in qualifying and finishing third in the qualifying race behind the well established Petronas Z4M BMW cars.

Come race time however, hotter than expected track temperatures saw tire choices become critical. While the team was running strong in 3rd and 4th positions for most of the race, at lap 94 a front left tire blowout caused the GT-R to leave the track. While the team was able to make it back to pits, the time it cost was too great and they were forced to accept a 6th position in class finish (21st overall).

While the result is not the best the team is happy with the amount of data they collected on their debut outing and looks forward to the next round.

Source: Auto Sport Web
Link: Daishin Motorsports Website

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At first glance, it appeared the GT5 demo popping up in Best Buy stores around the United States – while certainly exciting – did not reveal any new features or content. Now that more users in our forums are getting their hands on it, however, it seems that is definitely not the case. Collisions reveal dramatic and impressive new car damage modeling – I’ll let these screenshots by GTPlanet user Asane and gamer28 speak for themselves.

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With September nearly upon us, The COBB Tuning Motorsports Team is preparing for the final three races of the Redline Time Attack Season. With the conclusion of the East Coast Championship, the COBB Team will be concentrating on securing the championship in both the Street and Modified AWD classes in the COBB Tuning Motorsports Subaru STI and Nissan GT-R.

The COBB Tuning Motorsports STI has run a very impressive season finishing on the podium at every single event and twice in first place in class! Driver Cameron Benner has shown that his aggressive driving style, coupled with the tuning power of the AccessPORT wins races. The combination of a Cosworth engine tuned with the COBB Tuning AccessPORT has proven to be a winning formula by finishing every single event on the podium. Thanks to the crew at COBB Tuning Surgeline, the car is a shining example of what a properly-prepared Subaru can achieve in the hands of a talented driver backed by a dedicated team.

“This season of Redline has been about development for both the car and myself,” said STI driver Cameron Benner. “We started at Buttonwillow with our first podium in 3rd place, and since then have continued development on the STI platform. The car has been wonderful to drive and continues to get better with every event. I’ve really focused with my car chief on dialing the suspension setup to optimize the chassis for the amount of power the AccessPORT enables the car to put down. We’ve got some new cooling upgrades in store for Pahrump and will be pursuing another win to further secure the Street Tire overall championship.”

Cameron leads the AWD Street Tire Class with 162 points; 46 points ahead of 2nd place, Steve Ruiz, in the AEM stand alone-tuned EVO X and 55 points ahead of 3rd place Jon Drenas in his AccessPORT-tuned EVO X.

The COBB Tuning Motorsports GT-R driven by Brian Lock has had a very successful, if not a bit of a challenging season, with the team pushing the envelope of performance in the highly competitive Modified Class. Being one of the first teams ever to race this exotic monster, the COBB Tuning Motorsports Team has discovered a few weak points in Godzilla’s scales leading to not a few late nights both at and away from the race track. Those late nights have produced incredible results with the GT-R taking the podium and the overall class-win at every event it has finished in the AWD Modified Class, as well as a series first of two overall event wins by a Modified Class car. The GT-R has only DNF’d at one race this season at Round 3 in Las Vegas as the bone stock engine internals tired of putting out nearly 1,000 crank horsepower.

“This year has been extremely taxing, but rewarding. As with our GT-R racecar, our crew has been pushed to its limits time and time again only to persevere and win”, said GT-R Driver Brian Lock. “The grueling pace of a full coast to coast racing schedule along with two emergency engine rebuilds, constant chassis development to keep up with the amazing power our AccessPORT squeezes out of the engine, and lots of travel have left everyone a bit burned-out after Willow Springs. This nice break has allowed everyone to recharge their batteries and the GT-R to get some much-needed R&R. We will be back in Pahrump ready to secure our championships.”

This season, COBB Tuning sponsored the Redline Time Attack Modified Class and this has turned out to be the most closely contested class of the series. These cars walk a fine line between street and full blown racer with some cars pushing well over 700whp! The COBB Tuning Modifed Class is the battleground for big power and the winner of this class will be well deserving of the street cred and bragging rights that a victory here will bring!

The COBB Tuning Modified Class GT-R currently sits in 2nd place, just one point behind the Takata Time Attack/LIC Motorsports STI. The LIC STI is also powered by a COBB Tuning AccessPORT, tuned by our experienced calibrators at the COBB Tuning Surgeline facility, and is making just under 550whp on the stock ECU! Mike Cronin Jr is sitting third in the Fontana Nissan GT-R, also tuned with a COBB Tuning AccessPORT, making the COBB Tuning Modified Class a clean, AccessPORT-powered sweep!

These next three events will be crucial for the team as they push to continue their winning ways and prove to the world that COBB Tuning has what it takes to not only best the nation’s top AWD vehicles, but also take the overall Redline Time Attack Championship!

For the East Coast Championship, both the COBB Tuning Motorsports GT-R and STI finished third in their respective classes despite not running at the final race at Sebring in Florida. While the COBB Tuning Motorsports team made a strong showing in the East Coast Championship, the team decided to concentrate on the West Coast series and focus efforts closer to home.

The next event will take place September 18th-19th at Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch in Pahrump, NV. This event could be the deciding race in the championship!

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Spectre Performance has been busy. The team made impressive progress toward its goal of toppling the 400 mph barrier in a four-wheel, gasoline-powered vehicle during this year's Bonneville Speed Week. Their weapon of choice? A twin-engined speedliner with a combined displacement of 1,026 cubic inches and a total output of somewhere between 3,200 and 4,000 horsepower thanks to twin turbo systems on each engine. In 2009, that contraption walked all the way up to 330.569 mph - good enough to set a world record at the SCTA World Finals, but still well short of the team's goal.

This year, they headed to the salt flats with driver Amir Rosenbaum at the tiller. Rosenbaum managed to squeeze quite a bit more speed out of the machine, pushing it all the way to 366 mph and breaking three records in two classes in the process. If you're like us, you're probably wondering just what it feels like to fly at those speeds with the seat of your pants mere inches from the Earth. Fortunately for all of us curious types, Spectre has put out an excellent video detailing the experience. Find it and the full press release after the jump.

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Those of us here on GTPlanet aren’t the only ones who like the Gran Turismo series – it’s a pretty big deal for Sony, too. While speaking in an interview with MCV UK, Sony Worldwide Studios’ European VP, Michael Denny, confirmed GT’s importance to the company while defending the its lengthy development cycle:

“I think when you have got a game like Gran Turismo, which is THE PlayStation franchise, then you want the game to be absolutely right and to the highest quality.

“I think that now we’ve announced the date and we know this is a Gran Turismo year, it’s not only exciting for us at PlayStation company, but for PlayStation fans and consumers. And it’s going to be bigger and better than ever. From a worldwide studio perspective, our strategy is always to concentrate on the highest quality possible.

“We need exclusive games that differentiates our platform, Gran Turismo has always been our flagship title and I am sure it is going to be that again.”

Check out the full more of his comments in the full article at MCV.

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Kazunori Yamauchi went head-to-head in a fastest lap shootout with NASCAR driver Joey Logano at a private Gamestop manager’s convention just last week. Logano managed to best Yamauchi’s time in his own NASCAR machine on Tokyo R246, winning everyone in attendance a free copy of GT5. Thanks to Bryan Cook of*Logano’s team, Joe Gibbs Racing, for capturing this video of the event and sharing it with GTPlanet!

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The playable GT5 demo which was first spotted last night at a Best Buy in Oregon has now been confirmed by multiple sources. GTPlanet reader Jeramy has also grabbed video of the new demo, walking us through all of the available cars, tracks, and features. Vermontster of the PS Forums has also shared his conversation with the Best Buy employees (thanks, calvins48), which you’ll see below. We do, indeed, owe a lot of thanks to Oldschool27 for his discovery!

The demo should be coming to more (and hopefully all) Best Buy stores over the coming weeks. For now, if you’re in the Clackamas, Oregon area (outside of Portland), you can get an early taste of GT5 right now. Click here for the exact location and directions to the store -- tell them GTPlanet sent you!

We all owe a big THANK YOU to Oldschool27 for this find.

He was in fact correct.* The Best Buy in Clackamas, OR has a working, PLAYABLE demo.*It has 2 modes. Time trial or Arcade mode,*arcade mode has 3 levels of difficulty- A ,B, C

5 tracks are available

1. Rome

2. Toscano

3. Indy Super Speedway

4.* The RING Nordscheif (sp)

5.* Tokoyo R 246

11 cars are available.

1. Merceds Benz SLS AMG

2. Corvette Stingray ‘69

3.*Enzo Ferrari

4.* GT Citroen

5. Ferrari 458 Italia

6.* Lambo Gallardo

7.* Audi R8

8. #24 Jeff Gordon Dupont Chevy

9.* Nissan Motul Autech GTR (super GT)

The last 2 cars are available to use in rally

10.* Nissan GTR V Spec

11.* Citroen C4 WRC

I had a lengthy conversation with the stores manager.* He said Sony sent it to them and they just set it up.* I think I may have really scared the guy.* He left me to go search to see if he was under any gag order.* He was not fond of the idea of hundreds of people comming in just to play a demo.* I told him to stock up on steering wheels and enjoy the next 2 months.

I am down loading the 3 pictures I was able to take.* The manager was very addament about not filming in his store.* They are of the TT screen, the arcade screen and home screen.

The physics are going to be familiar to those who did the Indy time trials.* They are a step up in difficulty for sure.* The graphics are nothing short of spectacular.* The demo was set up*for controller use and the left stick didn’t work so I was forced into using the D-pad.

I’m not sure if my photo’s will be any better than Oldschool were.* All I have are those 3 photo’s and a half an hour playing the demo as proof of its existance.* I also met Oldschool at Bst Buy.* He walked me through the demo then let me at it.

Thank you Oldschool.* This was a great find.

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