According to a recent interview in Famitsu (from Andriasang), Kazunori Yamauchi has speculated that standard cars in Gran Turismo 5 may very well be getting upgrades through game updates to turn them into premium version models.
As many of you are aware, 800 cars in GT5 are standard models and feature less than stellar visuals and no cock-pit view. This is one of the chief complaints about the title and is quite valid considering how ridiculously good looking the premium cars are in comparison.
Right now, there is no information as to whether or not Yamauchi plans on upgrading all car models, but hopefully he plans on doing so to a chunk of the standard cars as it would probably further the replay value of the game for car enthusiasts. If you haven’t had the chance to pick up Gran Turismo 5 yet, we suggest you do so.
Feel free to check out our review of the car simulator here.
Don’t think for a second that this will cover all 800 cars, but if we get a couple of cars a month to be premium, for FREE, that would be the best thing in the world
There are a lot of cars that won’t matter anyway, crappy old things, duplicates/slight variations (Skylines etc), but if they cover all the really nice exotics (Veyron, Furai etc) and really lusted-after classics (Group B rally cars, LeMans cars etc), it’d be tops.