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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.

Iain Young

Anyone managed to download this yet? I've tried 4 times today. Each time it has taken around an hour to get to around 60% complete, and then it fails...

Mr.Manchester

Exactly what used to happen with my updates, then the last update screwed the online gaming of GT5.

So glad i sold my PS3.

Barmyclown

Just done it with no problems, could be the time of day.

Jase

Iain Young

Got it now. Tried it at around 9am, 11am, 2pm, 4pm. Finally had succes at around 11pm last night. It took nearly 2 hours to download though!!!!

Had the same problem with wipeout hd. That took nearly 6 hours to download. The 360 on the same connection managed to download the force unleashed demo (which is bigger than wipeout) in 10 minutes, and my pc downloads are similarly fine, so I know it's nothing to do with the interweb connection.

Very frustrating that the PS3/PSN is so slow by comparison....

RB5-Black

but PS3 online is free ......

2x hamster power server pls

Mr.Manchester

Its free because its crap!

Iain Young

Thinking about it, I've probably spent more than the live subscription just on extra electricity when downloading things

phoenixgold

iTrader: (2)

Downloaded in about 10 mins first attempt for me last night.

TimWRX01

iTrader: (1)

Never had any problems downloading from PSN

Wipeout HD took about 10 minutes

I'm on the free broadband offer too so it's not the fastest on offer

Iain Young

It's odd. Some people seem to have no problem with downloads, when other (like me) have nothing but a nightmare with them. It seems a very flaky service...

PeteBrant

I thinks its quite a lot more vulnerable to ISP/connection/area specifics.

For example downloading anything from PSN for me at home is a pain, it takes ages - Yet if I do the same at the kids house, its lighting quick.

Live tends to be abit more stable in terms of connection speed

Iain Young

You may be right. I'm on a 20mb VM cable connection, and can be having mega slow downloads on the PSN, whilst at the same time having mega fast downloads on the 360 or PC (on the same connection at the same time). I only ever have trouble with the PSN, which I suspect is a result of the way it is structured as opposed to any interweb/network issues...

I've never managed to get a single quick download on the PS3. Only average at best.

DJ Dunk

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I only get 10Mb with Be, but my PS3 downloads at full speed and the 360 seems to as well.