Gran Turismo 5 Prologue spec III - All Cars and Races
2009-03-16 20:14 - Gaming
I recently started playing Gran Turismo 5 Prologue. I enjoyed the original on the first Playstation (where have you heard that before?), and this is just as good if not better, without even being the full game. I haven't played any of the versions in between, so I don't know if this is "normal" for the series or not, but aftermarket tweaking is a much smaller part of this version, so which car you get plays a bigger role.
Again, this is just the "prologue", so the selection is limited ... to 74 different cars. Which to get, especially when you're on a budget? And which to choose from a particular set to meet the requirements for an event? I put together a spreadsheet to help answer just that question.
Get Gran Turismo 5 Prologue spec III.zip which contains both an Excel spreadsheet, and the same information in TAB delimited text files.
The Excel version has autofiltering enabled, so you can show just a particular class (like muscle cars) or drivetrain (like 4WD), to pick the best car for a race. The power, weight, and performance points of every car is listed, along with the price, to help you pick which is the best car that meets your needs, that you can afford. Cars that you must buy, to complete all the events, are listed in bold. If it's ever a close call, get the bold car.
There's also a list of all of the events, along with (approximately!) how much cash per minute you can make, based on the best possible lap time of that course (and car, where appropriate), and number of laps. If you really want to build a little extra cash to get a particular car, you can use that list as a guide to choose which race to run a few extra times. (But to be honest, if you're like me, it probably takes enough tries to clear the event that cash isn't an issue for quite some time. Rewards even for lower places are still significant.
Finally, mostly to stuff in the keywords for search engines, here's the full list of cars detailed in the spreadsheet:
- Alfa Romeo - 147 TI '06
- Alfa Romeo - Brera 3.2 JTS Q4 '06
- Amuse - S2000 GT1 Turbo
- Art Morrison - Corvette '60
- Aston Martin - DB9 Coupe '06
- Audi - R8 4.2 FSI '07
- Audi - TT Coupe 3.2 '07
- Blitz - Dunlop ER34 '07
- BMW - 135i Coupe '07
- BMW - Concept 1 Series tii '07
- BMW - M3 Coupe '07
- BMW - Z4 '03
- Chevrolet - Corvette Z06 '06
- Citroën - C4 Coupe '05
- Citroën - GT by Citroën '08
- Concept by GT - (Chevrolet) Corvette Z06 '06
- Concept by GT - (Dodge) Viper SRT10 Coupe
- Concept by GT - (Ford) GT LM Spec II Test Car
- Concept by GT - (Lotus) Elise
- Concept by GT - (Lotus) Elise 111R
- Concept by GT - (Mitsubishi) Lancer Evolution IX
- Concept by GT - (Mitsubishi) Lancer Evolution X
- Concept by GT - (Nissan) 350Z RS
- Concept by GT - (Nissan) Skyline Coupe
- Concept by GT - (Renault) Clio Sport V6
- Concept by GT - (Suzuki) Cappuccino
- Concept by GT - (Suzuki) Swift Sport
- Daihatsu - Copen '02
- Daihatsu - OFC-1 '07
- Dodge - Viper GTS '02
- Dodge - Viper SRT10 Coupe '06
- Ferrari - 512BB '76
- Ferrari - 599 '06
- Ferrari - California
- Ferrari - F2007
- Ferrari - F40 '92
- Ferrari - F430 '06
- Ford - Focus ST '06
- Ford - GT '06
- Ford - Mustang GT '07
- Honda - Integra Type R '04
- Honda - NSX Type R '02
- Jaguar - XK Coupe '06
- Lancia - Delta HF Intergrale Evoluzione '91
- Lexus - IS F '07
- Lotus - Elise 111R '04
- Lotus - Elise '96
- Lotus - Evora
- Mazda - Atenza Sport 25Z '07
- Mazda - RX7 Spirit R Type A '02
- Mazda - RX8 Type S '07
- Mercedes-Benz - SL 55 AMG '02
- Mine's - BNR34 Skyline GT-R '06
- Mini - Cooper-S
- Mitsubishi - Lancer Evolution IX GSR '05
- Mitsubishi - Lancer Evolution X GSR '07
- Nissan - Fairlady Z Version S '07
- Nissan - GT-R Proto '05
- Nissan - R35 GT-R '07
- Nissan - Skyline Coupe 370GT '07
- Nissan - Skyline Coupe Concept '07
- Nissan - Skyline R34 GT-R V-spec II '02
- Nissan - Skyline Sedan 350GT '06
- Renault - Clio Sport V6 '00
- Subaru - Impreza WRX STI '07
- Subaru - Impreza WRX STI Type RA '05
- Suzuki - Cappaccino '95
- Suzuki - Cervo SR '07
- Suzuki - Swift Sport '07
- TVR - Tamora '02
- TVR - Tuscan Speed Six '00
- Volkswagen - Golf IV GTI '01
- Volkswagen - Golf V GTI '05