Gran Turismo 5 Primer Guide

Special Events

Special Events are means of trying out your driving under some fairly strange circumstances. They will not only test you greatly, but will net you more money and free cars.

Gran Turismo Karting Experience

You'll need to purchase a PDI Racing Kart with your own credits. It's really cheap at 5,000 credits ,so it really isn't much. Despite it being your own car, you can't tune it or alter it so you'll really to make use of your skills. They can spin out pretty often, so be sure to slow down by decelerating rather than jamming on the brakes. You can do some pretty nifty moves as well, such as making sharper turns that would be hard for a full size cars. Use your light weight advantages the fullest to make it to first place.

Event Name	Car	Level	Bronze Prize	Silver Prize	Gold Prize
Sunday Kart Race	Gran Turismo PDI Racing Kart 100	0	3,000	4,000	5,000
Weekend Cup	Gran Turismo PDI Racing Kart 100	0	3,000	4,000	5,000
Clubman Kart Cup	Gran Turismo PDI Racing Kart 100	7	8,000	11,000	15,000
Tokyo Bay Kart Challenge	Gran Turismo PDI Racing Kart 100	7	8,000	11,000	15,000

Jeff Gordon NASCAR School

The NASCAR School Events are all about making uses of various high speed tactics from a rolling start: Drafting, Inside Driving, and Outside Driving. These can all be used as means for overtaking other drivers. Drafting challenges are about lowering your wind resistance by driving behind another cars, thus giving you the speed to pass them. With Inside driving, you'll need to drive along the outer edge along the yellow strip. With the Outside driving events, it will be a bit more tricky as not only do you need to drive without hitting the cones in the center, knocking against the wall on the right will slow your car down too much. The best options are to turn off the car's ABS in the options menu and change to a third person or bonnet view. This will allow you to better see the cones and walls that would otherwise be hard to evade in a standard camera. You can win new tracks and even random muscle cars and NASCARs for completing these events.

Event Name	Car	Level	Bronze Prize	Silver Prize	Gold Prize
Using Drafting to Get Ahead	Chevrolet 2010 Jeff Gordon #24 IMPALA	2	N/A	N/A	9,000
Drafting With Multiple Cars	Chevrolet 2010 Jeff Gordon #24 IMPALA	2	5,000	6,000	9,000
Inside Driving - Daytona	Chevrolet 2010 Jeff Gordon #24 IMPALA	9	13,000	18,000	26,000
Inside Driving - Indianapolis	Chevrolet 2010 Jeff Gordon #24 IMPALA	9	13,000	18,000	26,000
Outside Driving - Daytona	Chevrolet 2010 Jeff Gordon #24 IMPALA	9	13,000	18,000	26,000
Outside Driving - Indianapolis	Chevrolet 2010 Jeff Gordon #24 IMPALA	9	13,000	18,000	26,000

Top Gear Test Track

The Top Gear events are about using the exact same car as your opponents and use it to the best of your abilities. You may even have a good rolling start, but will be place somewhere in the middle to behind the pack. With the SambaBus, it can be hard to reach high speeds, so you'll need to speed up along turns where the AI would typically opt to slow down. Your best time to pass a enemy racer is typically right near the end of the lap. With the Elise, you have a bigger problem with traction and control, resulting in a quick wipeout. Increasing your ABS to 10 before this event can help with control.

Event Name	Car	Level	Bronze Prize	Silver Prize	Gold Prize
The Gran Turismo SambaBus Challenge	Volkswagen typ2 SambaBus	4	6,000	8,000	12,000
The Gran Turismo 111R Challenge	Lotus Elise 111R	8	9,000	13,000	18,000

AMG Driving Academy

AMG events are about taking various Mercedes-Benz cars along sections of some pretty tough tracks, mainly the Nurburgring. Some help includes turning down the traction before the race and flooring the tracks at max speed. Completing these events will award you with free Mercedes-Benz such as the A 160 Avangarde and SLR McLaren.

Event Name	Car	Level	Bronze Prize	Silver Prize	Gold Prize
300SL Coupe '54, Sector 1 /Dray	Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Coupe	6	7,000	9,000	13,000
300SL Coupe '54, Sector 2 /Dray	Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Coupe	6	7,000	9,000	13,000
300SL Coupe '54, Sector 3 /Dray	Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Coupe	6	7,000	9,000	13,000
300SL Coupe '54, Sector 4 /Dray	Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Coupe	6	7,000	9,000	13,000
300SL Coupe '54, Full Lap /Dray	Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Coupe	6	7,000	9,000	13,000
SLS AMG '10 tuned car, Sector 1 /Dry	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG	12	16,000	22,000	31,000
SLS AMG '10 tuned car, Sector 2 /Dry	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG	12	16,000	22,000	31,000
SLS AMG '10 tuned car, Sector 3 /Dry	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG	12	16,000	22,000	31,000
SLS AMG '10 tuned car, Sector 4 /Dry	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG	12	16,000	22,000	31,000
SLS AMG '10 tuned car, Full Lap /Dry	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG	12	16,000	22,000	31,000

Gran Turismo Rally

The Gran Turismo Rally is all about driving on various terrains that you might not have had a chance to try out yet. You can use a wide variety of cars, unlike most other Special Events. However, you will need to buy and install the tires yourself, including snow tires, dirt tires, and soft sports tires. Among the cars that are great for completing these courses without being too bulky include the Ford Focus and Lotus Elise. Further improve your car with upgrades from tuning, and even check GT Auto for a Racing Modification. You'll gain free rally cars for completing these events.

Event Name	Car	Level	Bronze Prize	Silver Prize	Gold Prize
Fine Gravel Rally	You're Choice with Dirt Tires	10	11,000	15,000	22,000
Snow Challenge Rally	You're Choice with Snow Tires	10	11,000	15,000	22,000
Tarmac Challenge Rally	You're Choice With Soft sports Tires	10	11,000	15,000	22,000
Clubman Gravel Rally	Your Choice with Dirt Tires	15	13,000	18,000	25,000
Alaskan Rally	Your Choice with Snow Tires	15	13,000	18,000	25,000
Tuscany Tarmac Rally	Your Choice With Soft sports Tires	15	13,000	18,000	25,000

Grand Tour

The Grand Tour is a series of races around Switzerland and Italy. You'll be given a number of different cars depending on the track, so you can't rely on a simple strategy to beat them all. Drifting is very important to make these time trials, as you won't have near the speed to make it across in some of the times. Adjust your TC and ABS accordingly, as there aren't any other means of improving your cars. There seem to be no unlockable cars for completing these vents, but you can snag some photos.

Event Name	Car	Level	Bronze Prize	Silver Prize	Gold Prize
Eiger Nordwand Time Trial	Alfa Romeo 8C Competizone	13	18,000	25,000	36,000
Monza Circuit 2-Lap Battle	Ferrari 430 Scuderia	13	18,000	25,000	36,000
Tuscan Night Race	Lamborghini Murcielago LP 640	13	18,000	25,000	36,000
Tuscan Time Trial	Ford Focus RS WRC 07	13	18,000	25,000	36,000
Rome City Course Street Battle	Lamborghini Miura P400 Pertone Prototype CN.0706	13	18,000	25,000	36,000

Sebastien Loeb Rally Challenge

The Rally Challenges are about beating the ghost times already set in by the AI. You'll see the ghost car moving, but will only have to beat the actual finish time, not the ghost itself. Removing traction control from your car is among the best means of increasing your speed. In fact, nearly every assist will almost harm your performance during these events, so consider turning each one off. One of the few you can still make use of is Skid Recovery, so it may be worth it to leave that assist on. You can gain a number of Citroen cars from these events.