Gran Turismo 5 XL Edition Is “Spec II” For North America

Ishaan Sahdev

Published: Jan 6, 2012 01:59 pm

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Recently, Polyphony Digital released a major free update for Gran Turismo 5 that adds a new online lounge, weather controls, cars from the 2011 NASCAR season, a new opening movie, and other changes as well. This was titled the “Spec 2.0 update”.

Following this, Sony announced plans to release an updated retail version of Gran Turismo 5 with all of this extra content on Blu-ray discs in Hong Kong and Japan. This updated version of the game is also being released in North America.

Gran Turismo 5 XL Edition will contain all the original Gran Turismo 5 content, all the Spec 2.0 content, and will also include a voucher worth over $20 for DLC. The XL Edition’s cover will be reversible, featuring the new Red Bull X2011 supercar.

Gran Turismo 5 XL Edition will be released on January 17th for $40.

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Ishaan Sahdev

Ishaan specializes in game design/sales analysis. He's the former managing editor of Siliconera and wrote the book "The Legend of Zelda - A Complete Development History". He also used to moonlight as a professional manga editor. These days, his day job has nothing to do with games, but the two inform each other nonetheless.