Gran Turismo 5 – Cars I’d Buy As DLC

It’s not possible, of course, to include every single car ever made, due to the shere amount and the costs of licences and so on, so no Car Game will ever be able to be suit everyone.

I thought I’d write an article, though, on what cars I think are missing from Gran Turismo 5. I’ve had discussions with friends about this, about what cars I’d definitely buy as DLC.

BMW E28 M5 (1988)

These days in BMW, the models that get some of the most attention are the M Cars, usually made up of the M3 and the M5, so it’s a surprise that Car Game Developers have ignored the founding cars of this important series.

Recently, this has started to be rectified with Need For Speed: Shift 2 – Unleashed and Need For Speed: The Run featuring the original M3, but I’ve personally always preferred the original M5.

Much more than a 5-door version of the M3, I’ve always preferred the look of the original M5 and 5-Series in general.

BMW E24 M6 (1989)

As mentioned before, when people think of the M Series of cars, they rarely remember the original M6. Produced between 1983 and 1989, the BMW M6 was nicknamed the “shark nose”, due to it’s prominent nose cone.

It had a 3.1 Litre Straight-6 engine, which developed 282bhp.

I’ve wanted to see a First Generation M6 in a Car Game since I saw one in real life a number of years ago. I was out on a bike ride with a friend and noticed a standard 635CSI parked outside a hotel. It was in perfect condition, silver in colour and shone in the sunshine and it’s car I haven’t been able to forget since seeing it.

BMW E63 M6 (2010)

When the new 6 Series was announced, I wasn’t keen. As a fan of the original, which hadn’t been replaced by BMW for near on 20 years, I thought it was just an excuse to have another M badge on the roads that wasn’t the 3 or the 5.

I’m still not sure it’s my cup of tea, but there is something about the modern 6 Series that appeals to me, though I can’t say I know what it is. A friend of mine and I agree that were there to be a Classic BMW M DLC pack, featuring the original M1, M3, M5 and M6, that’d be a definite buy.

So, as an extension to this, a DLC Pack featuring all of the M Cars would be even better.

Ford Mustang Boss 429

The Boss 429 is one of my favourite Mustangs. In the right colour, I think it’s one of the best looking cars with the Mustang name.

The combination of the front-end, the long bonnet (hood) and the hood scoop, flowing through to the Classic Mustang back-end, make it look every bit the Classic American Muscle Car.

Proving itself to be an ideal GT5 DLC car, the Boss 429′s engine was capable of an output of over 500bhp. With the engineering customisation available in GT5, this could possibly be raised to 650, 700, even 750bhp.

Boss 429s are highly sought out Mustangs these days, fetching bids of over $350,000.

The inclusion in recent Need For Speed games of the Boss 302 is a great start, a much valued difference to the usual Classic Mustangs and Shelbys seen, but I’d like them to go one step further and include the Boss 429 in Gran Turismo 5, as in my opinion, it’s a much better looking car.

Dodge Charger (2011)

Again, another hit-and-miss car when it comes to opinion. In truth, I’m the same, I wouldn’t want to own one of these, I just find the look appealing.

Specifically, I like the front-end. There’s something strangely appealing about it, the large grill with the cross through it combined with the slightly slanted headlights seem to fit the image that, in the case of the Dodge Charger SRT-8, goes with the 6.1 Litre Hemi V8, producing 425bhp.

Polyphony Digital included the Classic and New Dodge Challenger in Gran Turismo 5, but whilst they included a Standard Classic Dodge Charger, they excluded a version of the new Dodge Charger.

I think it would just be good to have it to complete the set.

Bentley Continental GT

When you mention things like the Bentley Continental GT to Gran Turismo players, despite being separated by the internet, you can tell some of them are disgusted.

Gran Turismo, they say, is a Racing franchise and cars such as Bentleys don’t deserve a place in them. I can see their point to a degree, the game is first and foremost about racing, but it isn’t JUST about racing.

There are over 1000 cars in Gran Turismo 5 and it’s fair to say a lot of them are far from Racing Cars, taking the original Volkswagon Beetle, Mini and Fiat 500 as key examples.

Gran Turismo 5 is also subtitled “The Real Driving Simulator” as opposed to “The Real Racing Simulator” and I’d personally like the opportunity to drive the Bentley Continental GT in Gran Turismo 5.

I could pick up Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit or Need For Speed: Shift 2 – Unleashed any time I want and drive one, but by any number of times, I’d rather drive this 6.0 Litre W12 monster in Gran Turismo 5, for the physics and for the locations.

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I’m sure there are more I’d love to see, but I can’t think of them right now. As I said at the start of this article, P.D can’t be expected to make every single car fans would like to see, whilst also working to develop Gran Turismo 6.

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