The largest effects of the v2.10 game update on PP seem to target rear wheel drive cars, typically lowering them.

The PP of cars with installed aero has changed, but only often at max and min aero, and then just by 0-2 PP. Typically the min aero value is higher, and the max aero value is lower than prior, narrowing slightly the range of PP available by tweaking aero. To editorialize, that hardly seems enough of a change to warrant the effort on their part. The change in aero calculation means that all the maxed PP values recorded prior to 2.10 will differ, although for cars with low aero this is typically a change of just ~1 PP.

Notes on the car information pages have been made to inform of the magnitude of probable deviations.

The Performance Points (PP) values for many, but not all cars were altered by the GT5 version 2.10 update. As such, many PP values in GTData will now be out of date. Changes like this, especially to PP by Polyphany Digital were forseen when the database was created, so the version that performance data were curated at has been stored in the database since its inception.

Thus, I have provided a warning on each car's information page if the PP of that car has not been validated. I have updated the submit page to provide a checkbox to indicate that a car's PP is accurate in GTData as of the current GT5 version.

You can search for cars on the basis of what game version their data was collected at, and view this value in a column for all search results.

I encourage anyone with time to check the list of these cars against their garages for the accuracy of their PP values, and if possible update stock and maxed pp values by following the links to submit data on the car information pages. Please also submit data for any cars that have not changed their PP on this list, using the aforementioned checkbox on the submit form.

As always, remember that cars need to have been driven between 200 and 6000 miles, and have an oil change before the data can be considered accurate for GTData.

Comments on cars has been revised, in order to attribute the comments to the users that submitted them. Combined cars comments can now always be shown as a column in any car search results table.

Clarified event submission options, including the option for events requiring registration without time submission and/or car selection.

Several bug fixes. For instance, discovered that switching between 'official' and 'course maker' tracks did not work on some pages. Events without car or track selection did not work properly.

Event submissions now require captcha, if not logged into GTData, to prevent spam.

Site availability

GTData will be down for ~ 3 days while new hardware is installed, from 10/24/12 until 10/27/12. Apologies for any inconvenience.

• Formatting changes to view_event, including a slightly wider width to accommodate wider submissions table content.
• Dates added to mouse-over in tune ancestry.
• The auto-generated "dummy" tunes for events can now be excluded from a tunes/times search and are not shown on each cars main data page. These place-holder tunes are created so that a user can record their submitted time with their GTData without the rigmoral of creating a real tune. An event creator might edit these "dummy" tunes to have an accurate representation of the performance and parts present on the car of a driver submitting a time for their event, but by default the dummy tune can be almost blank, and thus may not be of much interest when searching for tunes and times.
• When submitting a time for an event, you can choose to associate that time with any tune for your selected car. Previously, you could only choose one of your own tunes.

• Added an iframe link for posting events in external sites
• Renamed event "results" to "submissions", as the former was confusing to those using the submitted times for qualifying or event registration.
• Added/updated boost, tire and drivetrain preferences to the GT5 online room regulations, to better reflect the in-game options.
• Fixed a problem where searching cars on fuel type was not returning hybrids.
• 'Remember me' option for login was made somewhat more robust and reliable.

• Long requested, but now available: permanent login.
• If only one car in event, don't have to select a car before submitting a time.
• Toggles for event related iframes.
• "Tuning Prohibited" has an explicit button in GT5 room settings, is better annotated.
• Explicit links can be provided to a given user's events. This can also be provided as iframe code, for implementation on sites that allow inline HTML.
• Fixed an unclosed div element in "Your GTData" that was causing wonky formatting in the PS3 browser.

To exclude a car from search results, you just click on the [x] next to the car. Exclusion happens immediately. You can edit the list of excluded cars with a "modify" link, as with other search criteria. As a result of this re-formatting, 'enter' and 'escape' keys now work intuitively when annotating search results (previously they may have induced an unwanted page reload).

I also fixed an issue with total aero, where some cars with "0/0" aero did not have their max aero values calculated correctly.

I have added the ability to add your own notes next to a car in the car search results, to help with making custom lists of cars for events and event postings. These notes are specific to a particular car in a particular search only, and will not be copied when you make a copy of the search.

Dumping cache might be necessary to update Javascript and CSS files.

Lap Times can be recorded now too. When viewing the tune that the lap time was recorded with, select 'Add Time'.

You can search for tunes and times in the same way that you can search for cars, which I hope will become useful, as the number of tunes and times increases.

You can now make friends with other users from your 'Your GTData' page, and view tunes and searches that they have set to be shared with friends, should keeping your tunes private be your concern :)

Tunes and tune-searches can be embedded in forums and such using iframe code, just as car searches could be.

This is the initial rollout of these new features, doubtless with a few bugs and quirks, and I welcome all reports and suggestions.

After typing, press enter to go to a table of your search results. You can modify your search here. For more advanced searches continue to use the "Search Cars" link in the menu.

Try it by typing "Japan race 900hp 1000kg" and pressing enter.

The biggest change so far has been that when you look at a car's detail page, the previous and next links only go through your search results, not through an alphabetical list of cars.

I've removed the 'browse' link from the menu, since it's functionality was somewhat useless. The most effective way to explore the ~1000 cars is to first design a search, browse through that search, then refine the search.

I'll be adding to the criteria queried in the quick car search box to include some of the common things people search for, beyond the make-model-year car name.

I am working on some improvements to submit new colours to associate with a car, and to associate two cars that are the same, but sold in different markets or under different manufacturer labels. After ironing out bugs, and getting the site permanently online, I’ll add functionality to record tunes and lap times.