Gran Turismo 4

THE BAD:
NO ONLINE PLAY.ITS SO REAL NOW ITS NOT AS ADDICTIVE AS PAST GAMES MINOR FLAW. I JUST WISH IT HAD SOME MORE FUN THINGS TO DO THEN JUST RACE AND DRIVING MISSIONS.
THATS PRETTY MUCH IT.

SUMMARY:
DOES A GREAT JOB IN GETTING THE PLAYER HOOKED ON GETTING 100% WICH IS SUPER HARD IV HAD IT SINCE ITS BEEN OUT AND IM ONLY AT 37.6%.SO MANY CARS IT WILL MAKE JAY LENO JEALOUSE O WAIT HES IN THE GAME. IF YOU LIKE LONG RACES ENDURANCE AND 1000 MILE EVENTS ARE FOR YOU. THANKS TO B-SPEC I DONT HAVE TO KILL MY FINGERS ON THEM. LARGE VARIETY IN TRACKS. TAKIN PICTURES OF YOUR CARS IS SWEET. DRIVING MISSIONS WILL HAVE YOU BEGGING FOR MERCY. AFTER PLAYING THIS GAME YOU MAY QUESTION YOUR RELIGION.

THE BAD:
your kidding right.

SUMMARY:
USE OF NOS

if your car does not have any nos you can buy it from the car company it costes $5,000.once you have it you can boost your car untillits out,if you were wondering how to get it back you can wait slowly untill it comes back or go to pit stop and refill it faster.

SECRET BLACK CARS

the car line-up in the used car show room is changing every week.on day 694 four secert black racecars apear in the used car showroom 1 and 2 they only apear for 1 week.all four cars can be purchased for $8,500,000 total which is a absolute bargain for these sort of racecars.

BEST STARTING CAR

once you haved tranfered files from GT3 go to the used car showroom 1 and find the (Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution GSR '92 and oil change it.)

Horse power

once you buy a new car or a used car or if you receive a new car oil chang it sometimes it could be a pretty great increace of horse power.

FAST RACING FOR FAST PROFIT

use any car you want but just make sure that the car you have has any type of sport tires.then go over to the Specal Conditions Hall.defeat the first race (Rally D' Umbria) and recive a Cadillac CIEN '02.go oil chang the CIEN and put more Hp into the CIEN it's opinal if you want to do it or not then take the CIEN and go to the second race in the specal conditions hall called (Rally D' Capri) after you won that race you will recive a Toyota RSC Rally Raid car '02 which you can sell for $265,000 you can just keep on racing that race untill you want to stop.

PRESS TO PAUSE

at any screen with scrolling text,pause ticker by pressing L3.the information ticker somethimes have the best tips in the game.


SOME FUN STUFF FROM GRAN TURISMO 4


EASTER EGG:Forest Fire

On Apricot Hill, go reverse.it's on the second turn before you start going down hill.Look way over on the mountain side,look striaght.On the other side of the mountain there is a greyish,what happends to be somke coming up and blowing towards the right.

EASTER EGG:Tall,Tall Tree

On Mountain Trail normal,get to the end of the big straight,the one with the tunnel.Before you get to the big banked sharp turn you can look over the valley or whatever.There is a lone tree standing there,bare,just standing there.That's one big BIG tree.

THE BAD:
Once again no car damage and I find it leass of a challenge this time.

SUMMARY:
When GT3 was released in 2001, a few months later speculation was already gathering for the imminent GT4. Rumours and expectations were flung from all directions. 3 years on it was to be finally released but then delay after delay came until 11 days ago on March 9 it finally graced the gaming shelves of Britain. GT fanatics lept with joy as they were finally given the ability to take it's little white case to their local spotty shop assistant and redeem it. Well, has it lived up to it's expectation. Yes!. But for one or two emissions or mistakes here and there, this is driving heaven. With 700 cars it offers such a vast choice that no one can fail to find a car they love. From RUF to Daihatsu, the roster of over 80 manufacturers is quite mind-blowing. Add to that 50 tracks ranging from city courses, world circuits, original (made up) circuits and dirt and snow tracks. The player will find teriffic realism as they drive round perfect replications of real circuits such as Laguna Seca, Nurburgring, Suzuka and Monaco. Welcome to i'm sure for GT2 fans is the return of the high-speed ring and autumn ring tracks. As usual the game offers a licence centre where drivers can hone the skills with tests designed to test the most experienced driver. New to the game is "photo mode" where you can take a car from your garage and take a picture of it in a location of your choice. Locations range from the seventh wonder of the world- the grand Canyon to Times Square. Once you've taken your pic you can print them off using a USB cable. The other new mode is B-spec where you can direct a race with such actions like overtaking, pit stops, stratigis etc. This will help you in the challenge of an endurance race where you may not want to race the entire thing yourself. Of course though, in such a huge game there has to be one or two bad things. For one your a-spec points tally is completely worthless. It seems to be only for pride sake. Polophony Digital appear to have made an emission with this mdoe and have forgot to add in a purpose for earning these points. Another is the usual factor of car damage. It is still not there although to the happiness of many fans, the makers have been saying it will be in GT5, but how long will we have to wait for that. But let's not let these minor errors take away from a still fantastic game which betters GT3 by a country mile. A truly incredible game which needs to grace anyone's game collection. Buy it.

THE BAD:
Your kidding arent you?

SUMMARY:
Absolutely 110% astounding.I bought the game last week after waiting what seems like a lifetime for it to be released.Other driving games eg Underground-need for speed are just awful compared to this.If you dont buy this game then you are missing out on the treat of a lifetime.It takes 750 characters to describe this game,its simply 749 to many.The attention to detail the cars,the whole experience is so far brilliant.GT4 is a driving simulator for those of us who like to become involved in the experience.Its simply not enough to just simply steer your vehicle and go for it,Underground was a silly arcade game which was easy.GT4 requires you to have cars that are specifically tuned and customised to win individual races after having studed racing lines ,tracks etc.Without doing all this you simply wont win races.An example of this was a championship i completed yesterday.In one race i didnt think to change the tyre type from racing to sport.6 laps into the race, and leading the field, my rear tyres gave out and i ended the race in last place

THE BAD:
there are 2 many cars when you are playing 2 player... u dont know what 2 pick lol when u spin around u will get stressed out and i mean it so with licances by the way im sick of not seeing ferrari and lambos well lets hope the next gran turismo has great cars in it

SUMMARY:
well it is a gran turismo game and gt games are always based on graphics well u got 2 admit the graphics in this game are great so is the gameplay
also make sure u have played gran turismo 3 as u can take 100k and take it 2 gran turismo 4....
well all i can see is that it is a great game no doubt about it

THE BAD:
The wait times and delayed releases other than that pure perfection.

SUMMARY:
Cars, cars and more cars. Their is so many different car brands to chose from and with the addition of "classic" cars to the list makes for an incredible game. Including the addition of trucks finally!!!
Not to mention the increased detail of the tracks. The tracks from the old game look spectacular, I didn't realize that they were the same thing.
The added time it took for the game to be released was worth it overall.
The way of buying cars creates a synthetic sense of going to the car dealer and buying it.
I also like how you must buy a used car which is accurate in real life.
This game is 10x better than the last one and I really am not to fond of racing titles my self. But this game, I think, hits perfection. Go out and rent it at least if not buy it.

THE BAD:
Some bugs for example, the screen jumps once in a while. No qualifying or testing with in the specific race menu. Useless things like B spec and Photo Mode, should have been better to add qualifying or testing to it.

SUMMARY:
My first impression of the game is that the physics resemble the actual physics of a real car even more than with previous games. I noticed that hard to drive cars are more drivable, and good handling cars are not as good compare to GT3. The difference in handling from a front wheel drive, rear wheel drive and 4 wheel drive can be notice but you can adapt real quick to them (front wheel drives have more understeer than before, but respond much better to braking, while rear wheel drives have less oversteer).

One thing I noticed with the braking is that is more sensitive than before and you do noticed when you are braking to hard.

Using the Drive Force Pro is a blast, the wheel respond incredible to the Force Feed back. Drive driving through the LeMans straight at 230 MPH you can feel the pain...! Every bump on the road...! That part only worth at least 30 of the 50 bucks that I pay for the game.

On the down side, I don't understand what is the idea of the photo mode. You can take photos and all, but I don't see a point. There is no relation to the game play at all. Unlike NFP U2 that the photos for the magazines need to be earned.

The same applies for the B-Mode. I tried once and the car came up last, way last, and on a race that I won twice with the same car...

My biggest disappointment has been finding BUGS... After a year and change... The game has BUGS...

Once in a while the screen shudder.
You can't remove the USB connection for the DFP because the game crashes. The same happens with the Memory Card. May be is my PS2... but never happened with any other game that I have.

My overall impression is that it is a great Driving/Racing simulation. Most have in your PS2 Collection and Most have if you are serious about racing simulations.

And lastly, the overall experience is indeed enhanced by the Drive Force Pro wheel. Even with the known issue with the issue with the Pedals, the 900 degree turn ratio of the wheel do add to the challenge and to the overall feeling of this simulation.

THE BAD:
- Ferrari & Lamborghini aren't represented here.
- As in previous GT's, there's no car damage.
- No online mode.

SUMMARY:
Whew! I was finally able to play this awesome title. Imagine, I waited almost two years to be able to play this game! The opening FMV is really beautiful, but I'm pretty sure that the U.S./U.K. version will have a different sequence, as seen with their previous Gran Turismos.

The following is my preliminary review since I still haven't unlocked any goodies out of this baby yet. I'll revise this review as I get through with the game.

Concept: 5/5
Who would argue with the game's concept? 700+ cars in a driving game is a racer's gaming heaven.

Gameplay: 5/5
The best driving/racing game on the PS2 (and the envy of other consoles) just got even better. The controls have been tweaked to an almost perfect level. It's really surprising what Polyphony could come up with. One of my previous faults of previous Gran Turismos is the "bump-them" overtaking techniques. Not any more, overtaking takes a a lot more planning than ever, thus super concentration.

Graphics: 5/5
The car models are as gorgeous as ever, each car now with 4,000 polygons apiece! The excellent broadcast-quality replay mode has also been beefed-up and will have you checking the TV trying to convince you that what you see on screen are the real thing. It is also noticeable that there's a greater amount of detail in some of the courses without sacrificing the quality of the car models.

Audio: 4/5
The sounds of the cars are as detailed as ever. I played this game connected to an average Hi-Fi system, and it sounded great. For this Japanese release though, I'd have to give it a rating of 4. The U.S./U.K. version could replace some of the so-so music tracks here. Good thing the most of the licensed music tracks are very good.

Value: 5/5
You'd be playing this game for months to come. 'Nuff said. Cool

Overall: 5/5
No doubt about it. It's the mother of driving/racing games (with or without the car damage or on-line mode). Buying an original copy is really worth it.


Well, I gotta play this game again.

If only I could understand the Japanese text... Well, the U.S. release is coming, and boy am I still excited!