Gran Turismo 2 (PlayStation)

Gran Turismo 2 has got to be the best Playstation game ever. It provides great graphics, extensive gameplay, and a wide array of cars. The graphics are extremely crisp and fast, which makes it the most realistic looking game I've ever seen. There are over 600 real cars, from real manufactures, ranging from a Mini Cooper to a Subaru Impreza, and from a Ford Focus to a Dodge Viper! The gameplay is also very realistic. You start off the game with a ...
...game is on two discs, Gran Turismo Mode (the full game), and Arcade Mode (racing cars without having to save up cash or gain licences). The only problem I have found so far, and I have owned the game since the day of it's release a couple of years ago, are that it takes up too many blocks of your memory card. The game data took up 5 blocks of mine and each replay takes up 2 to 3. All in all Gran Turismo is a fantastic game. At only £20 it is a ...

ross-gibson 06.06.2001 · Read full review
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The original Gran Turismo (GT) game heralded a major step forward in racing games. It proclaimed itself to be 'The Real driving Simulator'. Well it didn't recreate trying to get a parking space on a Saturday morning at Woolies, but as far as track racing (Y'know, cars going round and round) it was on the mark for a 32-bit system. GT2, 'The Next Stage of the Real Driving Simulator', was the highly anticipated follow up. GT with bells and whistles ...
...IN MY CAR* GT2 is split into two main categories: 'Arcade' and 'GT mode', each on their own disc. Arcade offers the player (that's you) a smidgen of cars and tracks. Each track has a difficulty level of Easy, Medium and Hard. Completing all the courses on all difficulty levels earns a reward. In GT it was a high res mode, in this I don't know what it is. I've been 'going at it' with GT mode. Arcade mode allows the player (again, that's you) to ...

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...first expression when I played Gran Turismo 2 for the first time. I've actually got a PS2, but nevertheless, i'm sure that the game quality is just as good on PS1. I bought this game as soon as i got the PS2, for just £17. What a bargin. It must be the best money that i've ever spent! What makes GT2 so great is its shear scale. It has quite a few courses to choose from, about 26 i believe, which can all be raced in reverse, effectively doubling the ...
...a real life racing track from the USA, with the famous 'Rollercoaster Turn', which has been faithfully reproduced in this game. The tracks themselves are very well designed. They all have their own unique characteristics, and you never get a feeling of "I've seen this somewhere else", even when you drive the circuits that are actually shortened versions of some of the others, such as the Seattle and Rome short and long tracks. Plus, no two tracks ...

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Gran Turismo 2. I’d seen a lot of reviews about it, and I’d seen it being played on Tv shows when it was first released but I’d never actually got round to playing it and as an avid fan of car games, I don’t really know why I held back so much from playing it! I then saw it available for rent in Blockbusters, so I thought what the hell and rented it, and I’m glad I did! Suddenly I was deeply engrossed in this game, ...
...The cars in Gran Turismo are excellent. With so many available I thought that the control of the cars, look and sound of them would all be a bit of a let down. I was wrong. Each car has its own unique sound, true to the real life sound. They each have their own capabilities such as speed and performance. Each car also costs a different amount of money. How do you get money? By either winning or taking part in races. You can also take your car to ...

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...One HUGE mode - Gran Turismo Two cds Publisher: SCEE Developer: Polyphony Digital Released: February 2000 ------------------------------------------ Opinion: ******* When Gran Turismo was released, i thought that was the best car game ever and no game will be better. Well i was wrong, i admit because of the sequel is EVEN BETTER, YES BETTER. Thanks to Polyphony Digital. ------------------------------------------ Gameplay: ******** Cars ...
...Psone. You will be playing for months as it is so realistic and great. With two cds, one with the arcade mode, ect and the other one with the full-blooded Gran Turismo, which takes ages to complete trust me. Overall: ****** Lost for words, JUST GET THE STUPID THING! ...

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In this review I will go over both GT2 Cds SIMULATION DISC The GT simulation disc is great. You start of with $10000 and buy a car. Then you race it and earn money. You can unlock new races with bigger Prize money by earning licenses. This feature is good, but some license tests are really hard. Although the game has great replay value due to so many customiseable car parts and the such, I found once you had the International A license (best standard ...
...which offered a car and money to the value of $94000 which was the easiest track in the game (just a loop) destroyed the experience for me. ARCADE DISK This disc is shocking. It is just like any arcade racer, and has no real reason for playing it when you can play the simulation disc. the only cool thing is the option of importing cars from simulation mode, so you have supercharged cars. If this was standalone, It wouldn't sell. GRAPHICS The ...

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Gran Tursismo 2. The follow up to the nigh-on perfect Gran Turismo. Gran Turismo, the real reason I bought a Playstation in the first place. That's the hype this game has to live up to in my eyes, no mean feat let me assure you. And guess what, not only did it meet my expectations, it exceeded them... Gran Turismo 2 takes all the best elements of Gran Turismo, and improves on them. More cars than the original. Better graphics than the original. ...
...the original. You get the idea! Polyphony Digital really went to town on this one. Whereas the original game took only cars from Japan really, here we find the garages divided up into 'cities', helpfully named after the four corners of a compass. East City, unsurprisingly, holds the cars from the Japanese manufacturers (Nissan, Subaru, Suzuki, Mitsubishi, Toyota, Tommy Kaira, Daihatsu, Mazda, and Honda), West City holds the American manufacturers ...

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Gran turismo 2 is far bigger and better than gran turismo 1. Gran turismo 2 contains most of the tracks and vehicles from the original game, plus lots more. After quite a long (and good) FMV sequence, you are launched into the game. First off, the game has hundreds of different vehicles from 33 of the world’s leading car manufacturers. These include Japanese manufacturers such as; Nissan, Subaru, Honda and Suzuki, American ones like; Ford, ...
...are three modes of play; gran turismo mode, arcade mode and multiplayer arcade mode. Gran turismo mode takes up the whole of disk one and allows you to first, obtain licences to race, then to race in different championships. As you complete these championships, you win prize money and sometimes valuable vehicles. With the prize money that you accumulate, you can buy new vehicles and buy better parts for the ones you already own. You start the game ...

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This game is billed as ‘The REAL Driving Simulator’, and that’s a statement that’s not too far off the mark! With hundreds of cars to choose from, and a selection of both road and rally tracks, this game should last you a good long time. Due to the reality of the handling, races are quite tough, but persevere and you will soon find you are streaking past the others cars and rounding hairpins and 90! The graphics are smooth ...
...real life counterparts. One of the best elements of this game it the ‘Simulation’ mode, where you race for money. This adds a large amount of longevity to the game, and ensures that you keep coming back for more. The licensing system is also a good idea, and it will take you ages to get a gold rating on all of the tests. The game comes with two disks: Arcade and Simulation, and they do exactly what they say. The Arcade disk lets you ...

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...and a vague tournament structure. Gran Turismo 2 takes an inspired, original approach to game structure, one that other games producers would do well to follow and develop. The premise is simple. You start with a small budget, enough to buy a low-power, second-hand car which you can enter in various low-cost races earning cash rewards. Victory yields further cash and the occasional bonus car, allowing you to buy better machinery and fine-tune the ...
...left over from the original Gran Turismo. Several circuits are also available in shorter or reversed versions which can be fun, especially on the bumpy Seattle street circuit. The game is compromised most greatly by the hardware limitations of the Playstation. Compared to modern racing games on the PC, or even the Dreamcast, GT2 looks like a remnant from prehistoric times. That in itself is not really a problem, but the Playstation's inability to ...

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This is my favourite game of all time! There really is no game like this. You can end up playing it for hours on end, just trying to get money to buy a car to win a race to buy a car to win a race etc. This game explodes with longevity; you can literally play it for years. I got my copy when it was first released and I still play it (but that I lost one of the two discs, which gives me a little problem with finishing the game). The game comes on ...
...two is simulation. It's best to start off and finish the arcade part first (it is far easier to start off with believe me), although you do need to get all the licences on the simulation disc before you can complete the arcade version (it opens up more levels). In the arcade mode you can either choose a car from one of the classes (in road race) or one from your own garage. On the arcade part there is also a dirt race trial version, which is basically ...

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Gran Turismo 2 is THE best game available for the sony playstion. I personally thought the original Gran Turismo was excellent and they have managed to take this game and add more tracks, more cars, more licenses and even an excellent new rally mode to make it two games for the price of one. The list of cars is endless and so is the modifications you can carry out, theres even got to be at least a hundred different styles of wheels to choose from. ...

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...have found. I found Gran Turismo 2 on the GAME website, at £20, which was pretty cheap as this included postage and packaging. You can pick GT 2 up in the shops for around £18 now though, so shop around! For those of you with no idea what I am talking about GT 2 is probably one of the best driving simulators for the Play Station you can get. It follows on from GT 1 and is so popular you can now get GT 3. GT 2 is probably the most popular of the ...
...you like. *** Gran Turismo Mode *** This is the best part of the game and is where you can buy your cars. On this mode you can visit north, south, east and west city that are different continents. (The car manufactures continents) You play single player here. You can buy as many cars as you want and keep on going back to tune them. Your home garage is very big! This is the game that you will spend hours on, always wanting to have a better car than ...

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The first Gran Turismo game swept the charts and was looked upon by many, with songs from garbage and Ash, to be the greatest racing game of all time. It also sold seven million copies worldwide. So, bearing all that in mind, its not surprising really that this is the most anticipated racing game on the Playstation and even if it does not live up to it’s name, it is sure to sell millions from hype alone. Is this game worth spending your cash ...
...you have from the original Gran Turismo can also be transferred into this sequel which is a great addition as there are more tests in this game in comparison to the prequel containing six licences to pass rather than the originals three although they do seem easier. The original Gran Turismo was famous for the many cars it contained within that disc, the latest carnation isn’t any different sporting almost 600 basic car models of which many ...

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...There are two discs to Gran Turismo 2 - one is for the Arcade version where you don't buy the cars with money you've won racing, you just choose a car and race against similar models; on the second disc you get £10,000 and start with a second-hand car, then win races and up-grade your car. This is excellent value for money. The only bad thing about this game is the rally section, which is disappointing. Although this isn't a new game it can still ...

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