Gran Turismo 4: 'Racing Perfection'

Advantages: Wide range of cars, Excellent graphics, Lots of circuits, Amazing gameplay
Disadvantages: No damage to cars and takes a while to complete.

...with a given car on a given track or section of track, and a given set of opponents. There are 4 sets of missions: The Pass, 3 Lap Battle, Slipstream Battle, and 1 Lap Magic. Completing each set of missions earns the player a prize car. Photo mode The new Photo Mode is included in the game, which allows the player to control a virtual camera, taking pictures of their cars on track, or at specific locations, including the Grand Canyon. Overall Gran Turismo 4 offers the best driving experience on the Playstation 2. With over 700 cars and 50 tracks to choose from the gameplay can last a matter of 5-6 months. Theres also a wide range of vehicles to unlock and this can be achieved by winning various championships. Once you gain all of the driving licences then sit back and enjoy....

f1insidetrack 10.01.2008 (30.10.2009) · Read review
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Review of Gran Turismo 4 (PS2)

GRAN TURISMO É MAGNIFICO

Advantages: Simply the best console racing game there is
Disadvantages: Not one

...and the worst that can happen is a car gets scraped across a crash barrier or tree. Good fun for all ages. Final Thoughts So do I rate Gran Turismo 3? Well, it was this game alone which swayed me towards buying a PS2 rather than an X-box, and you really cannot hand out better plaudits than that. The gameplay is exciting and fresh while the graphics must be amongst the best ever seen on the Playstation 2. You can currently purchase GT3 new for around £17 at Amazon.co.uk or used from £4 on ebay.co.uk but I would guess that this price will tumble further with the release of Gran Turismo 4 in March 2005.But whatever the price and whatever GT4 delivers every Playstation 2 owner worth their salt should have a copy of GT3 of their own. Five stars out of five. www.granturismo-3.com...

stuleg 28.02.2005 · Read review
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Review of Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec (PS2)

Prelude to Gran Turismo 4

Advantages: Gives you a taste of whats to come
Disadvantages: None

...I bought Gran turismo 4 prologue Limited edition (includes "Making of Gran Turismo 4 DVD) as soon as it hit the shops. They released this in order for you to prepare yourself for the challenges that you face in GT4. Basically it is a prelude of whats to come. It is only a 1 player game and you need an 8Mb Ps2 Memory card in order to save your game (uses a minimum of 150kb). It is compatible with analog control and vibration function. I will start by saying just how much i thourougly enjoyed playing this, in my opinion Gran Turismo 4 is one of the best racing games available to buy. The graphics in this game are unbelievable, The detail of the cars, tracks and scenery is immense in itself. There is no skipping or late rendering during gameplay. There has been great effort put into make this game as fantastic as it is. They have...

lizzie1963 01.03.2007 · Read review
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Review of Gran Turismo 4: Prologue (PS2)

Gran Turismo 3 A Spec.Leader of PS2.

Advantages: The game has perfect graphic and sound details,great playability and great scenes.
Disadvantages: Maybe they can add a camera angle for playing inside the car view.And the cars can't crash.

...If you ask what the greatest game in PSX is,I think that most of them reply this "of course Gran Turismo series".Moreover,they selled most of PSX with help of these series.They make great success.The people ,who sees the first of Gran Turismo series and who learns its detail ,goes to buy PSX for just playing this game. This game,Gran Turismo 3,has been made for PS2 and If you ask my opinion I think that this game also make a great explosion in selling PS2.It is a great racing game I have ever seen,moreover,we must say entirely that it is a great simulation game,too. Because you can adjust every specific details of a car and you can win or lose races depending to your adjustments' effectiveness. In the game you can see almost every automobil marks in the game(BMW, Dodge, Mazda, Toyota, Renault, Ford, Acura, Alfa Romeo, Mercedes...

Dreamlight 24.09.2001 (29.09.2001) · Read review
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Review of Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec (PS2)

The best driving simulator on PS2

Advantages: 99.9% of it
Disadvantages: The other 0.1% of it

...a pair of leather trousers or something was going to be thrown in for free, given the price. But no - just a few more Nectar points to go with my thimble full of petrol. **As an added note to this little tale, my girlfriend tells me that 95.9 pence per litre is one of the cheaper prices at the moment. Thank God for my bus pass. So how does all this fit in with Gran Turismo 4? Well, more of that later. First, I'll cut to the chase. Quite simply, this is the best track-based driving game on the planet. It gets a 9.9 out of 10, 99.9% out of 100% etc. etc. Do I really need to go on? Can I end the review here? I suppose not. On loading the game for the first time and watching the usual high quality intro, you're struck by how much easier to use the revamped menu system is. It's never been easier to get where you want to go, nor has...

xtincol 27.05.2006 · Read review
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Review of Gran Turismo 4 (PS2)

No1 game of all time for PS2

Advantages: Lots and lots of cars
Disadvantages: Endurance races

...beating your time. Otherwise you can have someone else join in on the fun with a 2 player Battle. Same as single race only you are racing against another human as opposed to the computer. GRAN TURISMO MODE All you do in this mode is based on a World Map screen. Here you can look in your garage and see what cars you have, and sell them if you like. Also on the map are all the events that you must do in order to complete the game, some of them are inside the different countries on this map, in each of the countries are the car manufacturers, this is where you buy your cars. Most of the time you can choose to buy a new or used car, although some are special cars that you can only buy new. In some of the car manufacturers there are races to complete, for example in Ford there may be a Ford challenge but in order to do this you must buy...

lizzie1963 02.03.2007 · Read review
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Review of Gran Turismo 4 (PS2)

The Best Racing Simulator On The PS2!

Advantages: Everything
Disadvantages: Nothing :-)

...game has amazing graphics, it pushes the PS2 to its limits, never have I ever seen a game look so good on the PS2. The cars have been improved on, but not greatly. They have more shine, more detail and shape to them. Also the biggest increase in the cars is the smooth curves, which makes the cars seem much more real. But what improve the most in this game graphic wise are the tracks. These tracks will make your jaw drop at how amazingly real they look. Many tracks have been given a minor face lift in some areas which helps it a lot. The textures have also been improved a lot. This is what gives the realistic view. If you go back and compare these tracks to their GT3 counterparts, you'll notice how horribly cartoony the ones in GT3 looked, yes that's right, this game's graphics will make you notice how bad the tracks looked in GT3, a game...

daniel2005 05.02.2006 · Read review
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Review of Gran Turismo 4 (PS2)

Gran Turismo 4- What a game!!!

Advantages: It has everything for the car enthusiast
Disadvantages: it takes ages to complete

...This for me is just like the rest of the entire Gran Turismo series. Absoloutly Fantastic. What more could a person want than some of the most glamerous and powerful cars in the world and an aray of real life and computer made tracks to rip round on. The pro's to this game are the fact of how detailed each and every sinlge car on the game is. If your like me and you know your cars, you will know what i mean. You can look at any car on the game with no name on the screen and you are still able to identify what car it is.The graphics on each car and every track are amazing. It's probably one of the only driving simulators where you can actualy feel a real sense of speed when you are driving the cars. Polyphony have worked absoloute wonders with the layout and graphics and pretty much everything on the whole game. If you are like...

buddytheelf 25.01.2007 · Read review
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Review of Gran Turismo 4 (PS2)

Gran Turismo 5 Prolougue

Advantages: great graphics
Disadvantages: very limited gameplay

...This is the new standard of racing, with its amazing standard of graphics creating a resolution of 1080p/i.There are over 70 cars to choose from. The only problem is, is that the game is lacking in racing tracks there are only six but they are so gripping you can not get bored of them. If you want to play this game with a friend in your own home don't be put of by the box only saying it's a one player game there is a 2p battle option. Though this game is not the full game it is not a disappointment. With this game Gran Turismo have made the cars as realistic as possible. Not only have they given extreme exterior detail, they have made the interior of the cars exactly as they are in real life. So if you have a Ford Focus ST or Mini Cooper s you will feel right at home. Most people complain that engine sounds in car games are not...

KB4000 14.08.2008 · Read review
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Review of Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (PS3)

Gran Turismo 4 - The Real Driving Simulator

Advantages: Everything - Massive game - lots to do, amazing visuals, lots of cars!
Disadvantages: Lacks originality of its predecessors, can get monotonous

...I have played all of the Gran Turismo games and I have to say that this was certainly the most impressive installment so far. With much improved visuals on the cars and the tracks this game looks simply stunning whether you are playing the game or simply watching a replay. Add to that the addition of the "human" element to the gameplay such as Pit-crews and more detailed crowd animations then you have a more immersive feel to the game. With over 700 cars from over 20 manufacturers around the world, ranging from the classic cars of 1969 onwards to the high performance racing monsters of today, you will be hard pushed to find a game that offers more variety than this. Consider also that the developers have added thirty new tracks onto the line-up from GT3 which can be driven in both directions, giving a huge 100 tracks to race...

alanrodmell 11.04.2005 · Read review
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