Gran Turismo 4 PlayStation 2

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By Yahoo! Shopping User  May 5, 2007

Pros: racing game, hundreds of cars

Cons: no damage, just wear

They said Forza Motorsport was better, i sorta believe them... BUT my mind is changing. although my cuz is dissappointed that there are no ferraris, I still love the game! ntm its extremely cheap! and to make up for the fact there are no ferraris, there are a bunch of other makes and tracks that you never knew that had existed before. There is even a car that has no make, the sileighty, what sux is that you need to get licenses on the game to race events, the B, A, iB, iA, and S licenses. what rox is you'll get a B-spec driver (cpu racer) to work for you. you still get to race though, as an A-spec racer. find out more by buying this game, rated E for everyone.

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By Yahoo! Shopping User  Oct 22, 2006 | 1 out of 1 found this Gran Turismo 4 review helpful

Pros: The best driving model on the PS2; huge variety of cars, courses, and race types; one of the best-looking ps2 games ever; tons of content will keep you busy for weeks, if not months; well organized menus make searching your garage a pleasure, not a chore

Cons: Racing opponent AI is as dumb as ever; lack of damage modeling encourages sloppy driving; musical soundtrack is hit or miss; b-spec mode: huh?; no online.

Not many game series can be referred to as genre-defining, but in the world of console racing games, Gran Turismo fits the bill. Since 1998, the GT series has aimed to bring the vivid world of auto enthusiasm to your PlayStation and PlayStation 2 through a combination of realistic driving physics, massive car rosters aimed at pleasing the obsessive collectors in all of us, and courses from around the world, all topped off with state-of-the-art graphics and sound presentation that's redefined the technical capabilities of the console each title has appeared on. With the fourth installment in the series, the aptly named Gran Turismo 4, we find the franchise at the peak of its quantitative powers in a game that makes superlatives such as "big" and "sprawling" seem somehow inadequate. Yet beneath all the considerable content, Gran Turismo 4 remains remarkably similar to previous iterations in the series, which, depending on your point of view, may or may not be a good thing.

Gran Turismo 4 features more than 700 cars from more than 80 manufacturers. As you might expect, the lineup leans heavily toward American, Japanese, British, and German makes, though you'll also have access to cars from Belgium, Spain, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Korea, among other countries. This variety is not simply limited to country of origin, however. The cars found in GT 4 range not only in their power and prestige, but also in their ages. The game features cars from every major era of auto manufacturing: from 1960s muscle cars, to powerful Japanese turbo machines of the mid '90s, to one-off concept cars that won't see city asphalt for 10 years or more, to examples from the very dawn of the auto era (such as the Ford Model T and the Daimler Motor Carriage from 1886).

While the game's roster is impressive both in its size and scope, it must be said that a good portion of the cars, such as the aforementioned Daimler, won't be of much use to you in terms of progressing in the game. Indeed, as you move through the career mode, known as Gran Turismo mode, you'll quickly find your garage piling up with cars from race and series wins; their only value to you will be as resells. On the plus side, a dramatically improved garage interface will let you quickly and easily sort through your car collection, no matter how large that collection becomes. Sorting through criteria such as country of origin, drivetrain, manufacturer, or power-to-weight ratio is a huge improvement from scrolling down an ever-elongating list while hoping to spot your car of choice based on model alone, as was the case in previous GTs.

The available cars, of course, are only part of the attraction of GT4. The game also features more than 50 courses to drive, including a tantalizing mix of real-life racetracks such as Fuji Speedway, Suzuka, and Laguna Seca; a cosmopolitan array of city courses from metropolises such as Hong Kong, Seoul, and the Big Apple; rally courses on dirt and (new for this installment) snow and ice; and old fictional friends such as Grand Valley Speedway, Deep Forest Raceway, and Trial Mountain. Two particularly notable additions to the GT4 track roster are El Capitan, a three-mile behemoth designed around the imposing granite centerpiece of Yosemite National Park, and the Nürburgring Nordschliefe, which, at nearly 13 miles long, is imposing in its own right. The Circuit de la Sarthe, the annual site of the 24 Hour of LeMans race, makes an appearance in two flavors: the current track and the old configuration, which is thankfully free of the chicanes that currently mar the four-mile back straight.

Gran Turismo

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Sep 28, 2006

Pros: Pros

Cons: Great

i'm fan of Gran Turismo series since 2000

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Great Game

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Jan 17, 2006

Pros: Racing

Cons: Getting around the screen

This was a great game and I was glad I got it. It has better racing than GT3 but I really wanted the screen to be easier to get around. The other problem is that you need to get a liscence to do almost any of the races. This is a really good racing game, it is more responsive than GT3 and being able to manage a race is a good thing too. Overall, this is a good game but I don't know if it was worth $50. it is certainly worth $40 or less though.

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The absolute best racer on the market!!!!!!

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Dec 8, 2005

Pros: Game play is second to none, on every level

Cons: This isn't for childern, it's to realistic

I have been hooked on this game since the first one came out. This new one is the 4th installment of the series and the best one yet. Graphics are amazing, gameplay is the most realistic of the series yet. The game is a driving sim. not a fantasy racer, so if you don't have the talent and a steady hand you'll just get mad and fell like you wasted your money. If you have what it takes and the patience to do some long races near the end. You will be hooked too. This is the racer for real race fans.

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Dec 7, 2005

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love it

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Nov 22, 2005

Pros: lovely

Cons: 2532

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By Yahoo! Shopping User  Oct 28, 2005

Pros: Hundreds of cars and tons of racing levels

Cons: Biggest one for me is you can't race the special cars in actual races

Great Game, Tons of Cars, Several Fun Cars but as i said you can't race the fun ones like the Model T and the Nike Car

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By Yahoo! Shopping User  Jul 16, 2005 | 2 out of 3 found this Gran Turismo 4 review helpful

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By Yahoo! Shopping User  Jun 2, 2005 | 2 out of 3 found this Gran Turismo 4 review helpful

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