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[amigastar]

Never played a GT game as I prefer arcade racers. Are they hardcore racing sims like the really anal stuff you get on PC or somewhere inbetween?

I never played GT 5-7 but GT 1-4 are NOT like the hardcore racing games on PC, not at all. I think even 5-7 can't compare to GTR 2 and stuff.

 

[FoxMcChief]

GT peaked with me at GT2. It's been downhill since then, imo.

 

[bobone]

Literally life changing.
The reason I am an engineer is because I was obsessed with this game in high school.

 

[Melfice7]

GT7 is a better game, but GT3 was undoubtely special and made the ps2 shine

 

[Don Carlo]

GT3 The GOAT

 

[Victhemic]

Never played a GT game as I prefer arcade racers. Are they hardcore racing sims like the really anal stuff you get on PC or somewhere inbetween?

Very chill and accessable. Best controller gameplay in the industry. Driving aids like traction control and racing line can be activated (even help for braking).

 

[StreetsofBeige]

https://racingsoundtracks.com/game/gran-turismo-3-a-spec

 

[Blood Borne]

GT4 is the greatest racer ever made.

 

[Biff]

Doodoo doodoo doodoo doodoo
Doodoo doodoo doodoo doodoo
Doodoo doodoo doodoo doodoo
Doodoo doodoo doodoo doodoo
Doodoo doodoo doodoo doodoo

Definitely one of, if not the best GT

(Edit: for American Bros we had Just a Day by Feeder for the opening)

I'm truly sorry you guys didn't get to experience the NA intro. IMO the best in gaming history. I would watch it every time I booted the game, no skipping.

Timestamped the peak for your viewing pleasure:

 

[Judge Magister]

Don't forget Gran Turismo for PSP. It could have been awesome if it had a good carreer mode.
I think 5 is a bit underrated. Although 6 has some cool exclusive content, 5's carreer mode is better imo and both 5P and 5 menus soundtracks are my favorite of the series.

Polyphony Digital is one of those devs ahead of their time.
I voted 4. Everything about this game it's PS2 peak, it has so much content.

 

[Unknown?]

The campaign wasn't great but loads of content on a handheld was awesome!

Don't forget Gran Turismo for PSP. It could have been awesome if it had a good carreer mode.
I think 5 is a bit underrated. Although 6 has some cool exclusive content, 5's carreer mode is better imo and both 5P and 5 menus soundtracks are my favorite of the series.

Polyphony Digital is one of those devs ahead of their time.
I voted 4. Everything about this game it's PS2 peak, it has so much content.

 

[Signalis]

Gran Turismo 2 will always be my favourite. The amount of hours I spent playing it, and grinding a specific race which was kind of easy to win the Suzuki Escudo Pikes Peak was amazing. It was fast as fuck and you could keep grinding the race to win more and sell it for a ton of money. Good time, I miss those days.

 

[TGO]

I'm truly sorry you guys didn't get to experience the NA intro. IMO the best in gaming history. I would watch it every time I booted the game, no skipping.

Timestamped the peak for your viewing pleasure:

Sorry when the music cuts out for that split second and the "3" slams onto the screen before the chorus kicks back in, that is legendary.
Plus the song is way more catchy

 

[SenkiDala]

GT1 for nostalgia, it was insane at that time, I never gave a fuck about cars but I spent entire days on this.

 

[Calverz]

Anyone got tips for the formula 1 Côte d'Azur race? The 70+ lap race? It's the only race I need to effectively complete the game and it's nightmare lol

 

[Rocco Schiavone]

I still remember waiting in front of a big department store to buy the game on day one. The store had a Saturn electronics store on the ground floor.

About 20 people were waiting impatiently in front of the store.

There's never been such a huge leap in graphics as from GT2 to GT3.

Man, that blew me away back then.

 

[pixelation]

That was Seattle and I agree. It needs to be brought back.

Dang! Yeah you're right! And yeah... circuit tracks bore me to death. Bring back city tracks!

 

[Unknown?]

I was just remembering, the first time I saw GT3 with my own eyes was at a demo kiosk at Best Buy. I remember playing it and then running to get my dad to show him how good it looked and he said, "wow that looks better than real life!"

GT4 wasn't the same jump but it was still pretty big from GT3 with 3d spectators that could run out of the way at Grand Canyon for example.

 

[Victhemic]

Back in the day I had the most fun with 1 and especially 3.

3 was such a monstrous leap forward. I still think the lighting and the way the sun's rays bounce off the asphalt looks good, but in 2001, it looked unbelievable.

But I recently played 4 (after not getting hugely into it on PS2) with the Spec II mod, and it's my favorite. It has the best single-player campaign and the Spec II mod adds a lot of modernization and QoL improvements.

One of the biggest graphical leaps I've ever witnessed. I remember thinking this looked closed to real life. Looking back, I have no idea why I thought that lol, but this game was one hell of a PS2 showcase.

TIL 2001 was 25 years ago.
Wait, that means GTA3 is also 25 years old later this year.
ffs
What is time? Baby don't hurt me...

To keep on topic, when GT1 came out I was blown away and played the hell out of it. While GT3 also mega impressed me with the visuals, I think by then I was veering off racing sims, so didn't play it as much.

I still think it's THE biggest graphical leap I've ever witnessed.


This quick video should remind you again why you had that feeling. If you watch from the start, by the time GT3 is on screen you should still be like "Woah!":



John made such a masterpiece video series that perfectly touched on this:

I feel bad for kids today who won't have their mind blown ever the way this game was capable of blowing a mind.

It is absolutely crazy that we went from PS1 graphics to THIS game. I will never forget the first time I saw the sun illuminate the pavement. This was peak.

This.

Granted, there may have been more impactful generational, graphical leaps in gaming history, but this was mine and I'll never forget it. Nothing could impress me after this one.

The visual jumps at the time were incredible.. every week or so we went to the mall as kids, we were excited to see how awesome the next game looked. Buying every magazine to get the demo disc.
You will never be able to replicate the feeling again. Future cop L.A.P.D, Rosco McQueen, Tomba, Rollcage, Time crisis..

You could get more enjoyment from a demo disc then some games these days.

The first time I played a racing game for that many hours. It was super fun and the graphics were insane!
I remember walking in a store with a non gamer friend and the intro of GT3 was playing on a tv screen. I told him these were in game graphics and he just wouldn't believe it.

Although I enjoyed later GT's (and now GT7), I've never had that feeling again that I had with GT3. It was the perfect package.

This 100%. The graphics were light years ahead back then. Man, I miss the generational leap between PS1 and PS2.

The GOAT.

Funnily enough at the time I wasnt impressed with the handling but graphics blew me away. I grew to adore the game though. Still looks amazing today on a CRT TV

I still remember waiting in front of a big department store to buy the game on day one. The store had a Saturn electronics store on the ground floor.

About 20 people were waiting impatiently in front of the store.

There's never been such a huge leap in graphics as from GT2 to GT3.

Man, that blew me away back then.

I was just remembering, the first time I saw GT3 with my own eyes was at a demo kiosk at Best Buy. I remember playing it and then running to get my dad to show him how good it looked and he said, "wow that looks better than real life!"

GT4 wasn't the same jump but it was still pretty big from GT3 with 3d spectators that could run out of the way at Grand Canyon for example.

I love all these wholesome "I couldn't believe the graphics!" reactions!