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good game, needs better handling though... |
| Dean from England says (3/Apr/2006): |
well what to say, the game overall is good, yet it isn't realistic in the sence of handling, i mean everyone knows you can go down the road in a real car give it full lock left or right and it will easily do a 360, yet on the game it doesn't it hardly has any lock at all, you have to slow down loads to take a stupid corner which would be easy in real life, you have to buy a 4,500,000 car like the GT-One to have more realistic handling, thats a bit stupid... i'll wait for GT5 on the ps3 i think
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The greates game of all time |
| Simon from Denmark says (21/Jan/2006): |
This game i outstanding..... it has unbeliveble realistic handling, much better than any other game. It has many many cars, and they all handles like in real life. You would think that when they make rally and normal racing i one game, at least on of the things would bee unrealistic, but thínk twice, this game has the most realistic handling, in race, and in rally. Some people think that need for speed is better, but i think that if you give gt4 10 stars, then you can´t give need for speed more than 4 stars, even though it is okay. The cars are simply beautifull, every one of them, and there are an endless number of cars. This game is, and will allways be the best and most realistic game ever made, untill they make gt5 :-)
Peace out
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Damn!!! |
| Aceexxx from Scotland says (4/Nov/2005): |
Gran Turismo 3 was a great game but The fourth installment is just well perfect.It might not have Ferraris,Lambos ...etc but its still perfect. The handleing is true to life unlike crap like Need For Speed where you can go around corners at 140mph. There is also a good sense of speed. In other games when i drive < remove me > at 120 it feels like 30. And it now has real tracks. Which means you can see how fast you can travel aruond the nurenberg ring in the game take youre car and see how accurate the game is.
Thats a game!
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THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!! |
| Milner from Barton Upon Humber,England says (23/Aug/2005): |
This Does exactly what it says on the tin it has the most advanced graphics and unique real handling for every car the cars actually behave as they would in real life. Also the game has been improved to keep you captivated and addicted to it for hours by introducing more real world circuits such as suzuka and the Nurburgring nordscheife will keep you playing for hours as you simply have so much to do to achieve a 100% game completion Also as another improvement on the previous GT games is the introduction of classic cars from the 80`s which cannot be bought from the dealers being able to be bought from the used cars which change every week so you have to keep checking to see if the car you have a soft spot for will come up on the lists eg. i spent ages waiting for a lotus Carlton to come up and eventually i got one.
Overall this is a game which will not leave you waiting for a sequel because Basically the game at the present will leave you hooked for such a long time.
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Don't waste your time with the game! |
| BenO from USA says (23/Aug/2005): |
All these reviews talking about how great the graphics are that's a load of crap! If they where so hot why does the graphics scramble all the time for. And the wheels the pixels are so horrible that they look jagged around the edges. They may have tons of cars but about every one is crap where are the Ferraris and lambos they may have Aston Martin but where are the classics. And the subarus in this game drive like slugs. And the tuning shop what a rip off parts are way to much and when you do upgrade it doesnt help that much either. And why can't you resale the parts to. And the tuning village I thought buying parts there would be better but there the same stinking parts that you can buy from you car maker. The photo shoot may be one of a kind but do you really need that please! And that so called soundtrack is horrible. If you guys or gals want real fun get forza or need for speed.
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The most complete racer currently on the market |
| A gamer from Lincoln, England says (1/Aug/2005): |
I am still enjoying the newest edition of this racing series and would like to add my humble opinion. The graphics are indeed very good and the handling is pretty close to what it is in real life. The selection of cars and tracks are second to none and I actually like the subtle changes the modifications make to your car(I don't care to much for the nitrous option as it's to easy to win when using it!). The two things that get to me are 1. Lack of collision damage. (I can see this is annoying everyone and will continue to do so until implemented). 2. Competitors lack any personality. Even naming the other drivers would help. You could start worrying about the talented rookie who might steal your thunder etc...
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great. but there lots of room for improvement in gt5 |
| A gamer from derry,ireland says (26/Jul/2005): |
the game should have better carsm coz most of the cars r not worth drivin'.car damage,more good cars, the ablity to customize cars less 2-d trees and more car makes. theres no porshes,no ferriras,no mclarens,no lambos,and no weather changes. its always sunny(except rain tracks). it has not alot of certain car makes neither.it has 3 aston martins.i think on the ps3 games will bigga and betta.if u are buying a ps3 when its out a good game to buy is kill zone two. the grapics are amaze ing...oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah
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what is going on |
| phoenix from united kingdom says (20/Jul/2005): |
gt 4 not as good as i thought it would be but its a amazing game none the less.The choice of cars is wide but lacking to get some new names that we want to see like Ferrari,Lamborghini and Maserati.The game offers alot of hours of gameplay if you got the time to sit down and complete all the licences and do all of the driving missions.But if you just want to go side ways around the corner get in a dodge viper gtr team orica and turn off the traction control which is alot of fun.but when in comes to tuning your car its very disapointing when you look how far need for speed and midnight club have come.The graphics are very crisp and clinical which makes watching your replay very amuseing then you turn up your tv and hear the dreadful sound of the engines which is just awful.But for £40 you can't go wrong dispite the dodgey sound of the engines and the poop moding its a good game overall.
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The best driving simulator ever? |
| Matt from London, England says (14/Jul/2005): |
GT4 is in my eyes is the best driving simulator to be produced so far on the PS2. Having said that though the game is not perfect and anyone that says it is, is wrong. It is very easy to be excited by the astonishing graphics, however as so many people have already said it dose lack damage to the cars which to me makes the game incomplete. As we all know driving games get better and better each year and so to rate this game as perfect would be naive as you would be admitting that there is no way of improving it. I am struggling to understand everyone's problems with the handling of the game as each car can be modified before each race to suit the track you are racing on and a good driver would know the gear to be in etc when turning.
Loving the selection of cars, however as was mentioned in an ealrier review the lack of ferraris etc is disapponiting.
As the game is so large I could ramble on for ages, but to sum it up I would say that it is the best racing sim on the PS2 enough depth to keep you going for ages and definitely worth the buy.
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Needs Improvement |
| Jason from Atlanta, USA says (28/Jun/2005): |
A good game, but one that needs work if it is to be the so called "ultimate driving simulator". The selection of cars isn't bad, but there's no ferrari's, lamborghini's, ect... and the selection of porsches IMHO is crap. Porsche is LEGENDARY in racing, porsche made the car that effectively made ford pack it up and go home with thier GT40 in the late 60's when no one thought it could be done. The availability to customize cars is severely lacking, no really special paint jobs, decals, kits, ect. There's really nothing that will change the cars overal look in the game, and when you change wheels, they still look stock size, and don't drive any different. If you really did get bigger wheels and lower the tire profile, you would get increased grip due to the higher Y flat radius of the tire, at a decrease of ride quality and making your shocks work harder. The engine sounds could be improved but that's negligable. Everything else is good about the game, very realistic car handling.
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Great graphics but ridiculous handling and gameplay!!!! |
| ALI from Portsmouth in England says (26/Jun/2005): |
Ive only had this game a couple of days. I was really looking forward to it as the last one was great and the television ads really seduced me. However what an anti climax. It claims to be realistic but that is a load of crap. i have a mitsubishi lancer evo and yet it struggles to go round corners at 35Mph. And these are wide roads i am talking about. Even my piece of crap nissan bluebird can go round those corners easily at 35Mph. Why do the cars all seem to have pooh 14inch tyres and not 16-19?. Also the braking is crap. I have installed all the brake upgrades and it still doesnt stop. Graphics are great but whats the point if gameplay is excrement!!!
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Lot's of questions |
| C Mason from Seattle, WA says (10/Jun/2005): |
After playing this game for over 12 hours, it is obvious that the programmers at Polyphony spent alot of time giving the graphics
a large boost from GT3, but the selection of performance parts
and the brands to choose from are clandistine. Anybody who is not even educated about racing cars can pick up Hot Rod magazine or Import-Tuner magazine and see within the first 10 pages that GT4 has very little to offer when it comes to tune up parts for the cars. The selection of cars is not that impressive. There are alot of cars that you will never use because they are useless little eurotrash cars with no horsepower. Where are the 57' Chevy's? Ferrari's? Lamborghini's? McClarren F-1's?
Why don't the cars sit lower to the ground when you upgrade the suspension and lower the car. Why do most of the cars sound like
a lawn-mower on crack? Why do all the wheels to choose from look like 14" rims and not 17 or 18?
Why is there no damage, exhaust detonation, suspension spark from the ground when hitting a dip in the road, rain or bad weather that usually takes place in europe?
This all may seem a bit much but to ask for, but it's to be expected from a game that claims to be "The Ultimate Driving Simulator" Maybe they should change it to "Another Underdeveloped Driving Simulator" Come on guys, I mean Need For Speed Underground? You can paint your damn brake calipers if you want,
and pick out your muffler, stickers, rims, etc, etc, and that game isn't even trying to claim to be a realistic simulator (although the drag strip part is very real looking!)
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GT4 is an awsome game but still lacking |
| RichieD from SouthFL,USA says (10/Jun/2005): |
GT4 is the greatest racing simulation yet. Hundreds of cars to choose from and tons of tracks to race on as well as a drag strip. I like how they've added a the nos option because in some A-spec races, that deffinitely makes the difference. As far as the physics go, the only downside is the whole flying off the track at low speeds, but other than that, atleast all the american muscle cars from GT3 actually stay on the track this time, ie... the corvette race car. The exhaust note in some of the v-8's is really weak and definitely needs to be improved upon in the next GT as well as allowing the muscle cars atleast the opportunity to be tuned to lift off the ground slightly to give them the muscle car appeal they deserve. The license tests on GT4 are a whole lot harder than the previous GT's but you can finally beat the game without having to get all golds on the tests. There's a whole lot more variety as far as vehicle choices. You get to choose from cars, trucks, medium to high power race cars like the Takata Dome NSX, high power races cars like the BMW McLaren, and still the extremely versitile Formula Race Car of which there is only one type in this game unfortunately, unlike GT3 which had about 8 different types of Formula racers. Hands down GT4 is definitely the best all-around race car game made so far for any console.
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Excellent |
| Mr cool from lees,oldham,england,europe,the world says (18/May/2005): |
the graphics on this game are the best ive ever seen but it can get really boreing. the cars are also impossable to steer because you go flying off the track when you turn. i have a dodge viper that has about 700 bhp because i put the best engine in and stuff like that and i have to brake about a mile away from the turn just so it dosent fly off the track. apart from that it is an ok game mainly because it has evry car you can think of loads of tracks and you can put nos in your car. i forgot im also having trouble on the clubman cup which is abit gay when my car has about 700 bhp
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GT4 is the best!!! |
| Jason Roberts from Stanley, North Carolina, USA says (10/May/2005): |
GT4 Is with out a doubt the best racing game of all time. The graphics, & sounds are just amazing. The game was worth every penny. If you love racing games, then this is a MUST have game. I have waited a long time for this game, especially after completing 100% of GT3 2 years ago, and it was worth the wait. This is a game that I could never get tired of playing. The races on this game prove that you can drive a racecar because most of these races are very tough to accomplish, especially the mission races where you almost have to be perfect. As a matter of fact, I just completed 100% of GT4, after completing the last mission race #34 which is the toughest race I have ever done. Its very hard to drive around a 13 mile, 176 turn racetrack for 1 lap trying to catch a car thats 123 seconds in front of you, and you can not afford to make any mistakes or lose any seconds what so ever. It took me probably 30 attempts but finally got it, but I love a challenge, thats what makes this game so awesome, and I love the all black Formula GT racecar that you win but only if you complete 100%. The creaters of this game really put a lot of effort in this game and it shows. They make each and every race a challenge, and thats what makes the game #1. I hope sometime in the future they create GT5! I can hardly wait. But for now Ill just have fun racing around the awesome tracks of GT4!
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ITS OK |
| streetracer from westport,ma says (1/May/2005): |
All you people writing these review have you ever play a racing game that wasnt a GT game? GT4 is a great car fix up game but as far as racin it its like watching fishing on tv as boring as hell for 4 hours untill you get one winner i think (( the best sim racing game in the world)) should well at leaset let the corvette or the saleen s7 handle turn at speeds faster then my brothers 1990 explorer can handle i am a real street racer ok and i have drivin a 03 evo 8 mr and the car is a lot faster in real life then in the game the evo 8 mr runs around 12s in the game we my brother truck would pervale again o and maybe its just me but for the worlds best racing sim game well i am no expert on this but i knwo when i hit a wall doin 211mph usaully my headlights dont still work fonza motorsports is 5 times what gt4 is o ya and u can play online too same cars almost the same track better handling o and when i hit a wall doin 211mph my headlight really dont work anymore just like in the thing i like to call (REAL LIFE)so i thing sony should get some tips from the maker of fonza in the auctally meaning to the world REAL SIM RACING
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GT4 Has Very Realistic Handling |
| Dragon from Windhoek, Namibia says (20/Apr/2005): |
First of all, GT4 is the best driving game to date and its unbelievable how realistic games can get. I just want to say something about the ppl who sez GT4 does not have realistic handling, I drive a 1999 Nissan Skyline GTR and it handles EXACTLY the same in real life and in GT4, I've tested it over and over again and I even use GT4 for testing the capabilities of my real car and the results are very similar and accurate. Those that say the cars does not handle correctly should learn how to drive. Exellent work Polyphony!
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AWESOME GAME! |
| Jared Duncan-Watt from Newcastle, Australia says (17/Apr/2005): |
Gt4 is an awesome game, the graphics are sweet as and the handling has stepped up a couple of notches too. Those people who complain of not being able to go through corners at over 70 have no idea what they are talking about and obviously aren't very good at the game. Must say I love the wide selection of le mans racers that are now available and the addition of the original nurburgring circuit, IT ROCKS!!! The one problem with the game is that someone dropped the ball when dealing with the units of power. If you change from BHP to KW it still gives you the same value which is completely wrong.
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excellent, but could be better |
| phantom penguin from new zealand says (12/Apr/2005): |
i couldn't wait untill gt4 came out, and when it did, i was there, i bought, got home and played it untill my hands and fingers ached. The graphics are flawless, the cars themselves are amazing, and the amount of stuff to do and buy is breath-taking. The down-side, the cars dont handle realisticly, i tried goin round an average hairpin at 80kph, and went flying off the road, i don't think so. The cars also sound different to the real life versions. And in every single gt game i have played, including gt4, gt3, gt concept, gt2 gt1, the mags on the cars (whilst racing)are 2D!!!!!!! superior graphics? even nfsu 2 has 3d mags even whilst racing. And why oh why did they take out the racing modification option from gt1, it was a favorite for spicing up your cars, while still reatining that racey look. The game is excellent, well werth the money, but if they put out gt5, please make those improvements o yeah, and CAR DAMAGE is a must!
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GT4, The best racer ever |
| Dawei from AUSTRALIA says (11/Apr/2005): |
I would like to say one thing to all the people out there who say the physics in gt4 are bad, YOU ARE GAY!!! Have you even played the game? All the cars I own have perfect turning and are completly realistic. If you think the physics are unrealistic, then you obviously have never driven a car before (probably because you suck so much), and I hope for everyones sake you never do!
Oh yeah GT4 is the best game EVER!!!
I own a WRX sti and it turn perfectly at 100 mph, what the hell have you guys done to your WRXs, if you screwed them up, I will find you and force a screwdriver into your eyes.
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