Gran Turismo 4

[zero132132]

Has anyone played this game other than me? It is such an awesome game. I love it!!!

Unfortunately my dad was playing and he turned it off while it was saving so I lost my Mazda 787B, my Toyota Minolta, and about 10 other 500,000 or more cars. Has anyone actually beaten all of the driving missions? I think that the slip-stream battle where the first place car starts out 15 seconds ahead is impossible! :S

[Kisanzi]

It's strange, I usually hate realistic racing games but Gran Turismo is the one exception. The game is simply excellent; the graphics, physics and cars are all flawless. I'm at about 15% completion right now, but I've yet to do any of the driving missions. All I can say is that I love my Lotus Elise, it's the one car I wish that I could have in real life. The only problem I'm having right now is deciding what car to use for the GT cups. Every single car I have, including my 3000 GT that has a max speed of 250 mph, can't keep up after about two laps. My tires always wear down too fast and the other cars seem to take turns faster than me with no problem. If you have any advice then let me know.

[seiryu]

Has anyone played this game other than me? It is such an awesome game. I love it!!!

Unfortunately my dad was playing and he turned it off while it was saving so I lost my Mazda 787B, my Toyota Minolta, and about 10 other 500,000 or more cars. Has anyone actually beaten all of the driving missions? I think that the slip-stream battle where the first place car starts out 15 seconds ahead is impossible!

Umm...I haven't beaten all of the driving missions, but I did do some. You just have to find the right line and time your braking, shifting, etc. (in other words you'll probably need to be near-flawless) and you should be able to do them. They are doable....just very hard.

It's strange, I usually hate realistic racing games but Gran Turismo is the one exception. The game is simply excellent; the graphics, physics and cars are all flawless. I'm at about 15% completion right now, but I've yet to do any of the driving missions. All I can say is that I love my Lotus Elise, it's the one car I wish that I could have in real life. The only problem I'm having right now is deciding what car to use for the GT cups. Every single car I have, including my 3000 GT that has a max speed of 250 mph, can't keep up after about two laps. My tires always wear down too fast and the other cars seem to take turns faster than me with no problem. If you have any advice then let me know.

I wish I had my '99 Silvia S15 Spec-R AERO or '97 Civic Type-R (EK) in real life.

About the tires thing, it's hard for me to give advice when I can't watch you in action, but what I can say is that conserving tires is very important. Softer tires wear down fast but provide excellent traction; conversely, Harder tires wear down slowly but obviously provide less grip. I haven't done the GT cups yet in GT4 (I did them in GT3, but I think I was using an F1 car XD), but I've been using the S3 sport tires, I can't really afford much since I just started recently.

Avoid sliding as much as possible. Drifting is fun but when you need to conserve your tires, it just makes it worse. Follow the gear shifting thingy (the red number that suggests what gear you should be in during corners) unless you think you can make it in a higher/lower gear. For corners where you only need to downshift once, I'd recommend braking and slowing down to the speed of the lower gear first, then downshifting (rather than having the engine rev really high when you downshift, a cause for lag/slow acceleration), but that's just me. Use the apex as a guide for turning and you should be able to avoid excess tire wear. If you have to go many laps, don't pit as much. It's worth it to skip the pit stop because the computer will go when their tires are worn down, so whenever you pit less than them your lead will get bigger or you can keep that lead. Even if it means your tires are red (burned off, nonexistant, etc.), keep going. It will give you a good lead and practice controlling your car. In GT3 with the 100 lap endurance race, I used my Evo 5 and only went to the pit around 3 or 4 times. Just remember that as the tires wear down, it loses grip, so you have to take turns slower and watch the hard turns, it increases your chances of sliding out.

[zero2990]

I havnt got round to getting it yet.....the DS came first whats the viper like in this one,most of my mates hate this car but its not to hard get the hang of once you get used to the backend sliding out on every turn.plus its probably the best car for that stupid hairpin on that laguna track.......slides round nicely with lots of nice oversteer YEEAAHH

[zero132132]

Nah this one is SOOOOO hard. It takes forever and then you end up 3 seconds behind 1st place.