Out of all the halls, there are a total of 26 race series where a Japanese car is required.
I believe you mean individual races, and not race series
(aka events).
There are 94 events
(317 races) among all the Halls, and of all of those, I am aware of
ONLY 6 events
(26 races) that require a Japanese car:
- Japan Championship (5 races)
- Japanese 70's Classics (5 races)
- Japanese 80's Festival (5 races)
- Japanese 90's Challenge (5 races)
- Japanese Compact Cup (5 races)
- Roadster 4h Endurance (1 endurance race)
6 events out of 94, and 26 races out of 317 is less than 10% of all those events and races.
In terms of actual mileage driven, the percentages drop even further!
That's hardly what I would call a significant Japanese bias.
BTW: Interestingly enough, the OP started this with a complaint about how many races are in the
All Japan GT Championship, and used that as a catalyst for yet another “GT4 is waaaay too Japanese” rant… He may not have realized it, but the
All Japan GT Championship doesn't even require that you use a Japanese car!
Yes there are more Japanese manufacturer races than from other countries, as expected considering how many more Japanese cars there are, but even they represent a very small fraction of all the races in the game. In fact those 10 events account for only 330 miles of racing... less than 2% of all the miles driven in races in the game.
So even when you include all the events that require a Japanese car, it still represents a very small part of GT4:
Out of all 143 events, 522 races, and about 22,000 miles of racing in GT4, only 26 events, 118 races, and 892 miles does the game require you to use a Japanese car.
There are some problems with your
“breakdown of represented tracks", but more importantly, if you compare the actual mileage driven on all tracks for all events, those raced on Japanese tracks represent a small fraction of actual playing time… but then again, we are just talking about tracks after all.
"Nearly 300" out of somewhere around 730 still means that almost 60% of the cars in the game are Japanese.
So what? They could have a million Japanese cars, the fact remains that they offer a vast collection and wide variety of non-Japanese cars, tracks, events, races, and actual race mileage, more so than any other current GT copycat game.
Agreed, GT4 offers far far more non-Japanese cars than any other game. I'm not arguing that.
Well that's a start at least.
I'm agreeing with the assertion that Japan is over-represented in the game, even given that the developers and Sony are all Japanese.
If by over represented you mean cars, then I agree whole heartedly. In terms of racing, then I cannot, unless the assumption is that by representing less than 5% of the game playing requiring Japanese cars is now considered "over-representation".... of course, judging by some peoples ranting over how they believe GT4 is "too" Japanese, maybe for them, 5% is too much and will only be happy with a game that requires the use of a Japanese car less than 1% of the time.
I believe I have shown that the stats do in fact support it.
For which we will have to agree to disagree.
I will say though, it is somewhat disturbing that anyone
(not anyone here specifically) would be so offended by having so many Japanese cars and tracks in the game. After all, its not like they are going to give you cooties. In the end, why does it even matter what country they are from or located in?
While the majority of cars that I have the most appreciation for are generally pre-1970 classic GT cars and sports cars, and from that group, there are not many Japanese cars that thrill me. Among the hordes of modern cars, I am mostly drawn towards those from the marquee German automakers, especially Porsche, BMW, and Audi... however, I try to be nationally agnostic in my appreciation for cars.
For me though, a great car is simply that... a great car. And a lousy car is simply that... a lousy car. Where it was made, or even who made it does not change that fact.
Despite my lack of divine interest in most Japanese cars, I can still appreciate what they offer, and frankly I’m glad they are in GT4 as they simply add far more diversity to the game then if most of them were not there… like so many other GT games.
