More GT4 FAQs

Quick questions list:

1. I can't do __________ race/championship
2. I can’t find a certain car, where is it?
3. Why can't I enter the Extreme Hall?
4. How can I win the Gran Turismo World Championship?
5. Is there a list of the line-ups for the Gran Turismo World Championship?
6. Are there any settings for __________ car?
7. Is there a Used Car cycle list (when certain cars appear, etc)?
8. How do I drift?
9. The license tests are too hard, how can I do/gold them?
10. What can I do to stop my B-Spec driver driving so badly on La Sarthe 24 hours?
11. Used Wheels. When do certain ones appear?
12. How do I make days pass quicker?
13. Wheels compatible with GT4?
14. How do I tune the suspension of my car?
15. What cars can't be raced in Simulation mode?
16. What are the 4 black LMP cars?
17. What is the best 3,500,000 - 4,500,000Cr. car to buy?
18. What are A-Spec points/ how do I maximize them?
19. What are B-spec points/ how do I maximize them?
20. 200 A-Spec races. Are they possible to win?
21. Help! My GT4 save game/ memory card is corrupt. What should I do?
22. Where can I upload my videos/pictures?
23. How do I make a video?
24. How do I get a GT4 video onto my PC?
25. How can I earn money quickly?
26. My PS2 won't play GT4?
27. What should I purchase as my first car?
28. What is TCS?
29. What is ASM?
30. What top speed have people attained?
31. What is the most hated/liked track?
32. Are there any maps of the tracks?
33. People's ¼ mile times?
34. People's 0-60mph times?
35. How do I back-up my GT4 savegame?
36. How do you take a picture with multiple cars in it?
37. How do I put my GT4 pictures onto a PC?
38. Should I use manual or automatic transmission?
39. Which car has the best sound?
40. People’s favorite car in GT4?
41. The most powerful car?
42. What’s the best handling FF car?
43. What is the Nike 2022?
44. VW Golf Mk V GTI transmission bug (4th and 5th gears the same)?
45. Mitsubishi Eclipse 2006 transmission bug (4th and 5th gears the same)?
46. What is the point of Tuners Village? They all sell the same parts?
47. What is the ending movie music called?
48. Why is there no split times at Fuji Speedway 2005?
49. Are Ferrari, Porsche and Lamborghini in GT4?
50. Where do I find the old Mini?



Main questions list:

1. I can't do __________ race/championship

Be sure to use the SEARCH function before making a thread for help, because there’s a high chance its been discussed before. In-depth write-ups of some events can be found in this thread HERE.


2. I can’t find a certain car, where is it?

There’s a discussion on this HERE. Or, you can look at the Used Car Cycle list of when certain cars appear in the Used Car lots HERE (PAL) or HERE (NA). You could also look at the Prize Car Lists HERE (JPN list), HERE (NA list), or HERE.(PAL list)


3. Why can't I enter the Extreme Hall?

You need gold in all series races in Beginner and Professional Halls to access the final event in Professional Hall or any event in Extreme Hall, and also make sure they are not Bronze instead of Gold because they can look quite similar. If you skip a race or lose a race during a series, you must go back and race that as well.


4. How can I win the Gran Turismo World Championship?

All the help and cars you can use are found HERE. There are also some good Race Reports on this champonship, found in this thread.


5. Is there a list of the line-ups for the Gran Turismo World Championship?

Yes. The cycle for the 52 line-ups in the PAL version are listed in here.


6. Are there any settings for __________ car?

Be sure to use the SEARCH function before making a thread requesting settings on a car because it may have been done before. Duck has done settings for many cars already, so it’s great to check out his workshop HERE.


7. Is there a Used Car cycle list (when certain cars appear, etc)?

There is a great Used Car cycle list made by Famine (PAL version only) HERE. Download the Excel file there.

8. How do I drift?

HERE you will find a very useful thread on how to get you started. Any other questions can be found HERE.


9. The license tests are too hard, how can I do/gold them?

There is lots of help on these tests; I guarantee you’ll be winning after you’ve read these!

A step by step guide on how to gold the licenses written by The Missing Link is found HERE

Or, there are threads on the subject HERE and HERE.

If this still isn’t enough, there’s the Mission Hall & Driving Tests forum too with other threads.


10. What can I do to stop my B-Spec driver driving so badly on La Sarthe 24 hours?

There is a large thread discussing various problems and ways of getting around them in this race found here.


11. Used Wheels. When do certain ones appear?

You'll find a great list of when to find certain used wheels HERE.

12. How to I make days pass quicker/how do days pass?

All the information you need to know can be found HERE.


13. Wheels compatible with GT4?

You can find a list of compatible wheels not only for GT4, but the other GT games as well HERE.


14. How do I tune the suspension of my car?

A great guide written by ///M-Spec and Duke on how to tune your suspension is found HERE.


15. What cars can't be raced in Simulation mode?

There is a list of cars that cannot be used in Simulation mode found HERE.


16. What are the 4 black LMP cars?

You'll find everything you need to know about them in HERE.


17. What is the best 3,500,000 - 4,500,000Cr. car to buy?

You will find people's opinions on which car to buy in here, and more in-depth testing in this thread.


18. What are A-Spec points/ how do I maximize them?

Famine does a great job of explaining how they work HERE.

Other than that, A-Spec points are only for bragging rights.


19. What are B-Spec points/ how do I maximize them?

There is a thread with several links in it to help you, found HERE.


20. 200 A-Spec races. Are they possible to win?

Check out the sub-forum dedicated to these races HERE.


21. Help! My GT4 savegame/memory card is corrupt. What should I do?

You can't do much to save the GT4 save, I'm afraid. Once it's corrupt it's gone, unless you had the savegame on another memory card or backed up onto your PC using a Max Drive (see question No. 30 for more information on backing up save files).

To fix the corrupt card, you can use the Max Drive. You highlight the card which is having problems, then press Square to give it a clean format. It should then work properly.


22. Where can I upload my videos/pictures?

I personaly use Imageshack.us for images, and http://www.yousendit.com/ for videos, but there are many other places found HERE.

A good guide on how to upload pictures can be found HERE.


23. How do I make a video?

There is a good guide on how to make one HERE.


24. How do I get a GT4 video onto my PC?

A great guide on how to do this is found HERE. Thanks to daan for giving this to us.


25. How can I earn money quickly?

There are lots of ways found HERE.


26. My PS2 won't play GT4?

A large, helpful thread on this is found HERE.


27. What should I purchase as my first car?

There are lots of different first cars people have bought found HERE and HERE.


28. What is TCS?

This stops the cars wheels from spinning when you apply throttle. You can change how strong you apply this in the setup screen just before a race. The stronger you apply it, the less wheelspin you get.


29. What is ASM?

This applies the brakes automatically to slow down the car while going around a corner. This helps the car stop oversteering and understeering, depending on what’s happening. You can change how strong you apply these in the car setup screen just before a race. The stronger you apply the settings, the less oversteer or understeer you will get, but this can slow down your car badly. If you want the best track times, you should disable it.


30. What top speed have people attained?

Find out how fast people have been in their cars HERE and HERE.


31. What is the most hated/liked track?

What people think is the worst track is found HERE. large thread.

People's favorite and most hated tracks are found HERE too.


32. Are there any maps of the tracks?

Check out the thread containing maps of the wide range of tracks HERE.


33. People's ¼ mile times?

You’ll find lots of times HERE.


34. People's 0-60mph times?

You’ll find people's times HERE. To take an accurate reading, go to the 0-400m or 0-1000m strips in the Power and Speed hall, race, and pause when you reach 60mph. The time will be on the top right-hand corner of your screen.


35. How do I back-up my GT4 savegame?

You need to have 2 PS2 memory cards. Go to the PS2’s browser and copy the savegame from one memory chip to the other.

Or, you can use a:

MAXDRIVE = Is a USB flashdrive that comes with its own Software. The Software lets you copy saves from your memory card to the USB drive and vice versa.

X-port = is a device that you put your memory card in and can connect to your PC via USB.

With the savegames on your PC you can share them over the Internet! Therefore you see those savegames in *.max format or *.xps

The production of this product has stopped now, though, so try somewhere like www.ebay.co.uk / www.ebay.com


36. How do you take a picture with multiple cars in it?

Firstly before you read on, you’ll need Photoshop Elements (or better) before you can do any of this.

The tutorial on how to put multiple cars in a picture is found HERE, along with a video tutorial as well.


37. How do I put my GT4 pictures onto a PC?

There is a list of compatible USB devices HERE.

And questions and comments can be found in HERE.


38. Should I use manual or automatic transmission?

A great discussion on whether to use manual or automatic transmissions is found HERE


39. Which car has the best sound?

People’s opinions on what’s the best sounding car is found HERE and HERE.


40. People’s favorite car in GT4?

A large thread on what people think is their favorite car is found HERE.

Or, there are photos of people's favorite cars found in the Photo & Videos Galleries forum by doing a search for “favorite car”.


41. The most powerful car?

The most powerful cars in GT4 (fully moddified) are found HERE and HERE.


42. What is the best handling FF car?

People’s opinions are in THIS thread.


43. What is the Nike 2022?

HERE you’ll find lots of info on the car, and the creator of it, Phil Frank, takes a visit too!


44. VW Golf Mk V GTI transmission bug?(4th and 5th gears the same)

Information on how to sort that out is found HERE.


45. Mitsubishi Eclipse 2006 transmission bug? (4th and 5th gears the same)

Information on how to sort that out is found HERE.


46. What is the point of Tuners Village? They all sell the same parts?

Sometimes, you can find “Original” parts sold by some tuners. This varies depending on what car you’re tuning. Other than this, the parts are all the same.


47. What is the ending movie music called?

Synthetic vs The Antidote - Moon Over The Castle.


48. Why are there no split times at Fuji Speedway 2005?

This is probably because the split times in GT4 are from real life, so when GT4 was made, the track wasn’t even complete, so PD had no idea where to put them and left them out.


49. Are Ferrari, Porsche and Lamborghini in GT4?

No. This is because other game companies have the license to have them in their games, which makes them have an advantage over the GT series. So if PD were to acquire the licenses, it would be very expensive.


50. Where do I find the old Mini?

The car is only available in the Japanese and Chinese first-releases of GT4.


Please remember before making a new thread, do a SEARCH and look in the other FAQs found HERE and HERE. If you can’t find anything there or by searching, feel free to make a new topic.

I’ll be adding to this FAQ when I can. If you have any problems or have any improvements you'd like me to do on this FAQ, please be free to PM ME and I’ll gladly try to help. To be honest to you guys, I don’t play GT4 too much myself so I won’t be too knowledgeable about questions you may ask, I’m just giving you the links to places that are worth looking at so searching yourself is kept to a minimum. Well, with these links you don’t need to be knowledgeable, you can probably find what you need here!


Do not reply in this thread if you see it open. More than likely I'll be editing the FAQs. Thank you.