I've been playing since the first GT, but I distinctively remember booting up GT4 for the first time, going to the UCD and buying a black Honda CRX. That thought of "Here we go again." was pleasing.
One thing I remember from GT2 was buying or winning the HKS drag car thinking it would be amazing with all that power not knowing what a drag car was. I remember being baffled why it wouldn't turn and keep up with other cars.
I remember the excitement of playing the original GT for the very first time when it first came. I was blown away by how realistic it looked at the time. Then I remember playing every game since that moment obsessively and waiting forever for GT4 and GT5 and never being disappointed. Even if GT5 was lacking in features I still really enjoyed it
One of my favorite memories from GT 4 was winning the American Championship race with the Shelby Series 1 for 200 A-Spec points with the 2J in the line up. What a race