Anyone get Gran Turismo 4 the Bible?

[eSPy]

Well I got my copy today and its worth every penny!

hey guy! any chance u wana scan it into pda format and zip it up along with a rip of the DVD? 👍

i know this is a longshot, but then somone could translate the thing.

 

[oryan_dunn]

Amazon are advertising

Gran Turismo 4 : Prima Official Game Guide. 352 pages.
&
Gran Turismo 4 : Driving The Game : Prima Official Game Guide. 176 pages.

If it wasn't for different amount of pages I would have said that these were the same thing. Is the GT4 Bible produced by Polyphony?

Is this "Driving the Game" by Prima the north american relase of the GT4 complete? If not, why is the 176 page guide retailing for 35 bucks while the 352 page guide retails for 17?

 

[Logan_AE86]

Look In the back of the GT4 instruction book, there is an advertisement for it, in US and Europe it will be called GT$ Complete, it also provides a URL. http://tkj.jp/gt4

 

[kamikazekoala]

Taken from Piggyback's site. (For the PAL-version of course)


Gran Turismo® 4 - The Official Guide -Press Release

08/03/2005

March 8th 2005 - Piggyback, Europe's leading official guide publisher and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe have redefined game guide development by inviting millions of players to compete in the Gran Turismo 4 Online League. The Online League will enable the most seasoned Gran Turismo 4 players to provide thousands of hours of driving experience and winning tactics, which will then be evaluated by the Piggyback authors and integrated into specific sections of the 310 page Gran Turismo 4 Official Guide. The end result will be the most complete game guide in the world.

From 11th March 2005, www.piggybackinteractive.com will open a new Gran Turismo 4 track daily for seven consecutive weeks. Contestants will compete, track for track against other Gran Turismo 4 players, gauge their own rankings and progress whilst evaluating the class of their challengers. The winners of each track will collect points, creating a league over the 50 tracks of the game.

Louie Beatty, Managing Director of Piggyback commented ¡§The Online League is the first of its kind and offers strong technical and tactical benefits to all Gran Turismo 4 players and Gran Turismo 4 Official Guide readers¡¨. Beatty continued ¡§Planned for release in May 2005, the Gran Turismo 4 Official Guide is being written by the largest guide editorial team ever assembled at Piggyback. Adding input from the Online League will result in a 310 page landmark book, the most complete strategy guide ever published.¡¨

Jason Fitzgerald, Product Manager of Gran Turismo 4 at Sony Computer Entertainment Europe added ¡§Gran Turismo 4 is one of the largest videogames ever published. It is a monumental achievement to offer millions of Gran Turismo 4 drivers across PAL territories a 100% complete 310 page driver¡¦s manual. This book will guide players through all details of the vast Gran Turismo world.¡¨ Fitzgerald continued ¡¨Putting Gran Turismo 4 drivers in touch with Gran Turismo 4 drivers online will enable all fans of the game to benefit from thousands of road-testing hours in the Official Guide and to fast-track to Gold.¡¨

Quick Facts:

Gran Turismo 4 Official Guide Content
ľ All 726+ cars and all 52 tracks completely covered
ľ All winning formulae and tactics from the online champions tried, tested and presented in one book
ľ Each track presented over a dedicated two-page spread

In-game Marketing
ľ Millions of Gran Turismo 4 PAL gamers will be invited to participate in the Gran Turismo 4 Official League

Instant Recognition
ľ All Piggyback guides, including the Gran Turismo 4 Official Guide use official game cover art.

Quality Production
ľ Piggyback produces its first 310 page official guide, printed on high quality paper.

Free Demos
ľ Visitors to www.piggybackinteractive.com can download a sample free of charge in May 2005.

RRP: TBC
ISBN: 1-903511-74-7
EAN: 978-1-903511-74-9
Ship date: May 2005

 

[thaverdict0690]

me and my girlfriend made our own. if you would like to download it, it is at http://clik.to/gt4fanatics

 

[Bonedwarf]

The site is *****ing that it won't let me download the exe file. (I'm assuming it's a executable zip or rar file.)

 

[seizure_]

so there is actually an English version of the Bible known as Complete but has yet to be published? any idea when the book will be released?

 

[ampsarus]

any more info about this 5x B-Spec thingy?

Yeah don't just that one hang!

 

[STINGER05]

me and my girlfriend made our own. if you would like to download it, it is at http://clik.to/gt4fanatics

Those pages I opened looked nice indeed. Thanks for that.
Unfortunately I could not enter the GT4 Bible in .zip format...But thanks anyway!!

 

[STINGER05]

Well I got my copy today and its worth every penny!

As I'm thinking of buying it eventually, what is it you like about it? Also does it explain some of the stuff some of us are debating over almost endlessly (and sometimes not even sure what is the right answer after all...?)

Your feedback is appreciated! 👍

 

[CapeRex]

Now that looks WAY better than the disappointing Prima guide...when the US version comes out I will surely buy it.

 

[Hokie]

In the US the book GT4: Driving the Game is a behind the scences look at developing GT4 with a lot of Photo Mode pictures of the cars. It gives no information to help you play the game better.

It sounds like the Prima strategy guide is not good. It does not have all the cars and really gives no help in learning how to drive or tune a car beyond what has already been provided by PD in previous versions of the game.

Anybody know of any plans to release GT4 The Bible in the US? Since it is in Japanese it sounds like it may only be worth it as a collectors item. Also I am sure that it has some nice pictures of the cars and tracks.

 

[Nscale4]

I doubt I would get it. There are so many different kinds of GT4 material, I don't know which one it would be!

 

[jmx2222]

the ign gt4 strategy guide can be found >>>>HERE<<<< (choose Save Target as...)
Available only as long as Tripod let's it on!

 

[Popeye]

You can also find it here. http://vrrroummm.free.fr/medias/

 

[GTP-SebringRace]

so is the 300 page guide worth it? i see that you are saying the 176 page hardcover is just a "behind the scenes" type making of thing

 

[Packarder]

Has anyone had a pdf version?