Hello GTPlanet.
I am a long-time lurker on this site, and I have been a GT enthusiast since the first installment in the series, having played GT1, GT3, GT4 and GT5p, and I am eagerly awaiting the release of Gran Turismo 5.
I have a great love of cars, music, movies, games and anime, which pretty much sums up my hobbies. I live in Denmark and I am moving in with my girlfriend on tuesday (I just felt like sharing ^_^).
With gaming as my main hobby and having a very broad taste in genres, it is saying something that Gran Turismo is overall my favourite game series. It has a genre-defining, almost (written while ferociously glaring at GT PSP) impeccable pedigree, as it was the first and still, in my opinion, the best at what it does. It is games like Gran Turismo that compel me not to give up gaming as a hobby, because they do something special.
To the untrained eye it may be just a racing game, but it has always been, in fact, an ingenious blend of two completely unrelated genres: Japanese RPG and driving simulation, and... I should probably bring an end to my ramblings as I have more or less outlined my overflowing enthusiam by now ^_~
Anyhow! I look forward to the mutually respectful discussion of one of gaming's all-time greats ^_^
P.s. Feel my pain of not being able to go to Le Mans with my father this weekend!
I am a long-time lurker on this site, and I have been a GT enthusiast since the first installment in the series, having played GT1, GT3, GT4 and GT5p, and I am eagerly awaiting the release of Gran Turismo 5.
I have a great love of cars, music, movies, games and anime, which pretty much sums up my hobbies. I live in Denmark and I am moving in with my girlfriend on tuesday (I just felt like sharing ^_^).
With gaming as my main hobby and having a very broad taste in genres, it is saying something that Gran Turismo is overall my favourite game series. It has a genre-defining, almost (written while ferociously glaring at GT PSP) impeccable pedigree, as it was the first and still, in my opinion, the best at what it does. It is games like Gran Turismo that compel me not to give up gaming as a hobby, because they do something special.
To the untrained eye it may be just a racing game, but it has always been, in fact, an ingenious blend of two completely unrelated genres: Japanese RPG and driving simulation, and... I should probably bring an end to my ramblings as I have more or less outlined my overflowing enthusiam by now ^_~
Anyhow! I look forward to the mutually respectful discussion of one of gaming's all-time greats ^_^
P.s. Feel my pain of not being able to go to Le Mans with my father this weekend!