GT4 General Discussion and Questions

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ive just completed gt world championship and i was told by some threads on this forum you earn an ending movie as well as a car, but where can i watch it cos i cant find it? if there is one of course, thanx guys
 
Eurogamer: Are you still planning to release an online version of Gran Turismo 4 this year, or will this have to wait until the next version of Gran Tursimo?

Kazunori Yamauchi: That's an area we're still thinking about.

Eurogamer: So it's still undecided whether or not an online version of Gran Turismo 4 will come out this year?

Kazunori Yamauchi: Yes, that's still undecided. Maybe this year.

Eurogamer: Obviously, you will have answered this question many times, but what was the main reason for dropping the online portion of the game? Was it a problem with PS2 specifically, or something else?

Kazunori Yamauchi: There were lots of reasons. The game itself is huge in volume, and we felt that the online services were not ready to support the online game, and so the decision was taken to first allow people to play and experience the volume of GT by instead providing it offline.




Eurogamer: How do you feel about other popular racing games at the moment, such as Project Gotham, Burnout and Need for Speed? Do you see them as competition or do you see Gran Turismo as a different genre?

Kazunori Yamauchi: First of all, my feeling aside, the users feel that Gran Turismo is different, and that their aims are different also. GT has kept to its simplicity and has aimed to improve its quality and try to bring it to the highest possible standards, and based on these high quality standards there are possibilities for the future where we will be implementing lifestyle aspects such as street racing and modifications. Currently GT allows for lots of freedom for players, for GT to have many faces, many characteristics maybe, there are possibilities where that will grow in the future.

Eurogamer: How do you feel about Forza Motorsport? Obviously, Forza allows people to modify cars in this way. Is this game instrumental in your wanting to allow users to do the same in GT?

Kazunori Yamauchi: Areas such as modifications to cars are areas that I'm always interested in, and I've always wanted to include them, but to include them in GT4, I felt that the overall quality would have been reduced. I'd just like to remind you that there are 700 cars in GT4. To maintain the quality we have achieved in the game would not have been possible if we had allowed users to modify the cars.

Eurogamer: Do you think the speed of console hardware is becoming irrelevant and it's down to the imagination of the games maker to produce better experiences?

Kazunori Yamauchi: Exactly. Games must not rely on hardware specifications, but on the creativity of the developers.




Eurogamer: When we interviewed you in 2000 in Tokyo, you told us that after working on the next GT game, which turned out to be GT4, that you would like to work on something else like an RPG. Do you think that this is going to be possible, or is GT now too big for you to leave alone?

Kazunori Yamauchi: That thought has not changed at all. I would still like to do something.

Eurogamer: Within Polyphony Digital?

Kazunori Yamauchi: Yes. Within Polyphony Digital. There is a plan which is proceeding. But I'm also thinking that it will take at least three years to show something, and then another additional period to allow it to be readied for release.

Eurogamer: About PSP. Obviously you're making GT4 mobile for PSP. It's a bit of a silly question, but will it be a full version of GT4 on a handheld, and will it support wireless multiplayer?

Kazunori Yamauchi: Firstly, the answer is no. The PSP game will not be the same experience. Secondly, whether you will be able to play against each other wirelessly, the answer is yes. I've changed the focus of the PSP version of the game. The focus is on playing together.
 
ultrabeat
Exit the championship before or after a race, do not press abandon championship.
Go to Home>Save

When you restart or try to enter a manufacturer or other race area, it will ask you if you want to continue the cahmpionship;)

That's what I've been looking for ages. Thanks! 👍
And nice find Solid! ;)
 
the Cadillac Cien is so overrated yes top speed is great but it handles and breaks like a ship, its gearbox is poor aswell.
 
No one answered my question on whether the new 2005 focus st was in the game, it was featured in many gt4 magazine adverts........does anyone know where it is..........
 
inferno
What the heck does it mean when the clock on the load screen turns red?

Your PS2 is getting a disc read error. I've heard that ejecting and reinserting will get it back most of the time.

It may be a warning that your DVD or PS2 is getting dirty.
 
XanDaMan,
you will have to complete the championship.
In fact, it is not necessary to do the spot races to fill trophy circles since they will reflect the trophies gained in the championship series.
But hey, you have experience in 8 outta 10 of those races, and that should make the championship a bit easier.
 
for whatever reason, I cannot get closer than 3 1\2 seconds to the 1st place driver in mission 11 - I have done through #20, but havn't been able to pass #11 - any suggestions?? I know I'll eventually get it, but after 50 attempts, I'm up for suggestions.
 
I haven't got an answer in the GT4 Bugs thread yet so I'll post here.

I've got no idea if it's been meantioned but when I first started GT4, if you looked behind you car by pressing L1 you only got the exhaust noise, specially when you put a racing exhaust on your car.

When I started the whole game again (save corrupted) the exhaust noise wasn't there anymore. It was like the front view, exhaust, wind and engine noise. Has anyone had this problem?
 
Nearly any race car can win the 'Ring 24hr. race. Do a preview before the race to see what cars you will have to beat. I've used a NSX LM, 787B, Sauber, Skyline LM, and the M3 Race Car to win it.
 
theGTfreak
I haven't got an answer in the GT4 Bugs thread yet so I'll post here.

I've got no idea if it's been meantioned but when I first started GT4, if you looked behind you car by pressing L1 you only got the exhaust noise, specially when you put a racing exhaust on your car.

When I started the whole game again (save corrupted) the exhaust noise wasn't there anymore. It was like the front view, exhaust, wind and engine noise. Has anyone had this problem?

I've never had the exhaust note:(
 
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