- 33
- GameOva504
26 Owned and play all GT games I'm just tried of Sony and who ever else ****ing us on GT5 release getting tired of GT5P.
How Old are you and how long you been playing GT?
- Thread starter PAPPACLART
- 2,395 comments
- 148,545 views
- 56
- GTP_Fueled
I'm 25 and kept renting GT3 enough times that my parents bought for me back in 2001ish. Spent a lot of time on that one. GT4 came out while I was in college. Bought it but only played very sparingly when my dormmates couldn't beat something. Good memories of them watching my times clipped them extraordinarily faster. Been waiting for gt5 since ps3 came out. Didn't take gt5p seriously. But I have drank the gt5 Kool-aid. May Kaz win the UN medal for peace.
- 214
- Florida
- Young_God122
I'm 16. Actually I'm quite new to the Gran Turismo series. I started with Gran Turismo 4. Before that, I played games like NFS. Their alright, but I have a hard time playing them now next to simulators like GT and Forza.
mickerocknroll
(Banned)
- 342
- mickerocknroll
- Sold my box.
- 47
Hey guys, this is my 5th post since 2005 
I'm 46 and it seems like I've been waiting years for GT5...I guess we all have
Like a lot of people here, I got the PS1 just for playing GT. I can't remember when that was, 99/00, right when GT2 came out. I also got GT1 about the same time.
Does anyone here miss Red Rock?
I'm 46 and it seems like I've been waiting years for GT5...I guess we all have
Like a lot of people here, I got the PS1 just for playing GT. I can't remember when that was, 99/00, right when GT2 came out. I also got GT1 about the same time.
Does anyone here miss Red Rock?
- 1,535
- Tarragona,Spain
- FOXIOL
I´m 25 and been playing since the first GT and play station of course and in that days i didn´t have a PS!! and all days one friend of mine came to my house to play with it.
Then i lost all GT series until GT4 with my own PS2...then i bought the PS3 (day one) and when GT5 Prologue came out i got it.
I lost a lot of GT series cause i was living in Uruguay and play Football or Soccer and not have time with studies so, in 2005 i came to Spain and got the PS2 with GT4 and continues with the best racing game ever!
I play not too much online but i have all licenses and all cars (not all cars in GT4
) ((i have to work too))...
Well there you have an story...see you on track
Then i lost all GT series until GT4 with my own PS2...then i bought the PS3 (day one) and when GT5 Prologue came out i got it.
I lost a lot of GT series cause i was living in Uruguay and play Football or Soccer and not have time with studies so, in 2005 i came to Spain and got the PS2 with GT4 and continues with the best racing game ever!
I play not too much online but i have all licenses and all cars (not all cars in GT4
) ((i have to work too))...Well there you have an story...see you on track
- 1,731
- GTP_pedrodaman
35 here, been playing since the first GT came out , I still have all GT versions in my cellar along with my PSX, PS2.
I reckon i will still be playing GT for another 30 or so years if my hands don't develop arthritis hee hee , and of course if GT is still around by then.
I reckon i will still be playing GT for another 30 or so years if my hands don't develop arthritis hee hee , and of course if GT is still around by then.
- 624
- Australia
26 and since GT1, but spasmodically, until about 1.5 years ago.
(Warning, boring long winded account of GT memories follows)
I can't remember when i got GT1, as it was a long time ago, but it would not have been very long after the release because I remember seeing a GT TV advert and being very impressed with graphics. And when I bought the game the opening movie, and the replays were immediately impressive.
Because i was young and didn't have that much money, and had just spent a fair bit of it on a game, i persevered with GT1 until i got good enough to play and eventually finish the game. I have early recollections of buying a car, winning bugger all $ for coming 5th/6th, spending that money on upping the power, which only resulted in me going deeper into the gravel when i failed to brake properly for the majority of the corners. (Then losing more money when trading that car in for a different car, which would respond equally badly to my early arcade style last second braking technique)
I know I bought GT2 prob not too long after it came out, and liked and played it a lot.
Because, I didn't get a PS2 when it came out, i didn't buy GT3 upon release, although i remember i tried it and didn't really like it, the handling seemed a lot more sterile, when compared to the two earlier releases.
I got GT4 when me and my brothers got together and all chipped in to buy a PS2 (i cant remember when but i think we only spent about $250(AUD) to buy it, so definitely later in the PS2 life cycle), but i didn't like the feel of GT4 either, it felt similarly dull and uninspiring like GT3.
When I moved out of home I took the PS1 with me so I could still play GT2, mainly doing arcade time trials v the ghost, and filling my garage with all the rare and manufacturer special cars.
Then in early 2009 i moved (temporarily) back in with my parents and i thought i might as well try GT4 again, I started where i'd left off last time, and being a bit more mature, I took the time required to get used to the more realistic (often understeery) handling (which improved a lot when i learned to turn off the default driving aids), but i still finished the game by b-specing the enduro's and over killing the shorter races. So when i moved back out from home again, I took GT4 with me, bought myself a second hand PS2 (as well as GT3 for $5) and started GT4 again from scratch, I also discovered the GTP forums, (esp the 200pt one) and have never looked back.
I'll no doubt get a PS3 and GT5 eventually, but I'm in no rush as there's still plenty I want to do in GT4 (re-do licenses, buy more cars, get more A-spec points, etc), I also want to see if can go back and gold the GT1 licenses, and I still haven't done anything in GT3 apart from the licenses either. (Not to mention now that I'm almost done with Uni I want to set up my G25 more permanently, which I know means endless time will be spent learning to drive all over again)
I also play GT Legends (60's / 70's era touring car PC game, i highly recommend it) online, because the place I'm currently living in has free internet, so i probably split my gaming time about 50/50 between GT4 & GTL at the moment.
(Warning, boring long winded account of GT memories follows)
I can't remember when i got GT1, as it was a long time ago, but it would not have been very long after the release because I remember seeing a GT TV advert and being very impressed with graphics. And when I bought the game the opening movie, and the replays were immediately impressive.
Because i was young and didn't have that much money, and had just spent a fair bit of it on a game, i persevered with GT1 until i got good enough to play and eventually finish the game. I have early recollections of buying a car, winning bugger all $ for coming 5th/6th, spending that money on upping the power, which only resulted in me going deeper into the gravel when i failed to brake properly for the majority of the corners. (Then losing more money when trading that car in for a different car, which would respond equally badly to my early arcade style last second braking technique)
I know I bought GT2 prob not too long after it came out, and liked and played it a lot.
Because, I didn't get a PS2 when it came out, i didn't buy GT3 upon release, although i remember i tried it and didn't really like it, the handling seemed a lot more sterile, when compared to the two earlier releases.
I got GT4 when me and my brothers got together and all chipped in to buy a PS2 (i cant remember when but i think we only spent about $250(AUD) to buy it, so definitely later in the PS2 life cycle), but i didn't like the feel of GT4 either, it felt similarly dull and uninspiring like GT3.
When I moved out of home I took the PS1 with me so I could still play GT2, mainly doing arcade time trials v the ghost, and filling my garage with all the rare and manufacturer special cars.
Then in early 2009 i moved (temporarily) back in with my parents and i thought i might as well try GT4 again, I started where i'd left off last time, and being a bit more mature, I took the time required to get used to the more realistic (often understeery) handling (which improved a lot when i learned to turn off the default driving aids), but i still finished the game by b-specing the enduro's and over killing the shorter races. So when i moved back out from home again, I took GT4 with me, bought myself a second hand PS2 (as well as GT3 for $5) and started GT4 again from scratch, I also discovered the GTP forums, (esp the 200pt one) and have never looked back.
I'll no doubt get a PS3 and GT5 eventually, but I'm in no rush as there's still plenty I want to do in GT4 (re-do licenses, buy more cars, get more A-spec points, etc), I also want to see if can go back and gold the GT1 licenses, and I still haven't done anything in GT3 apart from the licenses either. (Not to mention now that I'm almost done with Uni I want to set up my G25 more permanently, which I know means endless time will be spent learning to drive all over again)
I also play GT Legends (60's / 70's era touring car PC game, i highly recommend it) online, because the place I'm currently living in has free internet, so i probably split my gaming time about 50/50 between GT4 & GTL at the moment.
I am 43, I have played GT since the release date of GT1, having first become aware of the game via a feature in EDGE magazine a few months earlier. I completed the game. I also bought and completed GT2 on its European release date. However, this was the last time this was the case because I bought an xbox and did not get a PS2 till only about 2 and a half years ago so though I have since bought all the GT games in between I have not completed any of them since GT2. Simply too many games, too little time as I then bought myself a PS3 about 6 months later.
As for GT5 (I have pre-ordered and 2/3 paid for the signature edition) I am fully prepared this time with the requisite console! along with a Fanatec Turbo S steering wheel (Clubsport Edition) and a RenneSport wheel stand.
As for GT5 (I have pre-ordered and 2/3 paid for the signature edition) I am fully prepared this time with the requisite console! along with a Fanatec Turbo S steering wheel (Clubsport Edition) and a RenneSport wheel stand.
Silent Drifter
Premium
- 1,332
- Wisconsin
- SilentDrifterGT
- SilentDrifterGT
I'll be turning 22 on the 15th. Gran Turismo was my first game. Don't know when I got it, maybe sometime in 99, and when I got GT2, it was already a Greatest Hits version. Then of course had to get GT3, GT4, and GT5P, and will get GT5, whenever they decide to release it.
- 23
- Pablo2008jedi
- pablo2008jedi
Newbie to the forums here but here goes...
I'm 34, been playing GT since it first came out on the PS1, infact I can still remember that very day on a Saturday moring of it being delivered at 9am(ish) my running down stairs and ripping open the package and playing thae game for 12 hours...yes I was 22 at the time but felt like a 12yr old! I got every lisence over the weekend and several cars...since then I have been hooked. Played almost every racing game since...
I'm 34, been playing GT since it first came out on the PS1, infact I can still remember that very day on a Saturday moring of it being delivered at 9am(ish) my running down stairs and ripping open the package and playing thae game for 12 hours...yes I was 22 at the time but felt like a 12yr old! I got every lisence over the weekend and several cars...since then I have been hooked. Played almost every racing game since...
Another newbie, registered in the carnage that CZ created last night 
37 years old, been playing racing games as long as I can remember, and my biggest gaming moment has to be the time when I saw Ridge Racer on the PS1 running for the first time in my own home! I have played all major releases of GT as well as the prologues, and like the rest of you, have been waiting for what feels like an eternity for GT5. Bring it on!
37 years old, been playing racing games as long as I can remember, and my biggest gaming moment has to be the time when I saw Ridge Racer on the PS1 running for the first time in my own home! I have played all major releases of GT as well as the prologues, and like the rest of you, have been waiting for what feels like an eternity for GT5. Bring it on!
- 1,406
- Massachusetts
- AJ_Foyt_Racing
I'm 41. I've been playing Gran Turismo since it first came out back in '97/'98. I've played every edition except Gran Turismo HD and GT5 Prologue since I have yet to buy the PS3. Since Gran Turismo is the only game that I play I get the PS3 when GT5 is released.
- 48
- pawno
- pawno
Im 33, and like pretty much everyone on this board over the age of 30, have been playing GT since day one, and still own all copies of the games and the consoles to play them on...although its been a looong time since my
PS1 has seen the light of day!
I played the early games to death, and still remember being blown away about how "realistic" the graphics looked
Nowadays, family commitments have put a dent into my free time but I'm not complaing as my gaming time is now quality over quantity...I'll just be the last man on earth to 100% GT5
PS1 has seen the light of day!
I played the early games to death, and still remember being blown away about how "realistic" the graphics looked
Nowadays, family commitments have put a dent into my free time but I'm not complaing as my gaming time is now quality over quantity...I'll just be the last man on earth to 100% GT5
- 7,903
- Horbury, West Yorkshire
- GTP_Sprite
28 and vie been paying GT since the Japanese release of GT1, since then I have got every major release and imported a few too. Never had the out of cycle games apart from GT4p GT5p and the later I had UK & JPN versions. There are more hardcore collectors than me.
Similar threads
