How Old are you and how long you been playing GT?

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Hi everyone, I'm Mike, 30, and I'm a GT addict. I remember the first time I popped in Gran Turismo on the PlayStation in 1998(when I bought my first PS). :gtpflag:
 
20years old , started to play gt ( i dont remember 1 or 2 ) on my father PS1 , but u know back then i was child and my driving style was smashing and crashing. So exeactly i dont remember how long i'm playing gt series but its really long time :)
 
I'm 18 years old. I've been playing Gran Turismo games since when I was only 4 years old. I have 7 gt titles (GT1-5, GT5P, & GTPSP). I'm playing GT2 actually right now.
 
I'm 18, I've been playing GT for 3 years. It all started when one of my high-school friends (also a GTP member) recommended GT PSP to me. I liked it so much I decided GT5 would be a good purchase.

And now here we are...:)

(Technically, I also played GT1 & GT Concept once or twice, but I was much younger then and wasn't really 'interested' per se at that stage, so, as mentioned, GT PSP was my first step into GTWorld (srry :(). :D

Zm.
 
I am 14 but started when gt5 prologue (did I spell that right?) came out. Funny thing is I can probably drive better on a track than on a street lol!(i've never driven a car in real life) I guess driving with no tc, abs, or racing line on the ring won't help me in real life though :(
 
im 15 and I've gotten every game since GT2, and i still have my original GT2 discs :D they were originally a birthday present along with a ps1 :D
 
Looks like the place to put this story.

I remember when Pong was the only game console to be had. Atari 2600 as a teenager. Grew up, got married, had kids. Nintendo & Sega Genesis with kids when they were little. Have video of my 4 y/o son in '91 beating me at mario, on VHS. Got out of the USAF in '92, bought a house, finished the basement, bought a PS1 for the kids one Christmas. Son was fairly addicted to various games, daughter not so much. Few years later bought a PS2 for kids on another Christmas. My gaming was mostly PC all that time, shooters, racing sims, flight sims, rpgs etc. First exposed to Gran Turismo series when son rented whichever one had the song "My Favorite Game", which I currently have in my custom GT5 song list . GT2 or 3 I reckon. Son played it for about a week or so then returned the game.

Cut to summer of 2011. Son has grown, graduated college, got a job, all that life stuff, bought him his own PS3. I have a Wii for my daughter's kids to play with. Still PC gaming some, couple car sims with a wheel instead of joystick now. Son drops by the house one summer weekend with his PS3 and copy of GT5 with DFGT and invites me to try it out. Well those few hours were enough. Started making plans to buy my own rig. In the meantime I would spend about 1 weekend a month sponging off my son's rig at his house. December comes and my wife of 27+ years and my son conspire to get me the entire rig after managing to stall my own purchase of the gear. So Christmas last year I open the boxes holding my PS3, DFGT, wheel stand and wireless headset and my very own copy of GT5, obsession kicks in full force. My Playstation didn't get turned off for 2 full weeks doing the whole b-spec grind while I was sleeping or working and rarely got turned off for most of the next 6 months.

IRL I've driven vehicles from amusement park go karts to multi-axle trucks with 10,000 pounds of utility poles under tow, and have never had more fun driving than I have playing GT5. I've come late to the game and doing my damndest to catch up to all you folks both young and not so young that've been playing since Kaz was programming it by himself (possibly, he may never have programmed it all by himself, beats me if he did or not).

I'll have seen 196 seasons later this year. Sounds kinda' biblical when you say it that way, don't it?

I'll end this with words some of the equipment operators I was stationed with in Italy used to say when they were about to head out on a road trip;

"Road on"​
 
40 years, been a GT fan since the first one got released, and I still play GT2 sometimes, would play GT1 if I only had that anymore.
Still having PS2 and all the GT titles for it, only GT I dont have is the PSP version (and the GT1)
Also have the Tourist Trophy for PS2, and Enthusia Racing (had some really original cars to race with)

Also an owner of Xbox360, not only because of FM series, but for overall entertainment.

Short story from the real life we are living in

I'm a mechanic for a private racing team in Finland and I've build so many cars during my life I cant remember every car I've worked with, during last 6 months we've been restorating old classics from scrab and that itself is something really rewarding.

Let's keep Gran Turismo alive and kicking.

PS.Sorry about my English, I know it isnt that good and I'm still learning, didnt have English classes when I was a kid.
 
I'm 43 and have been playing since 1997, bought my first PlayStation a few months after GT1 came out. I've owned every full release of the game, so I've not played much of GT5P, GTPSP, or any other in-between release that's not on a regular PlayStation console.
 
22 years old
- playing since the first gt, lol still remeber just racing sunday cup when i was a kid a million times saving up for one car!
 
Sampyla20plus
40 years, been a GT fan since the first one got released, and I still play GT2 sometimes, would play GT1 if I only had that anymore.
Still having PS2 and all the GT titles for it, only GT I dont have is the PSP version (and the GT1)
Also have the Tourist Trophy for PS2, and Enthusia Racing (had some really original cars to race with)

Also an owner of Xbox360, not only because of FM series, but for overall entertainment.

Short story from the real life we are living in

I'm a mechanic for a private racing team in Finland and I've build so many cars during my life I cant remember every car I've worked with, during last 6 months we've been restorating old classics from scrab and that itself is something really rewarding.

Let's keep Gran Turismo alive and kicking.

PS.Sorry about my English, I know it isnt that good and I'm still learning, didnt have English classes when I was a kid.
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Wonderful to hear that your many years of mechanical and restoration work translate into enjoying some simulation games after the work day is done.

Gran Turismo will stay alive! All the great partnerships they have created in the automotive industry show that they really care about more than just making a game. I'm looking forward to the all the improvements that will happen when GT is released on the much more powerful Playstation 4.
 
since GT 5.. im 16 now (today's my birthday) , but i never completed GT1&2 ... i really started playing when GT3 came out, since then I completed every series
 
ThaRealCreeper
since GT 5.. im 16 now (today's my birthday) , but i never completed GT1&2 ... i really started playing when GT3 came out, since then I completed every series
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Happy Birthday!

Well, I'm almost 13 (maybe I'm the youngest member to date?) and I have been playing since GT3, I also had a pirate version of GT2 (argh) but it wouldn't load, but I really focused on it when GT5p came out, and right now I'm enjoying drifting. :dopey:
 
Dragonwhisky
Looks like the place to put this story.

I remember when Pong was the only game console to be had. Atari 2600 as a teenager. Grew up, got married, had kids. Nintendo & Sega Genesis with kids when they were little. Have video of my 4 y/o son in '91 beating me at mario, on VHS. Got out of the USAF in '92, bought a house, finished the basement, bought a PS1 for the kids one Christmas. Son was fairly addicted to various games, daughter not so much. Few years later bought a PS2 for kids on another Christmas. My gaming was mostly PC all that time, shooters, racing sims, flight sims, rpgs etc. First exposed to Gran Turismo series when son rented whichever one had the song "My Favorite Game", which I currently have in my custom GT5 song list . GT2 or 3 I reckon. Son played it for about a week or so then returned the game.

Cut to summer of 2011. Son has grown, graduated college, got a job, all that life stuff, bought him his own PS3. I have a Wii for my daughter's kids to play with. Still PC gaming some, couple car sims with a wheel instead of joystick now. Son drops by the house one summer weekend with his PS3 and copy of GT5 with DFGT and invites me to try it out. Well those few hours were enough. Started making plans to buy my own rig. In the meantime I would spend about 1 weekend a month sponging off my son's rig at his house. December comes and my wife of 27+ years and my son conspire to get me the entire rig after managing to stall my own purchase of the gear. So Christmas last year I open the boxes holding my PS3, DFGT, wheel stand and wireless headset and my very own copy of GT5, obsession kicks in full force. My Playstation didn't get turned off for 2 full weeks doing the whole b-spec grind while I was sleeping or working and rarely got turned off for most of the next 6 months.

IRL I've driven vehicles from amusement park go karts to multi-axle trucks with 10,000 pounds of utility poles under tow, and have never had more fun driving than I have playing GT5. I've come late to the game and doing my damndest to catch up to all you folks both young and not so young that've been playing since Kaz was programming it by himself (possibly, he may never have programmed it all by himself, beats me if he did or not).

I'll have seen 196 seasons later this year. Sounds kinda' biblical when you say it that way, don't it?

I'll end this with words some of the equipment operators I was stationed with in Italy used to say when they were about to head out on a road trip;

"Road on"
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Definitely bringing back memories haha :-) and showing our age. NICE
 
I'm 14 first game I've ever played was gt2 in 1998/1999 my dad was trying to teach me:lol: I wasn't very good Ive owned every game but proluge and gt psp
 
crazy206
they were originally a birthday present along with a ps1 :D
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Same exact thing with me except it was GT1.

I'm 18 and i've been playing since there very begining and can't get enought of GT. :)
 
55 years young, played since GT1. But GT5 with the cockpit view and the clutch takes it to a very different immersive level. Project: 3 screens set up for even better immersion.
 
Just turned 40 a little over a week ago. Been playing since PS1 / GT1. Have played all US normal versions.
Bought myself a rig upgrade and installed it all a few weeks ago.

Went from a very nice Sim-Seats 'SR-2' centerpost type rig and a G25 with Nixim modded brake and custom clutch/gas pedal springs..

Then converted my rig to an 'SR-X' dual post design with tilting wheel deck, and also got an upgraded shifter mount.

SR-2 Blue seat / Silver frame
http://shop.sim-seats.com/SR-2-Driving-Simulator-SS-20-SR2.htm

SR-X
http://shop.sim-seats.com/SR-X-Driving-Simulator-SS-20-SRX.htm

Pro-Shift kit
http://shop.sim-seats.com/Pro-Shift-kit-SS-10-ProShift.htm

Then I hard mounted my new Fanatec CSR wheel, CSR Elite pedals with real load-cell which work great.. Mounted the gated shifter to the shifter mount, and the sequential shifter to the wheel to use as hand-brake.

Then I took my old aluminum wheel mount plate for the centerpost rig, cut it off it's post, file it smooth, drilled holes, and mounted my new Aura AST-2B-4 Pro Bass Shaker to it. There's a crossbar under the seat of my rig that is part of the structure and I sanded that down and used a two part epoxy ''weld'' to attach the bass-shaker plate to. I hooked it up to the Dayton Audio SA100 100W Subwoofer Amplifier that I got from Amazon, and it works great..

That Z-06 RM with a semi-racing exhaust is an experience with my subwoofer channel cranked to 10 and the bass-shaker doing it's thing.. along with the smooth FF from the belt driven wheel and the load-cell brake pedal. It's all adding quite a bit to the GT5 experience for sure.
 
I'm 20, been playing GT since about 98 when the first GT came out, memories are a little faded from it with me being so young but I can still remember parts, and they where great! :)

PS. I race with some folk online and one of them turned 50 this year, guess your never to old to play games :)
 

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