PAL vs. NTSC physics

[slowman]

I have not seen a definitive thread for this topic. I've seen mentions about it in a couple of places, but no concensus has been reached.

I recently obtained a hard copy of GT4 PAL (I've been collecting them all, only Korean left to find). Now that I've found a way to boot it on my NTSC machine I've been playing it recently.

I set up the options and steering wheel (DFP) settings just like my NTSC gamesave and then immediately took to the track. I noticed a tendency towards more oversteer that is also more easily controllable. Honestly, the physics in PAL feel like they're somewhere in between GT4 Prologue and NTSC GT4. This isn't necessarily a bad thing! I feel as though NTSC GT4 cars were too sluggish to respond to turning input. PAL fixes this feeling and provides (what I feel is) a more realistic physics engine.

If you've played both regions of GT4, please input!

 

[Parnelli Bone]

This is interesting. Wouldn't surprise me if there were any truth to it all.

 

[slowman]

192 views and not one of you has ever played both games?

 

[RazorGTR]

I've played both. I lived in New Zealand for 7 years and started my GT life there playing GT1 - GT4 completing all them.

After moving back to the states I had to start all over in GT4 but haven't completed it in the 4+ years I've been back. Just don't have the urge to do it again.

I found the PAL version to be easier by far. All the controls seemed to work mush crisper which would seem to be inline of what you are experiencing. Consider that the car line up is slightly different in models and names but that is to be expected.

 

[EDK]

An interesting conversation on this subject can be found here, between some of the fastest OLR drivers ever to run here at GTP.

https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=86980&highlight=grand+valley&page=2

Nothing definitive comes out of it, some speculation that it might be specific to the car or the combo. But it validates what you are saying, to some degree.

I can tell you that I have both NTSC and PAL versions of GT5P, and there is no discernible difference between the versions, I'm equally mediocre on both.

EDIT: I also found this using search. More data behind the initial post here.

https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=70036