The Gran Turismo Iceberg

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Gran Turismo iceberg
Level 1:
  • Licenses
  • Tourist Trophy
  • Legend Car Dealership
  • the real-life GT World Series
  • Coffee Breaks
  • NIKE One Concept Car
  • GTPlanet
  • Prologue Games
  • Pod Race
Level 2:
  • Gran Turismo Movie
  • GT6 Track Designer
  • 12/26/1997
  • Daiki Kasho's songs
  • Yello - Oh Yeah
  • JLOC Diablo
  • CLK Touring Car in GT2
  • Lucas Ordonez
  • XJ220 for GT7 was leaked
  • Mix Records Data
Level 3:
  • Genesis VGT original designs
  • Burn it to The Ground
  • Dragon Trail is based on the Dalmatian Coast
  • Lewis Hamilton DLC
  • Unreleased VGTs
  • Esso Supra
  • C-Class Touring Car
  • Kiddie Prize
  • Winfield Lancer in GT2
  • GM Design
  • Bertone and Alfa Romeo VGTs
Level 4:
  • Vemac
  • Rover logo in GT4 files
  • Sarah's last name
  • Italian Job reference in Japanese GT4
  • Jack Salter is based on Johnny Herbert
  • Jimmy Broadbent's Barbie movie dare
  • Hot Air
  • Gran Turismo for Boys
  • Toyota Pod in GT4 Prologue
  • Drivable Photomode Tracks
  • Plum Strip
  • Shell logo in GT Sport files
  • 500hp Copen
Level 5:
  • Zonda in GT2
  • Epic Turismo 2
  • GT Café in Motegi
  • Original Skoda VGT
  • YouTuber's car in GT7
  • Front-mounted rear wing at SEMA
  • Danica Patrick in GT6
  • Uncensored F-Bomb in Japanese Version of GT3
  • GT Concept Chinese version
  • EB110 model for GT3
  • Bell & Ross VGT
 
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TurboBoy64
For anyone confused this is a list of things broken up into 5 distinct levels.
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Specifically, I recall that "icebergs" are stratified lists of increasingly obscure bits of knowledge. In Gran Turismo's case, I definitely remember Bertone, Tesla, and Alfa Romeo being part of the VGT program at some point. However, the page that had the list of upcoming automakers isn't accessible via the current site layout. Honestly, I sort of prefer the surprises we've had lately, like with Suzuki, Porsche, Ferrari, and Genesis.
 
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I forgot about 'coffee breaks'. Back when they industry was actually trying to care about the player's phyical well being. :lol:
 
Epic Turismo in Level 5 seems misplaced, I don't even know if it would deserve a spot.

"Autopolis in GT6" should also have a spot. That's a 4 or 5 tier one.
 
Dont forget about the die cast model "controversy" and the subsequent "They are all toys" theory that came from it.

www.gtplanet.net

GT5 Easter Egg? R34 Skyline Has Die-Cast Underside

The bottom of GT5's Mine's R34 Skyline features Phillips-head screws, an AUTOart logo, and a bit of text that reads "1/18 Nissan Skyline R34".
www.gtplanet.net www.gtplanet.net

More recently, the engine glitch should be there as well.
 
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PuffelPizza
Gran Turismo iceberg
Level 1:
  • Licenses
  • Tourist Trophy
  • Legend Car Dealership
  • the real-life GT World Series
  • Coffee Breaks
  • NIKE One Concept Car
  • GTPlanet
Level 2:
  • Gran Turismo Movie
  • GT6 Track Designer
  • 12/26/1997
  • Daiki Kasho's songs
  • Yello - Oh Yeah
  • JLOC Diablo
  • CLK Touring Car
  • Lucas Ordonez
  • XJ220 for GT7 was leaked
Level 3:
  • Genesis VGT original designs
  • Burn it to The Ground
  • Dragon Trail is based on the Dalmatian Coast
  • Lewis Hamilton DLC
  • Unreleased VGTs
  • Esso Supra
  • C-Class Touring Car
Level 4:
  • Vemac
  • Rover logo in GT4 files
  • Sarah's last name
  • Italian Job reference in Japanese GT4
  • Jack Salter is based on Johnny Herbert
  • Jimmy Broadbent's Barbie movie dare
  • Gran Turismo for Boys
  • Toyota Pod in GT4 Prologue
  • Drivable Photomode Tracks
  • Plum Strip
  • Shell logo in GT Sport files
Level 5:
  • Zonda in GT2
  • Epic Turismo 2
  • GT Café in Motegi
  • Original Skoda VGT
  • YouTuber's car in GT7
  • Front-mounted rear wing at SEMA
  • Danica Patrick in GT6
  • Uncensored F-Bomb in Japanese Version of GT3
  • GT Concept Chinese version
  • EB110 model for GT3
  • Bell & Ross VGT
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You mention all this stuff but forget the special blue Corvette C7 from GT6.
 
Level 1:
  • GT7's "big money" races
  • Esso/Exxon decal changes
Level 2:
  • 2008/2009 NASCAR Cup (wing CoT) cars in GT5 trailers
  • Winfield Lancer Evo V WRC in GT2
  • Genesis using their GTWS Manufacturers Cup partner immunity
  • Millitary cars (Kubelwagen/Schimmwagen in PS3-era games, Willys Jeep in GT7)
  • Piazza del Campo
  • Lancer Evo 7 being in GT4 promotional material
Level 3:
  • Fraga vs Hizal (FIAGTC NY Nations '19)
  • Three-Way Title Collision (GTWS Nations Finals '22)
  • Live event wheel failures in general
  • Real life events in GT Sport/GT7 Museum
  • The Highspeed Etoile collab decals
  • fiawec.com decals in TS030
Level 4:
  • BMW GSR Hatsune Miku BMW '12
  • GT-sponsored cars (M6 GT3 Enduro/GT-R GT3 '18) being 1-2 at FIAGTC Nurburgring '18
  • Hyundai Veloster and Prius GT300 scannings that went nowhere (for now)
  • Ads for other games (Auto Modellista in GT4 Suzuka, Sonic/SWDC in GT6/GT Sport Fuji, iRacing at Tsukuba)
  • NASCAR Special Thanks credit in GT Sport
  • Gran Turismo TV VoD service
  • The true reason for GT2's 98.2% bug
Level 5:
  • Vickernism (though the car in the PS3-era games does not have the mid-season facelift stickers)
  • Unused titles/credits for GT6 menu songs
  • Hidden Marlboro ad in Madrid
  • Unused Marlboro barcodes in F2007
  • Apex logos in SSR11 in GT1 Test Drive demo
  • Matterhorn originally planned as a gravel track in GT5
  • Japanese version of GT4P still uses GT3/GTC model format
  • Gillet Vertigo '04 presentation livery
  • Santa Monica Marina = Santa Monica Studios
 
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Level 4 or 5 that one update in GT6 where driving the Chaparral 2X VGT backwards on Special Stage Route X made the game slow down and that one online time trial in GT5 at London that accidentally allowed karts as well as other vehicles.
 
I find the lack of GT2 stuff disturbing...

What about the Monaco track in GT2's files?
Or the Kiddie medal/Kids' prize?
Not to mention GT2's quirks, such as GT40 at Rome Circuit or Vector LM in the Trial Mountain endurance...
 
While I have already made a few mentions of it in the past, it's strange that there isn't a better quality version of this video (at least for now)

It appeared during TGS 2005, IGN made an article about it, and yet it's rarer than the other GTHD "Vision GT" trailers from E3 2005. Maybe there is a higher quality version of it lurking in some gaming website out somewhere...
[Link without the blocked music]
 
TumeK5
I find the lack of GT2 stuff disturbing...

What about the Monaco track in GT2's files?
Or the Kiddie medal/Kids' prize?
Not to mention GT2's quirks, such as GT40 at Rome Circuit or Vector LM in the Trial Mountain endurance...
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That borderline unbeatable Shelby Corba on the Seattle course.
 
Let's not forget Complex String. That should be a GT staple.


Jerome
 

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