Xenn's GT3 Research Topic (Might not be 56k friendly)

[pez2k]

Counting all of the worldwide high-seller rebrands, the Japanese version of GT2 had updates on only the GT Mode disc for the PS The Best release, but the US Greatest Hits release was after all of the bugfix re-releases, and was identical to the discs that were being pressed at the time (second revision of Arcade, third of GT Mode).

 

[Apprentice]

How to restore the bodies of Lancia Stratos, the 6 F1 cars, Porsche 911, Lancia Stratos WRC and several others in PAL version? I've seen a video that shows the bodies of them. I forgot his name though.

 

[pez2k]

How to restore the bodies of Lancia Stratos, the 6 F1 cars, Porsche 911, Lancia Stratos WRC and several others in PAL version?

Unpack the VOL, copy the models and textures from another version, rebuild the VOL. It's basically the first test I did when I got the VOL tool working.

 

[Sal_89]

Ever noticed that the map have a "GT Logo" in it?

 

[KaterinUA5]

Ever noticed that the map have a "GT Logo" in it?
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Long time ago. SM93TV who made few videos from Gran Turismo even stated this map was supposed to resemble streets of Geneva.

 

[submaniac93]

GT2 cities are real maps, dunno about GT3's but yeah i've noticed pretty much since the start. Can't really miss it

 

[KaterinUA5]

Last year one guy made a video which shows GT Lupo Cup Training Version 2. Here is how Fuji Speedway looks in this game.

P.S. As Polyphony started to make more neat demos and games after asian GT4 Prologue maybe this track have some hidden files from 2003

 

[HDT Commodore]

I don't how interested in this people will be, but you can swap the menu model for Sample 006 006 into a in-game model and drive the grey block in a race:

 

[Korza]

The Japanese Playstation X account posted some photos celebrating the 25th anniversary of GT3. Among those photos was this:

To the best of my knowledge, its from a development build of the game. This version of Tokyo R246 was seen as late as the Store Demo Vol. 2.

Curiously, the HUD doesn't match the one used in the Store Demo Vol.2 and is also different to the one in the retail release. The Total time elapsed is also wrong which could indicate the use of AI though.

 

[HikokaiTkumei]

The Japanese Playstation X account posted some photos celebrating the 25th anniversary of GT3. Among those photos was this:

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To the best of my knowledge, its from a development build of the game. This version of Tokyo R246 was seen as late as the Store Demo Vol. 2. If you look in to the distance, you can also see what I believe to be one of the Sample cars.

Curiously, the HUD doesn't match the one used in the Store Demo Vol.2 and is also different to the one in the retail release. The Total time elapsed is also wrong which could indicate the use of AI though.

Hopefully, we will one day discover and even archive an early-2001 pre-release GT3 demo build that has this HUD and this version of Tokyo R246.

 

[tankuroded]

The Japanese Playstation X account posted some photos celebrating the 25th anniversary of GT3. Among those photos was this:

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To the best of my knowledge, its from a development build of the game. This version of Tokyo R246 was seen as late as the Store Demo Vol. 2.

Curiously, the HUD doesn't match the one used in the Store Demo Vol.2 and is also different to the one in the retail release. The Total time elapsed is also wrong which could indicate the use of AI though.

This seems to match mockups that is present in pages of the Japanese GT3 manual:

EDIT: The US manual also has a similar screenshot:

 

[Hlavco]

It always bothered me that GT3's dealership didn't show you the entire name of the car anywhere... it meant that many cars, like a lot of the Miatas, were impossible to tell apart. After a lot of trial and error, I was able to add a new label and reposition everything to show the car name alongside the price tag. Attached is a before and after.

 

[Korza]

2 previously un-dumped builds have surfaced, one from September 28, 2000 and the other from March 30, 2001.

The 28/09/00 build is likely the very first build to have been compiled after the name change from GT2000 to GT3.

The 30/01/01 build is interesting because it's dated about a month before the final release yet still has snippets of the beta menus that were discovered a few years ago:

Interesting note, the Speed 12 pictured above is the prize for beating the time trials in Arcade Mode.

 

[HikokaiTkumei]

ALL ABOARD THE HYPE TRAIN!!!!!!!!

Please excuse my burst of excitement, but in all seriousness this is great! First the GTHD Le Mans 2007 demo, and now this! To think this happened pretty much two months after I've said that we might archive an early-2001 pre-release GT3 build. I am so excited to see all the hidden stuff in these newly dumped demos!

 

[Korza]

So the same legend who released the GT3 internal builds in June has released an asset disc dated Jan 2001 which contains some GT3 files. Among the files are logos for GT2000, an early placeholder cover and some screenshots of Tokyo R246 and SSR5 Wet.

The most interesting file though is an interim car list dated 18 December 2000 which is rather different to the final car list. Some of the differences include:

No LM Race Cars (Altezza, FTO, RX-7, Zonda etc.)
No GT300 cars (Razo Silvia, ARTA MR-S)
No Mercedes CLK Touring Car
No Jaguar XJ220 Race Car
No concept cars (RS-X, Z, RX-8, GTS-R)
No Mine's or TRD
No Opel Speedster
No Mini Cooper 1.3i
No Evo VI RS, Evo VII RS, Evo VII Prototype Rally Car
No Escudo Pikes Peak

The biggest difference though is the inclusion of the Alfa Romeo 156 Super Turismo - the 156 race car whose body was found hidden in the files, confirming that it was intended for inclusion in the final but cut for some reason.

I've pasted the contents of the spreadsheet below:

Spoiler: Car list as of Dec 2000

No.	Manufacturer	Car Name	Grade	Year
1​	Daihatsu	STORIA	X4	1998
2​	Daihatsu	MIRA	TR-XX AVANZATO R	1997
3​	HONDA	ACCORD	Euro-R	2000
4​	HONDA	RAYBRYG NSX		2000
5​	HONDA	Castrol MUGEN NSX		2000
6​	HONDA	ARTA NSX		2000
7​	HONDA	NSX	Type S Zero	1997
8​	HONDA	NSX	Type R	1992
9​	HONDA	S2000	Type V	2000
10​	HONDA	S2000		1999
11​	HONDA	INTEGRA	Type R 98 spec	1998
12​	HONDA	CIVIC	Type R(EK)	1998
13​	HONDA	CIVIC	SiR-II(EG)	1993
14​	HONDA	CR-X Del-Sol	SiR	1995
15​		DIABLO	GT Car	2000
16​	MAZDA	RX-7	Type RS	1998
17​	MAZDA	RX-7	Type RZ	2000
18​	MAZDA	SAVANNA RX-7	INFINI III(FC)	1990
19​	MAZDA	EUNOS ROADSTER	NORMAL	1989
20​	MAZDA	EUNOS ROADSTER	NORMAL	1993
21​	MAZDA	ROADSTER	1.8 RS	1998
22​	MAZDA	ROADSTER	RS	2000
23​	MAZDA	DEMIO	GL-X	1999
24​	MITSUBISHI	FTO	GP Version R	1997
25​	MITSUBISHI	GTO	Twin Turbo	1995
26​	MITSUBISHI	GTO	Twin Turbo	1999
27​	MITSUBISHI	LANCER	Evolution IV GSR	1996
28​	MITSUBISHI	LANCER	Evolution V GSR	1998
29​	MITSUBISHI	LANCER	Evolution VI GSR	1999
30​	MITSUBISHI	LANCER	Evolution VI GSR Tommi Makinen Edition	2000
31​	MITSUBISHI	LANCER	Evolution VI GSR Tommi Makinen Edition(stripe)	2000
32​	MITSUBISHI	LANCER	Evolution VI Rally Car	1999
33​	MITSUBISHI	LANCER	Evolution VII GSR
34​	NISSAN	SILVIA Varietta		2000
35​	NISSAN	SKYLINE	GTS-t Type M(R32)	1991
36​	NISSAN	SKYLINE	GT-R Vspec II(R32)	1994
37​	NISSAN	SKYLINE	GT-R Vspec(R33)	1997
38​	NISSAN	R390 GT1	LM Race Car	1998
39​	NISSAN	R390 GT1	Road Car	1998
40​	NISSAN	SKYLINE	GT-R Vspec(R34)	1999
41​	NISSAN	SKYLINE	GT-R Vspec II(R34)	2000
42​	NISSAN	PENNZOIL NISMO GT-R	GT	1999
43​	NISSAN	SILVIA	K's 2000cc(S13)	1991
44​	NISSAN	SILVIA	K's 1800cc(S13)	1988
45​	NISSAN	SILVIA	K's AERO(S14)	1996
46​	NISSAN	SILVIA	SPEC R(S15)	1999
47​	NISSAN	180SX	Type X	1996
48​	NISSAN	LOCTITE ZEXEL	GT	2000
49​	NISSAN	CALSONIC SKYLINE	GT	2000
50​	NISSAN	Fairlady Z	Version S 2 seater TWINTURBO	1998
51​	SUBARU	IMPREZA	WRX STi	2000
52​	SUBARU	IMPREZA	Sports WAGON STi	2000
53​	SUBARU	IMPREZA	Rally Car	1999
54​	SUBARU	IMPREZA	COUPE 22B STi Version	1998
55​	SUBARU	IMPREZA	SEDAN WRX STi Ver. VI	1999
56​	SUBARU	IMPREZA	WAGON WRX STi Ver. VI	1999
57​	SUBARU	IMPREZA	Rally Car prototype	2001
58​	SUBARU	LEGACY B4	RSK	1998
59​	SUBARU	LEGACY B4	Blitzen	2000
60​	SUBARU	LEGACY	TOURING WAGON GT-B	1996
61​	SUZUKI	ALTO WORKS	SUZUKI SPORTS LIMITED	1997
62​	Tommykaira	ZZS		1999
63​	TOYOTA	MR2	GT-S	1998
64​	TOYOTA	MR2	G-Limited	1998
65​	TOYOTA	COROLLA	Rally Car	1999
66​	TOYOTA	SPRINTER TRUENO	GT-APEX(AE86 Type I)	1985
67​	TOYOTA	SPRINTER TRUENO	GT-APEX Shigeno version
68​	TOYOTA	MR-S	S EDITION	1999
69​	TOYOTA	AUTOBACS APEX MR-S	GT	2000
70​	TOYOTA	CELICA	SS-II	1999
71​	TOYOTA	SUPRA	RZ	1997
72​	TOYOTA	SUPRA	SZ-R	1997
73​	TOYOTA	Castrol Tom's SUPRA		2000
74​	TOYOTA	DENSO SARD SUPRA		2000
75​	TOYOTA	ALTEZZA	RS200	1998
76​	TOYOTA	ALTEZZA	AS200	1998
77​	TOYOTA	GT-ONE(TS020)	Race Car	1999
78​	TOYOTA	GT-ONE(TS020)	Road Car	1999
79​	TOYOTA	VITZ	Euro Edition	2000
80​	TOYOTA	VITZ	RS 1.5	2000
81​	TOYOTA	CELICA	GT-FOUR(ST205)	1995
82​	Acura	CL	3.2 Type S	2000
83​	Acura	NSX		1993
84​	Acura	NSX		1997
85​	Acura	INTEGRA	Type R	1996
86​	Chevrolet	Corvette	GRAND SPORT	1996
87​	Chevrolet	Camaro	Z28	1997
88​	Chevrolet	Corvette	Z06	2000
89​	Chevrolet	Camaro	SS	2000
90​	Chevrolet	Corvette	C5R	2000
91​	Chrysler	PT Cruiser		2000
92​	Dodge	Viper	GTS-R Team Oreca	2000
93​	Dodge	Viper	GTS	1998
94​	Ford	Focus	Rally Car	1998
95​	Ford	Escort	Rally Car	1998
96​	Ford	Mustang	SVT Cobra R	2000
97​	Ford	GT40	Race Car	1969
98​	Ford	GT40		1966
99​	Shelby	Cobra		1967
100​	Alfa Romeo	156	Super Turismo	2000
101​	Alfa Romeo	156	2.5 V6 24V	1999
102​	Aston Martin	DB7	Vantage Coupe	2000
103​	Aston Martin	V8 Vantage		1997
104​	Audi	S4		1999
105​	Audi	TT	1.8T quattro	2000
106​	BMW	328ci		1999
107​	Citroen	Xsara	Rally Car	1999
108​	Fiat	Coupe	Turbo Plus	2000
109​	Gillet	Vertigo	Race Car	1997
110​	Jaguar	XJ220	Road Car	1992
111​	Jaguar	XKR	Coupe	1999
112​	Lister	Storm V12	Race Car	1999
113​	Lotus	Esprit	SPORT 350	2000
114​	Lotus	Elise	190	1998
115​	Lotus	Motor Sport Elise		1999
116​	Mercedes-Benz	CLK55		2000
117​	Mercedes-Benz	CL600		2000
118​	Mercedes-Benz	SLK	230 Kompressor	1999
119​	Opel	Caribra	Touring Car	1995
120​	Pagani	Zonda	C12	2000
121​	Pagani	Zonda	C12S	2000
122​	Peugeot	206	S16	1999
123​	Peugeot	206	Rally Car	1999
124​	Renault	Clio Sport	V6 24V	2000
125​	Renault	Clio Sport	Race Car	2000
126​	RUF	RUF 3400S		2000
127​	RUF	RUF R-GT		2000
128​	RUF	RUF CTR2		1996
129​	TVR	Tuscan	Speed 6	2000
130​	TVR	Griffith	500	1998
131​	TVR	Speed 12		2000
132​	Vauxhall	Astra	DTM Team Phoenix	2000
133​	Vauxhall	VX220		2000
134​	Vauxhall	Caribra	DTM	1995
135​	Volkswagen	New Beetle	2.0	2000
136​	Volkswagen	New Beetle	RSi	2000
137​	Volkswagen	New Beetle	Cup car	2000
138​	Volkswagen	Lupo	Cup car	2000