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Rabid Bunny · 03-03-2005, 06:31 PM

Anybody else having more fun with the Photo Mode than the actual racing itself? I seem to just burn hours just taking pictures of my car. Too bad I only have a used MR2 to take pictures of, not a bad car itself, but it's just not pretty.

IC3 · 03-03-2005, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Rabid Bunny

Anybody else having more fun with the Photo Mode than the actual racing itself? I seem to just burn hours just taking pictures of my car. Too bad I only have a used MR2 to take pictures of, not a bad car itself, but it's just not pretty.

If it was up to me the photo mode wouldn't even be in the game. I would have spent more time making the AI actually have some kind of intelligence.

The photo mode looks alright though, I messed around alittle bit with it..Some good options for filters n such. Although i would have liked them to put the effort they did in the photo options into the AI.

ElwoodBlues · 03-04-2005, 11:23 AM

oh no. oh god no. Please make it not be true.

I had almost 3 million credits. Every car I wanted. 30% completion. Every license. When I tried to load it up just now I get the worst message I have ever seen

"Save file is corrupted. Do you wish to retry?"

I retry

I retry

Over and over again. But nothing works.

Last time I shut off my PS2, it was not saving the game. I didn't remove the memory card while it was saving. I didn't do anything wrong. And I lost everything. I know its just a videogame, but I've spent so much time in the past two weeks earning everything that I had, only to lose it all.

I guess it'll be a while before I post here again. I don't think I have the energy to do all that over for a while.

kurty[B] · 03-04-2005, 12:48 PM

Ouch! That's bad Elwood!

I had that same error show up on me in GT3, I had played to about 68 or more %, and put the game down for 6 months, when I went back to load it up I had the same exact error. I tried playing from scratch again, but being so used to the Indy cars I quickly just gave up on it again. I feel for you, if I find anyway to recover that I'll let you know.

IC3 · 03-04-2005, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by ElwoodBlues

oh no. oh god no. Please make it not be true.

I had almost 3 million credits. Every car I wanted. 30% completion. Every license. When I tried to load it up just now I get the worst message I have ever seen

"Save file is corrupted. Do you wish to retry?"

I retry

I retry

Over and over again. But nothing works.

Last time I shut off my PS2, it was not saving the game. I didn't remove the memory card while it was saving. I didn't do anything wrong. And I lost everything. I know its just a videogame, but I've spent so much time in the past two weeks earning everything that I had, only to lose it all.

I guess it'll be a while before I post here again. I don't think I have the energy to do all that over for a while.

I know how that feels..That happened with me on Need For Speed Underground 1..I had 4 races left to complete the game did the whole game on hard difficulty and get the corrupted message..Lets just say, I had to buy a new controller. I re-played the game and beat it in like 2 weeks.

I'm still using the same memory card, Just one block is corrupt..Been thinking about getting a new one though.

userasdf1234 · 03-04-2005, 10:29 PM

This question goes out to anyone that can help me.

What car did you use for the "American Championship" race? Its the first one. Some of those cars just are so damn fast, i can't keep up.

Slayer · 03-04-2005, 10:43 PM

Its the Logitech Driving Force Pro worth it? I'm thinking about getting the wheel and the game. Pcnation is selling the wheel for about $110 which is the cheapest price I can find, with the game is going to be $160 together.

Anyone got the driving force pro here? would you recommend it?

vbuser · 03-05-2005, 10:20 AM

What do you guys think about the replay?

My friend says it looks cartoony compared to GT3.

IC3 · 03-05-2005, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by userasdf1234

This question goes out to anyone that can help me.

What car did you use for the "American Championship" race? Its the first one. Some of those cars just are so damn fast, i can't keep up.

I think i used the 67 Mercury Cougar

MontanaXVI · 03-05-2005, 10:58 AM

still running and loving this game.

What is everyone's fastest max speed contest speed?

I hit 288.xx in a completely modded '96 Ruf CTT2 with Nitrous.
Hit 250something in a modded '05 Ford GT with Nitrous as well.

I got that LM Camaro or whatever it is called (I am pretty sure it was a prize car for one of the USA races), modded it up to 912 hp but cannot hit anything higher than 224.xx without Nitrous in max speed test. Any modders out there care to share gear ratios or settings to get top speeds?

hulk · 03-05-2005, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by vbuser

What do you guys think about the replay?

My friend says it looks cartoony compared to GT3.

Cartoony? From what I've seen, some of it's confusable with real footage.

IC3 · 03-05-2005, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by hulk

Cartoony? From what I've seen, some of it's confusable with real footage.

Ya..you could say that again.

Love the intro to the game, I almost pissed myself when i seen it.

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Any modders out there care to share gear ratios or settings to get top speeds?

I'm not sure what you have your ratios at, But if you just want to run it on the test track to get the highest possible speed, I would set your final drive ratio fairly low..and then adjust your higher gears so that they are a little longer.

Final Drive ratio is gonna give you more top end, But slow your acceleration..So adjust your individual ratios accordingly, Or just experiment with the auto adjuster. I'm sure you could get it going alot faster than what you have it going, Maybe even quicker than the Ruf..Maybe

Actually, Lower your final drive ratio..Like pretty low..Not all the way though. Then make 6th gear (Or whatever the top gear is) Longer..Not too long though because thier will be lag when it hits sixth if it's to far apart from 5th gear. I gave ya an idea of what to do..So just try it out and experiment.

My RSX Type S has about 350HP and i can get it to do almost 200mph without nitrous.

It might not be possible with the camaro, I haven't really tried tuning the ratios in the camaro so i don't know. But theoretically (sp?) 900HP car should reach 300mph if the gears are tweaked right..Maybe even more, But i doubt it.

MontanaXVI · 03-06-2005, 05:35 AM

since I know nothing about gears, cars, or the proper ratios I usually just set the auto setting all the way out to 25 and let 'er rip from there. I have a couple friends who say they knew how to do it, but we sat there for hours the other night with that Camaro and could not pull anything faster than 224ish with it. At one point we were looking good in 5th gear then it redlines kicks over to 6th and starts slowing down WTF.

Nothing we tried would get that car faster than 224ish without the juice.

Spartak · 03-06-2005, 12:10 PM

The auto setting is the way to go, but you may want to set top gear a little wider if you are redlining it in top gear.

At least this was the case in all the other GT games, 5 more days to go

zxello · 03-06-2005, 10:40 PM

Anyone know what the car is on the Nurburgring Lap Guide on the International A license test? I friggin love that car but can't figure out what it is.......

Pyke · 03-07-2005, 12:29 AM

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Originally Posted by zxello

Anyone know what the car is on the Nurburgring Lap Guide on the International A license test? I friggin love that car but can't figure out what it is.......

'91 Mercedes-Benz 190 E 2.5 - 16 Evolution III

zxello · 03-07-2005, 01:17 AM

muchos gracias, that thing has some super duper torque or some really shitty tires, i could break the back wheels loose REALLY easily, good times =) and sexy soundin' car

Spartak · 03-07-2005, 01:25 AM

My local games store has a store copy of GT4 and I played it for a good half hour today. Fuck me the Nurburgring is narrow, and has all these little bumps in it that throw my car off course... maybe it's just the car without the mods I only played arcade mode. Also it's sad to see my beloved Seattle City track edited so you can't cut through the chicane off pit road.

Oh and the AI kicked my ass.

4 more days!

pocon1 · 03-07-2005, 10:05 AM

For top speed, remember to set the car as low as it will go in ride height, and remove any downforce which leads to drag.

0energy0 · 03-07-2005, 12:31 PM

I hope they have my hatch. I love the hatch.

ElwoodBlues · 03-07-2005, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by 0energy0

I hope they have my hatch. I love the hatch.

and what would your hatch be?

0energy0 · 03-07-2005, 01:55 PM

civic of course

zxello · 03-07-2005, 03:01 PM

Im stumped.... i need to find a good FF car... any suggestions? =)

MontanaXVI · 03-07-2005, 05:18 PM

Well, Sunday at football practice I broke my wrist. No racing for me for a long time

userasdf1234 · 03-07-2005, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by zxello

Im stumped.... i need to find a good FF car... any suggestions? =)

I used a civic hatchback (yeah i know, everyone gets it) but it kills the competition when you get the NA buildup.
*in the FF race in beginner and the Civic Race in the Honda Menu i easily beat the races

Pretaining to the picture quality,
The backgrounds in the game ARE real pictures. And if you are dissapointed with the picture quality of the game i recomend getting component cables. I plan on getting them soon but i've seen GT4 w/ component cables and its pretty clear IMO.

ElwoodBlues · 03-07-2005, 07:26 PM

for FF I used a lightly modded (stock except for nitrous) 98 Taurus SHO. Worked just fine

ElwoodBlues · 03-10-2005, 06:45 AM

well I'm back at it again. Had to start it all over, so I'm doing everything right this time. Got my B, A, and iB license with all Silver. Now I just gotta get back that SLR

IC3 · 03-10-2005, 11:02 AM

I haven't really even been playing it anymore...Gotta try to get back into it.

RoboBlaster · 03-10-2005, 01:01 PM

I am on Spring Break right now (yeah, I know, it is a bit early), and I am not looking forward to school starting back up and keeping me away from all the racing. It's amazing the level of depth a racing game can have. I have always thought of the Gran Turismo series as an RPG on wheels.

dirtyrascal7 · 03-10-2005, 04:07 PM

FYI -- during days 694-701 you can buy the sweetest cars in the game. they are used le mans cars (mazda 787b, toyota gt-one, nissan r92cp, and another nissan). so they cost about half as much as the new ones cost, but are just as fast... and the best part... they're all jet black! they look SO badass. better save up though... they cost about $8million total.

kurty[B] · 03-10-2005, 04:09 PM

thanks dirtyrascal, that's good to know!

impulse03 · 03-10-2005, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by zxello

Im stumped.... i need to find a good FF car... any suggestions? =)

definitely get the civic hatch. mod it and race it in FF races and then do the Civic Challenge under HONDA.
The car you get from the Civic Challelenge can be sold for like 95k to you can make some quick money early on that way.

Spartak · 03-10-2005, 09:49 PM

I've got it.

My car of choice right now is the Holden Monaro @ 675 BHP and NOS. I'm still doing the licences (half way through iB as we speak), but that SLR is looking mighty tempting.

boothisman · 03-10-2005, 11:14 PM

greatest driving game evar

jwoody · 03-11-2005, 03:33 AM

A couple of days in and I must have restarted about five times at least, after becoming unhappy with my choice of motor.

I'm trying a different approach now; seeing how far I can get without buying any cars or modifications. It's going pretty well so far. I've got all the licenses done, completed the driving missions and the beginner races. I don't think I can go much further, though, before I crack and spend all my credits on something beautiful but impractical (again).

userasdf1234 · 03-11-2005, 08:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jwoody

A couple of days in and I must have restarted about five times at least, after becoming unhappy with my choice of motor.

I'm trying a different approach now; seeing how far I can get without buying any cars or modifications. It's going pretty well so far. I've got all the licenses done, completed the driving missions and the beginner races. I don't think I can go much further, though, before I crack and spend all my credits on something beautiful but impractical (again).

yeah you're gonna have to start tapping into your funds for the professional league races.

Spartak · 03-11-2005, 01:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jwoody

A couple of days in and I must have restarted about five times at least, after becoming unhappy with my choice of motor.

I'm trying a different approach now; seeing how far I can get without buying any cars or modifications. It's going pretty well so far. I've got all the licenses done, completed the driving missions and the beginner races. I don't think I can go much further, though, before I crack and spend all my credits on something beautiful but impractical (again).

Get a Subaru Legacy. Go to the rally track, I forget which one it's the Mediterranean one, win both races, sell the rally car they give you for 265k. Repeat until desired.

Although my best car currently I got for winning some races. It's a Nissan with 910 BHP and a power to weight ratio of 1.477.

Seanland · 03-21-2005, 12:01 AM

I'm Really Enjoying the B-Spec mode, free 200,000 of an endurance race! With a nice car to top it all off, turn on playstation set to lvl 4 (Fast) push triangle to pass, than go to sleep, in the morning a new car and some money, fun

vbuser · 03-26-2005, 06:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Seanland

I'm Really Enjoying the B-Spec mode, free 200,000 of an endurance race! With a nice car to top it all off, turn on playstation set to lvl 4 (Fast) push triangle to pass, than go to sleep, in the morning a new car and some money, fun

lol

I should do that too.

Does anyone know what A spec points are for?

userasdf1234 · 03-27-2005, 04:05 PM

I think the A spec points are just for bragging rights because if you just use an insanely fast car against not so powerful cars you'll recieve less a spec points. Its just so you can compare with your friends and such. This is what i read on another site at least.

03-04-2005, 11:23 AM	#83 (permalink)
ElwoodBlues Psycho Location: Massachusetts	oh no. oh god no. Please make it not be true. I had almost 3 million credits. Every car I wanted. 30% completion. Every license. When I tried to load it up just now I get the worst message I have ever seen "Save file is corrupted. Do you wish to retry?" I retry I retry Over and over again. But nothing works. Last time I shut off my PS2, it was not saving the game. I didn't remove the memory card while it was saving. I didn't do anything wrong. And I lost everything. I know its just a videogame, but I've spent so much time in the past two weeks earning everything that I had, only to lose it all. I guess it'll be a while before I post here again. I don't think I have the energy to do all that over for a while. __________________ I think Pringles initial intention was to make tennis balls. But on the day that the rubber was supposed to show up, a big truckload of potatoes arrived. But Pringles is a laid back company. They said "Fuck it. Cut em up." -Mitch Hedberg, '68-'05 Bauer's the man.

03-04-2005, 10:43 PM	#87 (permalink)
Slayer Insane Location: Brooklyn, NY............. South Of Heaven	Its the Logitech Driving Force Pro worth it? I'm thinking about getting the wheel and the game. Pcnation is selling the wheel for about $110 which is the cheapest price I can find, with the game is going to be $160 together. Anyone got the driving force pro here? would you recommend it? __________________ "the key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering"

03-05-2005, 10:58 AM	#90 (permalink)
MontanaXVI Junkie Location: Go A's!!!!	still running and loving this game. What is everyone's fastest max speed contest speed? I hit 288.xx in a completely modded '96 Ruf CTT2 with Nitrous. Hit 250something in a modded '05 Ford GT with Nitrous as well. I got that LM Camaro or whatever it is called (I am pretty sure it was a prize car for one of the USA races), modded it up to 912 hp but cannot hit anything higher than 224.xx without Nitrous in max speed test. Any modders out there care to share gear ratios or settings to get top speeds? __________________ Spank you very much Last edited by MontanaXVI; 03-05-2005 at 11:45 AM..

03-06-2005, 05:35 AM	#93 (permalink)
MontanaXVI Junkie Location: Go A's!!!!	since I know nothing about gears, cars, or the proper ratios I usually just set the auto setting all the way out to 25 and let 'er rip from there. I have a couple friends who say they knew how to do it, but we sat there for hours the other night with that Camaro and could not pull anything faster than 224ish with it. At one point we were looking good in 5th gear then it redlines kicks over to 6th and starts slowing down WTF. Nothing we tried would get that car faster than 224ish without the juice. __________________ Spank you very much

03-06-2005, 12:10 PM	#94 (permalink)
Spartak Bang bang Location: New Zealand	The auto setting is the way to go, but you may want to set top gear a little wider if you are redlining it in top gear. At least this was the case in all the other GT games, 5 more days to go __________________ I can read your mind... looking at you... I can read your mind...

03-03-2005, 06:31 PM	#81 (permalink)
Rabid Bunny Tilted Location: Pennsylvania	Anybody else having more fun with the Photo Mode than the actual racing itself? I seem to just burn hours just taking pictures of my car. Too bad I only have a used MR2 to take pictures of, not a bad car itself, but it's just not pretty.

03-04-2005, 12:48 PM	#84 (permalink)
kurty[B] Sauce Puppet	Ouch! That's bad Elwood! I had that same error show up on me in GT3, I had played to about 68 or more %, and put the game down for 6 months, when I went back to load it up I had the same exact error. I tried playing from scratch again, but being so used to the Indy cars I quickly just gave up on it again. I feel for you, if I find anyway to recover that I'll let you know.

03-04-2005, 10:29 PM	#86 (permalink)
userasdf1234 Tilted	This question goes out to anyone that can help me. What car did you use for the "American Championship" race? Its the first one. Some of those cars just are so damn fast, i can't keep up.

03-05-2005, 10:20 AM	#88 (permalink)
vbuser Upright	What do you guys think about the replay? My friend says it looks cartoony compared to GT3.

03-06-2005, 10:40 PM	#95 (permalink)
zxello Addict Location: P-Town, WA	Anyone know what the car is on the Nurburgring Lap Guide on the International A license test? I friggin love that car but can't figure out what it is....... __________________ Old signature just wasn't doing it for me anymore, so now I have this new one. It's equally as stupid but at least it looks really long. I'm probably just going to keep typing until I run out of things to babble about and see how many people actually read this. I once ran down a hill, fell down and hurt my elbow; my mom said I would be ok, she kissed it and made it all better. I've run out of things to say now, so if you have read this whole thing, congratulations you get a gold star!

03-07-2005, 01:17 AM	#97 (permalink)
zxello Addict Location: P-Town, WA	muchos gracias, that thing has some super duper torque or some really shitty tires, i could break the back wheels loose REALLY easily, good times =) and sexy soundin' car __________________ Old signature just wasn't doing it for me anymore, so now I have this new one. It's equally as stupid but at least it looks really long. I'm probably just going to keep typing until I run out of things to babble about and see how many people actually read this. I once ran down a hill, fell down and hurt my elbow; my mom said I would be ok, she kissed it and made it all better. I've run out of things to say now, so if you have read this whole thing, congratulations you get a gold star!

03-07-2005, 01:25 AM	#98 (permalink)
Spartak Bang bang Location: New Zealand	My local games store has a store copy of GT4 and I played it for a good half hour today. Fuck me the Nurburgring is narrow, and has all these little bumps in it that throw my car off course... maybe it's just the car without the mods I only played arcade mode. Also it's sad to see my beloved Seattle City track edited so you can't cut through the chicane off pit road. Oh and the AI kicked my ass. 4 more days! __________________ I can read your mind... looking at you... I can read your mind...

03-07-2005, 10:05 AM	#99 (permalink)
pocon1 Banned	For top speed, remember to set the car as low as it will go in ride height, and remove any downforce which leads to drag.

03-07-2005, 12:31 PM	#100 (permalink)
0energy0 Insane Location: Title Town, USA	I hope they have my hatch. I love the hatch. __________________ Is the juice worth the squeeze?

03-07-2005, 01:55 PM	#102 (permalink)
0energy0 Insane Location: Title Town, USA	civic of course __________________ Is the juice worth the squeeze?

03-07-2005, 03:01 PM	#103 (permalink)
zxello Addict Location: P-Town, WA	Im stumped.... i need to find a good FF car... any suggestions? =) __________________ Old signature just wasn't doing it for me anymore, so now I have this new one. It's equally as stupid but at least it looks really long. I'm probably just going to keep typing until I run out of things to babble about and see how many people actually read this. I once ran down a hill, fell down and hurt my elbow; my mom said I would be ok, she kissed it and made it all better. I've run out of things to say now, so if you have read this whole thing, congratulations you get a gold star!

03-07-2005, 05:18 PM	#104 (permalink)
MontanaXVI Junkie Location: Go A's!!!!	Well, Sunday at football practice I broke my wrist. No racing for me for a long time __________________ Spank you very much

03-07-2005, 07:26 PM	#106 (permalink)
ElwoodBlues Psycho Location: Massachusetts	for FF I used a lightly modded (stock except for nitrous) 98 Taurus SHO. Worked just fine __________________ I think Pringles initial intention was to make tennis balls. But on the day that the rubber was supposed to show up, a big truckload of potatoes arrived. But Pringles is a laid back company. They said "Fuck it. Cut em up." -Mitch Hedberg, '68-'05 Bauer's the man.

03-10-2005, 06:45 AM	#107 (permalink)
ElwoodBlues Psycho Location: Massachusetts	well I'm back at it again. Had to start it all over, so I'm doing everything right this time. Got my B, A, and iB license with all Silver. Now I just gotta get back that SLR __________________ I think Pringles initial intention was to make tennis balls. But on the day that the rubber was supposed to show up, a big truckload of potatoes arrived. But Pringles is a laid back company. They said "Fuck it. Cut em up." -Mitch Hedberg, '68-'05 Bauer's the man.

03-10-2005, 11:02 AM	#108 (permalink)
IC3 Poison Location: Canada	I haven't really even been playing it anymore...Gotta try to get back into it. __________________ "To win any battle, you must fight as if you were already dead" -Musashi

03-10-2005, 01:01 PM	#109 (permalink)
RoboBlaster Psycho Location: Ouuuterrrr Spaaaaacccceeee	I am on Spring Break right now (yeah, I know, it is a bit early), and I am not looking forward to school starting back up and keeping me away from all the racing. It's amazing the level of depth a racing game can have. I have always thought of the Gran Turismo series as an RPG on wheels.

03-10-2005, 04:07 PM	#110 (permalink)
dirtyrascal7 That's what she said	FYI -- during days 694-701 you can buy the sweetest cars in the game. they are used le mans cars (mazda 787b, toyota gt-one, nissan r92cp, and another nissan). so they cost about half as much as the new ones cost, but are just as fast... and the best part... they're all jet black! they look SO badass. better save up though... they cost about $8million total. Last edited by dirtyrascal7; 03-10-2005 at 07:10 PM..

03-10-2005, 04:09 PM	#111 (permalink)
kurty[B] Sauce Puppet	thanks dirtyrascal, that's good to know!

03-10-2005, 09:49 PM	#113 (permalink)
Spartak Bang bang Location: New Zealand	I've got it. My car of choice right now is the Holden Monaro @ 675 BHP and NOS. I'm still doing the licences (half way through iB as we speak), but that SLR is looking mighty tempting. __________________ I can read your mind... looking at you... I can read your mind...

03-10-2005, 11:14 PM	#114 (permalink)
boothisman Upright	greatest driving game evar

03-11-2005, 03:33 AM	#115 (permalink)
jwoody Shackle Me Not Location: Newcastle - England.	A couple of days in and I must have restarted about five times at least, after becoming unhappy with my choice of motor. I'm trying a different approach now; seeing how far I can get without buying any cars or modifications. It's going pretty well so far. I've got all the licenses done, completed the driving missions and the beginner races. I don't think I can go much further, though, before I crack and spend all my credits on something beautiful but impractical (again). Last edited by jwoody; 03-11-2005 at 04:15 AM..

03-21-2005, 12:01 AM	#118 (permalink)
Seanland Psycho Location: Ontario, Canada	I'm Really Enjoying the B-Spec mode, free 200,000 of an endurance race! With a nice car to top it all off, turn on playstation set to lvl 4 (Fast) push triangle to pass, than go to sleep, in the morning a new car and some money, fun

03-27-2005, 04:05 PM	#120 (permalink)
userasdf1234 Tilted	I think the A spec points are just for bragging rights because if you just use an insanely fast car against not so powerful cars you'll recieve less a spec points. Its just so you can compare with your friends and such. This is what i read on another site at least.