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Gran Turismo | 
 enlarge | From: Sony
Category: Video Games
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Avg. Customer Rating:  84 reviews
Sales Rank: 8726
Platform: Playstation
ESRB: Everyone
Media: CD-ROM
Operating System: Playstation 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 1
MPN: 41942
UPC: 711719419426
EAN: 0711719419426
ASIN: B00000DMAU
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Editorial Review
Gran Turismo is the new definition of a great racing game. With wonderful graphics, TV-like replays, and an entire host of cars to chose from, this instant classic goes beyond a driving game into the realm of driving simulator. You can choose between the arcade version (featuring classic cars such as Corvettes and Aston Martins) or the simulation, which is the true heart of the game. The simulation starts you on an entire racing career beginning with a cheap used car and second-rate tracks. You will find yourself longing for the Dodge Viper as your sad $10,000 starting fund puts you behind the wheel of a used Honda Prelude or Mazda RX-7. As you win races, acquire money, and earn advanced licenses, you are able to buy better cars and race in more competitive matches right up to the GT World Cup. Complete with cunning renditions of actual car models and a very playable interface, this game is great for the serious racing simulation fan and the casual gamer. It promises instant action and the kind of gradual advancement that keeps gamers playing for weeks. While the license tests can be hard, the fun track design and sheer number (140-plus) and variety of cars to choose from makes this an exciting race experience. --Allen Stewart Pros: - Great graphics
- More than 140 accurately modeled cars
- Awesome replays--actually looks like a TV race
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The reason I left Nintendo October 27, 2008
First of all I am from Guatelama, back then in 1998, I was saving to get my nintendo 64 system. But one day my older brother, went to a videogame store planning to by the 64 with Mario. I had already sold my SNES, and i was just waiting to begin collecting stars. Then when my bro came by, He was carrying a bag with a Playstation Box and a rare game called Gran Turismo.
I was really mad, until he connected it, and when the Sony logo appeard, I was shocked, sound, graphics etc, from the video of Gran Turismo the presentation, to my first race, that was it, I forgot everything about nintendo, except of Killer Instinct, but thats how it started.
The other Gran Turismos are obviolusly better, but this is the one that made the leap. like, MGS, FFVII, and all those awesome PS1 games that changed how we play right now. Gran Turismo is that kind of game that not everyone loves, specially the arcade ones, but its simply amazing. The best of its kind and time.
By that time a NFS normaly had no more than 15 - 20 cars, and this changed it forever with more than 160 cars. If you want a realistic experience buy a PS3 and Gran Turismo 5, and after that you'll want to have the collection. I have passed the 5 of them, including the prologue, it takes time, but that why i am paying.
Characteristics:
+ 160 cars and customizable, first time in history
11 detailed tracks
real Phisics
Best racing graphics until Gran Turismo 2 and so on.
most realistic control until....GT2 and so on too
The best quaility in menus, and a revolutionary simulation mode, also an arcade mode.
First time ever replays and to save you replay too.
Simply a classic.
 It's not a bad racing game, but doesn't deserve a 5 star rating October 27, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
this game is just decent, even back when it was first released there were comparable racing games made for sony and even other systems. I would have put 3 stars, but I don't want people thinking this game is perfect therefore I must give it 1 stars. instead of 3 stars.
Solid racer September 18, 2007
This game does seem a bit lacking after playing the other games in the franchise, but holds up well if you don't mind the graphics.
Buyer beware. Watch out for copies that don't read Greatest hits on. Seems there was a bug that wouldn't allow you to get 100% in the game. These copies alway have been known to wipe out your garage.
A 6-Star Game June 7, 2005
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is one of the best games I have ever played. If there was a 6-star rating on this, I would choose it. This is an 6-Star game and it really is. Just about everything is rated 10 out of 10 for me. The only thing that wasn't a 10 was the car choices, which was 9.7, and the graphics, which was 9.3. Now the car choices to me are a perfect 10. Here are my ratings: Gameplay - 10, Challenge - 10, Car Choices - 10, Course Choices - 10, Graphics - 9.3, Overall: 9.86. I want to thank all the people that made this game for creating it, and myself for rating it an overall 9.86. There's another one out there. I know it. And when I beat this game, I will get Gran Turismo 2. But that's another story. Thanks again!
Heaven on wheels! February 3, 2005
This is, by far, undeniably the racing game to have.
A game with over 20 cars to choose from? UNHEARD OF at the time- this game's got over 150, folks.
A game with true-to-life car physics, sounds, and handling? GET REAL, right? Nope, all here.
A game with so much customization, import tuner companies piss their pants? It's ALL here.
Gran Turismo is the original racing simulator that started it all.
You start off with a measly 10,000 bucks. That all but gets you a clunker of a car, which, after beating a bunch of driver's ed tests, you can use to sneak your way through a few races....winning a bit of cash and some cars you can either sell or save to tune later....until you can finally buy your dream car (which for me was the Acura NSX Type S-Zero the first time I played through it)
Let me just stress how perfect this game is....
Sure, your first time through it, you'll take a hairpin turn at Grand Valley way too fast, spin out of control, scream, yell, and curse at the TV, maybe throw and break your controller as you finish in last place....but over time, you'll feel so much utter control of your car, that any shimmy or shake the car makes while cornering or countersteering or powersliding, you'll know exactly how to correct it. No two cars in the game handle the same. You have your FF, FR, MR, and 4WD drivetrains.
Simply, you have it all here.
The graphics in the game push the Playstation to the limit....this, GT2, and R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 are by far the best-looking racing games on the original Playstation.
There are hordes of races to race, and multiple cars to win, so the replay value is through the roof.
My absolute FAVORITE part about the game is fine-tuning the gear ratios of a fully-tuned, supercharged turbo monster of a car, and trying to get every last ounce of power out of it for a top speed at the Test Track. I've literally spent days at a time fiddling with the gear ratios on a car, knowing that someway, somehow, I'd be able to squeeze another 2 or 3 MPH out of it. Not only that....adjusting the car's ride height affects top speed and acceleration, too....
My personal best was achieving 274 MPH with the Mitsubishi GTO Twin Turbo MR....It took me at least 8 hours to get it from its standard 252 MPH top speed it gets with all of the top performance parts, and no fiddling with gear ratios or anything....
The one, and ONLY downside to the game is that you only get $12,000 for any car you sell that you won from a tournament. Even a car that you KNOW should rake in WAY more than just 12K....like say for instance, the TVR Cerbera LM.
Other than that, this game is absolute perfection, 10 out of 10....
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