Gran Turismo 4 is the fourth main installment in the Gran Turismo series. This version boasts 721 cars from 80 manufacturers and 51 tracks, including a mixture of real world locations and original tracks from the developers. Gran Turismo 4 is still considered "the real driving simulator" due to its extremely realistic physics engine, with each car and road surface having a different feel. The game, despite being on the PlayStation 2 is highly regarded as being photo-realistic and boasts 480i/p and 1080i video options along with wide screen mode. The cars are incredibly highly detailed, with an average of 3,500 polygons being used for each one (note: Gran Turismo 5: Prologue uses around 200,000 polygons for each car, including interior).
As is traditional with the Gran Turismo series, there are two main game modes: Arcade, and Gran Turismo World. Arcade mode gives players a chance to take part in a single race, time trial, free run or split-screen race without it effecting their game status. In Gran Turismo World, the player must advance their career by taking part in various different races and winning or buying new cars. The license tests also return, forcing players to prove that they should be on a race track before being allowed to take part in high level races. A new way to play GT World was added, dubbed 'B-Spec'; this gave people the opportunity to sit out long races and let an AI driver to the heavy lifting – this was particularly useful for the three twenty four hour races featured in the game, but these could also be completed in A-Spec (first person) mode. B-Spec was initially going to be featured in Gran Turismo 3, however, due to a tight release schedule, it was removed – hence the name 'Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec'.
Polyphony Digital originally stated that the game would feature online mode, with six players being able to compete with each other from around the world. However, this removed from the final version, being replaced with a local-network play mode.
It was announced shortly after the game's release that there was to be a direct port of the game to Sony's handheld system, the PSP. After almost no news on the project for a few years, many presumed it to have been quietly canceled, but the game re-surfaced at E3 2009 under the title ' Gran Turismo PSP'. It is, however, no longer a direct port, and a unique experience from the console versions of the game.
Race Tracks
This edition of Gran Turismo features a mix of real life and fictional tracks. In alphabetical order, they are:
2000 Toyota Modellista Celica TRD Sports M (ZZT231)
2004 Toyota Motor Triathlon Race Car
1986 Toyota MR2 1600 G
1986 Toyota MR2 1600 G-Limited Super Charger
1997 Toyota MR2 G-Limited
1997 Toyota MR2 GT-S
1999 Toyota MR2 Spyder
2002 Toyota MR2 Spyder
2002 Toyota Prius G (J)
2003 Toyota Prius G Touring Selection (J)
2001 Toyota RSC
2002 Toyota RSC Rally Raid Car
1992 Toyota Sera
1965 Toyota Sports 800
1998 Toyota Sprinter Trueno BZ-R
1983 Toyota Sprinter Trueno GT-Apex (AE86)
2000 Toyota Sprinter Trueno GT-Apex (AE86)
1997 Toyota Starlet Glanza V
2000 Toyota Superautobacs Apex MR-S (JGTC)
1990 Toyota Supra 2.5GT Twin Turbo R
1988 Toyota Supra 3.0GT Turbo A
1997 Toyota Supra RZ
1997 Toyota Supra SZ-R
2004 Toyota Tacoma X-Runner
1999 Toyota Vitz F
2000 Toyota Vitz RS 1.5
2002 Toyota Vitz RS Turbo
2000 Toyota Vitz U Euro Sport Edition
1970 Toyota Toyota 7 Race Car
2002 Toyota Voltz S
2003 Toyota Wedssport Celica (JGTC)
2001 Toyota Will VS
2003 Toyota Woodone Tom's Supra (JGTC)
Trial
2003 Trial Celica SS-II (ZZT231)
Triumph
1974 Triumph Spitfire 1500
TVR
2000 TVR Cerbera Speed 12
1997 TVR Cerbera Speed Six
1994 TVR Griffith 500
2003 TVR T350C
2002 TVR Tamora
2000 TVR Tuscan Speed 6
1991 TVR V8S
Volkswagen
1949 Volkswagen Beetle 1100 Standard (Type-11)
2001 Volkswagen Bora V6 4MOTION
1976 Volkswagen Golf I GTI
2001 Volkswagen Golf IV GTI
2003 Volkswagen Golf IV R32
2005 Volkswagen Golf V GTI
1968 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Coupe (Type-1)
2002 Volkswagen Lupo 1.4
2000 Volkswagen Lupo Cup Car
2001 Volkswagen Lupo GTI
2003 Volkswagen Lupo GTI Cup Car (J)
2000 Volkswagen New Beetle 2.0
2000 Volkswagen New Beetle Cup Car
2000 Volkswagen New Beetle RSi
2001 Volkswagen Polo GTI
2001 Volkswagen W12 Nardo Concept
Volvo
1988 Volvo 240 GLT Estate
2003 Volvo S60 T 5 Sport
Music List
1. "Live In A Box" Spiderbait 2. "Roll Over DJ" Jet 3. "777" Aquasky Vs MasterBlaster 4. "A Million Miles Away" Ulrich Schnauss 5. "Amped" Freq Nasty 6. "Animalised" X-Ray Sun 7. "B Is For Brutus" The Hives 8. "Bigtime" The Soundtrack of Our Lives 9. "Don't Think The Way They Do" Span 10. "Drain The Blood" The Distillers 11. "Emerge (Dave Clarke Remix)" Fischerspooner 12. "Forget" differentGear 13. "Fresh" Freq Nasty 14. "Go With The Flow" Queens Of The Stone Age 15. "Healer (House Mix)" Bushwacka! 16. "Hell Above Water" Curve 17. "I Only Want You" Eagles of Death Metal 18. "In The Limelight" Whitey 19. "Mother One Track Mind" The Soundtrack of Our Lives 20. "Pray (Dave London Dub)" Syntax 21. "Psychosis Safari" The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster 22. "Quaman" Photek 23. "Reason Is Treason (Jack Knife Lee Remix)" Kasabian 24. "Rinsa" Photek 25. "Shatter" Feeder 26. "Stalemate" Hundred Reasons 27. "Trash Technology" Warren Suicide 28. "Uptight" The Hives 29. "Wow" Snow Patrol 30. "Freedom To Win" Masahiro Andoh 31. "Get Closer" Masahiro Andoh 32. "Green Monster" Masahiro Andoh 33. "Kiss You Goodbye" Masahiro Andoh 34. "Nobody" Masahiro Andoh 35. "Drive You Crazy" Masahiro Andoh 36. "Vette Lag" Masahiro Andoh 37. "Moon Over The Castle (Gran Turismo series theme)" Masahiro Andoh 38. "Bullet" The Antidote 39. "Bubble 'n Tweak" Hallucinogen 40. "Checker Flag" Etnica 41. "Inside Every Man " Koxbox 42. "Moon Over The Castle Short" Synthetic 43. "Moon Over The Castle Long" Synthetic 44. "It's All About You" Daiki Kasho 45. "Soul Surfer" Daiki Kasho 46. "Wicked" Daiki Kasho 47. "What To Believe" Daiki Kasho 48. "Good Days, Bad Days" Daiki Kasho 49. "Break Down" Daiki Kasho 50. "My Precious" Daiki Kasho 51. "Leibestraum III" Franz Liszt 52. "Air on the G string" Johann Sebastian Bach 53. "Jesus bleibet meine Freude" Johann Sebastian Bach 54. "Suite fur Violoncello Nr.1 C major, BWV.1007" Johann Sebastian Bach 55. "Le cygne" Saint-Saens 56. "Fruhlingslied, Op.67 No.4" Felix Mendelssohn 57. "Rondo in D major, KV485" Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 58. "Je te veux" Erik Satie 59. "Canon" Johann Pachelbel 60. "La fille aux cheveux de lin" Claude Debussy 61. "Clair de lune" Claude Debussy 62. "Reverie" Claude Debussy 63. "Gymnopediel" Erik Satie 64. "Prelude No.15 in D-flat major, Op.28 No.15" Frederic Chopin 65. "Pictures as an Exhibition Promenade" Modest Mussorgsky 66. "(Call Me) Super Bad Parts 1, 2 & 3" James Brown 67. "Apology For Non-Symmetry" Chronic Future 68. "Born Too Slow (Deepsky's Green Absinthe Dub Mix)" The Crystal Method 69. "Car Crash" Dirty Americans 70. "D-Greasy Rides" Bootsy & Friends featuring D-Greasy & Bino 71. "Don't Mean A Thing" Boralis 72. "Drop On You" will.i.am 73. "I Don't Mean Nothing" will.i.am 74. "Free Wheel Burning" Judas Priest 75. "Funny Little Feeling" Rock 'n' Roll Soldiers 76. "Gameplan" Mr. Natural 77. "Getaway (Gran Turismo 4 Pop Rox Remix)" Earth, Wind & Fire 78. "Getting Away With Murder (Gran Turismo 4 Vrenna/Walsh Remix)" Papa Roach 79. "Hold The Brakes" Apollo 440 80. "Start The Car" Apollo 440 81. "Hot Rod Honeymoon" Jeff Beck 82. "I Don't Care" The Roots featuring Dom 83. "I Don't Want To Know" The Donnas 84. "Let's Roll" Bootsy & Friends featuring D-M.A.U.B. 85. "Machine Gun (Gran Turismo 4 Pop Rox Remix)" The Commodores 86. "Nitro" Dieselboy Kaos, Vocals by J-Messinian 87. "Not Listening" Papa Roach 88. "Nothing Wrong" Jimmy Eat World 89. "Oh Yeah" Yello 90. "Panama" Van Halen 91. "Ready To Rock" X-ecutioners 92. "Real Dream" Deepsky 93. "Rockstar" Wylde Bunch 94. "Runaround" Arlo 95. "Short Burning Fuse" Less Than Jake 96. "Slip And Slide" A. Skillz 97. "Till The Break" A. Skillz 98. "So Long Baby Goodbye" The Blasters 99. "Summer Song" Joe Satriani
Name Gran Turismo 4 Release Date 2005-02-22 Genre Driving/Racing Simulation Theme Motorsports Developer Polyphony Digital Inc. Publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment Platform PlayStation 2Share This
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