Clarkson Reviews GT4

[Ultra_Kool_Dude]

http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/art...722790,00.html

[Firecat]

He kept on about BMW. So, he said he shaved 2 minutes off his real-life nurburgring lap time with the DB9....so, Clarkson can do the ring in GT4 in about 8 minutes or so.

[MXM]

Originally Posted by JC

Whatever, you could definitely use GT4 as a device for trying out your next car, especially if you’re thinking of buying a Viper. That’s just as undriveable in the game as it is on the M6.

[SL65]

Wow I got much respect for Jeremy as a journalist, not that its hard to do what he does. A good review of GT4's realism I think. I wonder if he used a steering wheel like GT Force Pro??

Jezza, some day I will have your job

[KryptonZone]

Maybe it's time I got myself on the PS-Highway... I think I'm missing out

[Leppy]

But the reality is rather different. What happens is that you invest about three weeks winning a new car, and after that a new game comes out in which you can shoot James Bond in the face.

hmmm... why do I want to play this Bond game all of a sudden now...

[bone]

Originally Posted by KryptonZone

Maybe it's time I got myself on the PS-Highway... I think I'm missing out

yeah, me too

but i've looked into some prices,
PS2: 150€
GT4: 65€
GT4 steering wheel: 150€
total: 365€

you almost have a car for that money

[Cactus]

Originally Posted by bone

you almost have a car for that money

But not 700

[Buba]

I soo knew it! I wrote in the thread about Jezzas back, that he might start playing GT4... Hahaha...

Buba

[KryptonZone]

Oooo... True... I can't bloody afford that... The worst part of the whole thing is, that game, Forza Motorsport, the one with the Enzo on it, is ONLY on XBoxes and the stupid GT4 is ONLY on PS2. I'm not going to waft around buying both! God, if I can "waft" around, I'd be buying those cars... Anyways...

[Sebastian]

I don't think the realisme of GT4 should be taken so seriously. It's not thát real. The tracks like the Nurburgring might be véry real but the cars still handle a bit arcade.
GTR is a better sim but doesn't have 700 authentic cars.

[Redliner]

Originally Posted by Leppy

hmmm... why do I want to play this Bond game all of a sudden now...

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Because it´s really good and fun and you´ll spend many hours trying to powerslide your favorite car around Nurburgrin just to watch the unbelievable replay?

[KryptonZone]

I bought the Formula 1 Season 2004 game to try on my friend's PS2. It was HORRIBLE! The controls were IMPOSSIBLE, we got the wheel and pedals out, it was WORSE! I can't believe how rubbish it was. Since then (a couple of weeks ago), I've always been worried about how crap other PS2 things will be. So that's the only reason I'm still holding back.

I mean I've got F1 Challenge 1999-2002 and I modded it with the 2004 season, as well as the official European Touring Car Championship mod and it's brilliant! I got a Logitech Dual Action PS2-style gamepad and it works like a charm. The cars handle like I tell it to!

[haha604]

Jeremy commenting on Ferrari's refusal to be featured in the game:

"Well, that’s complete and utter madness, because as a result my nine-year-old is growing up wanting a Honda NSX."

[BerserkerCatSplat]

That was a good article, it's nice to hear the physics are (pretty much) as good as Sony says they are. I played a ton of GT4, until my savegame corrupted on me and I had to restart the etinre game. That hurt, let me tell you.

A word from the wise: If you play GT4 on a regular basis, always copy your savegame to a second memory card as well.

You'll thank me later.

[dutch_designer]

Now if you realise that GT4 was the biggest selling game this year (it's true, I read it on Joystiq :p ), imagine the profits this game is making. Now imagine they take a teeny bit of that profit and invest a bit in some Ferrari, Lamborghini and proper Porsche licenses. Now.. how great would that be? No more benefit from Forza over GT4 (well, ok, GT still doesn't have online) and you'd have one hell of a car garage. Ferrari asking a big sum of money, yeah ok, they've got something to be proud of and I don't blame em. They don't need the extra publicity from GT.. they manage just fine by themselves. But please Sony, do us all a favor and don't be so cheap ok?

[pdanev]

. They don't need the extra publicity from GT.. they manage just fine by themselves.

^ not quite true. ferrari are quite into some financial trouble atm they can hardyl finance their part of f1, they are paying too much premium to workers/managers, and they messed up the maserati deal (luckily got out of it by seliing to alfa), but they still have to produce 5000engines for maserati. in f1 they are surviving only because of sponsors, phillip morris, vodafone etc. so ferrari is doing far from fine

ps: and us market isnt that profitable atm either, currency issues.

[Leppy]

Originally Posted by Redliner

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Because it´s really good and fun and you´ll spend many hours trying to powerslide your favorite car around Nurburgrin just to watch the unbelievable replay?

I said I wanted to play the game where you shoot Bond in the face... but if I can do that while powersliding... hey I guess thats a bonus.

[zgrabill]

Has any professional driver ever run the ring in real life then compared his time to the game? I've seen comparisons of the track to the game and it's amazingly close, but there are certain factors, I'm sure, which the game cannot simulate.

[chaos386]

Originally Posted by zgrabill

Has any professional driver ever run the ring in real life then compared his time to the game? I've seen comparisons of the track to the game and it's amazingly close, but there are certain factors, I'm sure, which the game cannot simulate.

Most notable of which is the OhmygodImgoingtodie factor.