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Gran Turismo 4 Preview

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the checkered-flags-and-victory-laps dept.

ãã¾ããããsã®ãS writes "FiringSquad has published a preview of Polyphony Digital's Gran Turismo 4, the upcoming flagship online racing title for PlayStation 2." Acccording to the preview, where the last Gran Turismo made us all adopt a Playstation 2, this one will have us adopting network adapters for online racing. The preview's also got some notes about the lengths Polyphony Digital has gone to in order to make GT4 as realistic as possible.

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  1. Sorry, I'm just not that excited this time around! by Mantrid · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This isn't that exciting for me...don't get me wrong GT3 was a great game and I enjoyed it thoroughly. But what is Sony really adding here? A few new cars and tracks?

    GT really needs an engine overhaul:

    - better collision physics - I get tired of racing against other 'bricks'
    - car damage - now pieces falling off etc., would be very exciting and cool, but even something as simple as a damage bar to represent what is going on and reduce performance. There's just no way in a game as realistic as GT3 (in other areas) that the fastest route on some tracks should involve setting up a nice billard ball bounce. That should totally screw up your car. The best would be individual parts breaking, and affecting handling, as well as cosmetic damage that may even affect aerodynamics.

    Without some major changes, we're still just playing GT1.

    I'd gladly wait a couple of more years for GT4 if it had actual new features!