Racing Games Too Fast, Furious For U.S.?

Posted by simoniker on Wednesday June 11, 2003 @10:17AM from the rally-too-many-rally-games dept.

An anonymous reader writes "FiringSquad just posted an interesting article called 2 Fast 2 Furious For The U.S., discussing the Japanese releases of Gran Turismo Concept and World Rally Championship 2 Extreme for PS2. It's pretty interesting, since these are two games that haven't been scheduled for a U.S. release yet, despite having solid predecessors." Seems like we'll never see GT Concept in the States, despite a European release (wonder why?), and if WRC 2 Extreme can make it through the surfeit of rally titles currently clogging U.S. bargain bins, it should be a worthy buy.

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Licensing issues... by neostorm · 2003-06-11 11:23 · Score: 3, Informative

Licensing issues are most likely why these games will never see the light of day here.
This may be a ficticious memory or a past rumor, correct me if I'm wrong, but I seem to remember the original Japanese Gran Turismo having a ton of cars (Ferrari) that were not in the US version due to similar licensing issues.