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Gran Turismo Awards Announced, GT4 Prologue Trailed

Posted by simoniker on from the vroom-vroom dept.

Thanks to Yahoo for reprinting a press release revealing the winners of Sony's Gran Turismo awards at the SEMA auto show in Las Vegas. The overall winner of these real-life auto awards, Ted and Sue Richardson's 1962 Buick Special, gets a virtual make-over, since "their vehicle will be drivable in Gran Turismo 4 when it is available worldwide for PlayStation 2 in 2004." The car will probably make it for the final version, but not for the recently-announced Gran Turismo 4: Prologue Version, which will debut in Japan in January 2004, and "will feature five courses", including Times Square, Japan's Tsukuba Circuit, and the Grand Canyon. Unfortunately, C+VG seems to have confirmed that this preview version is "released solely for the Japanese market", so Western Gran Turismo fans will have to wait a little longer for the final version.

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  1. because by reptilezero · · Score: 2, Insightful

    the games are made in japan :) you can always import if you want the special stuff :)

  2. not sure if that car will do well in track racing by Numeric · · Score: 2, Insightful

    i dont think that car would survive Laguna Seca Raceway. However, I am aware that GT3 did feature many muscle cars but they were limited to a few tracks, if I recall correctly.

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  3. Re:bah by h0mer · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Do you really want to give Sony extra money? As far as I can tell, GT4 Prologue is basically Sony throwing a bone to the rabid Japanese fans who'll buy it and then buy GT4 when it really comes out. I don't know what the pricing is, but I'd bet it's not a sweet deal like the Zelda pre-order disc.

    I'm sure GT4 will have enough content for almost anyone :)

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  4. Re:not sure if that car will do well in track raci by simoniker · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Random thought - if the Gran Turismo competition was really judged on the spot, how can Sony guarantee the winner will be in Gran Turismo 4? Don't they have to get prior permission from the car manufacturer before announcing it? What would have happened if an obscure make that Sony had no deal with was the best car at the show?

  5. Misinformed poster. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    GT3 featured very few muscle cars, and the only limits placed on which cars could go on which tracks is that you could only race cars that would accept rally tires on rally tracks (dirt tracks). Every car could race on every road track. Not sure where you got your info from, but I beat the game (err.. achieved 100% completion) and can say that with absolute certainty.

    The only muscle-ish cars I can recall off hand are the Shelby Cobra, and Ford GT40, and they dont fit the strict definition. If you really want to stretch it, there was a camaro z-28 and SS, and Ford Mustang, but all are modern day versions.