Gran Turismo 4 JP Launch

The Japanese launch of Gran Turismo 4 has been a roaring success, with Gamespot reporting that the game sold one million copies in two days. From the article: "The game's shipment beats the Gran Turismo series' record of 1 million copies in three days, set by Gran Turismo 3 from April 28 to 30, 2001. Overall, the franchise has sold 36 million cumulative copies worldwide since the title was released in 1997." They also have a piece discussing their impressions while testing the japanese version of the game.

Comments

Re:Car List Please

[Heftklammerdosierer!]

GTPlanet.net car list

GT4's updated web site

[Numeric]

The Official GT4 web site. I don't think the car list is very complete. Hopefully, our friends in Japan will have sites with the true car list.

/. Is Just getting Round to This?

[GTRacer]

I got my GT4 + DVD set LAST FRIDAY - after the sales record had fallen.

So far, I'm pleased, but the lack of day-night cycles and saving progress in the pits for the longer enduros kinda pisses me off. But the control is as tight as Prologue's (especially braking) and is is as pretty as they all say.

Was it worth importing? Yup, especially if any of the local stores do "fast lap" competitions for a shot at a free copy of the U.S. release.

GTRacer
- Earning my nick

One million shipped, not sold

[EvilDonut]

GT4 did not sell a million copies in two days, that's merely the number of copies shipped to retailers. The actual sales figures are around 635.000 copies in the first week, which is still very impressive, and about 15.000 copies more than GT3 sold in its first week.

Re:Instruction Manual:

[mausmalone]

no, no, no... That's Nascar and to a lesser extent Indycar.

One of the coolest things about the original Gran Turismo is that it had to be put in a 2-disc case even though it was only 1 disc so that you can have both instruction booklets. The first was how to play/controls/standard stuff. the second booklet was a manual about driving and racing strategy.

The 3rd one had the same for half of the booklet, but it's very notable that it was written by instrutors from the Skip Barber School of Racing (though, to be honest, the first game's manual was more correct).

And if you don't play it, pick up GT3 for $8 at Gamestop. It's far and away worth at least that much.

Re:2 player stats

[Lord_Dweomer]

I've loaded the cars from my garage, and am able to use the cars I have won. However, it lowers its power. So in other words, all those parts I bought to increase performance don't do dick.

Don't believe me? Take a rally car like the escort, soup it up all the way, then try it in a rally race in arcade mode. The car isn't NEARLy as powerful. And I believe the horsepower drops considerably (check the numbers it shows you).