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The Evolution Of – Gran Turismo

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Gran tuuuuurismo!

Vroom vroom! I may be an enormous hazard on the road with the driving skills of a quadriplegic tortoise, but even I know a solid racing franchise when I see it. Gran Turismo was one of the first games of the modern console generation to really push the envelop on not only creating great cars, but vehicles that behaved as realistically as possible. And my oh my, how the franchise has grown over the years.

Love or hate it, it’s very hard to deny that Gran Turismo has had a massive impact on the gaming industry and beyond. This is a franchise, which has grown from a single game into a series that is used to train future race car drivers. Ace drivers, Le Mans champs and more have all graduated from the prestigious Gran Turismo academy, while my own Carmeggedon Academy has kept lawyers fed and their children schooled for generations to come. Hoo boy, why didn’t I listen to Geoff when he warned me not to open that school.

SO which is the best Gran Turismo then, out of the six (and various spin-offs) that have been released? According to Gavin, Gran Turismo 5 Prologue is the best of the bunch, while Sandy reckons that Forza Motorsport 4 is the best GT game. Sandy is also a pillock then, and I’ll leave his address at the bottom of this article so that you can go see if he weighs the same as a duck before you burn him alive.

So, which Gran Turismo game shaped your driving skills?

Last Updated: July 31, 2014

22 Comments

  1. Memories of renting the first one , and been like wtf only one camera mode ?

    But that’s me and it’s open to interpretation 🙂

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    • CAE9872

      July 31, 2014 at 15:45

      It had two if I recall – behind the car and bumper (which is the way to play it).

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  2. CAE9872

    July 31, 2014 at 15:45

    I love the GT series and own every game bar the HD thingy when PS3 launched and some odd stuff that were released in limited numbers.

    Anyway the best is a rather difficult one to say:

    GT1 – introduced us to what racing games could be; licence tests; endurance evnts.
    GT2 – just more of the same but better graphics.
    GT3 – brilliant structure to career; great graphics – arguably the best in the series.
    GT4 – this one is tough but looked superb and had great structure to it…tough one vs GT3 to separate.
    GT5 – hmmmm they lost their way on that one!
    GT6 – havent finished per se but was trying something new for the modern gamer. Got rid of some annoying stuff but isn’t perfect.
    Spinoffs – Tourist Trophy was great and even GT on PSP was good.

    As for Sandy and best GT being FM4 – I will pretend that was slip of the tongue!

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    • Sith JJ

      July 31, 2014 at 16:09

      GT had so many cars, that was what got me. No other game at that stage had so many.

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      • CAE9872

        July 31, 2014 at 16:15

        Yeah for the time, even today, its range and number of cars was impressive – and if you don’t like Nissan Skyline’s no doubt there is something else to choose.

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        • Sith JJ

          July 31, 2014 at 16:20

          I remember I used to always buy a specific car as my ‘starting car’ on GT2, and when I was old enough and got my own car (real car) it was actually that. Still one of the best cars I’ve owned to date just because of the memories.

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  3. Hammersteyn

    July 31, 2014 at 15:48

    • CAE9872

      July 31, 2014 at 16:14

      I know it was Malaysia but was that Nick Heidfeld?

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      • Hammersteyn

        July 31, 2014 at 16:24

        It looks like Grosjeans car. That and the way he drives. leads me to believe it might be him

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        • CAE9872

          July 31, 2014 at 16:28

          He’s calmed down – hell now his team mate is the problem…Maldonado! More like Maldonadont.

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          • Sith JJ

            July 31, 2014 at 16:29

            I like the crazy drivers. Alonso did his best when he was mad.

          • Hammersteyn

            July 31, 2014 at 16:36

            So did Senna….

          • Sith JJ

            July 31, 2014 at 16:44

            Alright, true. A lot of people (including my gf) doesn’t like Alonso much, but I think his arrogance is what makes him take chances. My gf was not happy when he joined Ferrari.

          • Skyblue

            July 31, 2014 at 19:30

            Senna was a racing deity. He died trying to catch Shumi but that is another conversation.

          • Hammersteyn

            August 1, 2014 at 08:14

            Yeah, he was truly one of a kind

          • GalacticLordCaptainAwesomeness

            August 4, 2014 at 07:46

            What is the difference between Senna and Messi?

            Messi knows how to take a corner

          • Hammersteyn

            July 31, 2014 at 16:36

            LOL!

        • z1n

          August 1, 2014 at 10:29

          Takuma Sato is my personal all time favourite crazy driver. Kamikaze crazy…

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  4. Sith JJ

    July 31, 2014 at 16:12

    Even you know a decent racing franchise when you see one?
    Hmm.
    I can always supply you with some racing game reviews if times are tough 😉

    But seriously, I think GT2 was pretty much the one that grabbed me. You could take your memory card to your friend’s house with your garage full of cars and race head-to-head with you “own” cars. Pretty damn cool stuff for the time.

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  5. FoxOneZA

    July 31, 2014 at 16:34

    GT101: The quality of each iteration of GT is inversely proportional to the power of the console it’s running on.

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  6. Skyblue

    July 31, 2014 at 19:27

    I LOL’ed hard at “Carmageddon Academy” and “Hoo boy”, shot.

    GT 2 was the definitive GT experience for me as I spent more time on that title than the rest combined (estimate). Forza muddied the waters for me and I consequently moved across to X360 as two Forza games were released by the time the first GT game arrived for the PS3.

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  7. Skoobaz

    August 1, 2014 at 08:36

    GT2 baby!! Had a full garage of cars, arguebly my favourite was the Audi TT LM. Tuned that baby to perfection. Was practically unbeatable among my friends.

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