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Supra(Dude) wrote:
> how many people are getting this game? i seen the commercial and the game
> looks kick-ass. I have it on reserve at gamestop, it comes out may 3
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I have to say, this game is SHWWWEEEETTT! A friend of mine who works at
a certain EB Games was gracious enuff to allow me to play it. Since I
have lost all touch with the GT series since GT 1 and 2 on the PS1, this
is a nice welcome back on the Xbox. The multi- levels of customization
are all there (parts, dampening, tire pressure, suspension etc.) and one
of those coolest things is that you can run an auto benchmark that test
the results of your tweaking in figures, a bonus for a non-mechanic type
such as myself. As well, you can change the color, rims, body effects
custom logos/paint jobs and all that good stuff as well.
In career mode, you start off with picking a continent (Asia, Europe, or
N. America) which pretty much makes up what types are cars you will be
driving, and how cheap they'll be as opposed to imported models. The
game gives you about 20,000 credits or so to start out with so you buy a
cheap car (Silvia
, fix it up, win a few races and get a new car. The
neat thing is pretty soon, cars start flowing in. Not only do you win
cars for placing gold on races but you also recieve cars from companies
on the side (i.e. Pontiac just sent me a GTO) and discounts on auto
parts (toyo tires: 10% off). There are also some neat Xbox live
functions as well. I guess you can sell your car to people on live as
opposed to the shop in the game and receive much less depreciation. SO
MANY CARS to pick from.
Another nice feature is good damage modeling. While playing arcade, I
didn't really see the damage take any effect, other than aesthetics, but
while doing career mode, my car really started handling real bad after a
couple of swings into the wall; causing oversteer to the left and right
depending on damage.
CONS:
Perhaps I pumped this game up to high in my head, and IMHO, it’s a great
game but the terrain mapping looks artificial and sub par at some points
(try the arcade tracks and you'll see). Also there was a little too many
jaggies on the car as well. Maybe cuz I'm on a 43",interlaced, and S
Video. Dunno but it just seemed the half an hour I spent playing GT4 on
a friend's wega, that GT4 models/textures looked better. That being
said, its defintely worth plunking down the change for. Great Game!
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