Gran Turismo 2

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Gran Turismo 2
Gran Turismo 2 Boxart
Developer(s)	Polyphony Digital
Publisher(s)	Sony Computer Entertainment
Designers	Kazunori Yamauchi
Release Date(s)	JP December 11, 1999 NA December 23, 1999 EU January 28, 2000
Series	Gran Turismo
Genre(s)	Racing
Platforms	Playstation
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Background

Gran Turismo 2 is the second installment in the Gran Turismo series. After the much anticipated first Gran Turismo it recieved a wide audience and was on the most popular games. Again, Sony went for realistic and authentic features over animation. Following on from Gran Turismo 1 it sold over 10 million copies worldwide and was a Sony Greatest Hits game.

As with Gran Turismo 1 it was incorporated with 2 gaming modes, Arcade and Simulation with the user racing against the Computer in a series of races in which the winner recieves money and prizes. The aim of the game is to complete it and unlock all the cars and tracks available.

Tracks

The following tracks were in Gran Turismo 2:

• Laguna Seca
• Apricot Hill
• Autumm Ring
• Autumm Ring Mini
• Deep Forest Raceway
• Grand Valley Speedway
• Grand Valley Speedway East
• Grindelwald
• High Speed Ring
• Midfield Raceway
• Red Rock
• Tahiti Road
• Test Course
• Trial Mountain Circut
• Clubman Stage Route 5
• Rome Circuit
• Rome Short
• Super Speedway
• Seattle Circuit
• Seattle Short
• Special Stage Route 5
• Pikes Peak Downhill
• Pikes Peak Hill Climb
• Smokey Mountain North
• Smokey Mountain South
• Tahiti Dirt Route 3

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