Gran Turismo 4

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Gran Turismo 4
Developer(s)	Polyphony Digital
Publisher(s)	Sony Computer Entertainment
Designers	Kazunori Yamauchi
Release Date(s)	JP December 28, 2004 NA February 22, 2005 EU March 9, 2005
Series	Gran Turismo
Genre(s)	Racing
Platforms	Playstation 2
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Background

Gran Turismo 4 is the fourth installment of the popular game series Gran Turismo made by Sony. This version offers over 700 usable cars with many GT original, as well as real world renowned, tracks to choose from, giving the player many different possibilities leading to many different experiences. Gran Turismo 4 also shows off a new feature: Photo Mode. This new mode allows drivers to take as many shots of their cars as they would like. Gran Turismo 4 also takes everything from the car's own horsepower to everything technical, such as downforce, gear ratio, and limited slip to offer even the most enthusiastic players a challenge. Even more, this verson offers not only the traditional first person racing, refered to as A-Spec in this game, but also gives the player a third person setting on the player's own descretion, which is refered to as B-Spec. This views the race in progress with the player having the "director" job in a race crew, allowing the player to give various commands such as how fast to go, when to overtake, and when to pit stop.

Gameplay

Track List

• Circuit de la Sarthe 1
• Circuit de la Sarthe 2
• Fuji Speedway
• Infineon Raceway Sport Car Course
• Infineon Raceway Stock Car Course
• Nurburgring
• Suzuka Circuit
• Suzuka east Course
• Suzuka west Course
• Tsubuka Circuit
• Twin ring Motegi
• Apricot Hill
• Autumm Ring
• Autumm Ring Mini
• Beginner Course
• Deep Forest Raceway
• El Capitan
• Grand Valley Speedway
• High Speed Ring
• Midfield Raceway
• Motorland
• Test Course
• Trial Mountain Circut
• Citta di Aria
• Clubman Stage Route 5
• Costa di Amalfi
• Circuit de Monaco
• George V Paris
• Hong Kong
• Las Vegas
• New York
• Opera Paris
• Seattle Circuit
• Seoul Central
• Special Stage Route 5
• Tokyo Route 246
• Cathedral Rocks
• Chamonix
• Grand Canyon
• Ice Arena
• Swiss Alps
• Tahtit Maze

Car List

See Gran Turismo 4 Car List.

Races

See the Gran Turismo 4 Race List.

Driving Missions

See the Driving Missons List.

Licenses

See the Licenses List.

Photo Drive

See the Photo Drive Guide.

PSP version

Gran Turismo 4 (also known as Gran Turismo 4 Mobile) for the PSP is basically a mini-version of Gran Turismo 4 for the PS2, but there are a few differences between the two. The content between the two games is the same. GT4 Mobile has a wireless LAN feature allowing multiple PSP players to race each other. Unfortunately, GT4 Mobile has fewer cars and tracks than GT4. The graphics for GT4 Mobile also aren't as great as those in GT4. GT4 Mobile features original cars and tracks not found in GT4 as well. The number of generic buildings and other "window dressing" structures in the backgrounds has also been reduced., and the number of CPU cars has been decreased from 6 to 4.

Major portions of this page were written by: cgauld7