Hey folks, as you may have noticed I haven't been making many updates to the site lately. This is namely because I've been too busy to do much gaming, and when I have been gaming it's been on UT2003, Dungeon Siege, D2 or Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2. Anyway, the site pretty much runs on the members activity to begin with. Another main reason I've been holding off on doing anything is because I kept waiting for GT Concept to come out so I'd have a new game to build another section of the site around. I was curious so I got to reading today and found some reviews on the PAL version of GT Concept. Firstly, when the hell is this game coming out in the States? It turns out that Concept is pretty much just an arcade game with little to no tuning capabilities built in.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but that's pretty much what I gather from the following two reviews:

Totalgames.net review
Gamesdomain.com review

I don't know about you guys, but this looks pretty disappointing for true fans of the GT series. I've always looked to the GT series when I wanted to play a game that required a little more skill than the typical arcade racer. I can think of quite a few PC based racing sims that are much harder than the GT series, but on consoles the GT series has been the only real choice for people wanting a little sim-like challenge. I guess we'll all have to bide our time for the next 'real' installment of Gran Turismo, eh?

I don't know about you guys but I think PD should've left the arcade games to the likes of EA. It will be interesting to see how this latest installment fares in the units sold category. What do you think?

Kerr

I have GT Concept (well my brother does) and i've finished it, to be hinest it took me 6 hours to finish it and get the 10 million credit reward. Basically it's only arcade, and without any tuning, but u can setup the cars, so Kerr, if u want to do a setup site for it it would be nice :P
iIt has alot of new cars, and the graphics are better than gt3...but it's really really easy for anyone who's done 15%+ of gt3.

Ahh - this makes more sense now. So, it seems a US (NTSC) version of the games won't be coming out. If the ability to tune isn't there and the game is real 'arcadey' in feel then I would just as soon not play it to begin with. If I want arcade then I'll pick up the NFS series. Sounds like PD sold out to make a buck or two on the arcade scene. I guess we'll have to wait for awhile until the next real installment of GT comes out.

lol. good way of thinkin mate. Maybe more 3.1 though. lol Well GT4 is only a year and a bit away. I can hang out for it. :-D

I really haven't heard anything yet about GT4 - not even a tentative date. It will be interesting to see how much more graphical power they can get out of the PS2.

Thanks for the news. I agree - I somehow doubt when GT4 comes out we'll be looking at a game that's 'night and day' different from GT3 in terms of graphical detail.

I would imagine the brainchilds responsible ror the GRAN TURISMO phenomenon most likely tried creating a better HEAD2HEAD RACING version of the game. Having raced on the LINK setup and running multiple PS2's and GT3's it was REAL COOL the way you can see the field on your own TV versus the splitscreen. However; what also SUCKED about the LINK setup was the fact that you could only race with CPU cars from the Arcade mode. Often times if you raced with different cars; someone may have had a very distinct advantage with one car over another. I also agree that the entire POINT of racing with GRAN TURISMO is the actual "virtual reality mechanic" ability in all of us. So it may come to pass that I will likely OWN the new version when it arrives in stores; but could be VERY DISAPPOINTED if all I've heard and read about it is true.

Actually my friends and I have gotten together on many occasions to race competively in various formats. We've come up with BRACKET racing, our own version of ENDURANCE racing, CUP racing where points are awarded much like the game does and many other styles of races. We all BUILD our garages based on the categories of races which we are to engage in that day. It is ENTIRELY possible to have a number of different cars with different characteristics(ie;Horsepower,Weight and other variables) be closely competitive. However, it may be that a persons ability to get MAXIMUM performance out of a car is what ultimately creates a mismatch ... NOT the car itself.
To date I have 6 cars in my SETUPS file and they are setup to be competetive with one another according to the COMMENTS section. If you were to take 2 Arcade cars and race HEAD2HEAD with another person ; the Driving Ability is what will win the race. If you take the same 2 cars in SIMULATION mode and each sets up their own car; then not only does the Driving Ability come into play but so does the Ability to get that car's Maximum Performance in terms of Setting up the car. I also contend that a heavycar with more Horsepower can be competitive with a lighter car with less Horsepower. THAT'S PHYSICS!!!
My friend Sammy, who goes by AMSTERDAMSAM, and who has a couple of setups on here as well is also from the 816. I'm sure as many racing enthusiasts as there are in COWTOWN; surely we could get together and RACE. I thouroughly ENJOY your website ... keep up the good work.

Escudo:301.7
Viper GTS:273.6
Espirit:273.7
Don't put dow draft records or Wheelie trick. I've heard you can go 280 mph with Espirit. Please answer back

Believe it or not, I really only play SP on D2. I'm pissed at it right now anyway because I have this polebarb @ clvl 34 and I'm having a hard time with Diablo just in Normal mode.

Kerr or any one else who runs the site. My new espirit setup got put in twice. Could you delete one of them so I only have 40 setups instead of 41.....if you can thanks