The list is pretty impressive, but there are many cars that don't really need to be on a Gran Turismo game. I don't really want a ton of more cars, I want more quality cars. I also hope they improve on the older cars, a la the Ford GT40 Race Car was a huge disappointment to me on GT3, along with the Shelby Cobra. The cars just didn't perform up to what they should. I hope cars isn't the only thing they add to the game. I hope they finally add more real life tracks, and I mean a whole lot more real life tracks, there are so many tracks they could put into the game, instead of making up tracks. I just think it would be a whole lot better to see all real tracks, I enjoyed watched the Champ car race Sunday. It was at Laguna Seca and I always knew where the cars were on the track because of playing GT3. I watch all these other races, and other than Laguna Seca and Monaco, I don't recognize any course that any series races at. I also would like to see the rally races be real rally races, not around a course. I want to see the rally racing done around stages, just like the WRC does it. Car damage would be nice, along with having to deal with fuel loads and completely redoing the tire wear, it's terrible in GT3! Especially after watching some of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Bentley's at times were going 4 stints on a single sets of tires. The most I've gotten so far out of GT3, was 22 laps. I would also like to be able to switch between kph and mph, everything outside of the US is in kph and I have to think for awhile to convert kph to mph, and I would just rather have it in kph. But please keep HP and ft/lbs on power and torque, I don't know what a good kw or nm is on a car. More tracks to test cars on sure would be nice. Well other than, remove Test Course from any series race, especially when it's a 10 lap or even 5 lap race, Test Course annoys the hell out of me and puts me to sleep. Having a car go over 200mph is not likely to happen on any course, unless you are in a Formula 1 car, but other than that, you really aren't going to reach that number. Right now, that's all I can think of.

Is GT4 going to be run on a PS2 or PS3??

All I want to know is whether it will run on the current PS2 or whether we are forced to go out and buy a new platform.

Whatever the car list is, it's probably going to be good. And graphics wise, the screen shots so far look outstanding.

I've already decided to buy the game, no doubt about it. It's just a question of sooner or later, sooner if GT4 runs on PS2 and later if it needs PS3.

Yeah, no doubt about it.

I already know what sort of game and playability I will get in this game before it's out.

Just like GT, GT2, and GT3 prior to his, I'm had months and months of playability and replayability on this game. I don't think GT4 will be any worse.

The graphics just keep getting better.

As a true petrol head, and a British one at that I can tell you that Sony ran a day at the Millbrook proving grounds to allow them to test about 120 British Sports cars. Nothing new there, the list from GT2000 has several Brits shown... but It doesn't mention Ginetta. The Ginettas represented include the current production G20 (1.8l FR) and G27 (1.8l FR) and G20 race (1.8l chipped FR) car as well as the older models such as G4 (1.5l FR), G12 (anything from 1.5 cosworth to Lotus twins MR), G15 (1.0l RR), G21(anything from 1.8 to 3.0l FR), G32 (1.6l Ford MR) and G33 (3.9l V8i FR).

Each car was photo'd a 100 times and engine notes recorded and will appear in the same colours but these can be changed. Having been fortunate enough to have the Silver grey G27 in my own 'real' garage for a week including some trackday action I can't wait to get back behind the wheel 'virtually'. In the mean time I'll have to stick to driving my G20. The 1.8 engine in Ginetta tune produces round about 130bhp but given the 660kg weight, it hustles along nicely with 60mph (100kph) in about 6.56 seconds. By the way, the suspension on the G20 and G27 are fully tuneable so a sports pack should not be required in the GT tuners options!

ill go buy that online device thingie if this game is to be completely online... humnmm.....

Thanks for the post, ChevyCorvette. I don't typically read gaming mags but I may pick up next month's Game Informer if there is to be a spread on GT4.

Judging by what I've seen and read this game is going to be phenomenal!

I'll believe the 900 cars / 100 tracks when I see it. I can't think of a game that has near that many cars, much less a game with the quality and attention to detail of the GT series.

The list may say 500 plus, but many are confirming that there will be more than all of the previous games (more like 750~)

Sorry, forgot that, but it came from an exclusive interview from a Japanese magazine with the executive producer (fill in name here) {this is from the E3 interview posted at ign.com:
May 14, 2003 - Sony Computer Entertainment America today held an exclusive Q&A session with Polyphony Digital's President and Producer Kazunori Yamauchi who provided the most details on Gran Turismo 4 to date, including the game's biggest advancements, changes and additions.

Speaking through a translator while demoing the first demo of GT4, Yamauchi addressed the issues revolving around the fourth game in the series by explaining that GT4 will go online (up to six players); it will offer more than 500 cars, ranging from the earliest race cars ever made to the fastest, newest games on the planet; it offers circuits based on real world circuits, many new courses from all over the world, and it will feature better, more human AI.

Due sometime in 2004 (that's as specific as they got), GT4 offers gamers a simulation-style racing game that re-creates the sensation of driving cars better than any game in the history of videogames, and of course, it's exclusive to PlayStation 2. SCEA debuted GT4 at E3 yesterday at its press conference.

For those fans who follow the series religiously, Yamauchi confirmed that GT4 will officially not feature car model damage, a change that's been much discussed among religious GT fans. GT will not feature USB Voice-Over Online support either. And, at least at this point, there are still no people shown driving these cars. Yamauchi declined to answer specifics about customization features as well as licensed cars. It's believed not confirmed that Ferrari, Lamborghini and other European streets cars will be in GT4.

Because the game is still very early in development (it's in an early alpha stage), several questions were not yet answerable. For instance, no information about the kinds of online play was available. The demo we played showed three new tracks -- The Grand Canyon (rally), NY, and Tsukuba Circuit -- but clearly there are numerous other tracks to be revealed in the future. Based on the demo, the car roster totals about 30 vehicles, and clearly there are going to be more, approximately 470 more. And from what we could determine at this point, the only change in major changes in the AI are that no car will ever trail too far behind you, and that they won't smash into you if you jam on the brakes before a sharp turn.


and also provided by ign.com; 25 cars definitely in the game:
Alpine Renault 1600S
Nissan Fair Lady 240AG
Subaru Impreza Rally Car
Subaru Impreza WRX Sti
Mitsubishi Evo VII Rally
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII
Chevrolet SSR
Lotus Europa Special
Chevrolet Corvette Stingray 350
Chevrolet Camaro Z28 302
Isuzu Giulla Spirit 117 Coupe GTA
Toyota Corolla Levin 1600 GT Apex
Plymouth 'Cuda 440-6
Pontiac GXP
Toyota Supra 2.5 Twin Turbo
Honda Prelude Type S
Suzuki Cappuccino
Chevrolet Chevelle SS 454
Pontiac GTO
Chrysler Prowler
Pontiac Vibe GT
Chevrolet SS12
Nissan Z Unlimited Edition
Honda RSX-R Unlimited

I just thought of a couple cars that would be great to have, but aren't in this wish list. What about the Mosler MT900R, Mosler MT900S, and Mosler MT900 Photon? All three of those would be great to see included in GT4. Yet still, I haven't gotten GI in yet, should be in soon though.