2:29 - What's interesting is the NSX "L421 WMR" was registered up until 1st of September 1997 in the UK. Being an L reg, it was likly registered in ~1993. It also is listed as "white", but the photo makes it look more red/orange in colour. The last V5C Logbook issued was on 20th September 1996. Very stange. May have been exported or got written off.
That particular NSX is indeed Imola Orange and is a Type S which had been converted by Honda Japan for UK compliance. Best Motoring have done a couple of episodes featuring the car.
The fact it took over two decades since GT1's release in 1997 to find what all those menu images really come from, this video is a HUGE relief to my childhood guesses at the time. Wonderful discovery!
i´m sure, if they asked Polyphony/Sony, they had the answer a lot earlier. Most of these pictures are from the Motor-Companys itself. I think they asked the press agency for it and bacame the same pictures like magazines in this time.
I really really wish Polyphony would go back to this style of car dealership, simple colourful UI, real photo with artistic flair, individual music themes that reflect the nature of the brand
There is something crazy about the real Legacy at 4:26. Looks like it has a french plate number, from paris (75 at the end) But french plates like this (black background and silver letters) were replaced by new models in 1993 (white or yellow background and black letters)
look up some early 90's Japanese tv adverts for cars, they're overwhelmingly European themed. It might just be number plates and actors, but sometimes there'll be a whole gaggle of cars never sold outside Japan being driven through an Alpine meadow or the streets of Barcelona- just for a few seconds of screentime.
Not to mention the fact that it was clearly shot somewhere in North America; note the shape of the front plate on the Audi and the 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle to the extreme right of frame.
next one is with german license plate. N = Nürnberg (engl. Nuremburg) followed by these tiny circles. The upper one is for "HU" or "TÜV". It means that your car has got checked for technical issues every 2 year. And lower one was for "AU" and its meaning is, your car-exhaust was checked and is ok. "was" means, we don´t have it anymore, beacause it is now included with the HU/TÜV.
@@tomanderson6335 I don't know why but it's just odd to me why Subaru just took a picture of the Legacy infront of BMW's, Mercedes', and Audi's flagship sedans lol.. Like what are they trying to tell
@@MattJ155 the NSX is a shot from ne Nürburgring iam 100% sure, i know that corner very well. spun my mr2 there one time, that burns into your head then
I remember seeing this topic in an obscure Japanese board about GT series and Car enthusiasts overall - around 20 something years ago. Never thought I would see them again with source photos. Thank you very much.
The Legacy among the legendary German cars was a nice touch. The Audi is a C4 A6 (I have one of these in real life), and while the Subie has French plates, the Audi has American plates. Following behind is a W124 E class Mercedes, and lastly, an E34 BMW 5-series.
@@peterdaviesracing I have owned a third gen Legacy though. Great car, which I fixed and sold for a nice little profit, with two years of roadworthiness. The only faults were related to the headlights, which were really easy to fix 😅
How about somebody uncover the mystery of what the cover car is on Gran Turismo on the CD cover? I've seen many answers but nothing definitive or ever from polyphony digital saying what the car actually is. Many think it could possibly be a 3000 GT a 97 Camaro Z28, 300ZX Twin Turbo convertible and a few others with the similar shape of the 90's sports cars. Hope I find out one day before I die lol🤣
@@mattteee2973 Ntsc has a singular car covered with a silky silver shimmery car cover... the wind was blowing and they took the picture at the perfect moment to silhouette all the defining curves and features of whatever car is under this cover. And to this day no one has ever revealed what car it actually is.. not to my knowledge at least🤔 Yes you are correct and just a simple GT logo is for the PAL region only I believe.
Honeslty I’d say it has to be a Camaro. I owned that model of Camaro and washed it by hand many times, the lines of the body get kind of engrained in your head lol. Not to mention a Camaro for the US NTSC release would make sense.
I loved the video ! as a 26 years gran turismo player it was awesome for me to really know where those pictures belong and it was so Good ! thank you so much y'all ❤️🌹❤️
Thank you for putting this together! I would have appreciated seeing the dealership art again at the end of each car or seeing them side by side but besides that small critique perfect video! Thanks again 🙏
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What's funny about Chevrolet is that the F-Body Camaro from the 80s was actually faster then the C4 Corvette, but both the F-Body Camaro and C4 Corvette were slower the the V6 Torbo charged Buick Grand National GNX.
Honeslty I’d say it has to be a Camaro. I owned that model of Camaro and washed it by hand many times, the lines of the body get kind of engrained in your head lol. Not to mention a Camaro for the US NTSC release would make sense.
8:16 when I was a kid I remember seeing this for the first time and thinking "I have no idea what the hell I'm looking at but it somehow works" I caught on later when I saw the Viper logo lol
Oh wow, honestly feel the Aston image was a bit lazy on the dev's parts. You can still see the text from the original in the lower corner through all the "funky 90's effects". I know this is '97 we're talking about, but the technology to perform rudimentary edits like this had existed since the late 80's and they probably could have gotten access to it.
The Impreza is not the flagship model though, it has always been a cost reduced shortened Legacy. Many people don't know that the first two STi were a Legacy trim.
An update on the Dodge Dealership background that hasn't been posted in the GTPlanet forums yet...The exact Viper GTS tilted image can be found in the 1997 Dodge Brochure Viper GTS RT/10.
Want to have your mind blown? Go listen to the Star Control 2 soundtrack. The Gran Turismo version you're displaying here used a lot of it for inspiration, and flat out copied some of it.
@55 Here's the whole soundtrack. Might as well listen to all of it as most of the tracks are between 1 1/2 -2 1/2 minutes, and all the music is great if a bit repetitive (it IS supposed to be background music). When the SC2 remaster was done some years back a call went out to the community for music for the game, and IIRC, they took the original midi tracks and made them with real instruments and sent them to the remaster devs. IIRC, the original music was sourced in a similar fashion but it was all original music, each track from a different artist. I could be wrong about GT taking the actual music, but so much of GTs music sounds like at least a few of the SC2 tracks. I also recommend giving Star Control 2 a go if you're into retro gaming. It's one of the best scifi adventure rpgs ever made and heavily inspired Mass Effect. Be warned though; you WILL need an external notebook. There is a lot of information you need to remember, and you need something to keep track of where various resources are located, and there is no in-game journal. BBest part of it is that the game is freeware; the original devs, Toys for Bob, made it so years ago. th-cam.com/play/PLnQIgt9njOcPuOg2E_6QnnLdYbwviwsOy.html
Thanks for this Matt, been watching mostly the GT1 stuff for nostalgia. Quick question for you specifically or anyone reading this then.. since we’re on the topic of where the images came from or originated.. where did the cover from GT1 come from? What car is it?
I think I see a pattern here. One or two guys that happen to be serious sports-car-BROCHURE COLLECTORS. They made a deal they would leak photos more or less annually one by one, causing us all to go 😮woooaaahhh 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Great Stuff, MattJ! Do you own the GT 3 Nissan 350Z press kit that included a playable NTSC Demo Disc, Press CD, Video DVD & Music CD? It's a pretty neat piece of GT Media no doubt.
@@MattJ155 that's awesome! I vaguely remember that video, I just couldn't recall if you had gone over in more detail the content on the other discs/DVD. I actually own the full press kit as well!
"Funky '90s effects" I would guess it's just Polyphony reducing the colour depth of the texture so the dealership screen would load quicker. Maybe combined with the capture method they used to create the texture having poor quality.
Yep, all of the GT mode menus in GT1 are limited to 16 colours per screen, including all of the common buttons, credits icon, and so on. That's also why a lot of the car thumbnails on the new car lists are in similar colours - even at 2 colours each, with up to 8 cars per screen there wouldn't be enough left for the buttons etc. For GT2 they upgraded to a much more complex system involving a 256-colour background image, and a tiled foreground with 16-colour palettes shared between tiles. For example, a main dealership page is largely a background image, with the interactable elements like buttons being on the foreground layer. Only the foreground layer is localised, which is why the text describing the brand whose dealership it is is always in English, baked into the background image.
The photo that intrigues me the most here is undoubtedly the NSX at 2:09, and not just for its faintly ominous vibe. The car seems to have a UK number plate, L421 WMR, which denotes a 1994 registration year. However, when I looked up the number plate on the DVLA, it did recognise it as belonging to a Honda, but strangely, it marked it as White in colour, not Red. I think the racetrack shown in the photo is the Nurburgring, so I'm particularly curious as to the origins of the image itself, now that the source used by Polyphony has been found.
I'd put money on it having being owned by Honda UK. Its not unusual for lone press cars or late development cars to linger on well past the end of commercial sales. I used to see Honda using a battered '01+ NSX for driver training regularly, but I think the poor buggers replaced it with a Civic type R.
That particular NSX is indeed Imola Orange and is a Type S which had been converted by Honda Japan for UK compliance. Best Motoring have done a couple of episodes featuring the car.
I always suspected most of the imagry for the dealers was from magazines, brochures, promo stuff and/or ad articles. My suspicions were correct it seems. Superb video as always Matt!
You'd be shocked if you heard the soundtrack from Japanese version of GT1, especially if you first heard the menu music from GT2. :) I bought a Japanese version recently for my collection and I was really surprised.
Fun fact on the NSX image... This was their loaner car they loaned out to reviewers back in 1995-1997. It was used all around europe and has been driven by the likes of Jeremy Clarkson, Tim Harvey, Richard Burns (RIP), Jason Plato, Harvey Postlethwaite (RIP), Manfred Wollgarten, Dirk Schoysman and Barrie Williams to name a few. The photo you see was taken by a photographer working for German publication sport auto in August 1997 at the Nurburgring where the car did a lap of the Nordschleife in 8:37. I had this photo as my screensaver on my PC for many years, and the backstory made it even more special to look at each day :)
Just gotta say that showcasing each of the origins of dealer images with their respective dealer music is quite the powerful combo. Awesome finds from the GT Planet crew!
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Wake up babe new gt lore just dropped
Ha! Thats funny. You have a boyfriend.
“Really honey? I knew this a year ago. I want a divorce”….
Dodge Viper on Blue Stripes still is legendary even in 2024.
It's amazing how people just keep beating this painfully unfunny dead horse.
@@Atari2600Gamer what horse me son? Ya shouldn't be beating a horse m8. Please explain. Thanks me son.
2:29 - What's interesting is the NSX "L421 WMR" was registered up until 1st of September 1997 in the UK. Being an L reg, it was likly registered in ~1993. It also is listed as "white", but the photo makes it look more red/orange in colour. The last V5C Logbook issued was on 20th September 1996. Very stange. May have been exported or got written off.
Imagine owning THAT CAR
Look Up Performance Car Magazine From October 1995 You'll Find A White NSX With An Exact Plate.
Maybe it had a private plate put on it? As it might be a Honda UK press car
That particular NSX is indeed Imola Orange and is a Type S which had been converted by Honda Japan for UK compliance. Best Motoring have done a couple of episodes featuring the car.
@@jamesrichards5601 I want that thing.. Orange NSX is my dream car
that NSX photo has always stuck with me since i was a kid. didn't know there was an OG photo until today, thanks
Same
The NSX designer took inspiration from afterburner for the tailights, signed off by Mr Honda himself saying he thought it looked awesome.
@@NightmaretyrantNSX 1993 model?
@@purwantiallan5089 NSX design complete 1989, Production 1990, Mr Honda died in 1991 ( Old age )
The fact it took over two decades since GT1's release in 1997 to find what all those menu images really come from, this video is a HUGE relief to my childhood guesses at the time. Wonderful discovery!
i´m sure, if they asked Polyphony/Sony, they had the answer a lot earlier. Most of these pictures are from the Motor-Companys itself. I think they asked the press agency for it and bacame the same pictures like magazines in this time.
I really really wish Polyphony would go back to this style of car dealership, simple colourful UI, real photo with artistic flair, individual music themes that reflect the nature of the brand
GT4 dealership vibes were the best. Loved how the OEMs also had their own tuning shops with the "TRD"/"Mugen"/"AMG" branding.
@@AKK5Iit was authentic af
"It's difficult to make out exactly what it is" my brother in christ, it literally says VIPER
"Probably something to do with windshield wipers"
😂
lmao the engine is easy to make out... i didnt notice the stripes til now tbh
Lol thats what I was going to comment about 😂
It's upside down. :p
There is something crazy about the real Legacy at 4:26. Looks like it has a french plate number, from paris (75 at the end) But french plates like this (black background and silver letters) were replaced by new models in 1993 (white or yellow background and black letters)
look up some early 90's Japanese tv adverts for cars, they're overwhelmingly European themed. It might just be number plates and actors, but sometimes there'll be a whole gaggle of cars never sold outside Japan being driven through an Alpine meadow or the streets of Barcelona- just for a few seconds of screentime.
Not to mention the fact that it was clearly shot somewhere in North America; note the shape of the front plate on the Audi and the 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle to the extreme right of frame.
@@tomanderson6335 yes it's clearly in the NA. Plus the orange side lights on the front lights that are not present in Europe (at least in France)
next one is with german license plate. N = Nürnberg (engl. Nuremburg) followed by these tiny circles. The upper one is for "HU" or "TÜV". It means that your car has got checked for technical issues every 2 year. And lower one was for "AU" and its meaning is, your car-exhaust was checked and is ok. "was" means, we don´t have it anymore, beacause it is now included with the HU/TÜV.
@@tomanderson6335 I don't know why but it's just odd to me why Subaru just took a picture of the Legacy infront of BMW's, Mercedes', and Audi's flagship sedans lol.. Like what are they trying to tell
I can't believe they all finally got found. This rules.
I love your style of narrative, it's like I was watching a detective movie
Weird how two cars shown here have german license plates. Might be from a time around when they tested the cars on the Nürburgring.
Yes I believe the FC RX7 was shot at the Nurburgring and potentially the NSX as well.
@@MattJ155 the NSX is a shot from ne Nürburgring iam 100% sure, i know that corner very well. spun my mr2 there one time, that burns into your head then
@@bubblegumpaperboy9604 Is it a section past the Caracciola Karussell, as it seems to go down the hill?
In the mid 90’s Subaru’s flagship car was the Legacy, not the Impreza.
I remember seeing this topic in an obscure Japanese board about GT series and Car enthusiasts overall - around 20 something years ago. Never thought I would see them again with source photos. Thank you very much.
Seamless BGM. Yeah, ONLY in GT1.
The Legacy among the legendary German cars was a nice touch.
The Audi is a C4 A6 (I have one of these in real life), and while the Subie has French plates, the Audi has American plates.
Following behind is a W124 E class Mercedes, and lastly, an E34 BMW 5-series.
"Look, why get a German car when you can get our Legacy?"
@@peterdaviesracing I have owned a third gen Legacy though. Great car, which I fixed and sold for a nice little profit, with two years of roadworthiness.
The only faults were related to the headlights, which were really easy to fix 😅
I reckon its a w201 directly behind, not a 124
How about somebody uncover the mystery of what the cover car is on Gran Turismo on the CD cover?
I've seen many answers but nothing definitive or ever from polyphony digital saying what the car actually is.
Many think it could possibly be a 3000 GT a 97 Camaro Z28, 300ZX Twin Turbo convertible and a few others with the similar shape of the 90's sports cars.
Hope I find out one day before I die lol🤣
what region? I thought my disc just had the GT logo?
@@mattteee2973 Ntsc has a singular car covered with a silky silver shimmery car cover... the wind was blowing and they took the picture at the perfect moment to silhouette all the defining curves and features of whatever car is under this cover. And to this day no one has ever revealed what car it actually is.. not to my knowledge at least🤔
Yes you are correct and just a simple GT logo is for the PAL region only I believe.
@@mrturbo757 ahhh, you mean the box? I was looking at pics of the disc itself wondering what was so hard to work out haha
Honeslty I’d say it has to be a Camaro. I owned that model of Camaro and washed it by hand many times, the lines of the body get kind of engrained in your head lol. Not to mention a Camaro for the US NTSC release would make sense.
I loved the video !
as a 26 years gran turismo player it was awesome for me to really know where those pictures belong and it was so Good ! thank you so much y'all ❤️🌹❤️
Remarkable work for this video! 👍🏻 Thanks for this moment.
Gran turismo's ever dealer backgrounds are really creative and aren't boring at all. I do hope that game never discontinues
Dodge, Honda, and Subaru have interesting yet iconic dealership photos in Gran Turismo 1.
The RX-7 with engine hood opened image was originally from the 1996 Japan version “efini RX-7” brochure…..
That Honda/Acura theme music 🔥
Thank you for putting this together! I would have appreciated seeing the dealership art again at the end of each car or seeing them side by side but besides that small critique perfect video! Thanks again 🙏
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@@MattJ155What is wrong with people? Lol
@@erikt211 Haha I have no idea.
What's funny about Chevrolet is that the F-Body Camaro from the 80s was actually faster then the C4 Corvette, but both the F-Body Camaro and C4 Corvette were slower the the V6 Torbo charged Buick Grand National GNX.
Ok, but what car is under the sheet on the NTSC GT1 cover art?
It’s Kazunori Yamauchi’s personal R33 GTR LM Edition.
An NSX
Honeslty I’d say it has to be a Camaro. I owned that model of Camaro and washed it by hand many times, the lines of the body get kind of engrained in your head lol. Not to mention a Camaro for the US NTSC release would make sense.
Nice. I always wondered about the Skyline one as it seems to have orange inserts in the side lights.
The chevy dealership theme is my ringtone😆
always loved this game, how each dealership had its own sound track. quite liked the honda, TVR, toyota, dodge and the nissan one cos its manic
8:16 when I was a kid I remember seeing this for the first time and thinking
"I have no idea what the hell I'm looking at but it somehow works"
I caught on later when I saw the Viper logo lol
Oh wow, honestly feel the Aston image was a bit lazy on the dev's parts. You can still see the text from the original in the lower corner through all the "funky 90's effects". I know this is '97 we're talking about, but the technology to perform rudimentary edits like this had existed since the late 80's and they probably could have gotten access to it.
The Impreza is not the flagship model though, it has always been a cost reduced shortened Legacy. Many people don't know that the first two STi were a Legacy trim.
Just hearing the bgms for each dealer took me on a nostalgia trip to when I was 12. Great video by the way
Thank you!
who wouldve thought that a 27 year old game still has some uncovered secrets until today.
Now I just wholeheartedly wonder, if I was the only one vibing out the soundtracks of the dealerships maaaaaaaaaan
Feels like Subaru intentionally surrounded its Legacy with German cars.
"Look, why get a German car when you can have our Legacy?"
Excellent work from the guys who found all that out. I wouldn't even know where to begin on such a search...
How on Earth did one find the Aston Martin background... insane.
the game images are the Originals for us who grew up looking at them... seeing the Real Real versions 20+ years is uncanny valley to us 😂
An update on the Dodge Dealership background that hasn't been posted in the GTPlanet forums yet...The exact Viper GTS tilted image can be found in the 1997 Dodge Brochure Viper GTS RT/10.
So. Brochures, huh? I can finally sleep now.
1:55 that is FIRE
Seeing that Mitsubishi dealer page makes me sad remembering what thry made in the 90s vs what they make now
Now, let the hunt for the cars' whereabout start.
Awesome video mate. Thank you for all the effort you put into them.
Me: thinking these reveals are too long winded and kinda anti-climatic
*Aston Martin*
Also Me: I stand corrected
Will there be a follow up for the dealership pics for GT2? This was pretty cool!
1:50 . Acura/Honda is Very beautiful!
🎉🎉🎉
Waiting for the Gran Turismo 2 part.
This is so cool, it makes me imagine how would be a video like that for the NFS 3… the car photos and infos are so misterious…
Mitsubishi dealership has the best background music here
Love GT1 , sitting there listening to the dealership music.❤
Ten years? Holy cow, incredible that a bunch of gamers could focus on anything for so long lol.
were all these images credited in the original game? im assuming they werent considering it took a fair bit of time to find the sources for these.
I still wonder what is the language selection screen background?
I agree.
Really enjoyed this, thanks pal.
Thanks so much!
So it seems the answer to this age-old question is dealer brochures, got it.
Camaro looks like a serial killer😳
These photos are a treasure to me
Wonder if the Legacy pic was a promo? Coincidentally beside top 3 competing euro cars of the time?
At first glance, i thought that the nissan used car photo is from a pontiac bonneville
So this is what they were hiding in the Vatican Archives
is there an archive of these old ads that one can visit?
What an amazing video! Thank you
Thank you!
Where can we find the pictures? Would be great desktop backgrounds
There's a link to the GT Planet thread with all the photos in the video description. 👍
GT7 is fine with a D-pad but stinks with a wheel.
It works best with a wheel.
That's why i love car brochures ♥️
I found out about this 1 year ago so awesome
are you going to be doing one for Gran Turismo 2? I know that game has a lot more to look at...
I recognize the toyota used car dealer straight away from the t top
Hell I could have told you back in 2001 that these were marketing/publicity stills😐
Want to have your mind blown?
Go listen to the Star Control 2 soundtrack. The Gran Turismo version you're displaying here used a lot of it for inspiration, and flat out copied some of it.
Oh, wow, thanks for letting me know about this! Which tracks would you recommend listening to in particular?
@55 Here's the whole soundtrack. Might as well listen to all of it as most of the tracks are between 1 1/2 -2 1/2 minutes, and all the music is great if a bit repetitive (it IS supposed to be background music). When the SC2 remaster was done some years back a call went out to the community for music for the game, and IIRC, they took the original midi tracks and made them with real instruments and sent them to the remaster devs. IIRC, the original music was sourced in a similar fashion but it was all original music, each track from a different artist.
I could be wrong about GT taking the actual music, but so much of GTs music sounds like at least a few of the SC2 tracks.
I also recommend giving Star Control 2 a go if you're into retro gaming. It's one of the best scifi adventure rpgs ever made and heavily inspired Mass Effect. Be warned though; you WILL need an external notebook. There is a lot of information you need to remember, and you need something to keep track of where various resources are located, and there is no in-game journal. BBest part of it is that the game is freeware; the original devs, Toys for Bob, made it so years ago.
th-cam.com/play/PLnQIgt9njOcPuOg2E_6QnnLdYbwviwsOy.html
I think they are from brochures?
Thanks for this Matt, been watching mostly the GT1 stuff for nostalgia. Quick question for you specifically or anyone reading this then.. since we’re on the topic of where the images came from or originated.. where did the cover from GT1 come from? What car is it?
I think I see a pattern here. One or two guys that happen to be serious sports-car-BROCHURE COLLECTORS. They made a deal they would leak photos more or less annually one by one, causing us all to go 😮woooaaahhh 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
7:46 activate windows
Wow amazing 😂❤
Wow epic
activate windows....ahem*
And it took you years to hunt down the photos, for what though ? To make this video?
Stop milking it. 1min intro was a waste of time. An intermission?!?!? WTF? GET. TO. THE. POINT.
😁👌🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
"Promo SM"
Not first!
Merp
4rd
👍🇨🇵
How is this a mystery?? There just pics m8.
I don’t even remember the used toyota pic, but I instantly recognised the sw20 interior
There's no way hearing the Chevrolet dealer theme won't put a smile on your face and increase your happiness 😅
Great Stuff, MattJ! Do you own the GT 3 Nissan 350Z press kit that included a playable NTSC Demo Disc, Press CD, Video DVD & Music CD? It's a pretty neat piece of GT Media no doubt.
wasn't it for gt4?
@@mattteee2973 The one I was referring to was a GT3 A-Spec Nissan 350Z Press Kit.
@@willznuts Interesting, I never knew there was a gt3 tie in too!
Was it a GT or Nissan promo? (if that makes sense?)
I do! I posted some gameplay footage of it on my channel a while back; hopefully you can find it. :)
@@MattJ155 that's awesome! I vaguely remember that video, I just couldn't recall if you had gone over in more detail the content on the other discs/DVD. I actually own the full press kit as well!
The Honda/Acura soundtrack, combined with the picture of the NSX driving away in the night always gave me the chills. Mysteriously beautiful
Totally agree!
@@Kev27RSthe soundtrack of Nissan, Mazda, and Dodge also are iconic.
@@purwantiallan5089 True!
"Funky '90s effects"
I would guess it's just Polyphony reducing the colour depth of the texture so the dealership screen would load quicker. Maybe combined with the capture method they used to create the texture having poor quality.
Yep, all of the GT mode menus in GT1 are limited to 16 colours per screen, including all of the common buttons, credits icon, and so on. That's also why a lot of the car thumbnails on the new car lists are in similar colours - even at 2 colours each, with up to 8 cars per screen there wouldn't be enough left for the buttons etc.
For GT2 they upgraded to a much more complex system involving a 256-colour background image, and a tiled foreground with 16-colour palettes shared between tiles. For example, a main dealership page is largely a background image, with the interactable elements like buttons being on the foreground layer. Only the foreground layer is localised, which is why the text describing the brand whose dealership it is is always in English, baked into the background image.
that feeling when you have all the versions of the background images without the menu overlays :>
yeah, we have em
I need those
you should have told someone apparently they have been looking to find where they came from lol
@@potterportraits i was not refering to the stock images but rather the in game 'edited' versions just without the menu buttons overlays etc.
@@kallecarlund sad day
The photo that intrigues me the most here is undoubtedly the NSX at 2:09, and not just for its faintly ominous vibe. The car seems to have a UK number plate, L421 WMR, which denotes a 1994 registration year. However, when I looked up the number plate on the DVLA, it did recognise it as belonging to a Honda, but strangely, it marked it as White in colour, not Red. I think the racetrack shown in the photo is the Nurburgring, so I'm particularly curious as to the origins of the image itself, now that the source used by Polyphony has been found.
I'd put money on it having being owned by Honda UK. Its not unusual for lone press cars or late development cars to linger on well past the end of commercial sales. I used to see Honda using a battered '01+ NSX for driver training regularly, but I think the poor buggers replaced it with a Civic type R.
That particular NSX is indeed Imola Orange and is a Type S which had been converted by Honda Japan for UK compliance. Best Motoring have done a couple of episodes featuring the car.
I always suspected most of the imagry for the dealers was from magazines, brochures, promo stuff and/or ad articles.
My suspicions were correct it seems. Superb video as always Matt!
Hearing these dealership songs brings back so many golden memories ✨❤
Thank you for the awesome video
You're welcome!
You'd be shocked if you heard the soundtrack from Japanese version of GT1, especially if you first heard the menu music from GT2. :) I bought a Japanese version recently for my collection and I was really surprised.
Maaan, I miss the OG GTs fr
Fun fact on the NSX image... This was their loaner car they loaned out to reviewers back in 1995-1997. It was used all around europe and has been driven by the likes of Jeremy Clarkson, Tim Harvey, Richard Burns (RIP), Jason Plato, Harvey Postlethwaite (RIP), Manfred Wollgarten, Dirk Schoysman and Barrie Williams to name a few. The photo you see was taken by a photographer working for German publication sport auto in August 1997 at the Nurburgring where the car did a lap of the Nordschleife in 8:37. I had this photo as my screensaver on my PC for many years, and the backstory made it even more special to look at each day :)
hell yeah GT Planet, I used to lurk there back in the GT5 Prologue days, good times
I love how many of them are Brochure images
Great video, thanks for the nostalgia trip... I gotta say tho, for whatever reason I don't remember the dealer music, but it sounds great.
Just gotta say that showcasing each of the origins of dealer images with their respective dealer music is quite the powerful combo. Awesome finds from the GT Planet crew!