This was huge graphical milestone for a video game to come out in 2001. I mean, it may look graphically crappy compared to video games now and days but it still looks amazing still to this day including the metal gear solid game that came out for the PS2 and it still looks good still to this day.
I was 4 years old when I started playing this game, and to this day I am a bonafide gearhead. My love for motorsport is unwavering, all thanks to Gran Turismo 3.
I was the same way when GT4 came out on PS2! I'm also a certified bonafide gearhead myself and never going to stop loving motorsports til the day I drop lol. Salute brotha! 🙏🏽
@@nuckels188 Oh boy.... 😅 I love that song and it was literally my introduction to 3 year old me in 2006 learning about cars, motorsports and rock music (outside of the now defunct Speed Channel from Fox)
@@callusklaus2413 same lol. Didn't quite understand what was going on there at age 4 but once I learned what an amazing invention the internal combustion engine is, it gives me goosebumps every time
So I've listened to all three Japanese, European and North American intros, and it's probably because I grew up with the NA intro, but it feels like the NA intro is the most natural way the music started. The other two have a repeat of the first synth chord (when the Polyphony logo shows up) and then their respective songs start up a lot later. This one blends in nicely to where the pistons fire up in the intro.
As a kid back in 2001, I had no idea what i was looking at. I knew it was an engine but that was it. Now that i'm a mechanic and revisit this now, my mind is blown haha.
This game is really awesome! It is one of my all-time favorite PlayStation 2 exclusives. I have this same exact version. Thanks for uploading this video!
Nostalgia hurts. Real bad. I loved the hell out of Gran Turismo 3, but I don't have it anymore because it stopped working, along with Gran Turismo 4. RIP Gran Turismo 3 and Gran Turismo 4. 😞
I remember this so much man its not even funny this intro is what got me into motorsports and cars in general. As a child I used to call the supra the happy car because it had a smile for the grill
I was born in 2002 and this is by far the best intro ive ever seen to any game. So many years after not playing it, it still brings me so much joy just watching the intro. Much love to all the late 90’s/early 2000’s game developers. Thank you for making my childhood so awesome.
I was 20-21 when I this game came out . I remember this being the first game I owned on PS2 . I didn’t even have a memory card because they were hard to come by . But I still played .
I remember my dad showing me this game when I was 4-5 years old. I have slight memory of playing it, but this intro brings everything back. The eeriness of the PS2 sounds and being inside the engine of car, then hearing Lenny Kravitz jam out as you leave the garage. What a great game. We laughed so hard at driving the wrong way and slamming into all the other cars and just ramming into everything on the track hahaha. Brings some sort of nostalgia over me that I haven’t felt for a long time!
For a game that is now 22 years old, GRAN TURISMO 3 A-SPEC still is amazing. I also miss those cars like Shioriko Uehara's Mazda 787B and 2 F1 cars that also appeared in F1 2020 (F688/S as McLaren MP4/4 & F090/S as McLaren MP4/5B)...
I always thought that this intro was amazing just because I played this as a kid, but I booted up the game recently and, holy crap, it really is that amazing. Also, I don't think the intros for 1, 2 or 4 were able to compare to the first 1:10 of this one. Pure art!
El mejor juego de simulador de conducción de todos los tiempos, crecí con la play 1 y la play 2 y cuando jugué Gran Turismo 3 quede alucinado por los gráficos, los controles y la música, jøder! un clásico que no debe faltar.
This was the game that lit a fire under my butt for car enthusiasm. Was in highschool, 10th grade, and hung out with my peers that drove some cool cars which initially piquet my interest. One day during that time, I was at a mall and went to the Best Buy store and saw gt3 aspec copies. Picked it up with a guide book. I still remember first time seeing the intro because it blew my mind.
1: an engine is sexy af, and is a marvel of ingeniring 2: this is the real version has seen by the director. The video has been build around this song and it cut at key points
Fucked Gplus this is exactly how I feel about this intro. You can really see the way that the video is cut along to the song. And the fact that they remixed this song specifically for the game goes to show how this is the definitive intro.
One time I was at my next door neighbor's house and I walked into his bedroom and he had an original black Sony PS2 console and this was one of the games that he had in his collection and this intro was playing on his TV, so I that's how remember this.
This on PS NOW as a PS2 Game with an Trophyset. Would bring back the 2000's on a 4K screen. As a 2 player friend multiplayer title for the PS4. For the Players! #Sony #PolyphonyDigital #GranTurismo Everybody want's to ride car's like these in the 2000's .. everybody who was under 22 with his PS2.
we don't always need great games in newer hardware, some games are better left as they are honestly and hey there's emulators like pcsx2 which is enough
Over 20 years old and the graphics still hold up better than other games today. Even current gran turismo titles can't hold up to this one which is insane
I remember watching this intro at my buddy's house in 2001 at the age of 18 and being beyond impressed with how real the cars and everything else looked... at the time, this was the case, but graphics have come a long way in the last 21 years. Still an awesome intro, though.
Huh? 2001 had simulation level games such as Il2-Sturmovik and MS flight simulator 2002 which are both far more technologically advanced in terms of physics and detail, along with truely giant maps. Then you have Civilization 3 which had way more features and depth than almost anything at the time. What about Tropico? How about the RPG Black and White? That had insane amounts of content for it's time compared to any racing games. Mech Warrior 4 had massive world's nearly 40 mechs with full customization massive battle, squad commands. What exactly did Gran Turismo 3 do that any other racing game didn't do that year? Hell 3 even removed features that were present in the previous game. I loved GT3 but what you're saying isn't even close my man.
Last game I played was Gran Turismo 2. Looking at this intro, WOW, nice intro, especially the combustion process. I spotted Gran Turismo 2's MVP in the intro, the Escudo Pike's Peak edition. I also spotted a red new edge Mustang.
This is exactly what happened to me :) first gt1, then gt2 when it came out, and gt3 also right after it became available. It was truly incredible and it shaped the person I am now. Still loving Rob Zombie, Cardigans, Mitsubishi FTO and racing games. :)
I loved this game and I got it on accident, wanted this 3 in I E racing cars trucks bikes game but walmart didn't have anymore so they said to chose something else, I forget if I was returning something but basically I choose this and man I didn't realize how good grand turismo is. This and nfs underground ii were my favorite!
My license for GT3 A-Spec G🏆ld on all license then I went and started racing no cheats/codes. Gran Turismo video game series is why I follow Sony and one of my reasons if not the reason I had to purchase a ps2. I especially love GT3 A-Spec my top 3 cars: #3.NISSAN Z CONCEPT #2.FORD GT 40 #1.TOMMY KAIRA ZZ 2. ( Keep in mind that this is actually coming from a Nintendo fan hopefully somebody else might share something similar like me )
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For a game that came out in 2001, the graphics are just amazing!
This is pre-rendered footage dude.
@@Larry that doesn't change the fact that the in-game graphics were amazing for a game that came out in 2001
This was huge graphical milestone for a video game to come out in 2001. I mean, it may look graphically crappy compared to video games now and days but it still looks amazing still to this day including the metal gear solid game that came out for the PS2 and it still looks good still to this day.
Larry Bundy Jr verified
Yes it was. Well improved over the second game.
I was 4 years old when I started playing this game, and to this day I am a bonafide gearhead. My love for motorsport is unwavering, all thanks to Gran Turismo 3.
I have the same story this games was what started my love for motorsports
Maybe you'll become a professional driver😁
Same here 🥲
I was the same way when GT4 came out on PS2! I'm also a certified bonafide gearhead myself and never going to stop loving motorsports til the day I drop lol. Salute brotha! 🙏🏽
same, this game and initial D made me who i am today
That is the most incredible entrance to a racing simulator I have ever seen.
WeLl ACtuAlLy,,,,,, it'S nOt ThAt ReAlisTiC
Well, wait til you see Gran Turismo 4 and it's US intro....
@@shaneharrisnj3484 Panama is on my "DUI music" playlist
@@nuckels188 Oh boy.... 😅 I love that song and it was literally my introduction to 3 year old me in 2006 learning about cars, motorsports and rock music (outside of the now defunct Speed Channel from Fox)
The sound effects are like a portal. That's like MRAAAAA
That part showing the combustion process, priceless
I didn't really understand what I was watching when I was four, but now as an adult it is so rad.
The best part is that it's from a Supra 2JZ engine
That wasn't the 2jz. The Castrol Tom's supra ran the 3SGT engine which was a four cylinder.
@@callusklaus2413 same lol. Didn't quite understand what was going on there at age 4 but once I learned what an amazing invention the internal combustion engine is, it gives me goosebumps every time
And the transition to the music is dope as well
imagine seeing this in 2001, graphics that still hold up in 2020
Its crazy how well the graphics have aged. Almost 20 years old
Blew my mind back when I was a little kid. The career mode was the best too!
GT3 visuals are more impressive if you consider that it’s a early Ps2 title
yeah the graphics were definitely way ahead of there time
Played it again this year and boy this game still looks dope
So I've listened to all three Japanese, European and North American intros, and it's probably because I grew up with the NA intro, but it feels like the NA intro is the most natural way the music started. The other two have a repeat of the first synth chord (when the Polyphony logo shows up) and then their respective songs start up a lot later. This one blends in nicely to where the pistons fire up in the intro.
Awesomesauce no, the editing was build around the song. This is the original versions. has imagined by the director.
True the visuals fit the music, but it's a shittier song than the EU version. Lenny Kravitz sucks.
Nah man this song doesn't fit the intro at all. Maybe it's because i grew up with the eu version but thats what i think.
@@BarbaricAvatar Kravitz sucks? Boy, if I had a list of people who had no idea what the fuck they were talking about, you'd be at the very top.
Vcvhihhuggugf
That 2000 Castrol toms supra is literally my Gran Turismo idol, even today that intro gives me goosebumps.
Amen I used to restart the game just to watch the intro on repeat and yes it did give me goosebumps lol
As a kid, I wanted to marry that Supra. As a (somewhat) functioning adult, I still want to marry that car 😂
It is a protagonist car in GT3
As a kid back in 2001, I had no idea what i was looking at. I knew it was an engine but that was it. Now that i'm a mechanic and revisit this now, my mind is blown haha.
Chills, goosebumps
That Viper Concept was my favorite car in the game. I was so excited when I unlocked it.
OMG THAT IS SUCH A SEXY DESIGN OMG. What a beauty. I must do some research. Its wonderful...
Gran Turismo 3 & 4 are the best from the whole franchise same goes the soundtrack from these too💯💯💯
TRUTH! After 4, the games were just mediocre at best
2 was the best in my opinion
This game is really awesome! It is one of my all-time favorite PlayStation 2 exclusives. I have this same exact version. Thanks for uploading this video!
Normal red, blue, or greatest hits?
@@rydoggo I have the original game release with the blue artwork.
@@CEO100able same i remember playing this game so much it was my childhood favorite
The fact that I still have the game and the ps2 it self makes me happy.
im trying to buy a ps2 for i can play gt3
Gran Turismo 3 never ceases to amuse me!
Nostalgia hurts. Real bad. I loved the hell out of Gran Turismo 3, but I don't have it anymore because it stopped working, along with Gran Turismo 4. RIP Gran Turismo 3 and Gran Turismo 4. 😞
@@LEGOSNCFTrainBuilder rest in peace
I remember this so much man its not even funny this intro is what got me into motorsports and cars in general. As a child I used to call the supra the happy car because it had a smile for the grill
GT3 still one of my favorite racing games of all time.
Same here I used to play this game like crazy growing up
I was born in 2002 and this is by far the best intro ive ever seen to any game. So many years after not playing it, it still brings me so much joy just watching the intro. Much love to all the late 90’s/early 2000’s game developers. Thank you for making my childhood so awesome.
But you wasn’t born when the game came out lol
@@Vegeta-er1su no but a lot of the games they released back then is what our parents were playing and in turn what we got to play first
let's be honest: as soon as you unlocked the GT-one Road Car, you never looked back.
ANY TRUERS?
imagine going from 2 to *this*. the hype was real
Yes it was a huge jump 😮😮😀😀👍👍
Nothing could top out this game's graphics at the time. It was the most realistic game ever back in 2001.
And they managed to make GT4 look even better on the same hardware
@@MBOmnis They pushed the hardware limitations of the PS2.
HUGE JUMP REALLY!!!
My first racing game…
I feel like this is the reason I grew up to love cars.
*sips* now THIS is an intro
Boomer finally,a good f*cking boomer
@@Masky-wz2wr Lenny cravits are you gonna go my way and a combonation of the song over the moon.
@@ZeEnforcer no it's just the Gran Turismo 3 Mix of Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way
the EU one with Feeder is alright too
Gran turismo 3 was a good game mhm
Anyone here after the Gran Turismo 7 trailer? I like how they paid homage to GT 3.
So much nostalgia it hurts my heart
The graphics jump from GT2 to GT3 is something that frankly we’ll NEVER see in any franchise ever again.
Daily dose of intense nostalgia acquired.
So nostalgic I had to come back! I don’t think I ever skipped this intro when I was a kid! Got my hyped to race😂💯
That engine start intro is something else ❤
I was 20-21 when I this game came out . I remember this being the first game I owned on PS2 . I didn’t even have a memory card because they were hard to come by . But I still played .
I remember my dad showing me this game when I was 4-5 years old. I have slight memory of playing it, but this intro brings everything back. The eeriness of the PS2 sounds and being inside the engine of car, then hearing Lenny Kravitz jam out as you leave the garage. What a great game. We laughed so hard at driving the wrong way and slamming into all the other cars and just ramming into everything on the track hahaha. Brings some sort of nostalgia over me that I haven’t felt for a long time!
Gran turismo 3 holds a special place in my heart as it's the racing game that taught me how to drive. ❤️
Really makes you wish todays video games had intros again
For a game that is now 22 years old, GRAN TURISMO 3 A-SPEC still is amazing. I also miss those cars like Shioriko Uehara's Mazda 787B and 2 F1 cars that also appeared in F1 2020 (F688/S as McLaren MP4/4 & F090/S as McLaren MP4/5B)...
Damn, People back in 2001 must've shitted their pants the first time they saw those graphics
Yea it was a damn massive leap from PS1 games
This is my favorite into for anything ever made. It’s just incredible
I remember this game on my parents big tube tv. WE had a huge tv at the time. This intro looked like real life as a young kid. Good times.
HAvent seen this in years since I was a kid. Instantly got chills when I started hearing the rock music crescendo...
I always thought that this intro was amazing just because I played this as a kid, but I booted up the game recently and, holy crap, it really is that amazing. Also, I don't think the intros for 1, 2 or 4 were able to compare to the first 1:10 of this one. Pure art!
El mejor juego de simulador de conducción de todos los tiempos, crecí con la play 1 y la play 2 y cuando jugué Gran Turismo 3 quede alucinado por los gráficos, los controles y la música, jøder! un clásico que no debe faltar.
This was the game that lit a fire under my butt for car enthusiasm. Was in highschool, 10th grade, and hung out with my peers that drove some cool cars which initially piquet my interest. One day during that time, I was at a mall and went to the Best Buy store and saw gt3 aspec copies. Picked it up with a guide book. I still remember first time seeing the intro because it blew my mind.
2:42 Those evil guitar rifs 🔥
A cologne commercial had this song and it made me think of this game best playstation intro ever right up there with budokia 3 and san andreas
Gran Turismo 3 was, IMO, the very best video racing game across all platforms of all time. It blows FORZA away like it's nobody's business.
This is how i came to love this kind of music. Thank you PS2
20+ years later and this still makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up! Kids these days have no clue what a super car is.
1: an engine is sexy af, and is a marvel of ingeniring
2: this is the real version has seen by the director. The video has been build around this song and it cut at key points
Fucked Gplus this is exactly how I feel about this intro. You can really see the way that the video is cut along to the song. And the fact that they remixed this song specifically for the game goes to show how this is the definitive intro.
Wish GT7 would be exciting like the first 3.
One time I was at my next door neighbor's house and I walked into his bedroom and he had an original black Sony PS2 console and this was one of the games that he had in his collection and this intro was playing on his TV, so I that's how remember this.
I was 1 when this game out. I started playing at 5 and i was so besotted by this into im still a car addict at 23 :)
This on PS NOW as a PS2 Game with an Trophyset. Would bring back the 2000's on a 4K screen. As a 2 player friend multiplayer title for the PS4. For the Players!
#Sony #PolyphonyDigital #GranTurismo
Everybody want's to ride car's like these in the 2000's .. everybody who was under 22 with his PS2.
except there's one problem...licensing issues
we don't always need great games in newer hardware, some games are better left as they are honestly
and hey there's emulators like pcsx2 which is enough
Over 20 years old and the graphics still hold up better than other games today. Even current gran turismo titles can't hold up to this one which is insane
I can hum out the Castrol Supras engine sounds leading into the '3' perfect to this day
Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec holds a special place in my heart.
that was the first game I bought when I bought my PS2 wich I still own today 16 years later
This game set the standard for how every racing game should be
3:17 Even in 2001 Mustangs are gonna Mustang
just in the childhood boy
My childhood, loved listening to the intro every time I started this game up.
1:20
Man. Imagine booting this up for the first time in 2001.
One of my first video games as a child. Came with PS2 bundle. Was just as jaw dropping back then.
I remember watching this intro at my buddy's house in 2001 at the age of 18 and being beyond impressed with how real the cars and everything else looked... at the time, this was the case, but graphics have come a long way in the last 21 years. Still an awesome intro, though.
right in the childhood
The best version and song of the opening in my opinion!
2:16 all I remember is 7yo me always wanting this car and never getting it
I felt that, either the viper or skyline
You can use it in the default settings in arcade mode
They always had the best intros
Brings back so much memory. Played this endlessly after school
Years of development is more valuable to a gamer than a game being new
I was 14 years old Gran Turismo 3 was awesome racing game to play
The best selling game in the GT series
This was the first videogame I ever owned
mine too
I keep a copy of this game in the sun visor of my 1999 Pontiac Firebird for good luck when Im out hammering the streets....
Kudos for keeping the original aspect ratio of the video!
12 year later
Still the best gran Turismo intro ever
I live in the UK and as nostalgic as the PAL version is to me, this version is clearly the superior one.
Two decades of this amazing PS2 game!!!!!!!!!!!!!
happy i got to experience this as a kid
thank god i grew up with the us intro :)
At 1:30 just remembering gave me goosebumps 😮
Thank you for including the PS2 startup at the beginning!
This was by far the most advanced game of its time, whether racing or anything else. Please debate me on this
No. This is the greatest! Not just the most advanced! 😊
Huh? 2001 had simulation level games such as Il2-Sturmovik and MS flight simulator 2002 which are both far more technologically advanced in terms of physics and detail, along with truely giant maps. Then you have Civilization 3 which had way more features and depth than almost anything at the time. What about Tropico? How about the RPG Black and White? That had insane amounts of content for it's time compared to any racing games. Mech Warrior 4 had massive world's nearly 40 mechs with full customization massive battle, squad commands. What exactly did Gran Turismo 3 do that any other racing game didn't do that year? Hell 3 even removed features that were present in the previous game. I loved GT3 but what you're saying isn't even close my man.
Last game I played was Gran Turismo 2. Looking at this intro, WOW, nice intro, especially the combustion process. I spotted Gran Turismo 2's MVP in the intro, the Escudo Pike's Peak edition. I also spotted a red new edge Mustang.
I just remember me and my cousins having the time of our lives playing this game on the good old fat ps2.
Imagine playing GT2 and then get this peace of art, mind-blowing!
This is exactly what happened to me :) first gt1, then gt2 when it came out, and gt3 also right after it became available. It was truly incredible and it shaped the person I am now. Still loving Rob Zombie, Cardigans, Mitsubishi FTO and racing games. :)
The best intro in the Gran Turismo series. That Castro’s Supra was sumn else
*Castrol lol
@@SJ-su1ki it became my favorite car on Gran Turismo
@@michaelharris7820 no bullshit same here lol
I played this religiously when I was like 6 the intro used to have me so hype 😢
2:52 Keisuke and Takumi from Initial D.
I loved this game and I got it on accident, wanted this 3 in I E racing cars trucks bikes game but walmart didn't have anymore so they said to chose something else, I forget if I was returning something but basically I choose this and man I didn't realize how good grand turismo is. This and nfs underground ii were my favorite!
Also super grateful i can fully appreciate this now that im an adult. 3rd grade me loved it but didnt understand why
I remember Racing in the Trial Mountain blew my mind, the lights from the hanging hover trees...but today they don't even make them in the GT7
You can see how in the third iteration the graphics are starting to become really good despite definition/clarity
This is the best of all three intros I've heard
My license for GT3 A-Spec G🏆ld on all license then I went and started racing no cheats/codes. Gran Turismo video game series is why I follow Sony and one of my reasons if not the reason I had to purchase a ps2. I especially love GT3 A-Spec my top 3 cars: #3.NISSAN Z CONCEPT #2.FORD GT 40 #1.TOMMY KAIRA ZZ 2. ( Keep in mind that this is actually coming from a Nintendo fan hopefully somebody else might share something similar like me )
Did anyone else notice the shop sounds put in? You can hear wrenches falling on the floor in the beginning
as much as i love moon over the castle, this song really slaps tbh
Best gran turismo to this day
Gahd, this bring back some memories! thank you!
My 4th racing game and the graphics looked so real back then. #1 Nigel Mansel on nintendo, #2 NFS Porsche Unleashed, #3 GT 2
Has an intro gotten me more hyped than this? No. Not even close
Childhood unlocked
GOOOSEBUMPS
What a way to start a dream
We had the feeder intro, and that was ace, but this is way better
Graphics go hard for 2001. Still looks good today