The Slow Deterioration of Gran Turismo
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 พ.ค. 2024
- Gran Turismo is one of the most famous names in Racing games, and it also has one of the longest histories, so how exactly did we end up with the games when have now?
Did it peak with Gran Turismo 4? was Gran Turismo 7 a failure?
Well, let's see.
If you think you've seen this video before, it was called "GRAN TURISMO - A Brief History"
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Contents:
0:00 Modern Racing games
1:03 Before Gran Turismo
4:05 Gran Turismo 1
11:10 Gran Turismo 2
14:27 Gran Turismo 3
20:03 Gran Turismo 4
30:56 Gran Turismo 5
39:58 Gran Turismo 6
42:03 Gran Turismo Sport
46:28 Gran Turismo 7
51:51 Conclusion - เกม
That was fantastic to watch! I never had a console when growing up and with emulation I was able to try these games out and I can see why these games impacted a lot of people, the gameplay, music, atmosphere, so many things just made these games such a joy to play, thank you for having me in this video aswell ❤
I’ve been watching you videos/clips/highlights. I’m really loving everyone who has been making GT content lately. Keep it up!
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Thats why emulation is so important, I spend my youth playing NfS on PC which was great, now years later I can play GT4 in high quality on PCSX2 and even have access to gems like Enthusia or TXR :) Even GT6 is playable on RPCS3 now, it looks good but has drawbacks and I know what people mean when they critic modern GT...
@@Rockport1911GRAN TURISMO Sport and 7 are basically the games that killed GT franchises.
@@callmemike__1GT7 for me is the one that killed the GT franchise.
I think the main thing I miss about older Gran Turismo games (in addition to the 'loose' chase cam from GT1-GT3) is the lack of 'regular' consumer cars. My greatest joys playing GT, came from taking a severely underpowered car, like a front wheel drive Celica, and tuning it to max, and trying to win some supercar cup with it. Stuff like that. Or taking ordinary cars and Racing Modifying them, that was always super fun. And that's all gone now.
Nailed it!
slow car fast > fast car fast
What can I say, I love my fast shitbox 😂, stagea wagon racecar in gt2 goes brrrrrrt 😂
GT5 had that too. I found every car that had the race spec mod option and maxed them out.
My only gripes with GT5 were the lack of customization, and the fact that the performance upgrades were too limited. If I want a Honda Civic to have 1000 horsepower, then let me do just that. NFS is even allowing that now. GT5 had an arbitrary performance cap on every car.
This is why I never got GT Sport. I found that feeling again in Forza Horizon 5, engine swap, drivetrain swap, turbo kits. I can make a shitbox Civic EK to Class S1.
That DustinEden guy sure got some nerve talking smack about GT5
That definitely isn't what I'm gonna use for the thumbnail on the full interview edit with him.
😂
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@@Fastminer07even me, Lanzhu Zhong and ShioPomu (Ayumu Uehara and Shioriko Mifune) all also hated Gran Turismo 7. GT7 and Sport are basically killed GT franchises.
@@stingertv7363GT games from 1 to 6 are this: 👍
GT Sport and 7: 👎
The original GT was what had made me into a car enthusiast. It introduced me to the car I ended up buying. WRX.
Nice, me, too, though I quickly fell even more obsessively in love with GT2. I've owned 4 Z cars so far...
I would buy a WRX if it didnt feel so cheap and shitty. Fun car but the build quality is terrible
Same here, always thought cars were cool but playing GT3 at such a young age solidified my love for cars.
Me too man, a WRX
I never got into racing games, with one exception…
Gran Turismo, the amount of cars (based on real cars), tracks (based on real tracks), and the fact the cars each handled differently with the ability to tune and upgrade that won me over completely.
On the latter stages, I spent hours just to get to the finish of one race and get that gold. I got about 97% complete after playing for nearly a year, when my son erased my game : (
If I can't play single player while being offline.......the game is trash
Cry about it lol you can do that in GT Sport now so if you wanna keep crying about always online (even though it literally is not always online and never was) go for it. This isn't the crew yet you still act like it is LOL
@@HugoStiglitz88This is the arrongance make the brand die.
After you will ask why there is no players or why they play another platforms. Dont forget we pay for the game.
@@HugoStiglitz88not everyone is a spoiled brat that can afford high speed internet like you, some of us just want to play the game without needing internet AND a subscription. From now on you should keep that forsaken ego of yours in check
@@HugoStiglitz88 can you fucking speak english, you autistic adopted spaz?
For precisely this reason I’m waiting for Crowbcat to make a “Remember Gran Turismo” video with Polyphony outright forgetting why people liked GT.
Gran Turismo 1 was actually the first GT to feature the iconic jazzy soundtrack.
The Japan version feature the jazzy music, but not the western version because of region preference
Can't believe we were denied the jazzyness, Sony truly hates western gamers.
Honestly I always appreciated the US version of Gran Turismo one because it's such an outlier in terms of its overall musical stylings compared to the rest of series
@@daveraschke PAL version has Feeder though, they have fantastic songs in GT1 and 3 to be fair
"We made this game with jazz music because it's cool. Now remove that for the American version, because that's where jazz came from, therefore they must not like jazz."
I have a CD of the soundtrack
Dude, you brought me back to the days where me and my brothers didn't have a ps2 memory card, and we'd keep our ps2 on for like 2 weeks straight with all of our hard work put into GT 4, just to have it taken away by my aunt who thought we accidentally left it on. Man, it was so fun. I now play GT sport with VR occasionally. Thank you for this.
Ik that same person turned it off EVERY TIME they where there
didn't games come with memory cards?
@@happydemmomannot every one and sometimes you lose the card after some time. Happend to me with midnight club 3 lol
GT 1 was mind blowing when released. to watch a camera perspective replay after the race was so far above any other game. the licenses were brutal, but the special cars were worth the suffering and that made it fun to try and try and try again.
It really was mind-boggling. "This game has how many cars?! And they're all real???"
Gran Turismo 1 was definitely a great experience. But if you're honest the cheap and used cars you had in the beginning felt more or less the same and the whole content was quite limited. They just made the licenses and many races extra difficult so that it would make the playing time of the game longer.
Gran Turismo 2 was mind blowing for me. All the stuff you could do there with so many new and different cars was such a huge upgrade from 1 content-wise.
@@JackoBanon1Yeha GT2 was insane, everybody talked about it, i remember going to my friends house bringing my playstation and some snacks and weed and whatnot just to binge the whole weekend and race in turns.
right
you had a great child hood memory just like me about GT1.
I remember like yesterday. I walked into Blockbuster to rent a game. I saw the game cover of Gran Turismo for the very first time. My curiosity peaked. I reached for the box art & flipped the box. The art, the graphics, the detailed cars; now I was intrigued. I rented the game, popped it into my PSOne and the best description of how it all felt playing the game? Magic. Literally, magic!
Really sweet comment. Brought back a lot of memories for me too man 😊
Its amazing how GT always seem to push graphics and content wise for generations. It's amazing how impressive GT3 and 4 hold up to this day- they still are gorgeous looking games on top of their gameplay that still is so much fun to play with.
Not even GT7 have those depth. Basically Gran Turismo 7 is like Madden NFL 13. REMOVING SO MANY GREAT FEATURES.
You'll notice that all game linked directly to Sony always look the best. Its the same with all first party titles, they give those development teams the secret sauce.
This is funny, after 20+ years ps2 drive went out so I hijacked my sons series s and started emulating my gt3&4 and madden 07 upconverted now and my mind was blown on the reminder how much better games were back then.
Its also amazing how these content creators keep using emulated footsage of ps1/ps2 games running on emulators with internal render resolutons over 1080p then present that as how the game originally looked. They looked nothing like that. GT1 and GT2 were 240p/480i and full of jaggies. They looked good for their time, but nothing like this footage shows.
@@breathoffreshair7314 1000000000000%. It's so disingenuous to pretend that literally anyone played the game in this visual fidelity until the late 2010's.
The footage shown has enhanced lighting, texture filtering, and *DRAMATICALLY* enhanced resolution.
GT7 with the PSVR2, a direct drive wheel and sim cockpit is one of the greatest experiences to ever be had. It is so awesome in VR.
It is amazing but it seems to barely punish the destruction derby drivers (typically red dots). I think I’ll go back to iRacing.
I haven't played online with it yet but I have seen a bunch of videos showing that. I'm not a very good racer so the offline AI races, car collecting and arcade-y controls aspect is great for me. I do try to do well but I don't have consistency in my laps.
Agree 100%, GT7 isn't perfect but the VR experience is so well done I can honestly say it's the most immersive and enjoyable experience I've had in 30+ years of gaming. It's everything I hoped it would be.
I really loved the first time I tried the PSVR2 with GT7 for the amount of minutes I spent using it but after an hour I started feeling sick and my eyes feeling like they were burning inside. I have tried a few more times and always after 30 plus minutes I start to feel sick again (even after trying some recommendations) to where I no longer want to keep on using it. The videos that they show on YT of recorded PSVR2 GT7 game plays looks much better than the in-game image/resolution you see when using the PSVR2.
@@sonyx5332some can handle vr some cant, its very different from everyone, i have no problems with it, psvr2 has very small sweetspot, so if you dont get that right it Will not look as it should set it up right it can look incrediable and very realistic almost as you feel like you are in the real car, the graphics is simular to 1080p tv as i use to have that, the graphics is more than good enough to feel the immersion with every car, it looks better than most games in vr
I played the original Gran Turismo demo disc on a 13in TV for hours and probably watched the race replays for twice as long. It was such an insane experience looking back.
The ability of watching them in the super hi res, high frame rate mode as well.
I played the first Gran Turismo off a chipped playstation with the japanese import. Wasn't until the english release that we figured out what the engine modification that increased displacement was only available to the R33 Skyline.
Man that GT4 intro.... still makes me tear up for some reason. One of the best video game intros ever made imo. I remember when it came out, I was a big fan of the series already and when I watched that intro I got shivers and was so happy to have this new GT game ahead of me.
I have to point out a small thing about the gt sport "sport mode"
The races had a daily rotation at launch but this was changed to a weekly rotation at the update 1.23 (I looked on google to give the exact date) on July 2018 and it remained that way until the release of GT7 in 2022, where the weekly races where changed to be monthly this time
Ah ok, I missed that in my research because I didn't play GT sport at launch, and only found stuff about sport mode from at launch and now, so I missed that it was changed to weekly.
It's gone back to having weekly races now. Both campaign races and sport mode time attacks.
The main problem is that racing games has become less and less popular over time in favor of first person shooter games, , nobody even talks about racing games where im from, just always fortnight or apex ect
I've been playing GT since the very first one on the PS1 and then GT4, GT5, and GT6. GT is what inspired me to be a serious racing gamer, GT4 is what humbled me as a serious racing gamer, GT5's online community is what led me to be a veteran racing gamer, and GT6 was just a love letter DLC to GT5. I started playing Gran Turismo 5 recently on my dusty old ps3 and I checked my garage of all my cars. Some are still stuck online for sharing which they were the cars that I competed at the time and I just smiled at the cars I used in those years. Each favorited car had history of just drifting in the servers, penalty racing in Nurburgring, and flexing my Sebas Redbull Race Car for completing the Red Bull Challenge. The Gran Turismo games from 4 to 6 were the best games I ever played throughout my time playing them. Thank you so much for sharing this video. It does bring a lot of great memories.
I played GT4 religiously through college. Beat it to the 100th percentile. A proud moment. I saved the video of the final Nurburgring test with the Mercedes SLR McLaren. Took months of playing to perfect it.
Gt4 had so much content
So sadge how Gt series has fallen 😢
I feel you missed one aspect of GT experience. The movies. Be it the opening movie, or a ending movie, GT always paid amazing tributes to motorsports and cars with a passionate video paired with sometimes a bold musical choice. (Like the GT4 transition from Opera to Van Halen's Panama)
GT5 i was still in school at 13, the 458 italia just came out and the SLS too.....BMW put a V10 in the M5 and a V8 in the M3.....and top gear was still on top........good times🥲
played countless hours of this as a kid, I remember it feeling like I had actually purchased a NSX when I could finally afford it in game
great video
Really appreciated you put the soundtrack 8va Curve as the intro for Gran Turismo 5, really obscure track. For me, that track encapsulates the franchise..
This was wonderful to watch, thank you.
Ah man, that video hits right in the feels. Seeing the memories visualized of Gt3 and Gt4, being a kid sometimes allowed to use my dads Playstation it feels so sentimental. Also coming into GT5 and 6, but especially 5, the soundtrack and the overall feel just teleports me back in time where i was happy and life was so simple. Thanks for that beautiful video mate🤍
Even me and Lanzhu Zhong and Tifa Lockhart all still have big memories that i remembered fondly when playing GT1 to 6.
bit gay
GT4 intro gives me chills still
Great retrospective, I've been playing Gran Turismo since the original. One note on GT6, I thought the lighting/shadows were a vast improvement over 5.
I couldn't really tell, because having played them on an emulator in this video, GT6 ran a lot worse, and usually only ran at 720p, while GT5 would run fine all the way up to my 1440p
I really appreciate the fact that you actually criticized GT4 unlike most other people (including me). Also the part about the GT community being a lot more chill than others is pretty true in my experience, good video man
GT4 still GOATED along with Nijigasaki High School Idol Club.
@@purwantiallan5089 for me, its the Sonic Adventure games and their Sonic X anime adaptation, Final Fantasy X and XII, the live-action Matrix trilogy, first two albums of Linkin Park, and the Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy, it's the pop culture phenomenon that I grown fond of and was born on the same era that GT was peaked
gt4 sucked shit, understeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
I grew up on Gran Turismo 6. I will always love that game, it is cool to see one of my favorite creators making a video about the series.
The intro movie of GT6 even also managed to be on par with another GOATED intro, Colorful Dreams Colorful Smiles from Nijigasaki High School Idol Club!
And it got the least amount of time in the video, speaks how there is nothing to say about it
Dam how old are u 18
@@purwantiallan5089 Agree with you. The intro movie still gives me chills and few tears. GT6 was my childhood
@@TheTonytone77The comment also made me double check for a moment, but GT6 came out 10 years ago and soon 11 years ago (2024). That's enough time for a 10 year old kid to turn into a 20 year old man.
GT3 is my favorite racing game of all time. Even though I've become more of a Forza guy over the years, GT3 will always be #1 due to how it shaped my view of racing sims.
latest forza motorsport getting alot of Ls though
@kill3rbyysight What do you mean? The only issue I've run into was trying to adjust settings in-game, and it somehow making performance worse. I had to restart to fix it, but otherwise no issue
Swear u said GTA 3
This video resonated with me in almost every aspect, having followed the GT series since it's PS1 beginnings. The only point I'd want to add about GT7 is it's fully implemented VR gameplay which is seamless between flat and VR. Switching modes is as simple as putting on and taking off the headset, even in the middle of a race. This seamless implementation and the general quality of the VR experience with a wheel sets the gold standard for console VR. The stereoscopic mode and head tracking (with the camera) on GT5&6 were a great novelty for the 5 people on the planet that had 3DTV's, as it helped with judging distances to corners, and the limited VR experience in GT Sport was a taste of what was to come, however, GT7 is a fully realised immersive racing experience. I miss many aspects of GT3/4's gameplay and many of the classic tracks, but going back to those just isn't the same now VR gameplay is a thing. I admire Polyphony for trying new things and experimenting with the latest technologies. The steering wheel support and stereoscopic rendering for example paving the way for the later VR capabilities and the fact these technologies weren't just a gimmick, they actually improved the experience for those with the appropriate equipment.
VR doesn't mean the game is good that has nothing to do with it
@@BrocktaviusKingofNFC True, all the faults with the series are still faults with the series. For me personally, it peaked at GT4. I'm just saying that despite all the faults of the main game, they actually implemented the technology exceptionally well. I admire their innovation, even though the series has been losing much of what I enjoyed about it. Need those 24hr races back Polyphony!
Great video! I have to say that, although some of the main titles (especially the later ones) aren't being held in such high regard as the older ones, I do still think that they managed to push the envelope in some way (for example, Gran Turismo 7's Scapes, customization and car detail are incredible, especially since it can run on both a PS4 and PS5). That will be something that the series will probably be forever known for and is IMO what makes both the games themselves and the community around it so good!
@mrxbas, have u listened Colorful Dreams Colorful Smiles from Nijigasaki yet? That intro along with All My Life and Soul on Display all are the BEST INTROS EVER! You should give that song, along with Singing Dreaming Now a try.
The car detail is probably my favorite part about 7
I still remember the 1st time me and my brother saw GT1. I was like 5 y/o. Was late 1998. My brother was 7 y/o. We were shocked. We couldn't believe a game like this could exist with so much content. So many cars, so many races, so many tracks.
I was never into cars, but as a kid i lost my mind like my brother and were looking at each other screaming with every thing we discovered. I watched my brother play for hours and hours and hours and never turning off the PS1. Watching him play at 4am non stop before going to school. We were talking non stop about GT and what we would do and how we switched places for endurance races. He begging me to take his places.
Now GT2 what was changed us. We bonded with GT2 and we are 2 different person. We are brother, but our personality are like north and south, but GT2 brought us together into a following a single goal. We went even more ham and crazy when we got Gran Turismo 2 and saw that was GT1, BUT BETTER LOOKING WITH MORE CONTENT?!. OMG we destroyed our CD from playing it so much
2023, now i am 25 years old...
@@purwantiallan5089so you still young fart dont existing on GT 1 era
i played gt1 at the time. I was a teen. That stuff at the time was the freaking future. It was hard to wrap your mind around. We were children in the 80s so we knew games as first nintendo, amigas and so on. The first ps and GT1 was miles ahead anything. was all any kid liking cars desired to play with
Damn GT4's opening! I was listening to the video and after the iconic menu sound at 19:57 the OPera got me... the mixture between the music and nostalgia just shivers me. Nice video BTW!!
I think Gran Turismo had an impact on the genre from it's inception, even on established racers before it. Before Gran Turismo, Ridge Racer was an arcade racer with very arcadey controls. After GT's release, in 1998, Namco made Ridge Racer Type 4. The key difference to the other Ridge Racer games was how similar Type 4 was to Gran Turismo it was in terms of content and gameplay. Type 4 had 8 tracks, 8 arcade exclusive cars, 80 distinct cars, each with 4 variants depending on the team you choose, and 1 secret car after unlocking every variant of the 80 cars, adding up to 329 cars with different mechanics!
Gran Turismo got a massive impact like Nijigasaki High School Idol Club.
what the actual...
The physics of rrt4 were still incredibly arcadey, the only things that changed with 4 was the music and presentation, not the content and gameplay. It also isn't 80 distinct cars, never really counted the actual number myself but it's probably around 40-50 as theres multiple cars that are just upgraded variants with no visual changes. It also never changed ridge racer as a whole, look at the entries after.
@@De_kaid It's kinda funny because R4 coming out after Gran Turismo really made me not like R4. Which is stupid because R4 was obviously a good game, but GT being full of real cars that drove realistically (for the time) made teenage me (somehow more stupid than old me) not enjoy it.
Which is dumb because I've got massive nostalgia for all the ridge racer games up until then. Even then R4's intro is like Peak FMV Intro
But it WAS the best in the series
Paul Mccartney quote was the best part
love this video, very awesome job of capturing everything of the series has to offer
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IMO, We peaked as a society in 1999-2004. I'm completely convinced. Movies, Music, Cars, and Car games alike.
I don’t know music was pretty mid back then
That era's probably when the area I grew up in was making it's best music, so I'm inclined to agree
@@drunkenhearted7256 pretty "mid" compared to the shit topping charts nowadays? Where I can't even tell the distinction between different singers because all of them makes the same shit? No thanks I'll stick to my 1990s~2000s playlist
Agreed. Heck, I myself pretty much peaked in about 2000…
We got Meteors, we good😄
I'm yet to get into the Gran Turismo series. The funny thing is, I used to own both a Playstation 1 and 2. But I never owned any of the GT games.
Even if I did, I'll end up starting from the beginning multiple times because I've never owned a memory card in my childhood.
Really great video man. Thorough, informative and most importantly… Nostalgic asf!!!
I watched a few of your Videos by now and I have to say together with Whitelight you really climbed my personal ranks in the Video Essay league. Your style is enjoyable, easy to follow and relaxing to watch while staying actually informative. Immensely good stuff. Thanks for all your work with this massive Project. As an Editor I really salute the amount of Hours you pushed into editing this.
Thank you man. The thing that really surprises me and might impress you or other viewers was just how quickly I went from barely anything on my channel, to my first couple proper essay videos at the start of this year. Seeing how much I've improved since then also tells me that there's still a lot I can improve on, and I'm working to do just that, so hopefully my newer videos will be even better.
@@Fastminer07 All about that dedication and the Feeling of being Genuine for me. You hit both the boxes. Just Stick to your Lane and keep making the Stuff you are passionate about. I Look Forward to it!
Cheers.
This was a great watch. I really appreciate the amount of work you put in. Awesome job!
My first game in the series was GT2 and I'd happily replay any of them up to and including GT6. After that they kinda lost me. I hoped GT7 would be something other than what it became and I'm now at a point where a GT8 would not be pre-ordered.
My introduction to the community was also with GT6 and yeah, really chill group of people. The one time I encountered a corner cutter, the entire field ganged up on them in response, forcing them to be, I think it was second to last. Also, GT6 cruise lobbies, especially the ones I hosted pretty much daily at Sierra were fucking awesome. Seeing the variety of cars driven by countless different people, group cruises around the lake and some impromptu sprint races was definitely a highlight of that game for me
I started with GT Sport after all the important updates and it was an amazing experience . Using a wheel and the graphics/attention to detail is something Ill never forget. Now Im casually playing GT7 and with all the negative details its already a great racing and funny experience.
Great franchise coming from a Rally fan (a racing genre with not much love in videogames)
I’m 2 minutes in and I’m in memory lane hard… this looks very well made so I’ll book mark it seeing it’s 4am for a more conducive time… looking forward to a great watch
Regarding the comunity , i dont play online that much but i remember one race i had on an open loby with a random dude who was super nice , the race was at monza and i spun at the exit of the first chicane and the guy waited for me to get back on the track . And the race itself was very exiting we kept massibg eachother at the end he got the win but that was a realy fun race
Your videos are fantastic. Your one of the first TH-camrs that makes video essays in a more fun way with more personality! Keep it up!
Been playing GT since the first one on Playstation and have played most of them. I didn't get the PSP one and I stayed away from Sport when I heard it was more online focused. For me GT2 will always be the best. I had a blast with the PS2 versions as well as the first, but GT2 just hit the right spot in terms of the cars, physics, progression, tuning, and the music. Fast forward to 7 and I have a love/hate relationship with it. It is a great game when you're on the track. It was obviously made with the PS5 controller in mind. The only other racing game that comes close in terms of feel is F1 23. The graphics scream next Gen as well. But other than that it's tough to keep playing. That constant push to the Café is really annoying. The roulette wheel always lands on the worst prize and gets me maybe $5k credits each time. I can't sell my cars. This push to collect all the cars is dumb too. For me I just want a small handful of cars that I can max out in tuning and win all the championships with them. That's what is fun for me which is not what GT7 wants you to do. You can tell it wants you to spend real cash to get more cars and that just leaves a sour taste in my mouth. After watching this I fired up GT2 again and I have to say I'll be playing that for a while in place of GT7. Grand Turismo sort of lost its way in the PS3 era as you started to see this push towards online events opposed to the single player experience. The greatest GT games are from the PS1 and PS2 era hands down.
Agreed. While graphics have always been a staple in gaming, and more so in immersive games like racing, I’ll take GT2 over GT4 for a number of reasons, but most of all, how far they pushed a PS1 titled game. Over 650 cars, the race tracks, and (for the U.S.) the soundtrack was perfect. GT4 took us to new heights, but I can honestly say they may have even went a tad overboard with things (Mercedes at Nurburgring has still not been beaten by me yet 😖) having 100+ Skylines, or roughly 1/7 of the games cars, and the lack of drag racing or internet gaming, something that was still in its infancy, but considering SOCOM had pretty good success from it, I was a bit shocked.
I stepped away from GT5/6 instead opting for Xbox, and while Forza felt Arcady, it was more user friendly, and the livery editor was mind blowing. GT Sport pulled me back in, and I can absolutely say it was a flop in terms of what GT meant to me. A handful of tracks, sub-par car list, and the fact it forces you to be online to properly play it, how are we going to be able to enjoy it when the servers get shut off at some point in time?
GT2 was Polyphony saying “people liked our game, let’s see how far we can push the PS1 abilities…… unlike now where they say “Here’s our game, now give us lore money.” They lost themselves somewhere 😢
@@JC-jj1xm 💯 agreed! You hit the nail right on the head with all of these points.
Online is actually super fun. It's usually very close and most players drive fairly. It's much more competitive than the single player races, which just feel like a game of chase half the time
Thanks for the video! Personally I think the main reason is due to the drop in popularity of racing games in general. When I was a kid I would say that the genre of game that I tended to play were RPGs and racing games however whilst I still do play RPGs (last was Starfield and Baldur's Gate 3), I haven't touched a racing game serious in over 10 years and that feeling is reciprocated by a lot of people I know and elsewhere.
Racing games just don't have the allure anymore unfortunately.
The quality of these is unmatched.
Gran Turismo is an incredible racing game franchise.
It also made me love many underappreciated cars I‘ve never heard of before (one of my favorites is the TVR Griffith 500 which was in every GT game until GT6)
My absolute go-to game would also be GT4.
There is an incredible amount of how you can play the game (not doing license tests - only b-spec instead, not using Japanese cars, only using used cars, only using street legal cars…) and each time you get a new experience.
There are flaws in it, but which game doesn‘t?
Gran Turismo 4 is in my opinion as close to perfection as you can get.
It stopped being an incredible franchise after GT4.
What a great Video man. Thanks for remember me on so much things i forgot 😅 this early 2000 was so great with 3 and 4 ❤
I believe NFS MW came out in 2005, probably best year for racing games.
Also a very well made video
Exceptional video as always. I was always a Forza Kid, but I loved seeing history of GT regardless.
This video almost made me cry bro. Even though all the GT games weren't always great you can see and tell the passion behind the game from the creators. Yes there were too many license test and yes some things was just too long but that's just because the passion and the build up was there and you had too appreciate it, the love that went into GT was impeccable! The other thing that almost brought me too tears is the memory of the first GT which brought back the many memories of the better and pleasant days, my childhood. All kinds of memories came rushing back too me, those days are so much better than these days where today you can hardly go outside without some type of violence, or disaster, disease, or mass shooting being reported. I'd give just about anything to return to those days. This is why instead of complaining which is your right, but you should appreciate what you have when you have it and take advantage of it because when gone it will never be the same.
Nostalgia is speaking to you heavily, the 90s was probably the most hard and dangerous decade since world war 2
Forza is better
@@euphoriaggaminghdno it wasn’t
Pewis, FM8 is way behind GT7 is basically every way.
@@Fastminer07 cry
Grew up playing gt3 w my dad, just got my first copy of gt4! Stoked! Thx for the great content! 🚗
Really great overview, i have been playing GT4 on ps2 and later emulator since it came out, i love it the most and as i have a great cheatengine table to do hybrids i can swap engines and adjust the cars to built all sorts of cool stuff, which keeps me coming back.
Only just started playing GT5 and i am enjoying it but seems too easy but love the handling and still enjoying it.
Always wish they released these for PC would have been so much better.
Such a great video, would love you to continue it as a series for other racing games :)
I sort of already have for the Forza Horizon and Colin McRae Rally/DiRT games, but there are other games I plan to cover similarly to this
you should do burnout@@Fastminer07
@@Fastminer07To finally end covering the most popular series maybe it's time for Need For Speed?
Nah, I'm gonna hold off on NFS for a while, It's gonna be a long one, so I wanna make sure I ready for it
@@Fastminer07 understandable, it's a very long and tough theme
You deserve more subscribers
This, the fall of racing games video and the art of really are true masterpieces like most of the games you talked about in them
Dude, those GT sounds of you clicking though a menu at the start of this video gave me ALL the nostalgia good feelings LMAO
Hands down, Gran Turismo 2 is not only the best Gran Turismo, but it's the best racing game of all time imo. Yeah, it's outdated in technical terms like graphics and physics, but damn, i've never had so much fun and spent so many hours on another racing game. The atmosphere is unique... It was the right game for the right time. The only racing game that came closer to it was Gran Turismo 4. And today i'm so happy to see fans modding Gran Turismo 2 with cut content, fixes and even new cars, this is really nice!
Yep. Gran Turismo 1 to 4 are best RACING GAMES ever. Along with F1 2020 and 2021.
Least terrible racing game fan opinion.Burnout Paradise is peak.
@@blackhydra897I know I'm replying to this sort of late, but I miss Burnout Paradise, the community was rather chill despite the premise of the game being wrecking each other purposefully lol
@@blackhydra897Actually 3 is Superior in Terms of Atmosphere IMO.
But Paradise was amazing thats true
@@Bossfightmedia3 IS Burnout
One great thing that made GT4 stand out from previous entries, for me, was how PD used their car list really well and the game became a little more global and diverse.
Just like GT2, almost every brand had a model-specific championship, but now used cars could also be european or even american, not only japanese. Brands other than the Japanese ones were very present, but they took a greater part of the stage and were given much more deserved attention. And this goes for the courses, too. They could've pretty much focused only on original tracks and the japanese ones, but they gave us a beautiful tour around the world, with special events or either the Nurburging (with all of its BMW adds and everything). It was the first GT that did the global history and presence of the automobile with class and loads of style.
I still have an original copy of GT1, which was my first racing game. I passed on 2 and 3, but 4 was the first videogame I bought with my own money. I got the XL Edition of 5, 6, Sport, and 7. I found a copy of 3 at a retro games store near me a few months ago. Now I'm just trying to track down 2 to complete my Gran Turismo collection.
Good TH-cam video. Thank you for taking the time to create it. GT games are some of my favorite video games. I still have some of the games. They still look good enough to make it into the current good-looking games.
When I think of the greatest racing game of all time, I think of Test Drive Unlimited. It's not even a fair contest, that game was on another level in 2006. The vibe of actually driving down to dealers, buying houses and garages, is just unbeaten to this day.
I loved that it had motorbikes and cars.
The handling is so good for an open world
As a diehard gt fan I fell off after 5. I was so excited for a return to form in GT7 and have never been more disappointed. Heart breaking.
GT7 is epic idk what you're talking about.
@@RyGuy42089 I Played every GT from the Release date .
And i totally agree.
Gt7 is amazing
The menus and multitude of screens before you drive is too slow
I have this distant fading memory of me playing gt4 back in the day and thinking i got my hands on some premium expensive game, this was so long ago, its insane.
I was blessed to have an older brother who got a PS1 a year or so roughly after it’s release & had received Gran Turismo with it as a Christmas gift. I still appreciate him sitting me down in front of the shittiest tv we had at the time & teaching me the basics at 8 years old. To the point he’d explain the gauges on the screen to me & even let me try to help with the “license” tests. I can still remember loving the music tracks & just falling in love with the Dodge Viper at the time. That is until he introduced to me later how special the Subaru WRX & how it fit my style of sliding around corners to really get the best time on the tracks. Which I won’t lie, the games of Gran Turismo definitely influence cars I pick for other racing games to the point even in GTA V I used to build cars to really get that good slide in & try to get at least 5 car lengths ahead in first place. I can say Gran Turismo is what brought me to my love of cars & people are shocked when I say yeah I grew up with a dad & brother that loved to tinker on cars but it wasn’t until a game I tried really brought that love to me. Grab Turismo really brought the importance & speciality of any car scene. And I would go so far to say it definitely influenced the start of the Fast & Furious series, specifically Tokyo Drift.
12:40
GT1 : 'i have a whopping 140 cars. does anyone can beat mine ?'
his lil bro GT2 : 'hold my beer'
Unreal production mate. What a class video.
I was fortunate enough to have a plasma tv back in the day while most ppl still had their CRTs
When I first played GT4 at 1080i. It gave me such a shock at the time. It was best looking game I ever seen at the time
I was in my mid 20's when GT first came out, and I can remember just being hooked from the beginning.
Their world be 2 or 3 days in the week where I would be exhausted at work all day from staying up so late
just trying to get a little bit further along.
Played 2 & 3 to death and just realized that I missed 4.
I had several years off, and bought a ps3 ONLY to get GT5 when it came out.
No other game was ever played in that console. Lol.
Great video, and walk through memory lane.
I wonder if you asked older people than those youtubers what the best GT game was, if the answers would still be GT4 or not. For me, GT2 was the best but that's probably because when it came out I was 11 so I played it a lot, and when GT4 came out I already had my driver's license and busy with chasing other stuff, so I didn't really play video games a lot. GT4 was the last game in the series I played until I got back into it during Covid.
Great video, Gran Turismo even at its lowest is still a good game even if flawed and always pushes the current generation PlayStation hardware to it's absolute limits as for GT7 it could've been the best game in the series if they didn't fumble the bag with the single player progression and made the AI actually good, cause from my play time the core gameplay dare I say is the best in the series, the handling is fantastic and we have a decent enough choice of cars too in extraordinary detail
What put me of, so I haven't played it, is the game is to much about online racing. I have no interest in that. But if it had a good single player mode like the old game's then I would buy it.
Same honestly, somehow with GT7's focus on graphics over almost everything else I can't help but see it as the literal PS5 tech demo than actual Gran Turismo, let alone an actual racing game
it's a great game.. i enjoy it s lot.. now buying psvr2 especially for gt7
I enjoyed the year transitions between the games with the menu sounds from the respective game in the video, that was a neat small detail.
That took far longer than it should have for what it is, but I'm glad I got it to look and sound right
Thank you! 27:50 That damn stuck camera, ruining any sense of movement the car has. How people don't notice this game-breaking issue is beyond me, and is one reason I yawn while playing or watching any GT after 5. GT4 still has some movement, though, which prevented it from being immersion ruining.
Gran Turismo a game that defined a Generation, for me i never played any Gran Turismo, until i decide to play the Goat Gran Turismo 4 this year, and i have to say is my favorite racing game of all time.
I see a lot of people comparing iRacing, Asseto Corsa, and other real sims to GT but GT isn't competing with those games. They are balancing their unique vision of the racing spirit, casual, and professional play into one product. No other game comes close to doing the same.
My relationship with GT started on the very first game. I played a demo from the Official Playstation Magazine and, alongside Colin McRae Rally, it was on my "to buy" list because of the Subaru Impreza. Being a kid in a stable but not rich household, I could get 1 game a year, maybe 2 if I was lucky. On the summer of 1998, I was given the choice between the platinum version of GT, or the platinum version of FFVII. I chose GT because even though I could understand English quite easily, my older brother didn't, so I went with the car game. I was more into motorcycles than cars due to my brother's influence, but from the moment I saw that intro with Manic Street Preachers/Chemical brothers soundtrack ripping through my ears, I was hooked. The car selection, the visuals, the sound effects, the soundtrack and the gameplay were the new yardstick for me to compare all other games to. Not only was I hooked on GT, I was hooked on cars. When I got my hands on GT2, it was better, but not as impressive as the first game, but I still played it a lot, and introduced me to the GT40 in that iconic Gulf livery. Fast forward to the PS2, and GT3 was gorgeous. That Seatle track in the sunset was just perfect, but for some reason, that game never clicked with me. It looked great, but it was a bit too dull, and it still holds the distinction of being the only racing game I ever fell asleep while playing (those ovals were so boring). The racing game landscape had evolved, and arcade games like Burnout, MSR, PRG and NFS were faster and more fun, albeit a different type of game. By the time GT4 came out, I had lost interest on the GT franchise, and even though I played it for sometime, it was never as captivating as the original iterations. The one game I did enjoy was the Tokyo-Geneva spinoff. I bought all GTs since, and they all suffer the same fate: after a couple of hours, they end up on the shelf, forever. I even replayed GT1 just to make sure it was not a case of pink colored glasses, and I did again have a blast completing the game with different cars to the ones I used previously. Eventually I found an alternative in Forza (3 and 4 were the peak), but even those games eventually faltered (from the 5th game onwards, it is meh). More recently I played GT7, and I liked the visuals and gameplay (appart from the rally stages), but after completing all the café menus, there was nothing pulling me in anymore.
For nearly 6 months after getting a PS2 for Christmas in 2001, Gran Turismo 3 was the only game I owned. It holds a special place in my collection but GT4 will always be my favorite.
GT4 and FM3 where the prime of each series, doesn’t mean that the newer games suck but they aren’t impressive for the time like those where back then
In GT6 the Sierra Time Rally was my favorite. It had an arcade feel to it. Trying to get to the finish line without crashing and avoiding sunday drivers was kind of annoying but still fun.😂 Also the Mission on the Moon was weird but charming. All other GT Games that came before are all classics. GT4 was my first, then i checked out where everything started on the ps1, later in the 2010's GT5 and GT6. No matter wich system, they are all great.
Youre living the dream Mr GTX! You so deserve it. I enjoy watching you.
Good luck and I hope you do well .
What?
Started on GT 2 haven’t been back since unfortunately great video
46:58 A viewer was like hey, did you know you were in this video? I go nope. Dude ripped my video, posted my face, and muted me. its only 15 seconds but damn no shout-out? Got 4 others tagged but went to my channel, recorded what you needed and then no credit. It's just the Hagerty dealer and a race playlist... Odd to just record someone else's content versus turning on the game to get it.
Sorry about that, I really should start putting direct credit for any external clips I use. For that clip specifically, I used your footage because you were one of Creators drawing attention to the Overpriced cars and Race payouts right after the game released, although the gameplay itself I probably could have got myself, and the 4 other creators tagged in the video were people I directly contacted and interviewed for sections of the video.
top notch video once again! don't know if i've ever felt the emplemon influence as hard as i did before, i also like you continuing the thumbnail tradition that you started with NFS. despite my racing game obsession, ive only played GT3 on my old ps2 many years ago. the editing style continues to get exponentially better and better, and the fact you got to talk to multiple large creators about their experiences of the GT series is impressive! youtube didnt notify me about this one, but its another great video, not a single miss in your catalogue, and i can't wait to see your content grow and get even better from here.
I fried my PS2 slim leaving Gran Turismo 4 running on 24hr race in bspec mode. Poured in so many hours in so many different parts of the game. I can't forget this game it was so ahead of its time.
Creators like you are why I love TH-cam. Great video my guy!
Also just wanted to note- the JDilla hit didn’t go unappreciated on the GT6 intro
Great video! Basically pointed out exactly how we feel about the franchise. I think the current Gran Turismo community is divided into 2 “different” type of bubble. The laid back “old school” gran turismo fans who wants more everyday cars and real life circuits, and the “E Sports” community who only wants race cars and hardcore racing to make it to GT League.
4:52 Absolute legends.
I'm very glad you mentioned the camera. It's the main reason I went to Forza after GT2. It always looked like a go pro taped to a broom handle and welded to the back of the car, something that they still haven;t fixed, even today
I started on GT1, racing the 427 Stingray for hours at a time. GT2 was my favorite though. GT3 was a favorite of my friends in college, but I skipped it. I had a Xbox 360 around then, and played a lot of Halo 2 and Forza 2. After my experience with the red ring of death, I went back to PS2 and played GT4. Nürburgring stole my heart and I probably played that more than any other game in my lifetime. I also played Tourist Trophy while enduring the never ending wait for GT5... then I bought a PS3 when GT5 came out and was immediately disappointed. Played it for a bout 10-20hrs, and then never played it again. After that, all I ever did with the PS3 was play Battlefield 3 and watch BluRays. That was the end of my console experience and the very beginning of my admission into the PC Master Race.
Great video about Gran Turismo’s history. GT5 is the one i started and i liked it even though it has its moments its still enjoyable to play.
I think GT5 was a perfect blend of new and old game design. I had played GT at friends' houses growing up but never owned a GT game until 5. Maybe it holds a special spot for me because of that, but in my opinion, it was such a great game.
I really like GT7, really, I spent hours having fun doing custom races and collecting cars, but I'm aware of all the problems this game has... But I still love it. I have hope that maybe, in a few more future updates, this game will be really good. Because I can't play any other sim race than Gran Turismo
Pretty much I feel about it. Been playing since GT1 and I'm still digging GT7 as well, despite it's shortcomings.
I'm more than willing to keep faith alive.
I feel like most people complaining about it just want an arcade game, with easy wins and instant access to cars. It's not meant to be a weekender.
@@Secretlyanothername That's really what it sounds like. Horizon has ruined things for people in a way.
As someone who grew up on arcade racers like Mario Kart 64, Burnout, and NFS: MW it’s been a real pleasure getting into GT for the first time with GT7. There aren’t nearly enough explosions, but I can endure that by appreciating how well the physics engine works and driving some of my favorite cars. Great video!! Given that I started with GT7, it really puts it in perspective for me.
Well done video essay. Bravo!
13:08 made me relive my childhood by re-watching the (US) intro to this game, with ''My Favorite Game'' by the Cardigans as the song. I grew up playing the FM series as I grew older, but that intro... left an impression on me for life, hands down one of my favorite intros ever
I love the saga. I remember my first time in GT2 which one was the first game from the franchise ever played.
I enjoy every GT and also GT7. After 350 hours played i know what are all of the worst things about it. Please PD, really fix the problems and release a true offline experience to the old fans.
I remember 10 years ago or so I woke up and my brother was playing GT (i don’t know which one) on our new ps2, mane I remember that day vividly, such an amazing memory and it introduced me to the competition of racing, just bought GT7 and the joy is incredible
what a great video, production quality is very high. I have been playing Granturismo since the first, love the series... although never played GT6. did you address the racing modification that (I think) was on GT2 or 3, where you could take some shitbox car and get a proper race body on it. loved that feature!
great video
p.s. i love how you used the "bing bing" from the game menus. nice..
My main grind with gt7 is not the money. Not even the lack of single player content, although that’s a solid runner up.
It’s that the AI still aren’t up there. You start at the back, the antagonist starts on pole, and you have to have an OP car to win. They don’t even fight back when you get up there. A procession. The only challenge is to find the lowest underdog that’ll still win. Sometimes that’s a car that is truly an underdog, sometimes you can only take the true OP. After that, just ignore all other cars.
With all the modern CPU’s, I’d expect better. But it hasn’t really changed much since when we raced using the cursor buttons.
For me, the lame AI that GT has is my single biggest complaint that spans the entire series. I also hate the fact that to win many of these , so called "races", you had to run a near perfect race catching your opposition at just the right places to clear them and not cost you time. So dive bombing and using 8 wheels to corner was basically necessary. So after training the player base in this style of racing, Polyphony now expects players to use proper racing etiquette when in multiplayer. Yeah right! While the penalty system put in play sometimes works as intended, players still learn how to cheese it to cheat. Not enough consequences for racing dirty