I would literally kiss the man that made this game. This game taught me everything about cars as a kid, the countries that make the cars, almost everything I need to know when it comes to racing... You made my child hood.
Playing the Old Gran Turismo's from 4-1 is like meeting an old friend. So much Nostalgia and since then everything has changed. We Grew up with the REAL DRIVING SIMULATOR and had so many tears, headaches and Victory Smiles. From Mission 34 to the Formula Cars to the Roulette Wheel in GT3. Gran TUrismo will forever hold the Trophy for best Simulator and Forza gains #2
I had a friend who insisted Forza was better. Motorsport has no intro, 3 soundtracks, and a lazy car list compared to Gran Turismo 5's over one thousand. Not to mention, they made the tracks so smooth they're not fun to drive. also, drag tires on an LMP? try again, Forza.
@@deleted9263 All Motorsport games up to 4 had intros, and pretty good ones at that. Smooth tracks? Yeah, generally, with the exception of Sebring and its bumpy-ass second-last corner. Lazy? They definitely got lazy by the time of Motorsport 5, but then again, there's only so many different model years and generations of every car that exist that you can put into a game before it gets samey or you have to start adding cars you had in prior titles (Which is not a bad thing on its own). Gran Turismo and Forza also handle their vehicle physics and handling characteristics in very different manners from eachother, though both are strong in my opinion. Both games let you do whatever the hell you want within the limitations of the game, Forza is just more willing to take it to the more silly side with absurd drivetrain and engine swaps, running drag slicks on an LMP, turning a VW bus into a drift machine, etc. Both have fallen off hard as of late, Forza Horizon 5 is just a repaint of a repaint of a repaint, etc, while Motorsport 7 ate the dirt so hard it was pulled from the marketplace, and Motorsport 8 / 2023 has yet to come out. GT7 meanwhile feels like a bad parody of the Gran Turismo formula, and lets you do everything except play the friggin game.
This is the type of game intro that you can't skip. This is art, it gives you chills, you feel like a real driver, you can feel the adrenaline through your veins, you can see that every detail has been meticulously calculated. The best racing game ever.
As if it was yesterday.... GT4 was my first game of the good 'ol PS2, played 1 and 2 on PSX, and got this one before the 3, also for PS2. Everything about this intro is a masterpiece. In the beginning you get our famous cover car, that LM SPEC FORD GT, in a lot of enviroments to show us the graphic quality of the game...then in boxes, the voices from the opera song rises as you realize car's about to hit the track: 0:58 You see each person involved in the race, everything prepares, the helmet..with "Gran Turismo 4" wrote down on it: 1:36 Then the best song choice for the opening starts, Van Halen - Panama All of the cars lining up for the race, leaving boxes... Song starts and you get "The drive of your life" in the middle of the screen: 1:56 Intros are a big part of the game...they really are They don't do them like this anymore, you get a loading screen and then the title menu, so boring I remember getting so excited for a game by looking at the intro! And this one? Cheff kiss. Lot of intros really get me nostalgic and I get chills watching them, this is one Resident Evil 3 - Nemesis's intro too, Nightmare Creatures 2 with Demonoid Phenomenon from Rob Zombie, Sonic Adventure's intro is amazing too BRING BACK GOOD INTROS FOR JESUS CHRIST!
I remember watching this intro for the first time and being captivated by the opera. Then Panama starts blasting and I just go nuts. Van Halen and a Ford GT! The most American shit ever!
This is the best fucking intro to a game I think I remember ever seeing. Miss this game, might have to go buy a PS2 and this game again just for the hell of it!
I was 16 when this came out. I had always loved cars, But at 16 i was at the age where i was learning to drive. Because of that, this game hit harder for me then it did for people who were kids back then. Now at 35, seeing this brings me chills and reminds me of where my love of driving started.
For 3 years of my life, GT4 was my only friend, my only coping mechanism, my only scape from the world. And I don't give a FLYING F*** if you think that a better intro for a game exist, but FOR ME this will be forever my favorite intro, my favorite soundtrack, and my favorite game, because it was the only thing I had at that time, that kept me from thinking and doing the worst. Thank you Polyphony, for keeping me alive at one of my worst and darkest times! ❤️
1:43 That is my racing song. The moment the gun goes off for a track/cross country race I hear that intro start playing in my head and I just take off. It's also my drive fast song (which is why I don't drive to it ;))
Venho aqui diariamente, lembrar da época que eu ainda era uma criança e na verdade eu não sabia jogar, mas meu tio diz que a única forma de me acalmar e me fazer dormir era colocar a intro desse game, porque eu amava (e amo) carros
Chilling to revive this. Thank you, o got the cravings after listening to Panama on Spotify. Didn’t know the Japanese version had a diff intro song though
As much as I love 'Moon over the Castle', I feel that the second part of the GT4 intro simply has too much action for the symphonistic (not an actual word) feel of 'Moon over the Castle'. Panama by Van Halen suits this role much better.
1:04 when I first listened to the intro as a kid I didn’t like it right away so I tried skipping it, i’d say a month into owning the game I got to this part and it just changed my mind and now as i’m 24 years old and listening to this i’m forever thankful for it, I first played Gran Turismo 3, then got Gran Turismo 2 from a friend and then this game was just perfection to me for racing games. So many memories with great soundtracks for these games
When they made the perfect Gran Turismo. A tirbute to the First one, they take the awesome diverse things of the second one and enhanced the love and beauty of the third one. The best of all and music. Just perfect.
Man this is one of the best intros ever made...probably the best... it's an ode to racing when the right images and music are combined, it has a religious feel...goosebumps.... I'm deeply adore GT5 but it cannot come close to the feel and magic of GT4. GT4 is still my favorite GT game.
my dad bought this for my siblings and i back in '07. i remember i accidentally scratched the disc 🤣 so when the intro would start it would have a bunch of distorted lines and pixels when the ford gt comes up with the music. oh man what a time
i remember playing this when i was like 7 :) im 15 now so even back then the game was amazing. really miss it :( was awesome it really opened up a new type of racing to the Gran Turismo Series.
@@ScarfaceNab90What sucks? Van Halen? shut up bro, listen to those guitar riffs and guitar tone, so electric, go listen to boring shit like Nirvana, that might be your thing.
Idk about you but fro US, EU and Japan intros I loved *_EUROPE_* Ah that GT accelerating! Watch Europe intro if you haven't already *GLAD TO STILL HAVE MY PS2 AND GT4* Still playing while waiting for GT Sport
Cara… tenho 14 anos e tive o privilégio de jogar essa maravilha abençoada no PS2. Me lembro dos meus 4 anos jogando e por mais que eu tenha o GT Sport e 7 no PS4, esse vai estar sempre guardado aqui no meu coração. Saudades da infância, onde tudo era mais fácil e a gente não dava bola pras coisas que hoje temos de nos importar. Muito obrigado GT 4, você fez a minha infância ainda mais gratificante!
Isn't it funny though, how music is used and re-used throughout gaming history? Taking Van Halen's Panama, for example. In 2005, it was a part of the soundtrack for this game and in 2009, was a part of Guitar Hero: Van Halen. Then another favorite, STP's Sex Type Thing, back in 1999, was a part of the soundtrack for Gran Turismo 2, then in 2008, was also a song in Guitar Hero Aerosmith and then later, in 2009, was re-released in Guitar Hero 5 as a DLC.
GT4 is still one of my favorite intros to a game! The elegance of that Ford GT with Moon Over the Castle and then Van Halen when the action hits... So good...
Gran Turismo 4: the game that showed me the PS2 COULD Output good visuals. Every other game I own for it looks like it was smeared in Vaseline when hooked in through Composite. Every single one… except this. I have no clue how Polyphony could do that but the fact I can play this on a game system literally as small as a BOOK is wild.
This was the game that introduced me to Van Halen, but sadly yesterday, he passed away due to throat cancer... RIP Eddie 1955-2020 YOU WILL BE MISSED!!!
Don't feel bad, I had a lot of time playing these games and still have many of them, but where I live arcades don't exist anymore, so you can appreciate having something that's gone now
It's the best one because it's the best song, electric song, that's what you need as an intro for a racing game, not some boring orchestra shit, listen to those electric guitar riffs and overall upbeat song, it fits the mood pretty well.
@@Maidenintime86 orchestra shit? all 3 intros have the orchestra at the start, then move to a song with guitar. it's just that this one doesn't really fit as well.
It's amazing how good gt was. You literally had to go to the dealership shop for a pre-owned car. Race it enough to buy a new car then get more money. If you didn't get special driver licenses to race you simply didn't race those tracks. The game pushed you to get those times so you can place good and get those special licenses. This game taught me my love of Cars. This game is one of the main reasons I work at a dealership now lol. Also if you can't get a deal go somewhere else. Don't bury yourself in Cars they are only cars not museum pieces.
You might have figured it out, but why not. When you start playing on a fresh save file, you'll only be given 10000cr. The best option you have is to go to either "Historic Showroom" or "Used Car Lot" I and II. After you've made your purchase, head straight to "GT Auto" and get an oil change (Very important! And it costs 50cr) and you're good to go. Note that in a few days' intervals, the car list in the showroom and car lot will change randomly, so keep checking for rare cars.
Anyone else get chills when the Ford GT takes off when Panama starts up?
and that heavy breathing when the little solo starts right at the Panoramic view of the canyons...
Goosebumps
I got an erection
i still prefer the japanese over the two, but its nice for rock appearing in the american version
I came to this video specifically for that song. It blends so well with the intro.
Surely the best intro of all GTs. It's chilling.
Gt3
You're right.
the best intro is gt4 japanese version
Imo it's the gt6 intro (1.22)
Nope the best one was gran tourismo 2 of all time forever
I would literally kiss the man that made this game. This game taught me everything about cars as a kid, the countries that make the cars, almost everything I need to know when it comes to racing... You made my child hood.
You should kiss the entire polyphony team and kazunori yamauchi
Thank you Polyphony for introducing me into Van Halen
Rest in piece Eddie, hope you keep rockin' on heaven!
God, this made me cry...
me too buddy gimme a hug
😢me too bro.... good times
Van Halen goes perfectly with this intro to be honest. The cover car for the US version was the LM Spec Ford GT.
Ninjas In A Bag same cover for the PAL version
What did NTSC-J get?
the LM Spec Ford GT
Playing the Old Gran Turismo's from 4-1 is like meeting an old friend. So much Nostalgia and since then everything has changed. We Grew up with the REAL DRIVING SIMULATOR and had so many tears, headaches and Victory Smiles. From Mission 34 to the Formula Cars to the Roulette Wheel in GT3. Gran TUrismo will forever hold the Trophy for best Simulator and Forza gains #2
I had a friend who insisted Forza was better. Motorsport has no intro, 3 soundtracks, and a lazy car list compared to Gran Turismo 5's over one thousand. Not to mention, they made the tracks so smooth they're not fun to drive. also, drag tires on an LMP? try again, Forza.
@@deleted9263 All Motorsport games up to 4 had intros, and pretty good ones at that. Smooth tracks? Yeah, generally, with the exception of Sebring and its bumpy-ass second-last corner. Lazy? They definitely got lazy by the time of Motorsport 5, but then again, there's only so many different model years and generations of every car that exist that you can put into a game before it gets samey or you have to start adding cars you had in prior titles (Which is not a bad thing on its own).
Gran Turismo and Forza also handle their vehicle physics and handling characteristics in very different manners from eachother, though both are strong in my opinion.
Both games let you do whatever the hell you want within the limitations of the game, Forza is just more willing to take it to the more silly side with absurd drivetrain and engine swaps, running drag slicks on an LMP, turning a VW bus into a drift machine, etc.
Both have fallen off hard as of late, Forza Horizon 5 is just a repaint of a repaint of a repaint, etc, while Motorsport 7 ate the dirt so hard it was pulled from the marketplace, and Motorsport 8 / 2023 has yet to come out. GT7 meanwhile feels like a bad parody of the Gran Turismo formula, and lets you do everything except play the friggin game.
This is the type of game intro that you can't skip. This is art, it gives you chills, you feel like a real driver, you can feel the adrenaline through your veins, you can see that every detail has been meticulously calculated. The best racing game ever.
❤only got to play this when I was 5-6 but the memories are so burned in my head 14 years later
I literally cried man.. i missed my ps2 and playing this baby
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As if it was yesterday....
GT4 was my first game of the good 'ol PS2, played 1 and 2 on PSX, and got this one before the 3, also for PS2.
Everything about this intro is a masterpiece.
In the beginning you get our famous cover car, that LM SPEC FORD GT, in a lot of enviroments to show us the graphic quality of the game...then in boxes, the voices from the opera song rises as you realize car's about to hit the track: 0:58
You see each person involved in the race, everything prepares, the helmet..with "Gran Turismo 4" wrote down on it: 1:36
Then the best song choice for the opening starts, Van Halen - Panama
All of the cars lining up for the race, leaving boxes...
Song starts and you get "The drive of your life" in the middle of the screen: 1:56
Intros are a big part of the game...they really are
They don't do them like this anymore, you get a loading screen and then the title menu, so boring
I remember getting so excited for a game by looking at the intro! And this one? Cheff kiss.
Lot of intros really get me nostalgic and I get chills watching them, this is one
Resident Evil 3 - Nemesis's intro too,
Nightmare Creatures 2 with Demonoid Phenomenon from Rob Zombie,
Sonic Adventure's intro is amazing too
BRING BACK GOOD INTROS FOR JESUS CHRIST!
after all these years i still get chills when i watch this intro.one of the best intros of all time.
Ainda irei recuperar os acessórios do meu PS2 e jogar este grande game até o fim!
O melhor Gran Turismo, sem dúvidas!
continua sendo o melhor jogo de corrida desde o Top Gear!
I remember watching this intro for the first time and being captivated by the opera. Then Panama starts blasting and I just go nuts. Van Halen and a Ford GT! The most American shit ever!
This was my childhood! One of the best openings to a racing game ever.
Llorando como un bebe de 32 años.
Gracias gran turismo
One of the best game intro ever made in gaming history . It never get old.
This is the best fucking intro to a game I think I remember ever seeing. Miss this game, might have to go buy a PS2 and this game again just for the hell of it!
I was 16 when this came out. I had always loved cars, But at 16 i was at the age where i was learning to drive. Because of that, this game hit harder for me then it did for people who were kids back then. Now at 35, seeing this brings me chills and reminds me of where my love of driving started.
For 3 years of my life, GT4 was my only friend, my only coping mechanism, my only scape from the world. And I don't give a FLYING F*** if you think that a better intro for a game exist, but FOR ME this will be forever my favorite intro, my favorite soundtrack, and my favorite game, because it was the only thing I had at that time, that kept me from thinking and doing the worst. Thank you Polyphony, for keeping me alive at one of my worst and darkest times! ❤️
a melhor intro e trilha sonora de jogo de corrida até hoje !!!
Verdade, o que eu acho engraçado até em videos dos EUA tem BR kkkkk
1:43 That is my racing song. The moment the gun goes off for a track/cross country race I hear that intro start playing in my head and I just take off. It's also my drive fast song (which is why I don't drive to it ;))
Venho aqui diariamente, lembrar da época que eu ainda era uma criança e na verdade eu não sabia jogar, mas meu tio diz que a única forma de me acalmar e me fazer dormir era colocar a intro desse game, porque eu amava (e amo) carros
Chilling to revive this. Thank you, o got the cravings after listening to Panama on Spotify. Didn’t know the Japanese version had a diff intro song though
1:04 - Ladies and Gentlemens, The Motorsport International Anthem
2004 was the best Year for PS2! such a great Games like Gran Turismo 4, GTA:San Andreas and many others ^_^
Kristijan Car 2004
Kristijan Car www.gran-turismo.com/us/products/gt4/ i have the Game and i'm not japanese.
Kristijan Car ok, whatever
It was from 2005 O.o
This was on the PS3
As much as I love 'Moon over the Castle', I feel that the second part of the GT4 intro simply has too much action for the symphonistic (not an actual word) feel of 'Moon over the Castle'. Panama by Van Halen suits this role much better.
This is the best Gran Turismo intro
My childhood Gran Turismo game the first Gran Turismo game I played
One of my favorite game intros...ever!
1:04 when I first listened to the intro as a kid I didn’t like it right away so I tried skipping it, i’d say a month into owning the game I got to this part and it just changed my mind and now as i’m 24 years old and listening to this i’m forever thankful for it, I first played Gran Turismo 3, then got Gran Turismo 2 from a friend and then this game was just perfection to me for racing games. So many memories with great soundtracks for these games
De los 3 intros que existen, este es el mejor!
Increible. Saludos desde Argentina
When they made the perfect Gran Turismo. A tirbute to the First one, they take the awesome diverse things of the second one and enhanced the love and beauty of the third one. The best of all and music. Just perfect.
This is my safe place
❤only got to play this when I was 5-6 but the memories are so burned in my head 14 years later
I’m falling into tears seeing this, very nostalgic!
❤only got to play this when I was 5-6 but the memories are so burned in my head 14 years later
Que recuerdos me trae este gran juego♥
Man this is one of the best intros ever made...probably the best... it's an ode to racing when the right images and music are combined, it has a religious feel...goosebumps....
I'm deeply adore GT5 but it cannot come close to the feel and magic of GT4.
GT4 is still my favorite GT game.
Those vocals are flippin amazing
When I was kid I was curious they put up Japanese names in the intro. Now I know why, obviously.
I have this version of this game!
WHAT THE F!!!! WHAT!
Anyone else get chills at 0:20?
Only Gran Turismo can make opera music and race cars the most awesome thing ever.
Definitely one of the best intros for any game I have ever played. Just absolutely epic and that lead into Panama is just delicious.
my dad bought this for my siblings and i back in '07. i remember i accidentally scratched the disc 🤣 so when the intro would start it would have a bunch of distorted lines and pixels when the ford gt comes up with the music. oh man what a time
❤only got to play this when I was 5-6 but the memories are so burned in my head 14 years later 😢
@@FreeloadinAhh for reallll bro that feeling when u see this game again is so weird 😂
We don’t skip the intro in the household
i remember playing this when i was like 7 :) im 15 now so even back then the game was amazing. really miss it :( was awesome it really opened up a new type of racing to the Gran Turismo Series.
0:26 to 1:43 - Moon Over The Castle ~Orchestral Version~
1:44 to 3:17 - Panama by Van Halen
This has to be my favorite racing game
The US intro is the best one...all music transitions are good, but Van Halen's Panama is the best!
Wow, recommendation hit me with nostalgia on this one
Why the fuck we Europeans didn't get fucking Van Halen in our GT4 intro?!!!
Because sucks?
fAGS?
@@ScarfaceNab90What sucks? Van Halen? shut up bro, listen to those guitar riffs and guitar tone, so electric, go listen to boring shit like Nirvana, that might be your thing.
So much better than EU launch video
We want Van Halen!
Too late now, he's dead
Idk about you but fro US, EU and Japan intros
I loved *_EUROPE_*
Ah that GT accelerating!
Watch Europe intro if you haven't already
*GLAD TO STILL HAVE MY PS2 AND GT4*
Still playing while waiting for GT Sport
I always thought as a kid when this intro was playing That it was saying "Gran turismo" And not panama
A perfect combination. One of the bests intros ever!!!
Rest in Peace Eddie we will miss you, fly high!!!
I love this opening one of the best of gran turismo games.
Caiu um cisco nos meus olhos aqui oooooo 🥺🥺🥺🥺
Real ❤
Cara… tenho 14 anos e tive o privilégio de jogar essa maravilha abençoada no PS2. Me lembro dos meus 4 anos jogando e por mais que eu tenha o GT Sport e 7 no PS4, esse vai estar sempre guardado aqui no meu coração. Saudades da infância, onde tudo era mais fácil e a gente não dava bola pras coisas que hoje temos de nos importar. Muito obrigado GT 4, você fez a minha infância ainda mais gratificante!
Memories.
Isn't it funny though, how music is used and re-used throughout gaming history?
Taking Van Halen's Panama, for example. In 2005, it was a part of the soundtrack for this game and in 2009, was a part of Guitar Hero: Van Halen.
Then another favorite, STP's Sex Type Thing, back in 1999, was a part of the soundtrack for Gran Turismo 2, then in 2008, was also a song in Guitar Hero Aerosmith and then later, in 2009, was re-released in Guitar Hero 5 as a DLC.
GT4 is still one of my favorite intros to a game! The elegance of that Ford GT with Moon Over the Castle and then Van Halen when the action hits... So good...
Gran Turismo 4: the game that showed me the PS2 COULD Output good visuals. Every other game I own for it looks like it was smeared in Vaseline when hooked in through Composite. Every single one… except this. I have no clue how Polyphony could do that but the fact I can play this on a game system literally as small as a BOOK is wild.
Simply Epic..
From 1 to 5..
Gran Turismo Series Never Disappoints..
"Rhowrl" This is better than the europe intro
2:50
This Gran Turismo Intro is so damn awesome!
Best intro of all GTs and maybe the best GT ever made
Can't beat the Ford GT. Best car ever built!
This is the best gaming intro up to date!
graphics: 1000%
gameplay: 100%
cars: 100%
total: the best game for the ps2 of this world
God I get such a good feeling when this play it tells you get ready for the best GT game to date
Ah was wondering why people were saying GT4 jp intro was superior. In Europe PD was kind enough to give use moon over castle.
The japanese and european versions are great, but let's agree that Van Halen's Panama made this intro way better than the other ones?
i mean it's fucking Van Halen
i cried watching this, i just wanna be a kid and play this after school one more time
This better be the gtsport intro as well
Better than NTSC-J version, but NTSC-J intro still have good music
gt4 and gt5 have the best game intro ever! you can feel the game running through your veins when its played!
I loved that 787b 2:03, loved its sound, its looks, its driving we had so many times together beating formula 1 GT cars that will comeback in nov 2!
This was the game that introduced me to Van Halen, but sadly yesterday, he passed away due to throat cancer... RIP Eddie 1955-2020 YOU WILL BE MISSED!!!
Foi esse game que fez eu me apaixonar pelo automobilismo! E sem falar que a partir daí o Ford gt se tornou meu carro favorito
@sagara4514 La canción coral se llama Moon Over The Castle y el "rockón" XD se llama Panama, de Van Halen, si tienes Ares descárgala, es muy fácil...
The best PS2 intro ever!
I really wish I got far in these games rather than playing Arcade all the time when I was younger. I missed out on a lot.
Don't feel bad, I had a lot of time playing these games and still have many of them, but where I live arcades don't exist anymore, so you can appreciate having something that's gone now
Gran Turismo 2 and Gran Turismo 4 ❤
Every time I hear Van Halen's Panama, I think of this, even when I drive you get that rush
Still cant believe that people really think this was the best intro when the song does not fit the footage AT ALL
It's the best one because it's the best song, electric song, that's what you need as an intro for a racing game, not some boring orchestra shit, listen to those electric guitar riffs and overall upbeat song, it fits the mood pretty well.
@@Maidenintime86 orchestra shit? all 3 intros have the orchestra at the start, then move to a song with guitar. it's just that this one doesn't really fit as well.
I player this game before but i didn't do anything on Gran turismo mode, only arcade
The thing I love about Polyphony Digital OTHER than all the top notch games is their trailers. They are just always SO EPIC!
hzhHHzhshhhshs
Best game intro of all time.
It's amazing how good gt was. You literally had to go to the dealership shop for a pre-owned car. Race it enough to buy a new car then get more money. If you didn't get special driver licenses to race you simply didn't race those tracks. The game pushed you to get those times so you can place good and get those special licenses. This game taught me my love of Cars. This game is one of the main reasons I work at a dealership now lol. Also if you can't get a deal go somewhere else. Don't bury yourself in Cars they are only cars not museum pieces.
I only get chills with the Japanese version because I only play imported games
You might have figured it out, but why not. When you start playing on a fresh save file, you'll only be given 10000cr. The best option you have is to go to either "Historic Showroom" or "Used Car Lot" I and II. After you've made your purchase, head straight to "GT Auto" and get an oil change (Very important! And it costs 50cr) and you're good to go. Note that in a few days' intervals, the car list in the showroom and car lot will change randomly, so keep checking for rare cars.
a melhor abertura para mim da franquia GT!
AWESOME!!!
@FIFA07Addicted We all have our own tastes in music, chill dude.
does anyone love to take photos of your cars?
There is diffrences with some of the clips and the song in japanese and us versions
whats the name of the music in starting ? that was the samemusic in ps1..
+hammad shah moon over the castle