The best GT?

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Antonius_Xylem
I personally think GT 3 A-Spec was the best and most complete. Think about it Rally tracks, Formula, Old school races, even better modifications for tuning. True less cars but having more cars doesn't mean the game get any better. Dont get me wrong GT 1 was good because it was the first and GT5 is great graphically but its missing things from some of the old games.


What do you think the best Gran Turismo was/is, and why?
 
Evolver60
Rally tracks, Formula, Old school races,
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GT5 has all of this.

Evolver60
even better modifications for tuning.
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The only thing I remember GT3 having, above GT5, is the brake upgrade. Which somehow has taken care of itself in GT5. Plus, you couldn't put a wing on your car giving downforce, which is one of the most beneficial upgrades

Evolver60
True less cars but having more cars doesn't mean the game get any better.
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Well you just said GT3 is better (in part) because it has more Formula 1 cars...

Evolver60
Dont get me wrong GT 1 was good because it was the first and GT5 is great graphically but its missing things from some of the old games.
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Yeah, sure. GT5 is missing a few tracks and cars that were featured in the previous games. All we can do is speculate on why but I can only assume it was for good reason

Above all GT5 has a feature none of the other games have, which is online multiplayer. That alone is why I spent about 1 year playing GT3 and have been playing GT5 since its launch date 3 years ago
 
For me it was definitely GT4. The level of play was immense and it came at a time in my life when it was more than just a hobby, it was a means to an end.

It was also what lead me to discover TT which was built on the same engine.

It burned through 3 PS2s and more than a few controllers because of it.

I've spent countless hours arguing with my brother why it's better than GT3 (his favourite) and in the first year of ownership I clocked up more mileage in game than my mum had done in the real world in several years (around 24k, IIRC).
 
While GT4 is better in quite a few ways (I'm playing it at the moment funnily enough) such as customisation, tracks and little things like actual tuning shops rather than a generic tuning page.. GT5 is quite simply better overall.

The physics, the graphics, the AI (Weirdly).. it's just better.
 
I like them all. GT1 was a new innovative driving game that set the bar for all racing games. GT2 gave us a few new cars & tracks. GT3 blew me away with the improvement in graphics that the PS2 provided. Then my favourite, GT4 with all those cars & tracks. I spent hours & hours trying to get those 200 XP points in all the races with the off-road ones the hardest to obtain. I had to use the Dodge Ram for that. Then finally GT5 after that teaser, Prologue. The graphics & sense of driving a real car are outstanding & the greatest new feature is Online racing. Making friends & racing your creations against REAL racers from all over this planet is the coolest. I can't wait to see what PD has in store for us with GT6, whether it be on the PS3 or not. Bring it PD. 👍
 
I did not have played gt1 and gt2 so between gt3, 4 or 5 I have to say that my favorite is of course gt4 because that game had it all and I'm still hoping that gt6 will be an upgraded version of gt4. All the tracks and all the cars of gt4 in gt6 that is what I hope for. Gt4 had many many events and the structure of gt mode was brilliant, the modified cars like mine's or HPA were seperated and the UCD was to get the car chipper. I remember that I had need of an AWD car for a AWD event and I was gonna buy a lancer evo VIII but I preferred to buy GTR r34 that I found in the UCD and there's more, GT4 had in many brands the specific event and many more things. It was the perfect racing to me but in the wrong console.
I hope PD see this :lol:
 
GT4 was my favorite. It is such an amazing feeling when you finally earned that 4.5 million to buy the GT ONE (or whatever car you wanted to buy). It also has TONS of races which added variety to your grinding.
 
Hmmm.... Yes GT4 was a great game I just spent more time in GT3, I guess thats why I remember it so well, but GT4 Rally was AWESOME as well as some of the city tracks thats not in GT5.
 
Hands down GT3 was the best. 4 and 5 are good but I feel things have been going abit backward since 3.
 
I miss the immense amount of cars that could be racing modded from GT2 and the Hillclimb's from GT2.
Also miss the ,4wd, MR cups..a proper rally mode...
 
BongRipz
Hands down GT3 was the best. 4 and 5 are good but I feel things have been going abit backward since 3.
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This 👍

With GT5 PD took one step forward and 3 steps backwards... many shortcuts in development (standards, car duplicates), awful AI, awful A-Spec Mode, awful B-Spec implementation...

GT3 was the best... 2nd is GT2, 3rd is GT4, 4th is GT1 (just because it's getting a little bit old) and the worst was GT5 (Don't get me wrong, GT5 is a decent game, but it's a very mediocre product compared to the previous games)...
 
Here's my ranking:
5. GT5 - This game is the worst IMO. Not saying it's a bad game, but I think they could have done (and still can do) a better job by listening to the public. They also failed by not including many previous features from other games.
4. GT1 - I haven't really played this game, but I put in 4th only because it's kind of old now.
3. GT2 - This game had the best car selection from what I've heard (haven't played this game but seen videos). But again, it's getting kind of old.
2. GT3 - Great game. The car selection started to get a bit crazy here, but I think this game still had a lot of great elements.
1. GT4 - Almost perfect game. Introduction of longer, more realistic endurance races, the rim selection was way better than any of the other game's, there were new tuning options, all of that jazz. Just an awesome game.
 
For me it was GT3, although I never played 1. I came in on 3, then after getting my 100% completion multiple times, I tried 2.

3 was just so much more immersive. I spent so much time tuning and hanging out at the vault, and having to tune cars to win races(Vitz). I built my Logi wheel racing rig cause of 3 along with my first HDTV...ah memories.
Track selection, formula cars, rally, the simple interface, and who can forget the roulette style prize car that gave incentive to rerun races. It was just fun, yet, didnt take away from its serious simulator intent.
 
It's either GT3 or GT2 for me. Don't care about online play, so that makes GT5 nowhere near the top of my list. That being said GT3 and GT2 just have vastly better single player than GT5. I especially love GT3 for that fact that it was able to keep me entertained for so long despite only having 150 cars, just because of the carrer mode alone.
 
I love GT4 its one if my favorites and GT2 in second (still have it and play it often).

Then in third it will be GT3 I enjoyed the change from ps to ps2.

I will be hunting for a ps2 so I can get my GT4 fix.
 
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MoLiEG
With GT5 PD took one step forward and 3 steps backwards... many shortcuts in development (standards, car duplicates), awful AI, awful A-Spec Mode, awful B-Spec implementation...
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The worst thing about standards was not that they aren't visually up to par but that all the "clone" cars in previous GTs (different trims or years but same model) had unique traits. Now we end up with say a lower model 3000GT/GTO with lower power but now AWD instead of RWD. If they would have cut some of the less interesting duplicates and gave the ones that are left those unique traits back it would have been far more acceptable.

Oh and lets not forget GT2's race mods. Nearly every car had a race version instead of just a select few and some cars had multiple.
 
gt3 for me personally, it was also the game that really got the ball rolling for the gt series as a mainstream A lister
 
GT4, just for the A-Spec points quest. I played GT2 a few months back and turned it off after 5 minutes because of the graphics, on native PS1 tech they have not aged well. Never liked GT3 that much, didn't get much play on my PS2.
 
Relative to their time period, GT4 or GT2 are the best.

Obviously GT5 is the best in the series if context isn't taken into account and we're just talking about best-overall game.
 
GT was the benchmark, setting the standard.

GT2 compared to GT:

+ more cars
+ more tracks
+ more races
+ more car customization (read: wheels)
+ addition of rallying
- racing modifications only on selected cars
- race regulations not really working (enter a MR sports car into a wagon cup for example)
- overall finish not up to the level of GT

GT3 compared to GT2:

+ better graphics
+ better prize car system
- less cars
- less tracks (not entirely sure on this one but certainly feels like it)
- no racing modifications

GT4 compared to GT3:

+ more cars
+ more tracks
+ more car customization (read: rear wings)
+ addition of B-Spec (like it or not, GT3 didn't have it so it's a plus)
+ slightly better graphics
- wheels not changeable on all cars

GT5 compared to GT4:

+ better graphics
+ more cars
+ more car customization
+ weather and time changes
+ online mode
+/- track selection
- less offline races
- obligatory B-Spec mode

If GT5 had the entire offline race selection of GT4 it would be undoubtedly the best but now the title still goes to GT4 in my opinion, it had more replay value. I have no idea how so many people consider GT3 the best of the series as GT4 did just about everything better unless nostalgy factor is kicking in.
 
1. GT4
2. GT5
3. GT3

I have never played GT1 or GT2 unfortunately.
 
I enjoy GT4 the most, but I can't say it's better than GT5 overall, much in the same way a BMW M3 is better than a fox-body Mustang, yet I have more fun in the Mustang. Poor analogy, but I just woke up, whatever.
 
I'm going to state GT3 was my favorite, for the selection of some of my favorite livery cars.
I will then ask, what does that, or this thread, have relevance to the GT5 sub Q&A forum?
 
Greycap
GT was the benchmark, setting the standard.

GT2 compared to GT:

+ more cars
+ more tracks
+ more races
+ more car customization (read: wheels)
+ addition of rallying
- racing modifications only on selected cars
- race regulations not really working (enter a MR sports car into a wagon cup for example)
- overall finish not up to the level of GT

GT3 compared to GT2:

+ better graphics
+ better prize car system
- less cars
- less tracks (not entirely sure on this one but certainly feels like it)
- no racing modifications

GT4 compared to GT3:

+ more cars
+ more tracks
+ more car customization (read: rear wings)
+ addition of B-Spec (like it or not, GT3 didn't have it so it's a plus)
+ slightly better graphics
- wheels not changeable on all cars

GT5 compared to GT4:

+ better graphics
+ more cars
+ more car customization
+ weather and time changes
+ online mode
+/- track selection
- less offline races
- obligatory B-Spec mode

If GT5 had the entire offline race selection of GT4 it would be undoubtedly the best but now the title still goes to GT4 in my opinion, it had more replay value. I have no idea how so many people consider GT3 the best of the series as GT4 did just about everything better unless nostalgy factor is kicking in.
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If they combined the best parts of all the games... Imagine all the possibilities! AWESOME!!!!
 
I have logged quite a few hours on all 5 games and By far The best has to be GT4 with GT5 right behind it. GT1 and 2 we're amazing games for their generation and given that they pushed the limit's of the PSX they were still graphically relavent into the PS2 era. GT3 was a let down for me simply because the lack of American classic's. GT4 is what hyped me back into the series and got me involved here on GTP. By any means it was the major catalyst for my love of driving whereas MC Dub edition let me create the customs I liked so much. Then GT5 was just good enough to keep me interested. The Hybridding scene emerging, the drift scene and the camaraderie encouraged by the online play has kept me at it. If I could get Some of the Duplicates removed in lieu of a few more Premiums I would but the difference in outward appearance of the Standars is minimal at best when racing.
 
BongRipz
Hands down GT3 was the best. 4 and 5 are good but I feel things have been going abit backward since 3.
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Another +1 here (except for the "4 is good" part). 👍

GT3 was my first Gran Turismo (the PS2 being my first Playstation), and it's the only one I enjoyed playing, period. It was an amazing game, and I became an immediate follower of the brand -- registered on this site in 2003 -- but Polyphony Digital has done nothing but disappoint me ever since. I can admit that GT4 and GT5 have all the trappings of an incredible game: an encyclopedic car list, a stellar track list, plenty of stuff to do...but you mostly do one thing in a driving game, and that's driving. When it comes to that core experience, I think it's absolutely right to say things have been going backwards.

Now GT3 wasn't the most realistic sim in the world, but it possessed a certain handling balance that PD have completely lost. It was floaty and simplistic and kind of numb, but you could manipulate the car as you please, in a reasonably believable manner. Only Kaz knows why, but GT4 trashed that in favor of a brutally twitchy, understeer-biased model that punished anything resembling "fun." With GT5 they did a patchwork-type job on top of that, making it possible for mere mortals to drift a car again, but they left other things just as broken as they were in the PS2 era.

Honestly, I would rather that PD kept the physics exactly as they were in GT3 -- flaws and all -- than see them continue the hackjob tweaking they've been doing in the years since. It wouldn't make for a class-leading simulator, but at least it would be fun to drive.
 
I agree for mine GT3 was my fave, Like most I was bowled over with the improvement of the graphics on the PS2 I still rembember going straight to arcade getting the Gtsr Viper & taking it for a run around trial mountain & crashing it over & over because I was staring at the scenery. As well I agree with 180 odd cars the smallest amount of any of the major GT releases, there was quality over quantity, I mean do we really need 30-40 versions of MX5s, silvias etc.
 

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