orpheusd0wn
They really dropped the ball on the Arcade mode this time around.
I disagree, arcade mode this time around is stronger than ever.
Options:
No. of laps? 1 to 50
Tire Wear? None, Mild, Strong
Driving Aids? Off, TCS only, ASM & TCS
Penalty? (who cares
)
Time Limit? None, Up to 600 minutes
Quick Tune-Up:
Power: -20% to +20%
Weight: -10% to +10%
Top speed: (adjustable depending on car)
Driving aids: Adjustable from quick tune screen without options screen
Transmission: MT or AT
Tire Type: !!!!!
-Open selection based on car, race cars with race tires, street cars with sports tires or "those other tires" lol.
Arcade mode has been redesigned.
Instead of allowing home garages in the game, there is a focus on the availibility of every car in the game having an arcade version.
In GT3 the arcade cars were limited to roughly 12 cars in 5 classes.
This meant using the car you wanted was almost always going to bring you back to the home garage where things like mileage, oil, settings and parts could be issues.
Issues not just for the player to deal with, but also for the Online Racing Community to deal with.
"Old Geezer" and I have talked about this before and one thing always stands out in GT4's arcade mode- It seems like they designed it around an Online mode that wasn't included.
(reasons for leaving that online mode out need to be discussed somewhere else and do a through search if you want to check it out!)
However, even without an online mode, the design of the system makes arcade mode a blast.
First is the car selection, even from the start there is a large and diverse selection. After using GT mode, all cars in the game can be unlocked as arcade cars.
Next is options... Just think about how much can be done with the options listed above.
Cars that don't match up in races can be tuned to match.
Worried about the weight of a corvette vs the weight of an nsx? change both a bit and do the same for the power!
Look further into it and you find that multiple lap arcade races against the ai (even though the ai is still pretty bad) can be customized very well.
Laps and or Time limits!
Up to 50 laps?! 600 minutes!!!
"Race Speed" can be adjusted to represent different levels of competition. This can change the cars present in the race (maybe the hp/weight levels of the ai as well).
Even the tires of the ai can be determined.
When you select your tire type for the first time the AI is based on that decision. However, once you get to the race menu and use quick tune, your tires can be changed to create an even bigger advantage or handicap!
With as many options and possibilities as I have listed it is hard to imagine that the gt4 arcade mode is not the best any of us could have hoped for.
Only Online would have made it better.
All in all though, it's pretty damn good. 👍
