Gran Turismo 2: Beige Edition

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I'd like to see them someday, not now, from what you said i don't think they're finished. It'll also spoil the events and i don't think the team would like that :[
Yeah far from finished, rest assured you'll see them when they are further down the line. Currently it would only ruin a few events because only the first mock up is done
 
Yeah far from finished, rest assured you'll see them when they are further down the line. Currently it would only ruin a few events because only the first mock up is done
Mock-up? So the menus are still in the concept phase? And not actually in the game yet?
 
Still being worked on and they are in the game but it's only the event line up screens none of the sub-menus are finalised
Sub-menus are like, the race line-up right? The ones that appear after you click the cup and there will be like the tracks that we would race in, and the required license, etc.
 
Hey

About the thread i said, i actually already made it! Granted it's far from finished, only one brand has been covered but i'll finish it as quickly as i could! I do bet that most of the good people here has already check'd out the thread, but probably only in it's unfinished form. The only covered brand so far, Acura has been finished and tidied up!

The thread is right here : https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/thre...d-in-gran-turismo-2-beige-edition-wip.436317/

Edit, 19 Feb. 2026 : Alfa Romeo and AMC covered.
Enjoying this thread so far and it's being structured very well! As you said you don't want direct replies on that thread to answer something and raise something.

The Seville is indeed the one from the A-Spec post all those years ago although it has been reworked to bring it up to Beige standards!

You also forgot Buick with the Roadmaster if you are going in alphabetical order
 
Enjoying this thread so far and it's being structured very well! As you said you don't want direct replies on that thread to answer something and raise something.

The Seville is indeed the one from the A-Spec post all those years ago although it has been reworked to bring it up to Beige standards!

You also forgot Buick with the Roadmaster if you are going in alphabetical order
Well thanks, i guess :rolleyes:

Also yeah, i forgot Buick lol. I got the manafacturer's list from this note i made a while ago. As you can see, i forgot to insert Buick there, just BMW.
 

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Hello all, it's been a while so here's some highlights:

Vauxhall Zafira 1.6 16v '99 + Opel Zafira 2.0 Di Comfort '99
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Nissan Sentra GXE '99
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Ford Focus 1.4 CL '99
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Honda CR-X Del Sol VGi Transtop '98
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Honda Civic Ferio RTi 4WD '99
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Audi A4 + A4 Avant Colour Update
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Apologies for no updates as of late, been sick the last week or so. Things may slow down a little over the next couple of weeks as Nathan is busy but we still have some exciting things planned for the month of March!

Also, video recap for those who missed it:
 
Hello all, it's been a while so here's some highlights:

Vauxhall Zafira 1.6 16v '99 + Opel Zafira 2.0 Di Comfort '99
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Nissan Sentra GXE '99
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Ford Focus 1.4 CL '99
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Honda CR-X Del Sol VGi Transtop '98
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Honda Civic Ferio RTi 4WD '99
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Audi A4 + A4 Avant Colour Update
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Apologies for no updates as of late, been sick the last week or so. Things may slow down a little over the next couple of weeks as Nathan is busy but we still have some exciting things planned for the month of March!

Also, video recap for those who missed it:

I've seen it but man it's still very cool.
 
For some reason i feel like it ain't the time for questions, but i just can't help it...

- Everytime a car in a dealership is shown, there are occasionally ones that are confirmed to be in the used dealers. From what i've saw, they're either using the Honda UD or the Nissan UD. I did see a grouping though, the ones in the Nissan UD are from 1997-1995, meanwhile the ones in the Honda UD is from '94 and before. So it's like the grouping from GT4 where the cars are sorted by era/year? Can i get more insight?

- Will the events be more restrictive in Beige? GT2 is a mess with the restrictions. You can basically enter with 'effin anything as long as it's below the hp limit, even though the car used dosen't fit with the event at all. The only events that restrict you with more than the hp limit are the drivetrain challenges and since i'm using A-Spec, the F1 Championship. Seeing a Polonez in the Kei Car Cup dosen't look that good ain't it?

- In the Project A-Spec days, in the pre-1.2 update Emile would give us some info and updates about that upcoming update (and 1.2.1) by the way of the car showcases and the world tour. Would he do that again for Beige? The updates are relegated now to the Twitter posts and monthly shorts, and even though they're still good enough, i'd love to see the A-Spec styled update videos. Maybe since back in the day he was commanded to do that since he was only a mere part of the team, and now that since he's the outright lead of mod he decided to not really do those things? And nobody really commanding/telling him? Whatever the reason here, i'll respect any of the team's decisions.

- This is more of a statement/affirmation, but with this mod's roster, the license tests will be more relatable than ever to the people who've actually taken real driving school (not me, i'm not old enough). I mean, if you're taking a license test in real life, they won't put you in some touring car or LMP or even a performance road model on racing circuits, no! You'd be thrown into some disposable cheap econobox in a small test track or even the road!

- I don't know what to ask anymore, that's too much words this post feels like a bedtime story instead of a random dilletante on a gaming forum asking questions for a unreleased mod. My tone kinda feels different but that's just me feeling bad on things that don't actually make people offended/uncomfortable.

Anyways, for updates on my thread, i recently finished my coverage of Daewoo and Citroen, now starting work on Daihatsu but i don't know where to start......
 

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- Everytime a car in a dealership is shown, there are occasionally ones that are confirmed to be in the used dealers. From what i've saw, they're either using the Honda UD or the Nissan UD. I did see a grouping though, the ones in the Nissan UD are from 1997-1995, meanwhile the ones in the Honda UD is from '94 and before. So it's like the grouping from GT4 where the cars are sorted by era/year? Can i get more insight?
In the back end they'll be using a manufacturers UCD but they'll be under a separate menu in the final game. They are indeed grouped by era and those are 70's to 80's (1970-1989), Early 90's (1990-1994) and Late 90's (1995-1997) anything 1998-1999 will be available in the New Car Dealer, to confirm that means there will be no cars in the new dealer from before 1998.
- Will the events be more restrictive in Beige? GT2 is a mess with the restrictions. You can basically enter with 'effin anything as long as it's below the hp limit, even though the car used dosen't fit with the event at all. The only events that restrict you with more than the hp limit are the drivetrain challenges and since i'm using A-Spec, the F1 Championship. Seeing a Polonez in the Kei Car Cup dosen't look that good ain't it?
As and where possible, GT2 doesn't work like any other game in the series for this. Instead of having specific requirements you exclude cars on, you can only restrict an event to allow up to 32 cars. In events where we have less then that, there's no issues implementing this but if we have more than 32 cars in as per your example K Cup then you can't restrict them otherwise you'll run into issues with restricting cars that should be eligible.
- In the Project A-Spec days, in the pre-1.2 update Emile would give us some info and updates about that upcoming update (and 1.2.1) by the way of the car showcases and the world tour. Would he do that again for Beige? The updates are relegated now to the Twitter posts and monthly shorts, and even though they're still good enough, i'd love to see the A-Spec styled update videos. Maybe since back in the day he was commanded to do that since he was only a mere part of the team, and now that since he's the outright lead of mod he decided to not really do those things? And nobody really commanding/telling him? Whatever the reason here, i'll respect any of the team's decisions.
So if I was smart yes I'd be doing this for Beige however here's the issue: with A-Spec I was not a member of the team at all, just before 1.2.1 I was invited in as an advisor but I've never worked on A-Spec before in any capacity. With Beige it's the mod project I'm actively leading and contributed a lot of the ideas for so doing any video similar to the A-Spec one feels odd because of course I'm going to say how fantastic everything is. I'll try and navigate this probably closer to release but whatever I do it'll have to be 100% objective in my mind and I'll let the thoughts of the people seeing it make their own decisions. Unlike a certain other mod creator you won't see me titling my video "the best Gran Turismo mod ever!"
- This is more of a statement/affirmation, but with this mod's roster, the license tests will be more relatable than ever to the people who've actually taken real driving school (not me, i'm not old enough). I mean, if you're taking a license test in real life, they won't put you in some touring car or LMP or even a performance road model on racing circuits, no! You'd be thrown into some disposable cheap econobox in a small test track or even the road!
Well it seems as good of a time as any... License tests are virtually off limits to editing so far as I've been told. You can't change cars (beyond body swaps) or time limits. You can change order and track but that's pretty useless without having the option on those other two so for that reason.

There is no license tests in Beige, speaking personally I like them as a challenge but I hate them from a gameplay perspective as they seem to be there to artificially bolster game time. Removing them has a few advantages: big one is you can't day skip now which should really allow us to balance the UCD for the first few weeks as you can't just cycle to get yourself into some of the quicker affordable UCD cars. The other one being it allows us to remove and replace the cars the game would use for them so there's no conflict there. Maybe when there's a website you'll have to take a written test before you can download the game? But no, there's no licenses in the game. Sure that's leaving a mixture of sad people, "how can it be Gran Turismo without licenses!?" people and the me's of the world who breathe a sigh of relief they'll never have to stop a Skyline from 1000m's in Beige Edition.
 
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I actually got something's to say about this month's session of questions......

In the back end they'll be using a manufacturers UCD but they'll be under a separate menu in the final game. They are indeed grouped by era and those are 70's to 80's (1970-1989), Early 90's (1990-1994) and Late 90's (1995-1997) anything 1998-1999 will be available in the New Car Dealer, to confirm that means there will be no cars in the new dealer from before 1998.
What does menu mean here? If we go to a certain city/dealer will it be some sort of button/widget that'll appear? It could be placed in the spot the license center used to be now that it's gone, and have the groups be seperate buttons, i unno what to say anymore beyond this :v
As and where possible, GT2 doesn't work like any other game in the series for this. Instead of having specific requirements you exclude cars on, you can only restrict an event to allow up to 32 cars. In events where we have less then that, there's no issues implementing this but if we have more than 32 cars in as per your example K Cup then you can't restrict them otherwise you'll run into issues with restricting cars that should be eligible.
So that's why the only restrictive event was the F1 event! But i'll say another thing, A-Spec still has a rubberbanding/cheating AI problem. Not only the GT40 was carried over, but it even added another cheater to the ring! The Euro League event also at Rome has a Lancia LC2 in it's opponent pool. The event is restricted to 690hp, the LC2 has 702hp, that's 12 horses beyond the limit!!!! :mad:
So if I was smart yes I'd be doing this for Beige however here's the issue: with A-Spec I was not a member of the team at all, just before 1.2.1 I was invited in as an advisor but I've never worked on A-Spec before in any capacity. With Beige it's the mod project I'm actively leading and contributed a lot of the ideas for so doing any video similar to the A-Spec one feels odd because of course I'm going to say how fantastic everything is. I'll try and navigate this probably closer to release but whatever I do it'll have to be 100% objective in my mind and I'll let the thoughts of the people seeing it make their own decisions. Unlike a certain other mod creator you won't see me titling my video "the best Gran Turismo mod ever!"
Understandably, if you were to make a video on a mod you personally was the lead of, they were gonna be a bit of bias, either directly or otherwise.

Also, the guy you were talking about when you said "the best Gran Turismo mod ever!", was it this guy? I mean yes, the mod did sound promising and it made full potential of the game engine, but not everyone is fond of that pride....... i hope that guy dosen't stumble upon what i said, as i fear that it might cause some drama :scared:
Well it seems as good of a time as any... License tests are virtually off limits to editing so far as I've been told. You can't change cars (beyond body swaps) or time limits. You can change order and track but that's pretty useless without having the option on those other two so for that reason.

There is no license tests in Beige, speaking personally I like them as a challenge but I hate them from a gameplay perspective as they seem to be there to artificially bolster game time. Removing them has a few advantages: big one is you can't day skip now which should really allow us to balance the UCD for the first few weeks as you can't just cycle to get yourself into some of the quicker affordable UCD cars. The other one being it allows us to remove and replace the cars the game would use for them so there's no conflict there. Maybe when there's a website you'll have to take a written test before you can download the game? But no, there's no licenses in the game. Sure that's leaving a mixture of sad people, "how can it be Gran Turismo without licenses!?" people and the me's of the world who breathe a sigh of relief they'll never have to stop a Skyline from 1000m's in Beige Edition.
I'm both sad and relieved at the same time. On one hand, although i did rush the tests and they only took me hours and half-hours (not trying to get gold), i've sometimes felt that they were a hassle to do and only delayed the fun stuff for me......

On the other, i would've missed doing them because they were pretty much a ritual in any GT playthrough, it's like eating Oreos. It'll still taste good but it just felt that something is missing.

The written test thing would actually be very funny though. I can imagine the questions being pretty mature and adult themed, since those are probably the margin that would be interested in this type of mod (even though i'm quite young and i do enjoy it, still, most youngsters only cared about bajillion horsepower Supras). A website for a GT mod isn't unheard of, as Spec-II for GT4 also did had a website with mod details, changelogs, and FAQs. I personally would've liked to see some theming, maybe late 90's - early '00s Geocities page :)
 
License tests are virtually off limits to editing so far as I've been told. You can't change cars (beyond body swaps) or time limits. You can change order and track but that's pretty useless without having the option on those other two so for that reason.

The parts data for license mode can be edited with GT2DataSplitter and the car ID is in the LGF files at 0x5C - I've never looked into those files past that though to say where the times would be or if there's a copy of the car setup in it.
 
What does menu mean here? If we go to a certain city/dealer will it be some sort of button/widget that'll appear? It could be placed in the spot the license center used to be now that it's gone, and have the groups be seperate buttons, i unno what to say anymore beyond this :v
It'll be a button on the main map screen that'll take you into a sub-menu with the 3 dealers.
So that's why the only restrictive event was the F1 event! But i'll say another thing, A-Spec still has a rubberbanding/cheating AI problem. Not only the GT40 was carried over, but it even added another cheater to the ring! The Euro League event also at Rome has a Lancia LC2 in it's opponent pool. The event is restricted to 690hp, the LC2 has 702hp, that's 12 horses beyond the limit!!!! :mad:
The plan is get the events implemented and see what needs fine tuning, in an ideal world they'll be no rubber banding but if it's very much a cakewalk then some might be in there although not to the extent of the base game. Every opponent is within the horsepower limit from what I remember.
The written test thing would actually be very funny though. I can imagine the questions being pretty mature and adult themed, since those are probably the margin that would be interested in this type of mod (even though i'm quite young and i do enjoy it, still, most youngsters only cared about bajillion horsepower Supras). A website for a GT mod isn't unheard of, as Spec-II for GT4 also did had a website with mod details, changelogs, and FAQs. I personally would've liked to see some theming, maybe late 90's - early '00s Geocities page :)
Haha interesting ideas on the theming, we shall see closer to launch. I want to go the website route as I don't want a Discord server and everywhere else seems like it won't be clear enough to work as distribution but that'll all be worked out further down the line.
The parts data for license mode can be edited with GT2DataSplitter and the car ID is in the LGF files at 0x5C - I've never looked into those files past that though to say where the times would be or if there's a copy of the car setup in it.
Interesting, it's set in stone now they are being culled but that could be useful to know for others future mod projects
 
Hello all, it's been a while so here's some highlights:

Vauxhall Zafira 1.6 16v '99 + Opel Zafira 2.0 Di Comfort '99
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Nissan Sentra GXE '99
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Ford Focus 1.4 CL '99
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Honda CR-X Del Sol VGi Transtop '98
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Honda Civic Ferio RTi 4WD '99
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Audi A4 + A4 Avant Colour Update
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Apologies for no updates as of late, been sick the last week or so. Things may slow down a little over the next couple of weeks as Nathan is busy but we still have some exciting things planned for the month of March!

Also, video recap for those who missed it:

This is pedantic, but that generation Sentra did not start until 2000.
 
I think the confusion is probably that the car will be US model year 2000, which started some time in 1999. Polyphony included a pair of MY2000 Lexus models in the original GT2 though so it fits the timeline.
 
I think the confusion is probably that the car will be US model year 2000, which started some time in 1999. Polyphony included a pair of MY2000 Lexus models in the original GT2 though so it fits the timeline.
US model years start in April of the previous year so they are notoriously misleading. So long as it existed in 1999 it's fine, the PT Cruiser for example was on its European press launch in 1999 and that's how it's ended up in because it's not entirely unfeasible that Polyphony could have worked with these brands to get cars in earlier than launch
 
US model years start in April of the previous year so they are notoriously misleading. So long as it existed in 1999 it's fine, the PT Cruiser for example was on its European press launch in 1999 and that's how it's ended up in because it's not entirely unfeasible that Polyphony could have worked with these brands to get cars in earlier than launch

Definitely plausible, the MR-S in the original game is October 1999 spec and there were placeholder files for it set up as early as August. If they'd had to wait for the brochures to be released it would only have given them about three weeks to create the car.
 
After having lobotomy and getting an Opel Sintra stuck in my cranium, i had a memory......

Back in A-Spec i remember buying a Jaguar XJ220 to compete in the Supercar Festival, but the one from A-Spec isn't what it seems, it was the test mule. The Transit van.

At first i didn't really mind, but when i hit the track, oh boy. I can't see schnid, everything is covered by it's big white arse. I had to use bumper cam, and i hate it. It makes me dizzy. I ended up having to use a Saleen SR (pain, the savestates are insane) before getting a Lotec and then using that instead.

Why does this matter? Have ya seen the cars in Beige? They got Caravans, an Astro, Suburban, and an 'effin Pregio! Big-arse battering rams! Oh boy this is gonna be fun.....:mischievous:
 
March so far

Nissan March Collet '99
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Nissan March Box '99
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Nissan March i-z Safety Grip Package '93
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Rover 75 2.0 V6 Connoisseur '99
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Mercedes-Benz C180 Classic '99
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Mercedes-Benz C220 CDI Elegance Estate '99
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I thought this was gonna be a quiet month but we've managed to achieve quite a bit, there's a few more cars in the works at the moment (including the last March) that you'll hopefully before month's end!
 
Marches for March! Splendid! Are those remodels, or maybe just the lighting/textures that make the model look way better than the basegame ones?

You guys are still scratching the surface though if you're coming to March body variants, so far you've only included the Box, the elongated wagon, but there's also the March Cubic, a sedan version of the March that's exclusive to Taiwan. But since Chinese/Taiwanese cars aren't your priority, there's also the March Convertible! The later K12 had a convertible too since the 2000s was kinda a boom for the hardtop convertible, but the K11 looks way better, and it's inclusion would be fitting too since Beige has a habit of making the basegame cars (notably the sportier ones) into convertibles!

Progress about the you know what thread has been slow, mainly because even though i had the info i was constantly sidetracked/unmotivated to update, and there's also other things like me opening my dA again and Eid-Al-Fitr so i didn't have time to do things. That's not to say i didn't do anything, currently covering Dodge and latest car i covered was the Intrepid. Planning to search specs on the Dodge Neon Highline (and i just woke up from a white, wet dream for f's sake)

One more thing? Last March as in, March 2025?
 

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March so far

Nissan March Collet '99
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Nissan March Box '99
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Mercedes-Benz C220 CDI Elegance Estate '99
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I thought this was gonna be a quiet month but we've managed to achieve quite a bit, there's a few more cars in the works at the moment (including the last March) that you'll hopefully before month's end!
The estates are insane. I miss the wagons of Gran Turismo.
 
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