Gran Turismo: changing the time of the day of the track

Sal_89 · Nov 29, 2018

After 21 years I have found an interesting thing: you can change the time of the day in any track. Of course this is possible only with a Cheat Device. Before to start, you must know some things:

- Works ONLY Simulation Mode and ONLY on races, then NOT on Time Attack or Hi-Fi Mode, but you can make ONLY free runs, because if you start the qualify or the race, the code lose the effect, but still have the lights of the car turned on if you have chose a night track or off if you have chose a non-night time track

- As said above, you must have a Cheat Device. The only code that you have need is the Track Modifier. The value for the PAL version is "300B620C". The other four digits must are from "0000" (Grand Valley SpeedWay I) to 003E (END, one of the hidden tracks. The other is rogo-test, 003D)

- This work also with both hidden tracks

- When the time change happen, the sky will glitched, showing things of the original track

- This work with every track and then every time, because every track have different times, for example High Speed Ring is a day time track and Deep Forest a sunset track. Then you can have a night time Autumn Ring Mini (using Route courses) or a cloudy Grand Valley SpeedWay - East Section (using Trial Mountain)

Now, finally, I will say how to make this. There are steps:

1) Activate the Track Modifier BEFORE to enter the race. For example activate the Special Stage Route 11 code and enter to the Grand Valley Endurance Race
2) Once loaded, you will notice that the track isn't Grand Valley SpeedWay, but Special Stage Route 11
3) Then enter to the qualify. You will race in the original track, then don't worry. If the lights of the car are on or off means that is correct
4) Press start and press on "skip qualify"
5) Once loaded the pre-race screen, enter to the free run and voilà! You have a day time Special Stage Route 11!

Now some trivia about this:
- You can race also in licence test tracks. Are named with the own name, or rather, L_X-Y. The X stands for the type of licence (B or A. There aren't IA tests) and the Y stands for the test. From 1 to 7 for the B Licence and 1 to 8 for the A licence. The last B test is missed because it is a full track test, like the IA licence
- You can race in alternate versions of some tracks, with open pit and where this isn't possible is only a clone with closed pit
- You can race in 2 players tracks. Before the track name there is a "2P", then the track name
- You can race in Hi-Fi tracks and there is a "HiFi" before the track name
- There is also the Max Speed Test, but it is a Test Course clone with a different lap finish: the 1000m. The start is always the same. The course minimap is also less detailed
- If you use the value 003F+ the game will crash
- The rogo-test track is Autumn Ring Mini with a super shiny car
- The Grand Valley SpeedWay is the only track that have different names. Is called Grand Valley SpeedWay I when the pit is open and only Grand Valley SpeedWay when the pit is closed
- The Special Stage Route 11 is the only track that have both open and closed pit for the reverse track
- The END track seems somewhere in Trial Mountain
- There aren't the arcade versions of the tracks

Deep Forest Night

Sal_89
Nov 29, 2018

Deep Forest is very beautiful in a night day time

Test Course Night

Sal_89
Nov 29, 2018

Remember the Indi removed track in Gran Turismo 2 in night...

Grand Valley SpeedWay Night

Sal_89
Nov 29, 2018

Grand Valley SpeedWay in night is one of the favourites. Very beautiful

Autumn Ring Mini Cloudy

Sal_89
Nov 29, 2018

The cloudy time fit perfectly with this track

Deep Forest Day

Sal_89
Nov 29, 2018

A day version remember the Deep Forest from GT3+

High Speed Ring Night

Sal_89
Nov 29, 2018

The my favourite night track. Perfect with this course

Lights off in night time

Sal_89
Nov 29, 2018

The contrary is possible if you start the race with a Track Modifier code enabled with a...

Lights on in day time

Sal_89
Nov 29, 2018

This is possible if you start the race with a Track Modifier code enabled with a Route course

Special Stage Route 11 Day

Sal_89
Nov 29, 2018

Maybe the dream of every Gran Turismo player: a day time Route course. This is the Special Stage...

New images!

Special Stage Route 5 Cloudy

Sal_89
Nov 30, 2018

The cloudy time is cool in this track

Test Course Sunset

Sal_89
Nov 30, 2018

Very very nice in the Test Course

Autumn Ring Mini Night

Sal_89
Nov 30, 2018

Nice time, but the track is too short for the pleasure of driving in night

END new day times. Originally is a sunset track

END Night

Sal_89
Nov 30, 2018

The night time is "disturbing"...

END Day

Sal_89
Nov 30, 2018

With the day time is a "happy" track. Nice to race

END Cloudy

Sal_89
Nov 30, 2018

Now is "really" a Trial Mountain part

Two more "new" night tracks

Trial Mountain Night

Sal_89
Nov 30, 2018

The my favourite. The straight section is the most beautiful part

Autumn Ring Night

Sal_89
Nov 30, 2018

As always the night time is very beautiful

Sunset Clubman Stage Route 5

Clubman Stage Route 5 Sunset

Sal_89
Nov 30, 2018

This time is similar to the original time, but if you look well you will see the sun

More images!!!

Test Course Day

Sal_89
Nov 30, 2018

As always remember the version from GT3

Grand Valley SpeedWay Sunset

Sal_89
Nov 30, 2018

The sunset time remember the GT3 version

Trial Mountain Day

Sal_89
Nov 30, 2018

The day time remember the version that appear from Gran Turismo 3

Grand Valley SpeedWay - East Section Night

Sal_89
Nov 30, 2018

As always night courses are beautiful. Very nice time

High Speed Ring Sunset

Sal_89
Nov 30, 2018

This time remember the beta version of the track

Special Stage Route 11 Cloudy

Sal_89
Nov 30, 2018

Nothing of special... Fit well

Deep Forest Cloudy

Sal_89
Nov 30, 2018

Now with this time this track is more "sad"

Trial Mountain Sunset

Sal_89
Nov 30, 2018

Very very beautiful with the sunset time

Another day, other images

Grand Valley SpeedWay - East Section Sunset

Sal_89
Dec 1, 2018

The short version of the Grand Valley SpeedWay in sunset time

Clubman Stage Route 5 Day

Sal_89
Dec 1, 2018

The shortest course of Route courses is very nice with the day time

Autumn Ring Sunset

Sal_89
Dec 1, 2018

The longer version of Autumn Ring Mini didn't fit well with the sunset time

Autumn Ring Mini Sunset

Sal_89
Dec 1, 2018

Fit very good in Autumn Ring Mini

High Speed Ring Cloudy

Sal_89
Dec 1, 2018

With the cloudy time is a "sad" track now...

Grand Valley SpeedWay Cloudy

Sal_89
Dec 1, 2018

Grand Valley SpeedWay is nice with every time

Autumn Ring Cloudy

Sal_89
Dec 1, 2018

Good time

Special Stage Route 5 Day

Sal_89
Dec 1, 2018

This version remember the beta version of this track in Gran Turismo 2

Special Stage Route 5 Sunset

Sal_89
Dec 1, 2018

Nice as the Route 11

Special Stage Route 11 Sunset

Sal_89
Dec 1, 2018

As always the sunset time is very nice

Clubman Stage Route 5 Cloudy

Sal_89
Dec 1, 2018

Nice time, but didn't fit perfectly with the track

Grand Valley SpeedWay - East Section Cloudy

Sal_89
Dec 1, 2018

Very nice in the East Section

Finally I've remembered to write the codes for choose the track. I will write the track so: #TRACK NAME and below the basecode "300B620C" and next to the value (from 0000 to 3E). Then an example is:
#Grand Valley Speedway I
300B620C 0000

If the name of a track have the "Clone" word means that is a totally copy of the original track and the "Closed" word means that have the pit closed. Then the codes

#Grand Valley Speedway I
300B620C 0000

#Grand Valley Speedway II
300B620C 0001

#Grand Valley Speedway 2 PLAYERS
300B620C 0002

#Grand Valley Speedway
300B620C 0003

#Grand Valley Est
300B620C 0004

#Grand Valley Est II
300B620C 0005

#Grand Valley Est Clone
300B620C 0006

#Grand Valley Est 2 PLAYERS
300B620C 0007

#Autumn Ring
300B620C 0008

#Autumn Ring II
300B620C 0009

#Autumn Ring Clone
300B620C 000A

#Autumn Ring 2 PLAYERS
300B620C 000B

#Autumn Ring Mini
300B620C 000C

#Autumn Ring Mini II
300B620C 000D

#Autumn Ring Mini Clone
300B620C 000E

#Autumn Ring Mini 2 PLAYERS
300B620C 000F

#Special Stage Route 5
300B620C 0010

#Special Stage Route 5 II
300B620C 0011

#Special Stage Route 5 Closed
300B620C 0012

#Special Stage Route 5 2 PLAYERS
300B620C 0013

#Special Stage Route 5 Hi-Fi
300B620C 0014

#Clubman Stage Route 5
300B620C 0015

#Clubman Stage Route 5 II
300B620C 0016

#Clubman Stage Route 5 Closed
300B620C 0017

#Clubman Stage Route 5 2 PLAYERS
300B620C 0018

#Clubman Stage Route 5 Hi-Fi
300B620C 0019

#Special Stage Route 11
300B620C 001A

#Special Stage Route 11 II
300B620C 001B

#Special Stage Route 11 Closed
300B620C 001C

#Special Stage Route 11 II Closed
300B620C 001D

#Special Stage Route 11 2 PLAYERS
300B620C 001E

#Special Stage Route 11 Hi-Fi
300B620C 001F

#High Speed Ring
300B620C 0020

#High Speed Ring II
300B620C 0021

#Deep Forest
300B620C 0022

#Deep Forest II
300B620C 0023

#Trial Mountain
300B620C 0024

#Trial Mountain II
300B620C 0025

#Test Course
300B620C 0026

#Max Speed Test
300B620C 0027

#High Speed Ring 2 PLAYERS
300B620C 0028

#Deep Forest 2 PLAYERS
300B620C 0029

#Trial Mountain 2 PLAYERS
300B620C 002A

#High Speed Ring Clone
300B620C 002B

#Deep Forest Clone
300B620C 002C

#Trial Mountain Clone
300B620C 002D

#Licence B-1
300B620C 002E

#Licence B-2
300B620C 002F

#Licence B-3
300B620C 0030

#Licence B-4
300B620C 0031

#Licence B-5
300B620C 0032

#Licence B-6
300B620C 0033

#Licence B-7
300B620C 0034

#Licence A-1
300B620C 0035

#Licence A-2
300B620C 0036

#Licence A-3
300B620C 0037

#Licence A-4
300B620C 0038

#Licence A-5
300B620C 0039

#Licence A-6
300B620C 003A

#Licence A-7
300B620C 003B

#Licence A-8
300B620C 003C

#Rogo Test
300B620C 003D

#End
300B620C 003E

LeGeNd-1 · Nov 30, 2018

The ingenuity of the modding community never ceases to amaze me, even after all this years. Now try to find a way to mod rain

eran0004 · Nov 30, 2018

Seems like only the sky is changing. I guess the ambient lighting is baked into the textures.

Sal_89 · Nov 30, 2018

LeGeNd-1
The ingenuity of the modding community never ceases to amaze me, even after all this years. Now try to find a way to mod rain

I'm sorry, but maybe is impossible... I've used a Cheat Device for changing the time... Isn't a MOD

Maybe Xenn can help us...

Sal_89 · Nov 30, 2018

eran0004
Seems like only the sky is changing. I guess the ambient lighting is baked into the textures.

Yes, you're right. Only the sky change, but the illumination is always present also you race in a day time Route course. Maybe with MODs is possible to edit this and make a completely "new" track, maybe also selecting the time before the race

LeGeNd-1 · Nov 30, 2018

Sal_89
I'm sorry, but maybe is impossible... I've used a Cheat Device for changing the time... Isn't a MOD
Maybe Xenn can help us...

Maybe not rain. But a wet track? I don't know if you can reduce the grip of the track surface (IIRC simulation mode tracks have less grip than arcade - if this is a simple multiplier maybe we can reduce it further to simulate rain) and add more reflections to the road surface.

Sal_89 · Dec 1, 2018

LeGeNd-1
Maybe not rain. But a wet track? I don't know if you can reduce the grip of the track surface (IIRC simulation mode tracks have less grip than arcade - if this is a simple multiplier maybe we can reduce it further to simulate rain) and add more reflections to the road surface.

Maybe you're right... But GT1 is an obscure game in fact of modding... But if it is possible will be the wet Special Stage Route 5 from GT3