I was playing GT4 of course and once again it sparked my interest in learning more about real life racing. So, not knowing much about racing I didn't know where to go to learn about certain things. I first wanted to learn about Suzuka as it's a track I really enjoy in GT4. The mixture of high speed corners, S turns, slow hairpins, gentle grades, etc make this a really fun track IMO. I think it can present a good challenge to many different styles and power ranges of cars in the game. I did the track with my 1100hp (like) new black R92CP, then hit it again for the classic european car championship in a 100hp Lotus. Well, it was allot of fun with both cars 
While some tracks are fun for a supercar car, it may be really boring and slow for a 100hp car and vice versa, some tracks like autumn ring mini feel rediculous in a 1000hp car.
So I wanted to learn a little more about it and went on the web. I look on the calendar of events and it lists all this stuff, GT, Super GT, FIA, CART racing, Club Man, blah blah What does it all mean? What type of cars are racing in those?
So I turn to my trusted friend. Wikipedia.com
Hands down the coolest online encyclopedia IMO. No ads, no junk, just to the point and lots of good interlinking of info. So I went from reading a little summary about CART to reading about
So that's what Gran Turismo means...
Open wheel racing
Wish my cart went that fast - CART/Champcar
Farfignugen? No! Tourenwagen!
I thought this was some breathing thing for pregnant ladies... Le Mans
12 hour Sebring race
LMP -that's Le Mans Prototype to you noobs like me.
I thought IROC was just some tacky knight rider lookin car.
Oh and I linked this great CLR video in another post (making a comment about downforce... or the lack thereof) which I'm sure you saw before but here it is again.
And thanks to some GTP people for some really informative
Rally Car info in this thread.
Oh and I can't leave out one of our favorite cars. "Audi A8" -means eat my dust in German. I was looking at the titles for the 12 hour Sebring race. The Audi R8 was created in 1999. Since then it has taken ALL the sebring 12 hour championships not to mention a ton of other races including La Sarthe 2 years in a row and Nürburging. 👍
Another thing I learned is that Infineon is Sears Point... duh... I thought it seemed familiar. Everytime I drove it I kept thinking of Sears Point. I guess the company bought out the track... and renamed it to the corporate name like everything else nowadays. Few years from now I'll probably take the NEXTEL walkway on Sony street over past the Microsoft duck pond on my way to the Intel hand ball court. As long as I stay off Enron avenue where all those shady crooks hang out.. or was that Pennsylvania avenue... hmm...
Anyways time to crash my digital Audi R8 into a wall in Nürburgring.
Oh and I'm sure someone posted this but I couldnt find it. What's the fake/real courses of GT4? I think I know them all but some I'm not sure. Especially some of the city races. I live in New York and I never seen race cars go through times square thats for sure. Very fast cabbies but the only points they are earning is on their license. (on a side note the scenery is very well done and pretty accurate. Always wanted to drive past the Plaza hotel at 150mph!).
While some tracks are fun for a supercar car, it may be really boring and slow for a 100hp car and vice versa, some tracks like autumn ring mini feel rediculous in a 1000hp car. So I wanted to learn a little more about it and went on the web. I look on the calendar of events and it lists all this stuff, GT, Super GT, FIA, CART racing, Club Man, blah blah What does it all mean? What type of cars are racing in those?
So I turn to my trusted friend. Wikipedia.com
Hands down the coolest online encyclopedia IMO. No ads, no junk, just to the point and lots of good interlinking of info. So I went from reading a little summary about CART to reading about
So that's what Gran Turismo means...
Open wheel racing
Wish my cart went that fast - CART/Champcar
Farfignugen? No! Tourenwagen!
I thought this was some breathing thing for pregnant ladies... Le Mans
12 hour Sebring race
LMP -that's Le Mans Prototype to you noobs like me.
I thought IROC was just some tacky knight rider lookin car.
Oh and I linked this great CLR video in another post (making a comment about downforce... or the lack thereof) which I'm sure you saw before but here it is again.
And thanks to some GTP people for some really informative
Rally Car info in this thread.
Oh and I can't leave out one of our favorite cars. "Audi A8" -means eat my dust in German. I was looking at the titles for the 12 hour Sebring race. The Audi R8 was created in 1999. Since then it has taken ALL the sebring 12 hour championships not to mention a ton of other races including La Sarthe 2 years in a row and Nürburging. 👍
Another thing I learned is that Infineon is Sears Point... duh... I thought it seemed familiar. Everytime I drove it I kept thinking of Sears Point. I guess the company bought out the track... and renamed it to the corporate name like everything else nowadays. Few years from now I'll probably take the NEXTEL walkway on Sony street over past the Microsoft duck pond on my way to the Intel hand ball court. As long as I stay off Enron avenue where all those shady crooks hang out.. or was that Pennsylvania avenue... hmm...
Anyways time to crash my digital Audi R8 into a wall in Nürburgring.
Oh and I'm sure someone posted this but I couldnt find it. What's the fake/real courses of GT4? I think I know them all but some I'm not sure. Especially some of the city races. I live in New York and I never seen race cars go through times square thats for sure. Very fast cabbies but the only points they are earning is on their license. (on a side note the scenery is very well done and pretty accurate. Always wanted to drive past the Plaza hotel at 150mph!).
Yeah it's been discussed here before. Woman can drive you know, just to let all you guys know ^_^ But i know plenty of them that suck at driving