GT4: New Features In Depth *Today: Wheel of the day*

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Here are some nice touches that I found whilst playing GT4 during the last day or so.

I found this cool feature this morning when I had to get my kick of GT4 to begin the day.

In A-Spec mode, when you go to the race track sections from where you select a track, there are another 4 options that cost between 300-500cr (J) each. I shall just make up the names as they are in Japanese in the original.

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Group Practice (Run What You Brung) - You and five other random cars are spaced evenly around the track, as in a kind of track day scenario, clocking the fastest time you can. I’m not sure what the point of the other cars being there is other than it feels more realistic. Maybe pretty frustrating when you’re about to set a hot lap and some dufus in a WRX spins in front of you (something which the AI WRX seems to do all to often) Another particularly cool feature of this is the ‘Narration Mode’ a running commentary (in Japanese) about the car you’re driving. Last night I was told in great detail about the D1GP FC3S RX-7 that I was driving. It must have been very interesting. Now where are those ‘Learn Japanese a Week’ tapes I had!?

Free Run – Just drive and set the fastest time you can.

Photo Drive (Photomode Live!) – Particularly great feature this one. Drive your car around the circuit in a particulary aesthetically pleasing manner then exit and replay your lap. Fast forward to the correct part by pressing L3 (that is the left analogue stick button, right?) and then press SELECT. Now a whole host of photography options appear. Set up the shot just right then press the shutter and post the picture on GTP. Simple. Now someone buy me a USB memory device!

Family Cup (Mystery Mode) – Haven't tried it, but there's some more info. on other threads.




Mission Stadium

SLR Challenge - Now this was ace, but ultimately flawed.

In the ‘Mission’ stadium, the final challenge puts you behind the wheel of a McLaren/Mercedes SLR at the Nurburgring. Motoring heaven, right? Well how about throwing in five other Mercedes from history and then starting them using a staggered start system, which means the first car (1950s 300SL) leaves the grid three minutes before you! The objective is, quite ‘simply’, to pass the 300SL before the end of the lap. Now this is all well and good, but every time you play, you need to sit on the grid for the full three minutes whilst waiting for all the other cars to leave. Three minutes is nothing right? Believe me, it’s a long time here! Boil an egg or something!


Wheel of the day
There's a feature that I haven't seen anyone cover called 'Wheel of the day' in which there are about 20 randomly selected sets of wheels from standard cars which you can put on any one of your garage cars. For example, IRL I have seen many cars using the R34 GT-R six-spoke wheels on cars other than the GT-R. Well, if you are so inclined you can go out and put GT-R wheels on your Silvia or Chaser, or even 'moon disc' wheels on your GT-R! I wonder if changing the rims this way actually changes the size of the tyres? Now that would be cool. Quite a neat little feature anyway.
More new features covered as and when I have time…
 
Cool! I love the Benz-SL series, can you tell me what SL models are available? Is there a SL500, year 2002 or later? I know theres the SL500 year 1998, and a later model SL55 and SL600 but is there a later model SL500?
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I've seen videos of races that is like that "SLR Challenge." I believe it was a Mercedes A-class (the van) vs. Ford Forcus Rally Car vs. a Formula 1 car. Very awesome video and that's really cool that they added it to GT4. :D
 
That sounds pretty cool. I like that track day style feature, which will be cool if the cars change with every session you take.
 
Overclocked412
Cool! I love the Benz-SL series, can you tell me what SL models are available? Is there a SL500, year 2002 or later? I know theres the SL500 year 1998, and a later model SL55 and SL600 but is there a later model SL500?
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SL65 baby, how 'bout that?
 
SLR challenge is like the F1 speed comparison they do at the Aussie GP, a F1, a V8 Supercar, and a fast saloon...

Kewl feature to have...
 
chaser_fan
Mission Stadium

SLR Challenge - Now this was ace, but ultimately flawed.

In the ‘Mission’ stadium, the final challenge puts you behind the wheel of a McLaren/Mercedes SLR at the Nurburgring. Motoring heaven, right? Well how about throwing in five other Mercedes from history and then starting them using a staggered start system, which means the first car (1950s 300SL) leaves the grid two minutes before you! The objective is, quite ‘simply’, to pass the 300SL before the end of the lap. Now this is all well and good, but every time you play, you need to sit on the grid for the fukk two minutes whilst waiting for all the other cars to leave. Two minutes is nothing right? Believe me, it’s a long time here!
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but other than the waiting, was it difficult? I got to the final license test last night with the Sauber, and while I only spent like 2 mins on it, I think it can be potentially quite challenging... especially getting a gold time...
 
I actually think I made a mistake. It was 3mins you had to wait. Was it easy? Is the Pope a Muslim? I hadn't even passed the 5th car by the end! Mental note to self: Show more courage when driving the Green Hell!
 
That Run What You Brung thing actually sounds kind of neat.

Maybe re-recording the commentary into other languages is what's taking the release of it outside of Asia so long ;)
 
chaser_fan
I actually think I made a mistake. It was 3mins you had to wait. Was it easy? Is the Pope a Muslim? I hadn't even passed the 5th car by the end! Mental note to self: Show more courage when driving the Green Hell!
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hmm... sounds very sick - :dopey:
 
chaser_fan
I actually think I made a mistake. It was 3mins you had to wait.
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Hey, good news I can either go to the toilet twice or make two sandwiches.

Has it taken you a while to learn Nurburgring or are you still learning? I sit here day by day watching amar212's videos because having a time limited Series 1 demo isn't all that helpful.
 
slighly off topic... but the Nurb wasn't that hard to learn (personally speaking)... what I found really hard was the snow rally... but thats another story for another day I guess...
 
It's not that it's a difficult circuit, it's that it's difficult to drive it flat out without getting it wrong at very high speed. And when you get it wrong on the Nurburgring you don't make the same mistake again. Why? You're dead. Plough into the barriers at 300km/h in Mission mode and not only do you lose a huge portion of time getting back up to speed, but you also get the obligatory 5 second penalty. Try clawing all that back before the 300SL crosses the line. Point is, you need balls of steel to drive the 'Ring, even in a video-game!
 
chaser_fan
It's not that it's a difficult circuit, it's that it's difficult to drive it flat out without getting it wrong at very high speed. And when you get it wrong on the Nurburgring you don't make the same mistake again. Why? You're dead. Plough into the barriers at 300km/h in Mission mode and not only do you lose a huge portion of time getting back up to speed, but you also get the obligatory 5 second penalty. Try clawing all that back before the 300SL crosses the line. Point is, you need balls of steel to drive the 'Ring, even in a video-game!
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Balls of steel aya...... hmm... i can just see some 12 yr old AOL hacker going "i need my program that does this for me "
 
Chaser: i don't think this is the right place to ask this, but it seems this is where you are for awhile, so I'll ask anyways. :sly:

1) I see there is an option to buy wings (spoilers), but is there an option to remove a spoiler from a stock car? (example- take the wing off the SRT-4 so it doesn't have one at all?)

BTW: This is the first question I have asked anybody anything about the game...
 
GT3man2001
Chaser: i don't think this is the right place to ask this, but it seems this is where you are for awhile, so I'll ask anyways. :sly:

1) I see there is an option to buy wings (spoilers), but is there an option to remove a spoiler from a stock car? (example- take the wing off the SRT-4 so it doesn't have one at all?)

BTW: This is the first question I have asked anybody anything about the game...
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good question - and if you take a spoiler off a car that already had one does it put back the original
 
Regarding the SLR mission, is it similar to the GT4P licence in that once all 4 wheels are off the circuit (on the grass), its all over and you start again or can you be all over the place and it doesnt really matter?
 
The photomode would be realyl cool, if Sony supplied a small 32mb usb drive. It would boost sale and bring some REALLY cool screenshots.
 
XPLOSV
Regarding the SLR mission, is it similar to the GT4P licence in that once all 4 wheels are off the circuit (on the grass), its all over and you start again or can you be all over the place and it doesnt really matter?
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Its the same as in the licenses... but thats what makes it so challenging... having to push hard... just don't do stupid things like wipeout at the end of the 'Ring straight...
 
Chaser_fan: regarding the Nür, are there licencetests that teach you how to drive on that track. Or even a complete group of licence tests that are devoted to driving on Nordschleife?
 

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