How Old are you and how long you been playing GT?

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31 and since the beginning.

Part of me still yearns for the days of GT2, when I was still a student and could afford to do nothing but play games all day.

I got kinda bored playing against the computer and had done everything, so I became a Gran Turismo 'pusher' - because nobody I knew was really that good at driving I had to coach them how to drive so that I could get a decent race.

I would start them off easy with front wheel drive, move onto 4WD, then FR, then MR - aided by my 4 memory cards organised into Road, Race, Rally and Classic garages. These were then subdivided into small hatchback, large hatchback, small coupe, medium, large, sportscars etc. and within each category all of the cars were tested for the 1/4 mile and top speed to make sure that they were all evenly matched for acceleration and top speed, so that way the only real difference was the handling and the driver.

This meant that any two cars from the same category could be raced fairly against each other. It took a long long time to sort out, and if I'd put my time to better use I probably could have been rich by now, but hey . . . you're only young once.

The only category that wasn't tuned to be even was was the 'standard cars' category, where you had bog standard straight from the dealer cars to race against each other, such as an Impreza 22B vs a Cerbera or something.

I loved that game

*sighs*
 
I'm 29 and have been playing since GT1 first came out in '98. Been playing with a controller the whole time!

Only GT game I missed was GT4, and during that time I played a lot of Forza 2 and 3 - until GT5 prologue came out.
 
I'm 30 and I have been playing GT since the beginning. I bought the original Playstation with Gran Turismo when I got a tax rebate and a lot of overtime pay all in the same week. Felt like I was rich.

I'll never forget unlocking "GT Hi-Fi" and just being astonished at the graphics. Hard to believe that back then we all thought it was photo-realistic. But look back over the years...

Gran Turismo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy1GET30xQ8


Gran Turismo 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8P7w_83HSnY


Gran Turismo 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFD04zVU2Y8


Gran Turismo 4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJCArEq10-g


Gran Turismo 5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udVgVlqF0Qg&feature=related


Is it my imagination or were the graphics better in GT3 than GT4?
 
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I am 20, paying GT since the 3rd installment, I played GT1 at times but that was at a friends house back in.. uuuh 99
 
RikkiGT-R
Is it my imagination or were the graphics better in GT3 than GT4?
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Looked that way in the video, but it's sure not how I remember it. In fact, I think GT4 (in "HD" mode) looks almost as good as GT5 on my system. Parts of it actually look better.
 
i am 17 and i have started playing the game since gran turismo 3! and it was an amazing game..then i had gran turismo 4 but sold it after i completed it and now its all about gran turismo 5..i love racing games!
 
calan_svc
Looked that way in the video, but it's sure not how I remember it. In fact, I think GT4 (in "HD" mode) looks almost as good as GT5 on my system. Parts of it actually look better.
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Yeah I had my PS2 hooked up to my TV through component cables and I ran it in HD mode as well. A bit of a pain that you always had to manually turn it on, but man the graphics were amazing. The standard cars looked just as good as GT5. And the tracks weren't too far off.
 
I'm 19, owned every single gran turismo, best game ever made!
 
Older fart at 41 and playing since the original. The original GT is still in my top 10 list of all time best racing games. Yeah the AI was lousy, but it showed what was possible on a console. It was a historic title. The sequels have been merely improvements.
 
16, soon 17, My first game was GT3, since then I bought every GT that came out.
 
I Have 19 years old, however, i don't remember when i start playing GT... It was the 1st one, a couple of years before the GT2 came out. But it was already Platinum, as Crash Bandicoot, Tomb Raider and Destruction Derby 2 Platinum Editions...
Since then, i've played every GT, but i didn't owned the GT Concept and the GT4 Prologue, because i was not interested in, but i've played all the GT's :)
My favorite it's the GT2, it's damn addicting....
 
I still play GT2 on ePSXe at work when it's slow. :D
 
I am 17.
I remember that when I was young, my parents bought me a PS and a couple of games. One of it was Gran Turismo.
Since that day I loved the series.
 
70
Got a PS3 and a copy of GT5 Prologue for my last BD (June)... been hooker ever since. 👍
 
16, been playing since I got the first GT back in 98 (yes, I was 4.)

Got GT2 in 2000, got a PS2 with GT3 in 2002, got GT concept in 2003, didn't actually get GT4 until early 2007, got GTPSP in 2009, and GT5 this christmas.
 
Probably the oldest guy on this board. I'm 47 and never touched a GT game before two weeks ago.
 
31 and I'm in love with GT since I first saw preview of the GT1 in Official UK Playstation Magazine No. 28
 
im 13 and ive been playing for 10 years (since gt2)
 
20 years of age and a complete newbie on GT5, played GT2 and GT4 once or twice but GT5 is the first one I properly played and loving it, was wondering if I got GT4 and played it on my PS3(backwards compatible model) would my Logitech DGFT work with it?
 
34 years old and playing since day 1, 12 years ago (or 13-forget what time of year GT1 released).

Skipped Prologue and don't have a PSP, so have only played the 5 major ones.
 
33, been at it since GT1. I remember when I first saw a replay from GT1, couldn't believe my eyes.
 
I'm 43, and have been playing Gran Turismo games since GT1 was released. Never been any good at it though lol, except for GT5 which i find much easier.
 
I am 13, and have been playing GT1 ever since I knew how to read, which was at age 5. I got my PS1 in 2001. I LOVE Gran Turismo!
 
Im 15 and played every single one, although GT1 is a bit hard to remember lol
 
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