So I set up the PS1 for extra nostalgia and whacked my GT1 disc in. Instantly the traditional startup:
Made me feel like a kid again. Then the GT1 intro (PAL version so Manic Street Preachers & Chemical Brothers) starts and I've got a huge smile on my face.
Turns out this long lost memory card has a save from when I get all gold on the licences and has all the LM prize cars too (excellent). Just trying a few spot races to get used to the game again and it all clicks into place, must've been nigh on four years since I'd played this even a little bit.
The graphics are fantastic given it's a 17 year old game. Love the vibrancy of the colours, the HUD, the track design and the sheer style of it.
The handling is wild compared to later games, very twitchy and you slide everywhere even if you make an attempt not to but they key thing with this is it's actually fun. God GT4/5/6 are dull compared to GT1.
The AI are mental. Obviously for the most part they're on rails and they'll bump into you like you're not there but if you've cleared off sometimes you'll spot a car that isn't moving on the map. Once you go back into the replays you'll see all sorts. On SSR5 where the track splits to go downhill through the chicane to the hairpin, the AI had crashed into each other sending two cars flying into the air (**** physics) and then they'd got trapped by the wall blocking off Clubman Route 5.
I've spent ages battering everyone with the FTO LM Edition trying to win the alternate colours to the cars I have. Might start RM'ing the cars that I know have real life racing versions and then make a thread to compare the liveries. Would have to make do with iPhone camera shots though which would make it less good I imagine.
The soundtrack is still relevant to my interests. GT1 introduced me to Feeder and now I've got all their albums, all the extra unreleased songs and I've seen them live twice. Still love them and hopefully they'll still be going strong once GT7 comes out (though Grant is currently doing solo stuff).
All in all though, what a bloody game. The staple of my childhood and I still love it all this time later. I think sometimes PD need to play the original (and best IMO) and realise what made it so special before they attempt GT7. Times have changed massively but I bet if you introduced people to the original now after playing GT6, Forza 5, etc they'd have an absolute riot.
Made me feel like a kid again. Then the GT1 intro (PAL version so Manic Street Preachers & Chemical Brothers) starts and I've got a huge smile on my face.
Turns out this long lost memory card has a save from when I get all gold on the licences and has all the LM prize cars too (excellent). Just trying a few spot races to get used to the game again and it all clicks into place, must've been nigh on four years since I'd played this even a little bit.
The graphics are fantastic given it's a 17 year old game. Love the vibrancy of the colours, the HUD, the track design and the sheer style of it.
The handling is wild compared to later games, very twitchy and you slide everywhere even if you make an attempt not to but they key thing with this is it's actually fun. God GT4/5/6 are dull compared to GT1.
The AI are mental. Obviously for the most part they're on rails and they'll bump into you like you're not there but if you've cleared off sometimes you'll spot a car that isn't moving on the map. Once you go back into the replays you'll see all sorts. On SSR5 where the track splits to go downhill through the chicane to the hairpin, the AI had crashed into each other sending two cars flying into the air (**** physics) and then they'd got trapped by the wall blocking off Clubman Route 5.
I've spent ages battering everyone with the FTO LM Edition trying to win the alternate colours to the cars I have. Might start RM'ing the cars that I know have real life racing versions and then make a thread to compare the liveries. Would have to make do with iPhone camera shots though which would make it less good I imagine.
The soundtrack is still relevant to my interests. GT1 introduced me to Feeder and now I've got all their albums, all the extra unreleased songs and I've seen them live twice. Still love them and hopefully they'll still be going strong once GT7 comes out (though Grant is currently doing solo stuff).
All in all though, what a bloody game. The staple of my childhood and I still love it all this time later. I think sometimes PD need to play the original (and best IMO) and realise what made it so special before they attempt GT7. Times have changed massively but I bet if you introduced people to the original now after playing GT6, Forza 5, etc they'd have an absolute riot.
