- 74
- Latteland
- gtlover42
So, here's a theory I've personally held for a long time: the even-numbered iterations of the GT series are the best.
I'll admit some bias, as I bought a PS1 to play GT2, and then went back to Gran Turismo. I think for a lot of us old timers, GT was a revelation compared to so many previous racing games, and then GT2 just blew everything else away. More cars, more tracks, more tuning options, and for the times, the physics and graphics were pretty good. I've heard that GT2 maxxed out the capabilities of the console.
Yes, GT3 was shiny. But then, GT4 - even shinier! And once again, more cars more tracks more races more more more.
Rumor has it GT4 was the limit of what you could do with that platform. I'll confess, I loved playing GT4 every bit as much as I loved GT2 - but there was so much content I never quite finished exploring all of it.
Then, GT5 was another big step on a new gen console. Finally, online capabilities! Maybe GT6 wasn't as big an improvement as GT2 or GT4 but still solid in MVHO. Maybe it was the return of the Shelby Daytona Coupe that makes me personally rank it as one of the better releases. And again, so many great cars, so many great tracks, so many pixels. Yes, it made you buy a stupid first car, but for those of us who had bought the 15th Anniversary pre-release, that really didn't matter.
We've all got some gripes with GT7. But I posit that GT8 will be better. It has to be better, right? If nothing else, I want to see the next Gran Turismo go as far as any game can on the PS5, because that's what Polyphony seems to do with the even numbers. It's tradition.
Oh, and please bring back the RS200.
I'll admit some bias, as I bought a PS1 to play GT2, and then went back to Gran Turismo. I think for a lot of us old timers, GT was a revelation compared to so many previous racing games, and then GT2 just blew everything else away. More cars, more tracks, more tuning options, and for the times, the physics and graphics were pretty good. I've heard that GT2 maxxed out the capabilities of the console.
Yes, GT3 was shiny. But then, GT4 - even shinier! And once again, more cars more tracks more races more more more.
Rumor has it GT4 was the limit of what you could do with that platform. I'll confess, I loved playing GT4 every bit as much as I loved GT2 - but there was so much content I never quite finished exploring all of it.
Then, GT5 was another big step on a new gen console. Finally, online capabilities! Maybe GT6 wasn't as big an improvement as GT2 or GT4 but still solid in MVHO. Maybe it was the return of the Shelby Daytona Coupe that makes me personally rank it as one of the better releases. And again, so many great cars, so many great tracks, so many pixels. Yes, it made you buy a stupid first car, but for those of us who had bought the 15th Anniversary pre-release, that really didn't matter.
We've all got some gripes with GT7. But I posit that GT8 will be better. It has to be better, right? If nothing else, I want to see the next Gran Turismo go as far as any game can on the PS5, because that's what Polyphony seems to do with the even numbers. It's tradition.
Oh, and please bring back the RS200.