What is the difference beetween GT1 Pal and GT1 NTSC?

[Skid Mark 33]

I just wanted to ask whats the difference beetween the PAL Version of GT1 and the NSTC version?

 

[SportWagon]

From memory...

One significant difference is that in the North American version, the UKvsUS prize Dodge Concept Car is super light, and effectively a cheat car (once you fix some problems with the default settings). In the PAL version, it's not so light, although it's still a reasonably good car.

 

[Parnelli Bone]

Here is a smidge more info (I'm quoting this from Sportwagon from over a year ago in the "Greatest Hits...what's the difference?" thread.

In North America, prior to Greatest Hits, there were two versions of GT1. They apparently differed mostly in Game Shark locations, but a few car names were different also.

http://www.geocities.com/gt2toxs/gt/...003-12-27.html
http://www.geocities.com/gt2toxs/gt/...003-12-29.html
http://www.geocities.com/gt2toxs/gt/...004-02-01.html

I would assume visibly different versions of "Greatest Hits" would in fact contain identical software. Sony doesn't often seem to release an actual new "software version" gratuitously. (From which we can infer there was something they considered somewhat majorly wrong with very early versions of GT1--but perhaps it was just the Japanese market names for some of the prize-cars).

I would assume that all GT1 "Greatest Hits" disks would be "version 1.1". That is, I claim Sony is more likely to gratuitously change packaging (including disk printing) than gratuitously produce an actual new software version. But I could be wrong about that.

It's strange that in all the above pages I don't actually mention that the tiny "production run" numbers embossed on the hub allow you to distinguish different versions--identical numbers will be the same version, while different numbers might be the same version, or they might be different.

I listed some info at gtx...
http://www.granturismox.net/vb/showthread.php?t=6675

 

[Skid Mark 33]

Thats intresting, but is there any difference with the manafactures!

 

[SportWagon]

Is what is Dodge in the North American version branded as Chrysler in the PAL version?

 

[Skid Mark 33]

From memory...

One significant difference is that in the North American version, the UKvsUS prize Dodge Concept Car is super light, and effectively a cheat car (once you fix some problems with the default settings). In the PAL version, it's not so light, although it's still a reasonably good car.

I dont understand that, since I have the PAL version, and I have the prize Dodge Concept from UKvsUS. I have done no tunig to it, and it weighs just 900kg... Oh no, I have just gone and done the dumbest thing in the history of monkey kind! I brought a slow car and modified it for the light weight series when all I had to do was use the Dodge!

P.S: Did I mention that humans are elvoutions of monkeys, that's why I said monkey kind!

P.S.S: And about what sporty said about the Dodge/Chrysler thing. I knew that already since I live in England, and we get the PAL versions. From what I recall playing on GT1 an hour ago, it certainly said Chrysler, though it said Dodge in the showroom!

 

[SportWagon]

The prize Concept Car in the North American version is 1329lbs, according to e.g. http://db.gamefaqs.com/console/psx/file/gran_turismo_car_list.txt

That's about 600kg.