rec.autos.simulators

And has anyone tried it on Bleem , the playstation emulator? I read
that it runs fine, but does it run at 100% speed?

If it's really good I'm gonna buy Grand Turismo and the Bleem
emulator, so I'm very curious about your experiences with Grand
Turismo.

Andre

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A bit of both I would say.

I think the fact that most of the Playstation racing games (of which
there are many) are ***helps matters, but GT is an exceptionally
good game. It strikes a beautiful balance between arcade, sim, and
strategy, which really helps the longevity of it. There are some
annoying points such as no damage, the driving being a tad too arcadey
for my taste etc, but overall it's really good.

It runs fine, looks totally gorgeous under 3D mode (way better thanb
PSX) but doesn't play as well as on a PSX proper.

If you can stretch to a PSX and GT then go for it (although if you're
going to do that you'd be better to wait and buy a PSX2 and GT2).
Personally I wouldn't think GT and Bleem! would be a good option -
Bleem! was quite good but nothing like as good as the (free!)
UltraHLE. I went out and bought Zelda having played it on UltraHLE, it
ran sooooo well. I wasn't that impressed by GT on Bleem though, but
I'll be interested in the experiences of others.

Cheers!
John

Andre

Well, if by "good" you mean "realistic simulator", on a scale of 1 to
10, where 1 is equal to something like Ridge Racer (pure arcade) and
10 is equal to GPL, I'd rate it about 6.5 or 7.  It's sim-like with
arcade tendencies.  If by "good" you mean "a fun game to play" then
it's very good.  It's definitely the best racing game on the PSX.

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It's the usual arcade mix... a car that you can throw and lurch around
bends with little flicks of the analogue joypad, with certain limits
to braking/accel/turning that will allow you to spin out... nothing as
complex as GPL, and more importantly no damage so taking a bend well
instead of just using the wall have only small time benefits.

Lots of cars, which all have characteristics plugged in to make them
differ and seem as close to the real thing as the above physics model
allows... Get the Saburu and you can slide it like mad... hop in
something like the Griffith and you can feel the steering is less
responsive and the above "limits" are easier to break..

I personally love this game, I don't have it or a PSX, but there is
nothing else 3 people can sit down to with a decent sized TV and
stereo hooked up and enjoy 3 hours of racing in what seems like 20
minutes... I'm not sure if that factor means getting GT on my PC,
would suddenly make it seem very shallow.. just as I can't exactly
invite friends over for an evening of GPL...

The other plus is the in-game sounds, very nice and an excellent set
of tracks which really improve the atmosphere, including "Feeder -
Sweet 16" and "Ash - Lose Control"...

Thanks!

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There were bundles of hype around Gran Turismo when it was first
released, and that hype is still around today. This is probably
because Gran Turismo was quite a leap in games technology, especially
on a console as bucket-weak as the Playstation. Gran Turismo offered a
massive selection of cars, detailed graphics, detailed car physics,
excellent sounds, etc.

Unfortunately, when it came down to it, I wasn't as impressed with it
as I would like to have been.

First of all, many people have problems considering it a 'simulator'.
Yes, you were able to tweak several areas of the cars, but it still
had a very 'arcade' feel about it. This wasn't necessarily such a bad
think, especially for the Playstation.

Is it as good, or anything close to as good as GPL? Not by a skimmer
of a stone on a pond!

Is it a good attempt at a fresh idea for racing on the PSX? Yes! And a
very good one at that!

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At one to two hours in length, these races test the endurance of your
PlayStation electronics.  8-)

Well, Normal and Tuned Series are maybe okay.  All the other series
try too hard to let you win.  Which is why they end up in one bunch.
The 4wd Series is the worst.  The effect is you think you "only
barely won", but there is some threshold speed beyond which you are
almost guaranteed to "barely win".  (OTOH, it does keep you on your
toes, until you learn to go beyond the other threshold when you
can actually drop the AI cars in various series; but for the 4wd
series that threshold is quite fast).

But how popular would Gran Turismo have been if it beat everybody
all the time?

Adrian.

There are two 30-lap races and one 60-lap race.

The 60-lap race (Grand Valley 300KM) is pretty much the same length as
a full Grand Prix.  It takes about 1.5 hours to finish; 1:48 if you wait
for all the AI cars to finish.  8-)

Be sure to give your PlayStation a cool-down before starting a GV300.

Oh yes, you need to shark or win your International A license before you
can enter.  And arrange to own a good enough car.  (Any International
Series prize is more than adequate)

Adrian.

Thomas Ford

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