cob3683

SL65 now has 952 (maxed out) and just ran a 6:54.477 at the RING.

MSZ

SL is too heavy to me for taking it to the Ring. I perfer the M3 GTR.

Zapata

photo mode rocks! sooo soo cool.

rdml07

Very true!! We gotta start posting photos our rides (from GT4)!

Zapata

Will snap pics of my rides tonight. To date. Rx-7 and bmw mcoupe. On order.... 03 CLS

Doom878

Modded cars only. Everyone can get the stocks unless it's like a car you need all golds for the S license.

rdml07

Modded includes rim change and lowering of the car right??

rdml07

By the way....since I've been playing GT4 for about month, I have Polyphony Digital Formula car. It is faaaaaaaaaaaaassst!!!!

MSZ

You have the F1 car? How did you get it?

You actually finished the 24 hrs race at the ring?

Zapata

can you swap rims?? how, where??

cob3683

Go into GT Auto (place where you get oil change and car wash) $500 for any of them

Zapata

sweeeet. cool feature. thanks

Minch00

It was in GT3 too............

cob3683

For those who don't have the CLK-GTR...go get it now. It absolutely shreds every car in the game.

thatguy

sony cable OWNS! i love it. It is working great for me.

thatguy

if you pit in, you can change to B spec mid race.

MSZ

Almost every car in the game that is. Group C and F1 cars are in another leauge.

MSZ

I thought he said he has the game for a month. That means its the NTSC-J version which doesn't have this feature.

rdml07

Yup....well not me...but my computer did! I love the B-Spec!!! I dont understand why ppl say its not necessary. It took me about 12~15 hours(using 3x speed) to wait. But its worth the wait. I also have Sauber C9, Nissan R92CP, CLK-GTR, Mazda 787B, Nissan Concept GT-R LM car, Minolta(?) Toyota 88C-V Race Car, and about 100 more cars...lol.

rdml07

No it doesnt...NTSC-US has it??

MSZ

The NTSC-U/C and PAL versions both have 12(?) extra cars, A/B-Spec interchange during the pit stop, selectable garage car in arcage mode and of course: English language.

2 extra months of wait time is well worth it I think.

Zapata

whoa you can run the bspec and win cars?@ f' the 24 hr race in a-spec.

rdml07

You can also make the wheel larger(the look that is) by getting a race tire instead of the Sport. I had my RS6 fitted with RS4 tires and it looked awesome!

Zapata

sweet. Finally put the game down and getting back to school work. From one activity to another activity.

rdml07

Aweeeee that's BS!!! Selectable garage cars in arcade???!?! I was pissed b/c Japan Ver. didnt have it!!! Do you know what additional cars are included in NTSC-U/C??

BTW, I had a NTSC-U/C Playstation 2 but it broke on me few month ago....I wish it didnt...then I could've gotten the GT4 Japan and GT4 US Version and play both.....ugh

MSZ

That is the only way to do it I guess.

There is another way to win the F1 car: Win the F1 championship.

Pretty much impossible to win unlike GT3, this time its like 15 endurance races combined into one series. Of course you have to beat 5 other AI F1 cars to win it...

rdml07

Yeah...thats one of the race that I still hesitate to go play...15 endurance is too much...even for B-Spec.

MADCAT

LOL...in real life they stopped making these cars due to their tendency to flip...

MSZ

Ok, thats some of the extras I found in NTSC-U/C and PAL versions:

12 extra cars:
Mazda 05' MX-Crossport
Mitsubishi 06' Eclipse
VW 04' Golf R32
Audi 03' Nuvolari Quattro
Audi 03' Pikes Peak quattro
Chrysler 05' 300C
Alfa Romeo 04' Alfa GT
Auto Union 37' V16 Type C Streamliner
Chaparral 67' 2D
Chaparral 70' 2J
Jaguar 88' XJR9
Peugeot 92' 905B Evo 1 Bis LM

No 480p and 1080i supports in PAL version.

A new Korean maker called ProtoMotors and its concept car Spirra represented in the PAL version.

srika

ok... I can't seem to figure out how to qualify for a race. Care to enlighten me? thx

rdml07

I see....I want to drive Alfa Romeo, Jag, Audis and 300C. I know there is R32 in GT4 NTSC-J but dont know if it is '04 R32. Its not fair....lol

Zapata

i see the qualification thing come up when you are in the Manufacturer One-Make championship series.

MSZ

Unless they removed it for the western release...it should be at the right of the B-Spec icon on the pre-race menu, once again it is for championship series only.

rdml07

and Championship races....If you play any stand-alone race(even within the Championship), you cant qualify.

srika

Haha... check your sources. The CLK-GTR is NOT the Mercedes that was notorious for flipping at Lemans... that was the CLR. You can even tell from the pics you posted that those aren't CLK-GTR's - they look different. So, the CLK-GTR's were OK and did very well at the races. There was no necessary "reason" they stopped making them - the old CLK bodystye was phased out, they phased the racecar out also.

cheers,

srika

srika

I haven't seen that.. maybe I'm not looking hard enough...

I don't think I've done any championship races yet either... hmm.

ps. a question I keep asking myself... how the hell did they manage to squeeze the entire Nurburgring, along with all the graphical details right down to the stinking GRAFFITI on the track, into the measly ol' PS2?!??!!!?!??!? I mean think about it, it's gotta load the whole track into RAM.... insane...

also - the load times on GT4 are not bad at all. I had read some horror stories at some sites about crazy long load times... I find the tracks load rather fast!!! Hell especially like the Ring, with 6 cars, loads fast as hell!!! I see some delays in options menus and other menu-type things, but honestly, it's really negligible.

srika
12.5% complete

Zapata

Sirka,
i wish the load times were a bit faster. meh....not an issue. It'll be sorted out in gt5.

BstonBruin

anybody complete an endurance race yet? how long did it take?

MSZ

The shortest of all has to be 150 miles @ Motegi Super Speedway, took me 45 minutes to finish with my 89' Toyota 88C-V.

PixelHarmony

Damn it, I just won the M challenge and right when they were about to announce me winning the M3 GTR the PS2 froze. I can't believe it... still only 8.6% though...