More Gran Turismo Trivia

Trivia about the Gran Turismo 4, actually.

Polyphony Digital and Sony Computer Entertainment released the Gran Turismo 4 (GT4) in 2004, the 4th installment of this very popular video game racing series. Although there are other versions that followed GT4, the game still remained as popular to worldwide gamers. The game featured numerous enhancements including new cars like the latest Mitsubishi Eclipse with customizable Eclipse body kit, and real word race tracks from different sides of the world.

Check out some trivia about this popular Gran Turismo sequel according to Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.com):

• Jeremy Clarkson, host of the Top Gear television program performed a head-to-head test of real life versus GT4 on an episode of the program

• GT4 won the E3 Game Critics Awards for Best Racing Game in 2003 and included in Game Informer's "Top 50 Games of 2005".

• Both the first release of the Japanese and Chinese version of the game was sold with a 212-page reference guide, with a message from famous car reviewer Reychiro Fukuno, an introduction to the physics of racing, lessons on using the GT Force Pro steering wheel, a machine tuning guide and parts catalogue, a tutorial for the photo mode from photographer Chikara Kitabatake, a race course index, a partial cars index and also a complete music index. The game and the guide were cased together in a special box of the same size as a DVD case. A similar guide was included with the first release of the Japanese Gran Turismo 3: A-spec.

• Due to the tight schedule for releasing the Chinese version, obvious textual errors can be found in the game, like the names for the two '90s used cars section being swapped, and the descriptions for the damper bounce and rebound also being switched. Other minor, but curious grammatical errors can be found.

• The Chinese version of GT4 failed to fix a bug that resulted in the game being left at 99.8% after all races have been cleared, because the Formula GT race was corrupted; thus, players were unable to unlock the final car at 100% completion. There is also a similar glitch in the North American version of the game. If the first driving mission is not completed first, before the other missions are attempted, the game will not record the mission as complete. Therefore the highest completion percent will be 99.8%.

• Advertising for GT4 was a task for the two teams to complete on the reality show The Apprentice.* Comedian Jay Leno, an avid car collector, is listed in the game as a manufacturer; one of his custom cars, the Blastolene Special or "Tank Car", is included in the game.[9]* A special version of GT4 featuring three tracks and four vehicles (the 118d, 120d, 118i and 120i) was given by BMW to their customers who purchased their 1 Series automobile before it was released.

• The 2022 Nike One has Morse code on the right hand side of the car. When reversed, this reads www.phil-frank.com, the artist commissioned to design this car for GT4. There is also some Morse code visible on the inside of all four tires.