A great game that has more then the first one

User Rating: 10 | Gran Turismo 2 (Greatest Hits) PS
By Greg258 | Review Date:
The game is great. I'm hooked and have been playing it all weekend. So why should you buy this over any other racer, or even over Gran Turismo 2? The changes and improvements are decadently abundant. First, Sony Computer Entertainment American says that there are 500 cars in the game. Well, that's putting it subtly. There are well over 500 cars in this game. That's more than twice as many as the prequel, and about 485 more cars than the very best competitors on PlayStation. It's a stunning fact, and so overwhelming that most people simply get confused as to which car to buy when they first unwrap GT2.

Wrong! You say -- R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 has lots of cars, dozens of dozens of them. True, and R4 is an awesome arcade racing game to boot. It's one of my favorites. But not only are there tons more cars here, there all fully LICENSED CARS, that look, feel, drive, and sound just like the real thing. No other racing game does that. You can drive cars that range from one extreme to the next, from the Dodge Viper, the new Volkswagen Beetle, the HKS Drag 180SX (a totally decked out drag racing car), a 98 Subaru Pleo, a Dodge '71 Charger, Mustangs, Cougars, BMW, Mercedes Benzs, Aston Martin V8 Vantages, and well, you get the picture. Needless to say, GT2 is a car lover's dream.

More Tracks: The original game provided nine tracks. Those tracks are back in this sequel, which has 18 additional tracks for a true total of 27 tracks. Counting the mirrored and night tracks, there are 49 total. Many of these tracks are identical replications of the real world courses, bringing a chilling deja vu to those who have been to, say for instance, Grindelwald or Leguna Seca before.

Rally Racing : Gran Turismo 2 offers exquisite rally racing. Rally races take place all over the world, but they're especially popular in England and other parts of Europe. In GT2, not only can you race in straight rally races, but players can go head-to-head, or actually adapt their own street cars into pseudo rally cars, given they're fitted with the proper tires.

The accurate and spell-binding physics experienced in GT2 are even better spotlighted in the rally races, which provide plenty of hills, twists and turns, jumps and ledges from which to get some serious air. Monster powerslides are run-of-the-mill. Being a big fan of rally racers ever since Sega Rally hit the arcades in 1995, I can seriously say this is the most realistic and impressive rally racer I've ever played. It's easily the best one on PlayStation -- light years above the nearest competitor -- and it takes Sega Rally 2 and gives it a serious run for its money. The depth it adds to GT2 is immense, and immensely gratifying.

Bigger Variety Of Cars: The first GT had a great selection of cars. GT2 slaughters that lineup with not only more cars, but different kinds of cars: Japanese, German, French, British, American, American muscle cars, rally cars from all over the world, concept cars, and more.

Plus Much More: Then there is the new soundtrack, great new replay options that revisit how you actually pressed your acceleration and brake buttons during the course of the game, and a faster, more efficient, and easier to understand menu system, to name a few things.

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