Tuesday

[ScottyB]

I wasn't paying that much attention, but from what little I heard, I think the soundtrack is about half as good as 3.

Jay got his copy yesterday so our academic lives are over. i have to dissagree on the music though, i think it's 10x better than 3. at least there isnt as much 80's hair metal, which was atrocious.

i am impressed with the game though. no, its not LFS but its really fun and quite realistic when you get down to it. i love the "new" handling of the cars. you can't just slam the brakes and turn, and expect the car to magically go around the turn anymore. throttle control has to be a little smoother now, and the suspension is definitely more easy to upset. i like alot of the little details too, like the wind noise from the roof cam, and how alot of the open exhaust cars shoot flames on the downshift . and the tracks....they are all awesome.

some things i don't like about the game overall though, is that its not any easier to navigate the menus. maybe im stupid too but i can't figure out how to turn off the damn ghosts or figure out how to load a game from a memory card thats in the ps2 without restarting the game. and i mean come on, if they're going to have a freakin wing shop, at least give us some choices other than 1 style of giant sky scraper wing (its not like this is NFSunderground!)

some improvements i would like to hopefully see in future GT's is that the cars have damage. im so sick of being able to just beat the shit out of the car with zero penalty, it takes so much away from the experience. i'd also like to see more attention to detail in the modifications, i.e, you can't put on a big brake kit without bigger than stock wheels, or running your engine in a certain tune necessitates engine cooling accessories. but whatever. its a fun, detailed game, and its big enough that i feel challenged to continue unlocking cars and tracks.