[OLD] Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec review - ColourShed 

Love your videos. Your the best youtuber. I dont care what anyone else saids your amazing

Hey fun fact: in arcade mode hover over the hard difficulty setting an prees l2 and r2 to unlock the professional mode.

The meme is underrated

Ohh yeah, nice one there. Unfortunately the PAL version is less polished. As you were going through the race menus, there were mistakes right? Well the western version has those problems fixed. However I don’t like how the western version is only Imperial and not Metric. I live in Canada so that’s what I’m most familiar with. When it comes to miles as in speed, I understand it pretty well, but miles as in distance feels like trying to teach a chimp how to use a cell phone. Kilometres in distance is what I know better.

I remember the first License Test. Just...uuuuuugh. C’moooooonnn, GOOOOOOO!!! Then you had to do it AGAIN with a Dodge Viper. I little faster, so not as bad, but still...I get that a very basic test is a forgiving start for beginner players, but at least give us a bigger time limit for Gold. With the Volkswagon Beetle, I can barely get Bronze. With the Dodge Viper I can barely get Silver.

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I was ~14 when GT3 came out and the amazing graphics are what caught my interest, and then just playing the game got me started into cars.

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I wish they'd bring that song back for Gran Turismo 7.

and Seven Days In The Sun

@TheSyrinx63 yes! How could I forget that classic!

Otm Shank i played it with my father too he helped me when i was too bad for a race

i remember sitting in my uncle's room and we sat there trying to get the driver's liscence each turn , late at night , fond memories back in early 2000's as the game came out..

My dad gave me the best piece of advice while playing this game with me as a kid, "Race the track, not the other racers"

@@rickyhill2886 your dad is a philosopher

@@rayzojams it's still some of the best driving advice I've gotten. I mean he gave me the basis of f1 in a sentance man

@Milestonecomics Can I say it now? Man, that makes me feel old lol!

Yeah I love Hong Kong 97

Agree

@@freewhitexxx riders on the storm

True. I have Dark Cloud, ratchet and clank and rayman 1, those games have really good soundtrack that somehow fits the level/world it's played in. I have gt 3 too but i don't really listen the music because: 1. Sound effects are louder 2. I like to play racing games with no music, just to listen the car's engine or because music doesn't sound like it's on the car's radio and idk but i don't feel like it's normal.

@@emmanueljaramillo5838 ah man

Me as well, pal. 😁 Over the PAL version, the NTSC version is superior. The Championship menus aren’t labelled incorrectly, for example. Lol

for the guys that have the pal version, you had the better intro, even if i think lenny kravitz was just as good

@@joaquingonzalez834 Yeah, that Intro kicked serious ass. Just wished we were able to play the game at 60fps instead of 50.

Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec was my first game when i got the ps2 i played it for hours & hours back in the days

I prefer GT4 tho

@@Lucrativecris GT4 was my second favorite game in ps2

I never got to play Gran Turismo 4 because it's a DVD9 disc. :(

Maybe because the endurance is better than others?

4 follows up after

6 and Sport are actually really good, 5 felt really sterile, but 6 and Sport are genuine fun.

It lacked two things : American and European cars, and the two short versions of Rome and Seattle, Tahiti Road... But I love that game for it's the very first Game I loved to play for endless hours back then...

@@alghoulaj7172 that didn't really bother me I just love jdm cars

@@yyello6072 Yeah well, I think I need to buy a 360 just for that...

I can easily relate to that. GT3 is a masterpiece that still continues to stand the test of time

I feel the same... im in my thirties now and I pretty much go back to my late teens lack of worry mode every time I play this... and I play it almost everyday!!!

Those numbers speak for themselves and prove that sometimes, only sometimes, critics get it right lol

honestly, even in 2020, few games have come close to gt3 lol forza horizon, gt sport and dirt are all fantastic but gt3 did way too many things perfectly

Gt4 still better

Gt1 has a higher rating on metacritic but yeah

@@sup-wy8gh do you really think gt1 in any way shape or form is better than gt3 or even gt4 though?

I got gold on every test.

Bro S license tests were the hardest for me

@@Lucrativecris. Yeah, S-8 is a nightmare.

The NTSC and PAL versions most licences have harder times for gold on Pal version

B License Gold is hard

I just don't understand why so many game developers think that deadlines are a good idea.

EL GRANDE MEMELORD Because time costs money. Furthermore, being a launch title is a huuuuge boost to sales, especially before the mass migration to PC that is happening now. GT3 was sort of the flashy prototype to GT4, but note that GT4 didn't come out until 2005 (in the US at least) and PS3 launched in 2006. Had Sony/Poloyphony waited and only released GT4 (calling it GT3, naturally), they would've missed out on a ton of sales over the life of the system, not to mention being a Sony company meant they wanted the game to sell systems early on as well. I'm glad we got GT3 and GT4, while GT4 is more comprehensive and has better force feedback wheel support (first to support 900 degree rotation), GT3 is somehow better looking and plays much better with a controller in my opinion. In fact, it might be the best Gran Turismo to play with a standard controller.

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Mine where this one and burnout 3

Mine Gran turismo 3 and Harry Potter 2

Each Gran Turismo game sort of defines an era of racing, motorsport has become more glamourous so it kind of makes sense that the series is where it is now...

TheJoebus666 GT4 blows GT3 without any doubt

Nathan Ruart Technically speaking I agree with you - there are more cars, more tracks and more realistic graphics in GT4. Despite that, I always found GT3 to be a more fun game.

Because it is. Altough GT4 has more content, GT3's content feels more fleshed out and more exciting. There's also the fact that GT3's ammount of races (taking out endurances) is miles higher than GT4's

Logoncal Because they repeated the same tournaments for beginner pro and expert, it's easy to add content when you repeat it...

nailsarecruel very hard track indeed

Absolutely. I've just picked this up last week for 50p having only skimmed (and hated at the time) GT5 Prologue on PS3 as my first exposure to the series, 3 has been a blast to play... that first time in the Skyline was just... I can't even! :-D

Stop making me feel old

Same here

Me too, taking a look at gt sport is quite shocking to see how far Polyphony Digital has fallen behind in the graphics department 😖

_Saddo , I share that and feel the same about the opportunity they might've had on the previous generation in the mech genre with Omega Boost.

@@Adam63545 I know this is a year old, but what?

@@Adam63545 gt sport is one of the best around :/

They got me too. The memories!

Kinda sad. Hope you find a way to play this game again.

Play the game on an emulator, you don't need a super pc

damn,, hit me right in the fell, why won't you? my dad is an ass, and pretty much hates me because of my sexuality.

Just played it today. Brilliant game with brilliant detail for its time.

+Ryan Galata i know, right?

May 5th 2154, I'm still playing this game.

filipiino96793 Me too!! #granturismoforever ;)

I still play it too, only on pcsx2

I'm so happy for you. I'd never played it before until I got it last week... I can't even put into words just how awesome I've found this game, especially with a wheel!

@@DubberRucks , USB wheel+pedals or laptop/tabletop controller-plugged wheel+pedals? What console and screen you using?

What model PS2?

Thank you...

ColourShedProductions I remember when I was a kid, I used to love the rally tracks, the drifting and the dirt coming up behind you was amazing at the time, I still replay it from time to time. The really cars were really well done, too.

Yes, I also prefer GT2! GT2 had about 650 cars, while GT3 had only 180… Also there are cars and tracks from GT2 that unfortunately never came back again in the other GT games… By far one of the best GT games + the intro! I love it! Especially the european version with ''My Favorite Game (Faithless Remix)'' I think it fits so well to the intro! The way it flows along the intro… ;) Pure Nostalgia… The US version has the original ''My Favorite Game'' song, which is still good, and the japanese version has the ''Moon Over The Castle'' song, also really good! ...but I still prefer the european version, it's the best one! ;) I still got the game and the PS1, which still works fine after all the years! Played GT2 yesterday haha ;)

I disagree. It is easier to gain money and I agree with that, but the rubberbanding is ridiculous sometimes. 3 and 4 dont have rubberbanding at all, they allow you to blast through with powerful cars or with weaker cars (especially on 4 with the A-Spec points. They only serve as a template for how difficult or easy a race will be, being 1 point a easy race and 200 a difficult one. Although it doesnt have any function, people still try to make gameplays and speedruns with max A-Spec points), the difficulty is very adjustable. Newer titles reintroduced rubberbanding, but not as awful as PS1 titles.

@@lordeilluminati I've never dealt with rubberbanding in Gran Turismo 2. Was that something that only happened in the PAL and Japanese versions of the game?

No, it had on all versions and even Kaz said how he had to use rubberbanding at the time to save processing power. The difference is that it is not extreme as Mario Kart or Need for Speed games. On GT1 and 2, even if you tuned the cars to the max potential, all competitors would do the same, in contrast to GT 3 and 4 which allow the player to choose difficulty, making the races harder (stock) or easier (tuning). GT4 evolves this with A Spec points which you have a direct notion how difficult a race can be and even if these points dont serve any purpose, many people like to try to gain max A Spec points.

Niko Bellic I’m doing the same, modern racing games just aren’t special like these

Thanks...

Yeah, I'm finding these reviews helpful especially as I missed out on a PS2 originally deciding another console was one I wanted more. Now? I feel like I'm playing catchup in reverse with some of these games because these newer machines are just too expensive for me atm.

I agree some of the championships are hard and boring