Customer Reviews

Sports Car GT

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

I bought this title when it first came out (after waiting a year for it!) and have loved it since. It is alright straight out of the box - with great smoke effects, drivability, and setup options. However the incar view isn't that great. But with 3rd party support evrything becomes awesome! With it you can get realistic physics, visible damage, many cockpits, hundreds of extra cars,etc... It's just amazing the support this game has! Online Racing is not that great though, but when you can get it to run online (TCP) it runs really good (better than NFS III ever did!) This is the sim to get if you are serious about Sports Car racing - you won't be dissapointed!

Once I had all of the settings in place for my Microsoft Force Feedback wheel, this game quickly became a favorite. I bought 5 driving sims over Christmas, and this one was the most realistic. I have actually driven some of the available tracks in real life, and the level of realism is almost frightening.

I am a driving instructor with the Porsche Club of America, so I have a pretty good idea of what this should feel like. The visual information as well as the feedback through the wheel are all as close to reality as I have seen outside of the real thing- even compared to the best arcade games. Patience in passing other cars in a race is a necessity, if you expect to make it to the end in a respectable position.

Learning a new track in the practice sessions is much like the real thing- no on screen track map, just visual clues to establish turning and braking points, and after getting it right for a lap or two, it is time for a race. This is all very addictive, but it is easy to be exhausted after practice, qualifying and completing a rather long race. It takes concentration and patience, but it is very rewarding if you can take a victory, then upgrade your car with the earnings.

I highly recommend this game to anyone with REAL track time, and urge anyone who would like to do it for real to practice with this first.

I bought Sports Car GT on a reccomendation from a friend. I enjoy racing sims like Cart Precision Racing, Grand Prix 2, and TOCA. This game is thoroughly addicting. There are varying levels of competition, from the lowest (GTQ)to all-out GT1 cars, just like at Sebring or LeMans. The GTQ cars are easy to control, but the gt2 and gt1 cars are a handful. It is hard to relate the adrenaline rush of a Porsche GT1 car at Mosport or a BMW M3 at Lime Rock. The game does a great job of simulating vehicle dynamics. One of my favorite features of the game is that races begin with standing starts, something that takes some getting used to in the higher-powered cars. There is great support for the game on the net, with lots of extra cars, and some new tracks, too.

The one drawback to the game is that it is processor hungry, and you really need a 3d graphics card. With my 32 meg NVIDIA card and a 350 Mhz processor I can't run all the graphics at most tracks, and I should probably run a reduced field of opponents to improve frame rates.

I have to go back to playing the game now.....

I got Sports Car GT for christmas and it is so real that I still haven't passed the first race on the GT3 season. The only improvement that I think can be made is to stop the opponents from running into your side in a turn when you are on the inside like they are blind. But just the same I love this game and I think that a fan of Sebring will just adore it.

I got this game for free, as an insert in my new Logitech Force Feedback GP wheel. I bought the wheel for use playing Mobil 1 Rally, so I didn't have too much hope for the game. Surprise, surprise! Sports Car GT is great! Startlingly good, even better in comparison to more contemporary games like Nascar 4.

The graphics, although not the most dazzling, are clean and useful (especially wet-course, night racing), the car physics are good, the car modifications are great, and the game is really just good fun. Force feedback support is pretty good. The sound...is there (you'll have heard better, though probably not from a racing game). I've found myself really working at the career mode, practicing the courses before attempting to qualify, then more practice before the race, and I've been having a world of fun.

My gripes are few: 1. the off-road surfaces seem to pull you off the road a bit too easily 2. spins are almost completely, unrealistically unrecoverable 3. the damage model is ridiculously simplified (nothing really gets hurt, except generic body and wheel damage, which you don't see) 4. the pit areas are open and unfilled by equipment or personnel - freakishly so.

Overall, the game is an excellent racing game - hard enough to be interesting, fun to play, and capable of satisfying the most demanding sim racer. And, at the prices charged (cheap as an EA Classic, and FREE as an insert), this game is a wonderful value, sure to delight.

Maybe I'll be lambasted for this. . .I use SCGT to enhance my on-track driving (and to keep the winter doldrums away). I find myself tinkering with various set-ups, and then mirroring those on my race car. I've driven on several of the tracks you find in this game, and they're as good as it force feedback wheel. The progressive resistance to driver input is invaluable to getting quicker times on the track. Corner turn-in is either razor-sharp, or dead slow. No amount of air pressure changes or roll bar changes will make a difference. I've seen some reviews that voiced displeasure with the player's engine sound melding into other cars on the Amazingly life-like. I become so transfixed while playing this game that a 30 minute sprint race seems to start and end within five minutes! My wife says she comes into the office and I don't notice she's there. Overall, this is a superior game, and doesn't cost anywhere near what it costs me to compete on an annual basis. BUY THIS GAME!

This game came in a bundle with my Logitech WingMan Formula force GP Steering Wheel so I didn't think it would be any good but MAN IT ROCKS!!! There graphics are awesome, there are plenty of cars, and lots of tracks. If you own this game, and want the cheat codes, here they are.

"isi-cheeseman"=cheat mode*

"isi-tbone"=all tracks and an opportunity to buy the "GTR Coupe" (GT1) or the "Rattlesnake" (GT2)

"isi-aardvark"=more money in career mode

"isi-corsica"=all upgrades 100%^

*cheat mode must be enabeled for any code to work
^enter this code in the upgrades menu in career mode
Note: These codes have to be typed in EXACTLY as they are here. (Without the quotation marks)

This has got to be one of the best racing games I own. I usually drive Nascar games, but I have several other racing sim titles including Sports Car GT, Dirt Track Racing 2, Nascar Racing 2002, Midtown Madness 2, F1 2001, 1nsane and Rally Trophy, just to name a few. ;)
The graphics are great, and are as good, if not better then several of the newer titles out there(this game is several years old). And there are still plenty of web sites out there with mods for the game. The multi-player game play is about the only weakness I found in the game, but it can still be played online.

Interesting game but it comes nowhere near in realism to racing legends. I drive road atlanta about 12 times year in a 99 Porsche Carrera and my best a gap, so much for the realism. All in all, you're getting more than you're money's worth. I just wish the tracks were more realistic

This game is perfect for everyone. I think that I have played this game more than any of the other games that I own. It has good graphics, excellent sound, and works flawlessly with my Force Feedback steering wheel. The cars are a little less adjustable than I would like, especially at the GT1 level, but it is still good. The best thing about this game is that it can be set to be easy, and when you get better, you can crank up the difficulty and the opponents get really aggressive, it's a blast!