What Made Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec One Hell of A Game?
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- čas přidán 11. 12. 2021
- The turn of the century was an important one for gaming, as the new and improved hardware of the PlayStation 2 and Xbox provided new avenues for more mature experiences. Games such as the likes of Halo, Metal Gear Solid 2, Grand Theft Auto 3, and of course, Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec pushed the boundaries of their respective genres with solid and innovative gameplay and great visuals.
Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec was released in 2001 to rave reviews, and still stands as one of the most well-remembered games of the franchise to this date with a shining Metacritic score of 95. It's been over 20 years since the game first came out, and as such, it would be a missed opportunity to not look back at it and ask the question - what made Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec one hell of a game? - Hry
To me back then, I literally thought I was looking at the most realistic game of all time. It was truly amazing aside from having to start with that Miata (Sorry but I hated it). And finally learning to drive without wall riding or drifting was a huge change in my gaming career.
My kid self even thought that even when I saw my dad play his brand new Xbox 360 at launch, but I suppose looking at it on a fuzzy crt monitor made the imperfections stand out less
Even today I still wonder how gt3, a game more complex than GTA could look a decade ahead of its time, rockstar made GTA 3 look like gt2 when I know if they tried they could make it look better…
Even to this day i still think that it's one of the most realistic racing games of all time
maybe a little dumb to ask, but I am a newcomer to gran turismo and im really struggling with my car always drifting in gt3. I have an rx-7 that I got as an reward I dont remember how and I tuned it a lot and got it to 300hp and I am trying to beat the turbo cup but the car spins sooo much, its impossible to control. Can you tell me how you learned to avoid that?
@@lukah6779 I hate to be that guy, but first make sure it isn't just you driving too aggressively. Next, I'd look at tires and make sure they are high enough quality for the task at hand. If you need, just buy and use the racing tires. Tires make the biggest difference on the performance of most cars. If it still isn't controllable, you might have tweaked something in the tuning like the suspension somehow. Reset to default settings and the car should be at least drivable. Past that, I'd just change cars to something 4WD preferrably.
The pros of exclusive games, they're optimized so damn fine. Gotta just love how fine GT games run on any PS generation.
Ummm... exclusivity has no relationship with maximizing a game's use of the hardware. Most often, exclusivity comes down to sweet deals between the publisher and the console's company. Otherwise, publishers benefit from putting a game out to as many platforms as they can. And then they're adapted to each console.
@Dan-The-Man you could argue that being exclusive to one console means the devs can optimise their games to run as best as possible, without having to deal with the headache of porting it to another system. This is true when consoles back in those days have wildly different architecture from each other. It also helps that Polyphony Digital have inside knowledge of how the PS2 works since they are a first party studio for Sony.
GT3 is where my racing career alllll started. My parents actually would get down on this game with me for race nights .that's how good it was.
Yes dude!!!! My parents hated video games but they actually loved the look of GT3 and even played it with me after their hard day at the office and we're actually good at it lol!!!!! Memories! Cheers bro!
@@emekaasiegbu3697 🤘🤘🤘
It is the best Gran Turismo game, in my opinion.
People who lived that time and followed what happened, like....it was the first time that I looked into a game and was confused if it was reality or a game. It was the main reason why I chose PS2 over other consoles.
I remember coming to the game store and seeing the replay of the race running in real time, and I was "WTF is this! Is this a game?"
There were racing games before and after GT3.
Bro it is my personal philosophy that Polyphony Digital and Sony have some sort of secret technology. There is NO way you can go from jagged 8bit looking Gran Turismo 2 graphics to the smoothest gameplay and graphics of GT3. I remember when GT3 first came out I was speechless. I couldn't believe my eyes. Then more games came out with worse graphics and I was like yeah.... Polyphony has tech that no other game company has and they are keeping it a secret!
@@emekaasiegbu3697 At the time there was a Dreamcast game (24 hour le man, something like that) that for the time was good too, but could not come even close)
When I was 6 years old in 2011, I was finally allowed to play on my Dad's PS2 he got on launch day. The very first game I played was GT3. For the next 4 or 5 years, that was pretty much all I played. I didn't own an Xbox 360, and I didn't own a Wii until 2014, and I still play it and its predecessors/successor to this day. It is my favorite game of all time.
I agree Grand Turismo 3 is my favorite from the series. I still play it daily in 2022 lol
your crazy GT 5 and GT 7 are the summon !
Very fond memories of me, my brother and my Dad playing this. Got me into cars. Only Gran Turismo can be a simulator thats so accessible for everyone.
Yesss man my parents and cousins played with me too, even though my parents "hated" video games, they still played with me after their day at the office and were suprisingly good at it XD Cheers!
I remember when I first jumped from PS1 to PS2 and saw that leap when I saw MGS2 and a game like Dark Cloud, I couldn't believe it, this gen is the closest I have felt to that leap, PS3 also was, but this gen is special.
The leap from ps1 to ps2 was huge.
The soundtrack! Motley Crüe, Lenny Kravitz, 8 stops 7, etc, this game was killer.
man.. that song is so good by 8 stops 7. Too bad they never did anything else.. One of my fav songs ever by anyone
99 red balloons
The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary was my favorite.
Honestly the way I remember these Gran Turismo games is like when I'm playing GT Sport. Everytime each game came out it was the best racing game ever, not to mention that when you bought the game you went home trying to race right away but no you had to get your license first that was to me mind blowing. Then having to start with a used car a Miata and feeling every upgrade you made to your car along with having to change the oil before you ruined your engine past irreparable damage. When you finally bought your first new car it was an amazing feeling since you had worked so hard with your used car to get you your new car. I'm glad I've been part of the ride since Gran Turismo 1.
I spent 2 summers playing this game!!! It had an amazing soundtrack the coolest cars. I don't think any other Grand Terismo game can compare EVER!
Lmao Tuourismal
@@jamesvancam I always do that talk to text on my phone stupid phone!
GT4 is better. Better progression path, better selection of cars, better selection of tracks, no rubberband-AI.
@@wendigockel I enjoyed gt4 better as well, to me its the best racing game ever.
GT4 is the best
I would argue that this was the height of the franchise. The game was so good! There was nothing like it for the time. But other than graphical improvements over time the series stopped evolving. The feel of the cars, driver AI and the campaign progression all feel like something from 20 years ago. Hopefully 7 is huge improvement on the 4 games in the series.
I think I agree; personally I have already said and repeated that GT3 A-SPEC is a game more of aesthetics than of substance, it would have been more honest to classify it as Prologue, which happened with the fourth. Graphics aside it is an incomplete game both in the car offer (imagine in real life going into a dealership and finding only one model available) and in the setting of the quick selection menu rather than its artistic presentation; all things for which GT2 excels and despite this is perhaps the most underrated in the initial trilogy. To give an idea of how the aesthetic impact is deceptive let's think of the comparison between GTA (1997) where this can be identified in GT2 and Driver (1998) which represents GT3 A-SPEC: we must not forget the weight of the content of a game and don't just focus on how it looks.
This is my favorite GT game. It might even be my favorite PS2 game of all time. If my PS2 showed on my TV, I'd play it now.
Never forget wining the gt40 after one hell of an endurance race and having that car made me a middle school God I traded for 40 buck and some later lunch tradev
Favorite GT, loved everything about it, the tracks, the gameplay and the music
2021 and I started playing GT3 for the first time and it is truly a great racing game.
The first game I ever played on my ps2 and was blown away by how real life it looked.
I remember doing 100 laps endurance race to win an Formula 1 car at the end. It was well worth it 😀
This was my first experience with gaming. On my 6th birthday I got a ps2 and this game. Many hours playing with my dad on split screen. It will always hold a special place in my heart
Still play GT3. One game I’ll never get bored of.
This game's A.I was a lot more risky than in later instalments, especially when the cars where equipped with turbos. Gran Turismo All Stars is the racing event that comes to mind, the last race in particular. That R390 GT1 LM Race Car was no joke.
I have owned every gran turismo except for 4. I loved starting out in a slower car to learn the basic of cornering and keeping your speed through the turns. I am excited for gt 7.
Gran Turismo 3 will always be defined as a true classic. I seriously remember the good old days of being a kid and coming home from school to play this game. Good times.
You forgot to mention that it was bundle with the PS2 when it was released. That also helped with sells of both system and game.
bundles don't count in sales figures of games, only consoles.
Love this game. Only thing I never really cared for was the car sounds. Other than that, was amazing
Oooooo and the soundtrack was absolutely amazing. Probably the best in the series
Still have it, love it, still looks great on crt tv! Amazing tiltle, really well polished, and "finished". Also Enthusia Professional Racing is worth cheking out! GT3 may not be my favourite GT game (this would be GT2 for psx), but sure as hell is one of my favourite games of all time, and ones that I return to most often.
This game lead me to buy a PS2. I bought the GT3 edition pack, but I couldn't afford the memory card to go with it right away. Imagine having to restart your progress every single time you turn it on!! Good times!!
GT3, one of the most greatest racing games of all time.
GT 5 and GT7 all the way !
Playing it again now to be fair. It looks really, really good on PCSX2 for sure. Forgot you could get the Dodge Viper to over 1000hp 😂
My favorite driving game, finished it almost 100%, a few licences weren't gold. Hardest part I had trouble with was the viper around laguna seca.
It’s the first game I ever played and the game that brought me to gaming and kept me playing this franchise and other games
You forget to mentioned
the first Racing Game that featured a Tyre-System !!!
Imagine that in 1999 on GT2,
where the win of a racing depends on wisely choose of the wright tyre and
timing in which round they should change, that could cause the win.
Also over the rounds old tires,
means less grip, car might to oversteer and handled not more straight forward, that all cost you good lap times.
The first game? No chance 😂
Still the greatest racer of all time. Got me into cars in the first place
I still say getting my super license in gran turismo 3 is my crowning gaming achievement.
no joke its was so much easier on gt4
Back when I was little, I barely even cared about GT as the premise of the series alienated me as I was used to quick-to-the-point arcade style racers at that time. However, over time everything eventually just clicked, and I've grown to love the series since.
gt3 and 4 are still my favorites til date. gt4 helped me also get my license in real life.
PS2 hardware and its famous Emotion engine graphic shaders made wonders at the time. Poliphony Digital were masters of the craft, and this was their pinnacle in my opinion. The race replay was so amusing to watch between racing sessions!
To me GT 3 A-spec was the best in the series...the graphics was amazing ,the gameplay was also as usual amazing
no other game in my life I have painfully waited to be released than gt3. Ever since I saw brief, about 10 sec video clip of tech demo on French music channel, called MCM I was hooked. Sony japanese web site would release a bunch of screenshots of game every month or so back than and it was insane to follow the progress. Reflections on cars and sun rays beaming through the branches was astounding.
I don't think I have ever seen such a huge graphical jump from GT2 to GT3. The fact that GT3 looks so good even to this day while also running at 60 fps on a console in 2001 is a sheer testament to the technical wizardry of the folks at Polyphony Digital.
My favourite one.💙💙💙 Thanks for making a video on it.
Best Gran Turismo Game, In My Opinion, And My Favorite Gran Turismo Game, Ever. And That Goes For Game Play, The Sound Effects Of The Cars, The Feel Of The Cars, The Soundtrack, And The Commercials It Had For The Game. And Even Though Recent Titles Are Way More Advanced, None Of Them Beats Grand Turismo 3.
i remember playing the game with basic racing wheel, a fan to blow some air, a helmet and my friend Greg behind me shaking the chair and pushing me left/right at each turns!
Bought a refurbished ps2 a while ago to play all the games I never did when I was really young and I picked this up from Amazon, fun af in 2023
This was my first gran turismo, great memories.....however, gran turismo 4 was the best gt game ever imo.
My brother and I would play this almost all summer sometimes
I am playing it again , just reliving the experience is just awesome , although this time I am finding it to be more challenging than before , maybe its because I played the heck out of it back then and it was basically the one game I dedicated myself to everytime I turned on my ps2 👍👍👍👏👏👏
I still think this is one of the best racing games ever. I am playing it to this day and am still blown away by how awesome it is.
I don't like my childhood but the games gave me good memories. Even if GT4 is better GT3 still gives me a fuzzy feeling when I play it
There was no online BS to ruin it.
This was my first semi hd experience with 480p it was so smooth lol
Omg the best racing game ever. Sooooo many memories Playing this .
I still have my PS2, with games including GT3, tucked in a box, in the back of my closet, in the man cave.
Amazing game! Especially for the time! Still holds up incredibly today :)
Who regrets coming to look back idk how I looked at these graphics when I was a kid this was my favourite game
Still got the disc lol favorite racing game of all time
That was the pinnacle of racing games, but then GT goes rapid downstairs and Forza speeds up like Hell. And I am stupid enough to give GT every time a new try and buy that crap on Day One. But not with GT7, GT Sport was my lesson learned. But GT3 was Awesome and is one of my favorite games of all time.
Forza aint got shit on Gran Turismo.
Just wish it had an on board view.
This game got me into racing games
The game was a critical and commercial success and went on to become one of the best-selling video games of all time. It has been listed as one of the greatest video games of all time.
Great game and nice vid, but the aspect ratio in a lot of the gameplay footage (for example, the Dodge Viper and the cinematic replay footage) is incorrect and hurts my brain :(.
i played gt7 for 3 weeks and gave up and started playing gt3 again it is the best racing game
Hands down. The driving physics and camera are superior to all other racers.
Who else is hyped for gt7 after watching this?
if look Gran Turismo today you see things like driving missions a bad idea that start gt4 not to forget ,gt1,and ,gt5 you race the hole game on racing softs
Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec had a simple credit card design on 3 levels of races
as the hards races like the lotus cup and F1 it is and was forgiving and not as hard as the go-karts or nascar's in gt6
and car stability gt3 ,and gt5 have the best handling
Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec still stand out from all rest of gt,s
I bought a ps2 earlier this year along with all the games I wanted for it and this is one of them but I haven’t played it yet. Does it still hold up?
Holds up very well and very very hard to master the licenses, GT3 actually has the toughest license test of all.
holds up even better than GT5 and GT6 because of it's stable 60fps without screen tearing (although it was made with crt tv in mind, and it looks waaaaay better on such tv, compared to any modern screen), and also because it's physics engine just hits really well balance between simulation and arcade, and for sure it doesn't feel archaic at all, probably more polished than many current titles. Also check Enthisia Professional Racing by Konami - same level of visuals (better in certain aspects), but probably the best physics on ps2
@@adamlach6572 I still think Enthusia's visual is not as good as GT3 since some parts look too "dead", but on physics alone it is one of the best on PS2, so good that driving is way too hard for beginners.
@@sunray2818 for the most part physics are great, although in few cars they went bit to far, and also controler support does't feel as natural here. Still i love it!
@@adamlach6572 I love it as well! Konami certainly tried very hard with physics on that one. They invented a visual assist to show car's lateral G's when cornering to help drivers to define if the car's losing grip, but I don't think that worked well! Their original team went to Polyphony to help with Gran Turismo 5 Prologue I think, hence why 5P's physics had a huge leap forward when compared to 4.
san Andreas, metal gear solid 2 and gt3 took thousands of hours from me but I'd do it all again
My childhood
Back in the ps2 days, games were actually completed before launch and had great quality at the time.
Wow I learned how to drive form this game man ❤️best game❤️
Tbh GT2 is the only GT game I played. Thinking of getting GT4 on my phone with AetherSX2
I played the hell out of GT3 and GT5. Fun times
This would be a great video if you guys didn’t use footage of an Emulation bug where the dirt would clip through the car if you play the game on PC. Was really distracting and not necessarily an accurate representation of the game on original hardware. Again, other than that it’s good.
Come on, you think these accounts still has a PS2 to record actual gameplay footages? Even some lame graphic comparison accounts are shamelessly using bugged emulation footages now.
Remember GT from my ps2 days loved it,but the cars never got smashed up annoyed me a lot
Why is a racing game from 2001 more fun than Forza Horizon 5? Bring on GT7
I hated that Grand tourismo edition. Loved 2 and 4. Enjoyed 6. Still playing Sport.
The 1000 laps just for a formule car
Might be the only GT without aliasing and clipping (?)
Under tune your cars and go racing in GT3 and I promise you’ll have the best time racing :-)
Can’t wait for the new one . 🏎🤘🎮👨🦳😎
Gt3 is a good game. But the visuals alone are really all it had. I still think gt2 is a much better game. The should remaster/remake gt2 on ps5. Talk about a mill ticket
I'm going to have to Play It Again pretty good game
I still have it on my PS2 along with a steering wheel and Gameshark codes lol
2 and 4 are the best ones
My first Gran Turismo thanks to my dad.
best gt I'd still play it if they remastered it
The greatest racer of all time 🐐
Why do some copies have a blue disc label and others have a red one?
The best racing game ever made
funny how this game was rushed by playstation so that it was a launch game and the gameplay is still amazing and the graphics are crystal clear “for the time”. also pretty sure gt2000 was a remake of gt2 just with better graphics to test how the ps2 worked.
Gran turismo 2000 was the demo,becuz the demo was released in the year 2000,soo when the ps2 released they released a demo for gt3 for fans,to wait for the official release
My favorite game
Mine was the 4th!:)
@@jamesvancam same cant beat 4
it was epic!
Still is;)
If you want to play a PS2 racing game nowadays, go with GT4. It's just like GT3, only better in every single aspect.
That's what I've heard. I have GT4 on my shelf though never played it. That's why I gave my copy of GT3 to a friend.
I have it. It has a 1080i option too.
@@redfirefox3568 unfortunately not for me as I live in PAL region. It's a NTSC thing.
No, physics are much worse and the graphics were washed out.
@@sunray2818 can’t beat 723 cars
He's got A brand new Car, looks like a Jaguar! it's got leather seats..... It's got a CD player player player 😂
24 years old and today finding out how "Polyphony" is pronounced 😂
they should have remade this version with some tweaks, that new one after such a long time development it looks dead !!
I've heard GT7 is trying to re-live the vibes of 3 & 4
@@jamesvancam yes, but after such a long time of development it all looks too clinical, boring, lifeless!!
Competitor is far beyond the Japanese, and they release a racing game every year!
all the green forest in the latest trailers looks the same!! ridiculous!
And they've been working on that game for a very long time, every generation.
kinda gamer tbh
No game in gaming history has had better graphics for its time.
I nearly lost a gf when this game came out. I played this game to death and would often spend 5-6 hrs after work each day or all day on the days off 😂
Gt3 is king
I just restarted the game all over,
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍