Product Description

If youre curious as to just how much your PS2 can take, behold a faithful update on a fan and critical favorite, GRAN TURISMO 3: A-spec features the same crazy physics engine, but all-new graphics and AI.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2341 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Sony
• Released on: 2002-03-01
• Rating: Parental Guidance
• Platform: PlayStation2
• Dimensions: .26 pounds

Amazon.co.uk Review
The most eagerly awaited PlayStation 2 game of 2001 is finally here. It's about motor racing, it's called Gran Turismo 3: A Spec, and it's utterly superb. Much has been made of the appearance of Sony's flagship title on the PS2. Detractors have complained it has fewer cars than GT2, it only has a couple of extra tracks and it's really no more than an update. But then it's easy to knock it before you've tried it. To be fair the detractors have a point and for the seriously hardcore driving fan "only" 183 possible vehicles might be a bit of an issue, but to the vast majority of racing gamers GT3 will be a fabulous gaming experience and will really prove what the PlayStation 2 is capable of. In essence, GT3 is a series of sub-games combined by a motoring theme. There are driving licences to gain which open access to racing events, which in turn provide cash to buy bigger and better motors. There's a full arcade section in which it's possible to choose from a pre-determined selection of cars and tracks on time trials, first-past-the-post and free-run races and there's a huge section of game time devoted to tuning and maintaining your garage of racing machines. Graphically, this is the best-looking PS2 title yet. It's crisp, smooth, frighteningly quick and there's no invisible scenery in evidence. Lighting effects are truly awesome--wait 'til you see the setting sun of Laguna Seca--and the engine sounds are ear-burstingly impressive. Control is smooth and precise; the DualShock controller is used to good effect but playing with a suitable steering wheel adds a whole new dimension to things. A number of top-name bands have their musical wares shoehorned into the soundtrack so expect the company of Ash, Feeder and others to keep you company during the long hours of gawping at the TV. Playing GT3, you get the feeling that the PS2 is finally starting to show its worth. This is professional games software of the highest quality. Buy it now. You know you want to. --Chris Russell

Manufacturer's Description
The Gran Turismo name needs no explanation. Its original PlayStation formats redefined the racing genre, so it's no wonder that GT3 was one of the most eagerly awaited PlayStation 2 releases. So what can you expect from Gran Turismo on PS2? How about an exclusive selection of 150 cars from 40 different international manufacturers to choose from? Once your selection is made, it's time to test your tyres on a range of tracks including the much feted Monte Carlo City track as well as tracks in Japan. But perhaps it's the stunning realism of this game that will really blow you away--you'll find it hard to keep your eyes on the road when your surroundings and fellow competitors and their vehicles look so true to life. Even the engine sounds have been enhanced for GT3. The game also features i.LINK compatibility for up to six players.

Customer Reviews

Bl***y hell! what a game!
First we had GT1, jaw droppingly amazing for the PS1, loads of cars, innovative features, i.e License tests, tune ups and even the car wash! Then along came GT2, polished graphics, even more cars, not to forget the License tests and the kick ass sound tracks as with the original.

Step up GT3 for the PS2 and all I can say is, absolutely amazing. this is what the hardware was made for. OK, let's not get carried away here, the game does have it's flaws, but nothing is perfect and right now there is nothing to rival this game. The detail is just out of this world every single aspect of racing is here in GT3. Awsome textures and lighting affects the heat haze off the cars and the sun shining off the tarmac is incredible. racing now is fierce and there is no such thing as an easy race anymore, which adds to the excitement.

The best driving sim around from the people that brought you the game that set the standard, a hard act to follow for the competition. Buy this game!

So real you can smell the clutch burn!!
First of all only a quick reveiw. Secondly people moan because damage was taken out of this game. Now for many people that have played the gran turismo games then they would relise that there are races that can take up to 2 hours to finish. Now if you were on the last lap of this race in 1st place and you hit a wall at 150mph and wrote your car off then i think you would be well peeved.That is why sony decided to remove the damage psyics of the game to allow for this game to be finished. The graphics are amazing and the sounds are brill, gamplay is kept at a good pace with races for novices and pro racers. Now 99.9% of people that play this game drive a car and they still love this game like i do.

Amazing!
This is an amazing game. There are hundreds of cars on here and many tournaments. Graphics: The graphics is the best thing about the game. They look amazing on the car and surround area. Everything looks so 3D and realistic. When your racing at night the graphics on the cars lights look good and so do all the other lights. The sparkle on your car wehen your in the sun looks terrific. The graphics are definitly 10/10. Audio: There's not much to say though it just sounds right. The reving of the engine sounds great and so does everthing else aswell. There's music in the background for when your racing. Audio is 10/10. Gameplay: There's lots to do on this game. Loads of tournaments. It is quite boring at first cos' you'll want get all the licenses at first so you can buy all the best cars when you get the money. You start off with 20,000 at first and thats enough to buy a car. After that you will want to get more than 20,000 back so you get a better car but it takes a while. When you get about 50,000 you can get a good enough car to do some of the tournaments. Then you start to get more money and when you've got loads of money now you can buy a decent car. You can after that improve it by being able to buy upgrades for it such as a better engine and turbos to make it faster. You'll be getting loads of money then so you could afford a rally car and do the rally tracks. There are 5 leagues to do. Begginers, intermidiate, endurance, rally and professional. The endurance one is races with 50+ laps which take ages but is worth getting the money. You can take your car to the garage and wash it, change its oil or change it tyres to make it look better. Its a one or two player game and on one of the two player modes you can race in a rally cars and very fast sports ones. If you like games that take forever to complete like me, then this is the one for you. I highly recommend this to you.