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GT3 PAL PRIZE CAR LIST/GUIDE
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I have decided to compile this guide,which I have now decided will expand and
become a whole PAL Version guide,because I have seen lots of Europeans have
been left out in the cold with the number of North American Version based FAQ's
and Car Guides.This is confusing many people,so I have decided to clarify
things with this guide.
Before I start,I must stress that I hate and detest the idea of plageurism,and
that all the lists of Cars and information on this Guide have been gathered by
me,from playing my copy of GT3.This is not just a rip-off of other Guides as I
guess many of these sort of lists are.So in short,if it's on the list
below,I've worked for and eventually Won it.
Gran Turismo 3 is Developed by Polyphony Digital and Published by Sony Computer
Entertainment Europe(SCEE).All Manufacturers,Cars,Names,Brands and Associated
Imagery featured in the Game and in this Guide are property of their respective
owners.
This guide is compiled by me,Craig Halfpenny and is the property of me.IF YOU
WANT TO USE THIS GUIDE FOR ANY GAMING RELATED WEBSITE,PLEASE EMAIL ME AT THE
BELOW ADRESS AND ASK FOR MY PERMISSION.DO NOT POST THIS DOCUMENT ON ANY SITE,OR
USE ANY PARTS OF IT WITHOUT MY EXPRESS PERMISSION blah blah blah etc
Version History-
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Version 1.0-21/8/01(21st August)-First started the whole guide by typing out
intro,PAL Version info etc.Started the Prize Car list by typing out all the
Races and listing the Cars that I have won from them so far.Obviously that
leaves a lot of blank spaces so I'd better get Playing and fill a few more in!
Version 1.1-22/8/01-28/8/01(22nd-28th August)-The guide has come on a lot in
the past week and expanded quite a lot,but I have been doing it bit by bit and
not listing it down,so I will round up all the last Weeks work and call it Ver
1.1.
Version 1.2-28/8/01-31/8/01(28th-31st August)-Just updated the guide bit by bit
over the last few Days,having won the All Night Enduro for the first time and
the Roadster Enduro again,as well as The Beginner GT World Championship and
Yaris Cup,Amateur GT All Stars,and MR Cup.
Version 1.3-28/9/01(28th September)-Well,what a month....I will roll up all the
past few Weeks work into Version 1.3.As a sidenote I reached 50%,won all Rally
Races and progressed a bit through Arcade mode.
Version 1.4-12/10/01(12th October)-Solved the mystery of the PAL F1 Cars(See
below)and decided to rename the guide GT3 PAL Prize Car List/Guide
Version 1.5-3/11/01(3rd November)-More gradual Prize Updates-including the
Amateur Altezza Championship,Pro Race of NA Sports,and I-B License all
Golds),and the addition of the Race/Championship Guide.
Version 1.6-11/11/01(11th November)-Quite a bit of progress in the Game and
with the guide,including winning the Beginner Altezza Championship,Pro Gran
Turismo World Championship,Amateur FF Challenge,and Pro 4WD Challenge among
others.
Version 1.65-16/11/01(16th November)-Reopened the case on the F1 Cars.
Version 1.7-19/11/01-21/11/01(19th-21st November)-Further Updated the PAL F1
Cars saga and the Opel/Vauxhall issue.Also started Prize Car colour guide.
Version 1.8-23/11/01(23rd November)-Bigger and better,added the 'Exclusive
Colours' section to the Car Colour guide,added European and American
Championship details to the Race/Champ guide,and expanded the Prize Car guide
further after winning the Euro Championhip again as well as Amateur 80's Sports
Car cup.
Version 1.9-1/12/01(1st December)-More updates to the Prize Car list and Car
Colour guide,after I re-won the American Championship and got hold of the Audi
TT,then used that on the Beginner Tourist Trophy,which finished off Beginner
mode for me,and took home another Audi TT and the Lancer Evo V GSR.I also
finally won the Amateur Dream Car Championship with a Camaro Race Car,and won
the Impreza LM.On Thursday I also picked up the Mine's Lancer Evo VI,and I've
had several other victories robbed from me by tyre problems or just bad luck.
Version 2.0-23/12/01(23rd December)-It's nearly Christmas!!!School's out and
the guide will probably get lots more updates.The recent updates have been
trickling in,with me winning the Pro Level MR Challenge,Race of Turbo
Sports,Boxer Spirit and yesterday,the legendary Yaris Cup.On Thurday,I wrapped
up the Mistral Monaco Enduro,that gave me a Zonda Race Car,which I subsequently
used on the glamourous sounding 'Race of the Avant Garde'.Winning
another,identical Zonda Race Car.
Version 2.05-4/2/02(4th February)-Blame the brilliant GTA3 for my lack of
updates...Along with Pro Evolution Soccer,I've hardly played anything else
since Xmas,but last Wednesday,I finally competed in my GT3 first race since
Christmas eve.So the few updates to the guide fall into one of two areas;those
from before Christmas(winning the PL Dream Car Cup),and those in the last
week(winning the AL Tourist Trophy and AL European Championship again).I
started the AL Japanese GT Cup at the weekend,so hopefully that'll be in my
next update.
Ver 2.1-19/3/02(19th March)-The second half of this update,I also have a bit of
an ulterior motive for posting this;my F1 Challenge Championship kicks off this
week.Check out the website at www.hometown.aol.com/swervster for more info.
Ver 2.2-20/4/02(20th April)-Some major progress in the game today,I finally
beat the I-A license with all Golds,picking up a fantastic Aston Martin
Vanquish,I passed 75%,winning another 787B,and beat the whole of Area E on
Arcade mode.My completion level jumped from about 73.6% to 76.3%!Those Hard
level Arcade races are worth 0.6% each if you haven't already done them on Easy
or Normal...I've also been looking at more F1 books and although I was totally
convinced that the 001 is a fake,a '95 Williams,'95 Tyrell and some very
bizzare welding work by SCEE may have been what's just blown it wide open
again...
Made some more major progress before I could post this update,beating the AL
Evolution Challenge,and more importantly,that meant I completed Amateur League
and won a very tasty Viper GTS-R Team Oreca,as well as the final credits.I also
added the 'One-Offs' section to the guide.
If you have any ideas or points for the guide you would like to make,please
email me at Swervster@aol.com
The PAL Version
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The PAL Version is the Version of GT3 A-Spec sold in Europe,and as a result is
has several localisations eg In the UK Version there is a Vauxhall dealer and
Cars,as opposed to Opel in the rest of Europe versions.However,there are
several Cars which appear in the other versions(Japanese and American)which do
not appear in the PAL Version.To the best of my knowledge,these Cars are the
following-
Race Cars-
Nomad Diablo GT(Japanese Version only)
Formula One Cars-
F686/M
F687/S
F688/S
F090/S
F094/H
F094/S
We do get some replacements,but unfortunately they are not only as numerous,but
most would say not as Good either.Again to the best of my knowledge here our
our replacements-
Road Cars-
Acura RSX
Honda CR-X 1.6 Vti('Del Sol')(PAL Exclusive)
Formula One Cars-
Polyphony 001(PAL Exclusive)-F094/S Hybrid
Polyphony 002(PAL Exclusive)-F688/S Hybrid
Hopefully as I play through the game I may find more but it is unlikely.We will
more probably just have juggled around Prize Cars as opposed to New ones.The
omissions that most annoyed/saddened me were the 6 F1 Cars that appear in the
Japanese and American Versions.They are based on Real-Life Late-80's and
Early-90's F1 Cars and have coded names,eg F090/S-a
V10(8-V8,0-V10)1990(90-1990)Senna driven Car(/S-Senna).They unfortunately don't
run in real liveries due to licensing reasons.In the PAL Version,we get only 2
Formula One Cars-The 001,and the 002-but at least we get a newer High-Nosed F1
Car that the Americans and Japanese don't get(The 001),whereas the 002 is
probably nearest to the F687/S in comparison terms(Although I think it is
either an 87 or 88 McLaren-Tag or Honda).
The Mystery is solved
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Right,as of yesterday(5th Oct)I now know that the 001 is an F094/S hybrid-it is
exactly the same as the F094/S except that it has a high nose Front
Wing,probably stolen from another '94 F1 Car.As for the 002,it is a F688/S
McLaren hybrid-identical again,but this time with a thinner Rear Wing.
So it's-
Polyphony 001-Ayrton Senna's Williams-Renault FW16,1994(F094/S)Hybrid,with high
nose front wing.
Polyphony 002-Ayrton Senna's McLaren-Honda MP4/4,1988(F688/S)Hybrid-The most
succesful F1 Car ever,winning 15/16 rounds of that year's World Championship.
No,it's not....
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The case is open again after I checked out a PAL F1 Cars topic from earlier
this year at GranTurismo.com.It seems to suggest several possibilities-
-The 001 and 002 are hybrids of two or more(unknown)other real life Cars.
-The Polyphony 001 is the Williams FW17 from 1995-This one looks promising,from
the pics I've seen it's a good match-with possibly a few hybrid parts.
-The 001 is an F094/S hybrid
-The 001 is a totally made up F1 Car,based loosly on 94/95 season machines.
As for the 002-
-It's a hybrid of one or more of the NA/Jap version Turbo Era cars,most likely
the F687/S or F688/S,or possibly even all three.
-It's another F1 Car from that period,possibly a Lotus or McLaren
-It's a totally made up Car,based loosly on Cars from that period.
More reseach is needed,and is ongoing....
UPDATE-Well,those Americans lucky enough to have a Sharkport have been thanking
their lucky Stars and Stripes this week as the infamous Nomad Diablo GT,cut out
of the US and PAL versions for licensing reasons,has become available on a
Downloadable save on the Internet at IGN.com.Now,as much as I'd like the
Diablo,2 things stop me from getting one-
1)I don't have a Sharkport,and I don't think you can get them in the UK anyway.
2)The downloadable game save is for the American version of the game anyway.
However,this is a good sign because it means-a)people have started hacking
'secret' Cars for GT3 and b)the people who got hold of the Diablo on that
gamesave at IGN must have used a Cheat Cartridge in the first place,opening the
floodgates for more Cars to be hacked....Like the 6 F1 Cars for us PAL
Gamers.It could be only a matter of time before there's a PAL code out there
for those 6 beauties,and as soon as there is I'll be off after a PS2 Xploder(or
something similar)quicker than you can say 'Why do we only get 2 F1 Cars?'.....
UPDATE(3/4/02)-I pieced together some nice comparison pictures of the 002-88/S
and 001-94/S and I'm still pretty convinced that the 001 is an F094/S
hybrid.It's EXACTLY the same apart from the hybrid front wing.Either that or
it's the '95 Williams FW17(of which I'm in need of a decent picture).
Vauxhall VX220/Opel Speedster Glitch
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I must also list that I have recently had pointed out to me,and noticed myself
a Glitch that must have occured in the conversion between The PAL UK
Version(that I have),and the PAL Rest of Europe Versions.It concerns the
Small,Sleek,Cool-Looking Vauxhall VX220(as it is known in the UK),or the Opel
Speedster as it is called in the other Euro Versions.Although the Opel version
should only be on the Euro version,and the Vauxhall on the UK version,they both
frequently appear together in the Beginner MR Cup,which means that although it
is not Buyable/Winnable,the Speedster variation appears on the UK Conversion
and vice versa.Although you cannot Drive it(Vauxhall in the Euro ver,and Opel
in the UK Ver)it is there and can be Raced against.So although I think that
makes them(depending on what Version you have)the only Cars on the game that
you cannot Drive,I think it was a pretty cool mistake-After all it's one more
Vehicle for all us Car-deprived PAL Players.....
Another mystery is solved
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(Thanks to Greg Dennis for pointing this one out to me)Well,it would appear
that we PAL gamers have inherited another 3 Cars,(well at least variants of
Cars)because as was so kindly pointed out to me,the Opel Cars ARE available on
the PAL UK version,bizzarely they become available through doing nothing more
than changing the language to something other than English.So just take out the
Memory Card that has your main(presumably English)save on and start the
game.When the game loads and brings up the language screen,just pick any other
language,French for example,and then when the game loads go into Simulation
mode and head for the Car lot.Look under Germany,and there it is!!!Opel are
strangely there,with the Speedster,Opel Astra Touring Car and Opel Calibra
Touring Car,all there up for the driving.Other than their badges,and in the
case of the Touring Cars,differing liveries,they're identical to their English
counterparts,but nevertheless the Collectors value is enough for me.The
Speedster is available to buy straight away,although you'll need to do some
Races to afford it,but the Touring Cars will take considerably more
work.Anyway,once you have them,as long as you have another Memory Card you can
save them onto a Second Card and then trade them over to your original save.
Prize Car List
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As I have already mentioned,I have gathered the info for this guide from
playing my copy of GT3,and so that means that all the Cars below(the list of
which will of Course expand as I unlock more Cars and play further through the
game)are in my Garage right now.So basically,if it's not there yet(and just a
blank space or a ?)I haven't Won it yet.Simple
By the way,you 'complete' a difficulty level,for example Beginner,by winning
all Single Races,and all Championships.You do not have to have all gold on all
the races in the championships to complete the difficulty level,but you will
need to win those Races to complete the game(each one is worth 0.2%).
PAL Version Prize Car List
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Beginner League-
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Sunday Cup(3 Rounds,Single)-Toyota Sprinter Trueno GT-Apex(AE86,Type I,J)
Clubman Cup(3 Rounds,Single)-Toyota Yaris RS
FF Challenge(3 Rounds,Single)-Honda CRX 1.6vti
FR Challenge(3 Rounds,Single)-Mazda MX-5 1.8i
MR Challenge(3 Rounds,Single)-Toyota MR2
4WD Challenge(3 Rounds Single)-Suzuki Alto Works Suzuki Sports Limited
Lightweight K Cup(3 Rounds,Single)-Mini Cooper 1.3
Stars and Stripes Grand Championship(4 Rounds,Single)-Chevrolet Camaro SS
Spider and Roadster(3 Rounds,Single)-Mazda MX-5(J)
80's Sports Car Cup(3 Rounds,Single)-Silvia K's(S13,1800cc,J)
Race of NA Sports(3 Rounds,Single)-Honda CRX 1.6vti
Race of Turbo Sports(3 Rounds,Single)-Cuore TT-XX Avanzato R
Tourist Trophy(Audi TT Race)(5 Rounds,Champ)-Audi TT 1.8T Quattro,Audi TT 1.8T
Quattro,Audi TT 1.8T Quattro,Audi TT 1.8T Quattro
Legend of the Silver Arrow(3 Rounds,Single)-SLK 230 Kompressor
Altezza Championship Race(5 Rounds,Champ)-Toyota Celica(ST202),???,???,???
Yaris Race(5 Rounds,Champ)-Toyota Yaris RS
Type R Meeting(5 Rounds,Champ)-Acura RS-X,???,???,???
Evolution Meeting(5 Rounds,Champ)-Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV GSR
New Beetle Cup(5 Rounds,Champ)-New Beetle RSI
Gran Turismo World Championship(5 Rounds,Champ)-Mazda MX-5,???,???,???
Complete Beginner League-Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V GSR,Short Credits
Amateur League-
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Japanese Car Cup(5 Rounds,Champ)-FTO GP Version R,??????,??????,??????
American Championship-Chevrolet Camaro Race Car,Audi TT 1.8T
Quattro,??????,??????
European Championship-Elise Sport 190,Gillet Vertigo Race Car,Skyline GT-R
V-Spec II(R34,J),??????
Gran Turismo World Championship-Toyota GT-One Road Car,???,???,???
Deutsche Tourenwagen Challenge(German Touring Car Race)(5 Rounds,Champ)-Astra
Touring Car,New Beetle Cup Car,RUF 3400S,??????
FF Challenge(3 Rounds,Single)-TRD Celica Sports M
FR Challenge(3 Rounds,Single)-Sprinter Trueno GT-Apex Shigeno Edition
MR Challenge(3 Rounds,Single)-Honda NSX Type S Zero
4WD Challenge(3 Rounds,Single)-Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII GSR
Stars and Stripes Grand Championship(4 Rounds,Single)-Spoon S2000 Race Car
Boxer Spirit(3 Rounds,Single)-Legacy B4 Blitzen
80's Sports Car Cup(3 Rounds,Single)-NISMO Skyline GT-R S-Tune(R32)
Race of NA Sports(3 Rounds,Single)-Mazda RX-8
Race of Turbo Sports(3 Rounds,Single)-Mine's Lancer Evolution VI
Gran Turismo All Stars(10 Rounds,Champ)-GT40 Road Car,???,???,???
All-Japan GT Championship(10 Rounds,Champ)-Calsonic Skyline JGTC,???,???,???
Tourist Trophy(Audi TT Race)(5 Rounds,Champ)-Audi S4,???,???,???
Race of the Red Emblem(3 Rounds,Single)-Nismo 400R
Legend of the Silver Arrow(3 Rounds,Single)-CLK Touring Car
Altezza Championship Race(5 Rounds,Champ)-Tom's Chaser X540,???,???,???
Type-R Meeting(3 Rounds,Single)-Honda NSX Type R,???,???,???
Evolution Meeting(3 Rounds,Single)-Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI Rally Car
Dream Car Championship(7 Rounds,Champ)-Subaru Impreza LM Edition,???,???,???
Complete Amateur Level-Chysler Viper GTS-R Team Oreca,Longer Credits
Professional League
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-Only Races won on this level so far-
British GT Car Cup(3 Rounds,Single)-???
Gran Turismo World Championship(10 Rounds,Champ)-Jaguar XJ220 Race Car,???
???,???
FF Challenge(3 Rounds,Single)-Spoon Civic Type-R
FR Challenge(3 Rounds,Single)-NISMO GT-R LM Road Car
MR Challenge(3 Rounds,Single)-Tommy Kaira ZZ-II
4WD Challenge(3 Rounds,Single)-Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Rally Car Prototype
Race of NA Sports(3 Rounds,Single)-Zonda C12S
Race of Turbo Sports(3 Rounds,Single)-RUF CTR2
Boxer Spirit(3 Rounds,Single)-RUF RGT
Race of the Avant Garde(2 Rounds,Single)-Zonda Race Car
Yaris Race(5 Rounds,Champ)-Toyota Altezza LM,???,???,???
TVR Tuscan Challenge-Griffith 500,???,???,???
Dream Car Cup(7 Rounds,Champ)-Polyphony 001,???,???,???
Polyphony Digital Cup(10 Rounds,Champ)-???,???,???,???
Like the Wind(1 Round,Single)-Mazda 787B
Formula GT Championship(10 Rounds,Champ)-Polyphony 002,Polyphony 002,Polyphony
001(Probable),Polyphony 001(Probable)
Complete Professional Level-???
Rally Event
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(All 3 Rounds,Single)
Tahiti Rally Challenge-Celica Rally Car
Tahiti Maze-Escort Rally Car
Smokey Mountain Rally-Corolla Rally Car
Alpine Rally Race-Peugeot 206 Rally Car
Tahiti Rally Challenge(Reverse)-Focus Rally Car
Tahiti Maze(Reverse)-Impreza Rally Car
Smokey Mountain(Reverse)-Lancer Rally Car Evo VI
Alpine Rally(Reverse)-Lancer Evo VII Rally Car Prototype
Super Special Route 5 Wet-Citroen Xsara Rally Car
Super Special Route 5 Wet(Reverse)-Subaru Impreza Rally Car Prototype
Win all Rally Level Races-Suzuki Escudo Pikes Peak Version
Endurance Races
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-Only Races won on this level so far-
Seattle 100ml Endurance-Polyphony 002,???,???,???
Laguna Seca 200ml Endurance-(3 Prize Cars)Polyphony 002,???,???
Grand Valley 300km Endurance-???,???,???,???
Passage to the Colosseo:Rome 2hr-???,???,???,???
Deep Forest 2hr Endurance-
Special Stage Route 11 All Night-Camaro Race Car,???,???,???
Roadster Apricot Hill Endurance Event-Mazda MX-5 1.8RS,Mazda MX-5,???,???
Mistral 78 Lap Endurance-Pagani Zonda Race Car,???,???,???
Super Speedway 150ml Endurance-Tickford Falcon XR8 Race Car,Clio Sport Race
Car,???,???
Win all Enduros-???
Gold Licence Goals
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All Golds on B-License-Mazda MX-5 1.8i
All Golds on A-License-Mazda RX-8
All Golds on I-B License-Nissan Z Concept
All Golds on I-A License-Aston Martin Vanquish V12
All Golds on Special License-
All Golds on Rally License-
Miscellaneous
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50% Game Completion-Corvette C5R LM Race Car
75% Game Completion-Mazda 787B LM
100% Game Completion-
Win all Beginner Level Races-Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V GSR,Short Credits
Win all Amateur Level Races-Chrysler Viper GTS-R Team Oreca
Win all Professional Level Races-
Win all Rally Races-Suzuki Escudo Pikes Peak Version
Win all Endurance Races-
Win All Simulation Mode Races-
Beat all Time Attack levels-Panoz Esperante GTR-1
Arcade Prizes
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Area A-
Win all Races on Easy mode-Unlock Area B
Win all Races on Normal-Unlock Mazda MX-5
Win all Races on Expert-Unlock C West Silvia Race Car(and Mazda MX-5)
Area B-
Win all Races on Easy mode-Unlock area C
Win all Races on Normal-Unlock Audi TT
Win all Races on Expert-Unlock Lancia Delta Integrale Rally Car(and Audi TT)
Area C-
Win all Races on Easy mode-Unlock Area D
Win all Races on Normal-Mazda RX-8
Win all Races on Expert-Gillet Vertigo Race Car(and Mazda RX-8)
Area D-
Win all Races on Easy mode-Unlock Area E
Win all Races on Normal-
Win all Races on Hard-
Area E-
Win all Races on Easy mode-Unlock Area F
Win all Races on Normal-Unlock RUF RGT and Tuscan Speed Six
Win all Races on Hard-Unlock Panoz Esperante GTR-1 and Nissan R390 GT1 LM (plus
RGT and Speed Six)
One-Offs
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There are,as you can see in the above list,two types of post-race Car Prizes
awarded in the game;Random,the Championship and Endurance Races where you have
4 Cars silhouettes spinning with the black GT Logo under one,and Single,when
you win a 1('Like the Wind' is the only 1 Round series),2('Race of the Avant
Garde' is the only 2 Rounder),or 3 tournament,and a single car appears.With the
Championship/Endurance prizes you can go back and win as many times as you
want,but as you can only win the single tournament Prizes once,there are
actually cars that you can only get once in the game.Now,I don't sell my
cars,but for those who do,this is a section telling you which cars absolutely
not to sell;they only appear once!
So far-
-Mercedes CLK DTM Touring Car(AL Legend of the Silver Arrow)
-TRD Celica Sports M(AL FF Challenge)
-Sprinter Trueno GT-Apex Shigeno Edition(AL FR Challenge)
There are others I suspect are one time only cars(like the Nismo 400R,and the
Celica Rally Car),but I'm still checking.
Race/Championship Guide
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Some of us-like me-like to know what sort of Cars we should enter in Races and
Championships for a competetive run,so that we don't end up racing a 600hp
Tuned Skyline into a Race which is going to be full of 80hp Daihatsu's...So
here's a rough guide of what sort of Cars you'll be Racing against in some of
the trickier or less well defined Races/Tournaments,and what I recommend you
use-
Beginner Level-
FF Challenge(Single)-You'll probably enter this at the start of the game,and at
that point you'll probably only really have pretty poor FF Cars anyway-I
personally used a slightly tuned PT Spyder,but almost any FF Car will
do-preferably a pretty low power one if you're looking for a decent Race,but
you should win easily anyway.
Lightweight K Cup(Single)-At first there are only two Cars eligable to Race,so
you don't have much of a choice,but these lowest power Races in the game are
suprisingly fun,but you'll need a little bit of tuning to wrap up all 3 Races
and take home the 3rd eligible Car,the non-buyable Mini 1.3.
Toyota Yaris Race(Champ)-Hmmm,this one is a lot harder than it looks-And the
Cars you race against definetely aren't stock,but it's still hard to find a
balance between smoking them,and being thrashed-So try maybe a Turbo Level
One,and no more.
Legend of the Silver Arrow(Single,Mercedes only)-Mainly full of SLK 230
Kompressor Sports Cars-which is what I used-,I recommend you buy one and tune
it mildly.As for the Amateur level Race-I again used my SLK-you'll need to tune
your Kompressor a lot to win this one,or even be up there.Maybe even a Turbo
Stage 2 or so.You could buy a bigger,more powerful Merc,but they are quite
expensive and pretty heavy.
Evolution Meeting(Single,Lancer Evos only)-I only did this recently and it's
good fun in a stock VII GSR,which you can win at the Amateur Level 4WD
Challenge.The Prize Car is a pretty cool Lancer Evo VI too.
New Beetle Cup(Champ)-You'll really need a Beetle Cup Car to win this one,as
the entire field is made up of the little beasts-For the record,you can pick
one up from the Deutsche Tourenwagen Challenge.Once you have one however,no
tuning is needed and it's great,fun Racing.
Amateur Level-
European Championship-I raced this again just today(23rd Nov),and this time I
stayed I went with the gentlemens' rule and used a European Car,in this case a
stock RUF 3400S.It was a great championship,and good fun dicing up against the
Zonda C12 and Lotus Elise 190,and although I almost dominated the early part of
the Championship-winning the first two Races-a couple of silly mistakes cost me
the next two rounds to the Elise,and so as we headed for the title decider,I
narrowly led the Championship by just 2 points from the Elise.And it was off to
Monte Carlo,and what a place for the title decider,probably the most famous
Race Track in the World,with a history rivalled only by Le Mans and
Indianopolis.I stormed the qualifying session to take pole ahead of the C12,and
held my nerve to take the flag,despite a few nervous lock-ups on the last
lap....
Sorry,got a bit carried away there,but it was a great championship,and there
was a real sense of achievement to be had in beating the Zonda in a stock
3400S(one of my favourite Cars).A few other European Cars will work well
too,such as a Zonda,any Elise,an Aston Martin DB7 if you want a bit of a
challenge,and I guess a Clio Sport would put up a good fight with a bit of
tuning.If you're not bothered about running a non-European Car,a GT40 Road Car
will provide great racing against the C12,as I'm sure would many other
Cars;it's a pretty open entry really.
American Championship-You'll find that the Cars you'll come up against here
will be suprisingly fast,and it could be rather a rude awakening if you're just
moving up from Beginnner level.As you see in the preview,you will come up
against in particular a Shelby Cobra(there's normally only one)which is very
powerful,as well as a few Chevrolet Camaro's and Corvettes,and maybe a Ford
Mustang.But if you don't want to have to buy a Shelby-you'll win one later in
the game anyway-the excellent GT40 Road Car from Amateur Level GT All-Stars
will do nicely.The computer uses very fast Cars like the Shelby,but they're not
normally very advanced Driving-wise,so you can normally win pretty easily.I
could've sworn I've seen a C5R Race Car turn up every once in a while though,so
if that happens you can either quit out and start again,hoping for better
luck,or fight fire with fire and use a C5R,but then you might end up racing
that against Road Cars.Generally though,a GT40 Road Car will do you
well,although of course that's assuming you want to stay with the spirit and
use an American Car,if you don't there are loads of machines that will give you
a good,hopefully competetive series,especially when you bare in mind that the
American Cars are nearly always very heavy.
All Japanese GT Championship-This championship may seem a difficult prospect
if,like me,you go into it with no JGTC cars,but wanting a fair race-no 787B's
or Zonda Race Cars.I however found a great balance in using-some of my
favourite machines-a Touring Car.After all,they are almost just European
versions of Japanese machines.Slightly less HP,slighly lighter,it's pretty much
an even fight.That however dosen't mean you should have any difficulties
navigating this tournament against the easy computer opposition.I think I've
figured out one of the reasons the computer is almost always so slow(in general
I mean);gear ratios.The CPU cars tend to change gear very early,thus accounting
for those blistering starts they always get,and the way they never use their
full speed potential.Anyway,you should have an almost unnasailable lead after 7
or 8 rounds,enough to quit while you're ahead if you want to.The prize cars
are,I presume,all JGTC machines,so this gave me my first chance to dip into the
lucky bag and grab one.The Calsonic Skyline was what I came away
with;delightful handling and great speed make it one worth racing for.
Tourist Trophy(Audi TT's only)-This championship is a nice runout for one of
the TT's you should by now have(you buy/win one,then win another from the
beginner level Tourist Trophy).It's hard to know by just watching the preview
whether or not the TT's are relatively stock,lightly tuned or maxed out to the
full,so to be on the safe side I first added the Stage 1 turbo(adding 20hp),the
Sports Muffler(10hp)and a Sports intercooler(another 10hp),giving a nice 273hp
with an Oil Change.So,not knowing whether I was to return with any dignity
intact,I entered the series.My judgement was right,and the upgrades brought me
virtually level on power with the rest of the field as the 5 round tournament
kicked off in Seattle.As I did,you should overcome the opposition quite
easily,and I came home a couple of seconds ahead of my nearest challenger.The
rest of the tournament should follow in the same pattern,but I forgot to change
the oil before the tournament,and even the comparitively tiny HP drop as it
degraded put me at a big disadvantage by the time we reached round four,Rome
Reverse.I valiantly battled to second place,although I had been running fifth
for the most part.With the three victories already obtained,this left me out of
the reach of second place with only a round remaining.By the last round,my car
had degraded to 3 seconds a lap off the pace;keeping level with the field is a
delicate balance.My prize car,(and from what I gather,the only one)was a cool
looking Audi S4;souped up big brother of the A4 sedan.Not the fastest car on
the game,but it handles nicely and it's well worth the effort.
Professional Level-
MR Challenge-When I first tried this,in a GT40 road car,I was,quite
frankly,destroyed by the Zonda C12S's.Then when I won my own C12S,I had a
go,and had the dilemna of tyres.The C12S is a Car of extremes as,it handles
terribly on Hard tyres,which last longer,and it handles well on the Medium and
Soft tyres,which it tends to eat in a couple of laps.But I found a perfect
solution in using Hard front tyres(where the braking,and therefore most wear
takes place),and Medium rear tyres(the set where least damage happens but most
grip is needed as they are the source of power,this being a rear-wheel
drive).This worked well,and meant I could easily beat home the identical
C12S's.The Prize Car is pretty impressive too;the ZZ-II is effectively a Race
Car(actually it is:you can change all of it's settings including downforce),and
should stand you in good stead for the stock only Polyphony Digital Cup.
Yaris Cup-It's get your Chequebook out time for this one...You'll need a fully
maxed out Yaris,buy all the power upgrades,reduce weight down to level
three,buy some medium or hard tyres and you might want to invest in a full
racing transmission(I'll explain why in a minute).Don't even try with anything
less;the computer will just destroy you by 2 secs a lap...The most amazing
thing about this tournament for me was that despite the 'aura' that surrounds
it('it's the hardest tournament in the game'people often mumble),I won it in
only 3 of the 5 rounds!With the fully modded Car,the first two 10 lap
rounds(Rome II and Laguna Seca)were easy wins.I lost a bit of ground at the
start,but the computer is always faster off the line anyway,and within a lap
you should be back in the lead.Drive some nice laps,stop around Lap 6 and
cruise to the end.By the end of Laguna Seca you should have 20 points.
Next round,Test Course.Oh dear.Not only is it an incredibly long and boring
circuit-3 mins a lap!-this was where my lack of a Racing Transmission almost
had me unstuck.In stock form,the Yaris' little engine is not built to handle
270hp,so whenever it hits it's top speed(constantly round here of course)of
210kmh,it cuts out and falls back to 202.Not incredibly important you might not
think,but unless you can combat it,every time you get close to the leaders
you'll drop back behind again.So all the way through the painstakingly boring
30 minute race,I had to keep just easing off the power as I hit 209kmh.I still
haven't regained any feeling in my thumb.
Anyway,I quit the next Race,intending to compete in the final one(I'm trying
to win in the minimal amount of Races in these tedious Professional level
tournaments),and as results dictated,my lead held out to give me an advantage
of 11 points going into the last round.I needed no reminding that that meant I
could quit now and take the tournament.However,there was still the moral
dilemna of whether to take the attractive option of choosing my Prize Car.I
decided I would only do that if I was awarded another Yaris.As it happened I
got the excellent Altezza LM Race Car.Very nice...
Dream Car Cup-All the same opponents as the Amateur level tournament-S2000
LM,FTO LM,Impreza LM,Altezza LM,ZZ-II,etc-only longer Races.15 laps each to be
exact.Get yourself a decent LM car-my Altezza is great fun to drive,with
beautiful handling-and buy some Hard tyres.One pitstop a Race should do with
the Hard tyres,just after half way,and all the big hitters(FTO LM,ZZII
etc)should rule themselves out on their 2 or 3 stop strategies.The only real
problem through the tournament was that my Oil started running down and taking
with it those vital extra HP.My Altezza for instance slowly dropped from 630
down to 596hp.That meant that after easily winning the first 3 rounds,I
narrowly lost round 4 to the impressive S2000 LM(who also only Pits once,so
he's generally your only competition),which dropped my lead from 15 to 11
points with only three rounds to go.I knew that if I won the next round at the
reasonably short,and much more fun Midfield Reverse,I could quit the next two
rounds,and the computer would always award the victory to the ZZII,giving me
the title.I did so quite easily,and once again I was left with the this time
more difficult dilemna of whether to choose my Prize Car.I knew there was an F1
Car,probably an 001 up for grabs,but I wasn't particularly mad about getting
one,and I'd be happy with either the GT-One Race Car which I've heard is in the
pot or the FTO LM,but not the Panoz which I already have.So I let fate take
it's course and as it turned out,I picked up a very nice Bumble Bee coloured
001.
Oh,and also while doing this tournament,I confirmed another neat little detail
in the game:the LM Cars nearly all have different numbers to go with their
different liveries.A nice little touch I thought.
Prize Car Colour Guide-
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In this section I will post the various Colours of Prize Cars that I have or
have seen,and are therefore available,so you'll know whether it's worth Racing
a series again to get hold of the Car in another colour.I'll also try to post
exclusive colours that you can only get buy winning the Car,which sometimes can
be won only once.The numbers in brackets are the Car numbers of those Race Cars
that have variable numbers.
So far,I know of-
Polyphony 001-Black,Light Blue/White,Green/Yellow,Black/Yellow,Black/White
,Red/White
Polyphony 002-Blue/White,Red/White,White/Purple,Silver-Grey/Purple,Bright
Yellow/Purple,Black/Purple
Chevrolet Camaro Race Car-Blue/White,Red/White,Green/White
Subaru Impreza LM Racecar-Grey,Yellow,White
Mazda RX-7 LM-Green,Black,Silver(33),Blue(7)
Toyota Altezza LM Race Car-Silver/Black(25),Silver/Blue,Silver/Red,Silver/
Yellow
FTO LM Race Car-Green,White/Red
S2000 LM Race Car-Black/Orange,Black/Blue
Ford GT40 Road Car-Red,Yellow,Blue
TRD Celica Sports M-Super Red V,Black,Silver Metallic
Exclusive Colours-Cars which can be bought,but have special,non-buyable colours
you can only pick up when you win them as Prize Cars.Those Rare colours are
listed here-
Audi TT 1.8 Quattro-Green Metallic,Blue
Honda NSX Type S Zero-Very deep Bluey-Purple(Obviously this Colour has no
name,but it is exclusive)
Honda NSX Type R-Flint Black Metallic
Lotus Elise 190-Lightening Blue
Mazda MX-5-J Limited/Sunburst Yellow,Supreme Blue Mica,Sparkle Greeen Metallic
Mazda MX-5 1.5RS-Sparkle Green Metallic
Mazda MX-5 1.8i-Mariner Blue,Sunburst Yellow
Mitsubishi FTO GP Version R-Dandelion Yellow
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV GSR-Dandelion Yellow
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V GSR-Nayez Blue Pearl
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII GSR-Champagne Gold
Nismo 400R-Black
Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec II(R34,J)-Aurora Effect
RUF 3400S-Champagne Gold Metallic
Subaru Legacy B4 Blitzen-Cashmere Yellow
Suzuki Alto Works Suzuki Sports Ltd-Gold
Toyota Vitz RS 1.5-Pink,Yellow
TVR Griffith 500-Silver Metallic
Obviously not every car,particularly Race Cars,have more than one colour,so
only the ones that do will appear here.
Special Thanks to-
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Greg Dennis-Solved the Opel/Vauxhall thing for many of us
Raymond Toussaint
James McKendry
Viihdemedia
Nathan
Master Seprinoth
Magin Arias
(All of whom contacted me at various points to either sumbit things or ask for
advice)
GameFAQs.com for posting it first
All you poor F1 Car deprived PAL racers out there for reading it
