My Diaries

A Lurid Tale of Obsession, Depravity, Wits and Attempted Wit

Tuesday October 03, 2000

More Impressions of Sports Car GT

Well, last night I played Sports Car GT some more, and managed to open up the GT2 level.

It turns out you that if you have already opened up GT3, and do well enough in GTQ again, you get a chance to enter a special race for a $10,000 fee. I did that twice last night. The first time I won a team BMW.

That car was relatively easy to place in the top three of all races of GT3. Hey! I even came first at good old Laguna Seca! Although the track is different in some fine details, practice in the GT2 game definitely did help!

The Corkscrew in Sports Car GT is definitely not the stomach-curdling experience that it is in GT2, however!

So that opened up GT2 level. I then went back, did well in GTQ again, and won a team Porsche. It was then well-and-truly time for bed.

I sort of assume that what one does now is race the GT3 again, and thereby win a good car for the GT2 level. I'm also beginning to accumulate a moderately large amount of money--about $150,000.

It seems odd to me that so many games leave details of the true method of playing them as secrets.

For instance, if I ever find the secret to allow me to tune a car between races in a series, I'll be sure to let you know. Whenever I try it, it seems to cause me to restart the whole series.