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Gran Turismo 2 (1999)

Polyphony Digital

PlayStation

3.89 from 548 ratings

1101 members have it in their collection · 13 playing now · 109 backlogged · 64 wish listed

How long? Main story 35h (from 1 logged playthrough)

Gran Turismo 2 is a racing game for the Sony PlayStation and the sequel to Gran Turismo. The game uses two different modes: Arcade Mode and Gran Turismo Mode. In the arcade mode, the player can freely choose vehicles they wish to use, and can enable damage. However, the Gran Turismo Mode requires the player to earn driver's licenses, pay … Read more
Gran Turismo 2 is a racing game for the Sony PlayStation and the sequel to Gran Turismo. The game uses two different modes: Arcade Mode and Gran Turismo Mode. In the arcade mode, the player can freely choose vehicles they wish to use, and can enable damage. However, the Gran Turismo Mode requires the player to earn driver's licenses, pay for vehicles, and earn trophies in order to unlock new courses. Gran Turismo 2 features nearly 650 automobiles and 27 racing tracks, including rally tracks. Compared with Gran Turismo, the gameplay, physics and graphics are very similar. The major changes are the vastly expanded number of cars, tracks and races in simulation mode. Other differences include that the player can race events separately, if they don't want to enter the whole tournament. The player is no longer able to "qualify" for each race entered. Read less
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Details

Developers
Polyphony Digital
Publishers
Sony Computer Entertainment
Genres
Racing, Simulator
Themes
Non-fiction
Franchises
Gran Turismo
Series
Gran Turismo

Release dates

  • Dec 11, 1999 (Japan) PlayStation
  • Dec 16, 1999 (North_America) PlayStation
  • Jan 28, 2000 (Europe) PlayStation
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Rating distribution

5 stars
162
4 stars
207
3 stars
138
2 stars
35
1 star
5
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HANSOLOOOOOOOO

Status HANSOLOOOOOOOO May 4, 2023

So I just picked this game up today and I had the craziest experience. I started playing and could not figure out how all the controls worked for the game. I spent about 15 minutes searching for menus that displayed the controls and attempted to brute force my way through a race or two. Then it hit me. I JUST …

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So I just picked this game up today and I had the craziest experience. I started playing and could not figure out how all the controls worked for the game. I spent about 15 minutes searching for menus that displayed the controls and attempted to brute force my way through a race or two. Then it hit me. I JUST HAD TO LOOK AT THE MANUAL! And there it was. All the controls listed for how to drive cars! When is the last time that you have actually read a manual? It kinda blew my mind. I used to read every manual on the car ride home from the store and now it didn't even cross my mind until 15 minutes of gameplay. Just thought I'd share this long lost experience.

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KP_Neato_Dee

Status KP_Neato_Dee Sep 30, 2022

Playing this for the first time in 2022, and it's pretty underwhelming. The "arcade" CD at least, has all of three tracks in the road racing mode, and then another couple in rally mode. Seems you're expected to unlock more by winning simulator races from the other CD, but no thanks. It also plays the same Stone Temple Pilots or …

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Playing this for the first time in 2022, and it's pretty underwhelming. The "arcade" CD at least, has all of three tracks in the road racing mode, and then another couple in rally mode. Seems you're expected to unlock more by winning simulator races from the other CD, but no thanks. It also plays the same Stone Temple Pilots or Rob Zombie song over and over through the race, which I'll be muting if I revisit this.

Car handling and all that is nice. It's just not really my thing.

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Yungbeck

Review Yungbeck 4/5 · Mar 13, 2022

GT2

gt2

When looking to improve but also cash in on the success of the first Gran Turismo, they kinda rushed the second one. I remember the 2 CD box for the Playstation and seeing the cover for the first time. There is just certain games that represent the best era in gaming for me, and this is one of them.

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gt2

When looking to improve but also cash in on the success of the first Gran Turismo, they kinda rushed the second one. I remember the 2 CD box for the Playstation and seeing the cover for the first time. There is just certain games that represent the best era in gaming for me, and this is one of them.

There's more of the same in GT2. Championships, licenses, events and tons of cars to collect. It was somewhat glitchy on release but the gameplay overall was still amazing and felt good. Heavy, responsive driving with tracks varied by weather, mirroring and time of day. I fondly remember wanting to collect each and every car, and hoping to race with all of them. Quite the task, but endlessly fun and addictive. GT2 further solidified my love for a series I still play to this day. On to 3!!

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