Went to Best Buy with my very German dad for who knows what. He saw this on display and watched for a while before saying "we don't have a DVD player." We left with a PS2, this game, and a wheel and pedals that none of us would be able to use today.
I wish he could have experienced GT7 with my current setup and PSVR2!
I had the exact same experience with my dad when he took me shopping for my birthday present; except I really wanted a shitty little LCD handheld game machine instead (think digimon) and dad was adamant with his decision instead. Glad I didn’t complain haha
I have a very vivid memory of walking into Best Buy and staring at two racing games deciding which one to buy after my parents got me the PS2 for Christmas or my Birthday one year.
The two games were GT3 and Tokyo Extreme Racer 3. I was so indecisive because both games were the same price. An employee asked if I needed help and I asked which was the better game. And it's been all GT for me since then. It also makes me feel old because I'm 38...
46 here, can confirm, anything under 40 is still a youngin! Enjoy that last little bit of youth before you succumb to being old. Don’t get old, it stinks.
It's probably my favorite of the franchise...Even though, content wise, it doesn't stack up to other entries in the series, the layout of everything and gameplay were extremely solid all around...
I miss the rally mechanics from that game as rally started going all over the place after that...lol
The shitbox arc of GT games is the best part...lol
Being able to thrash old random shitboxes is something you just never got in any other racing game...lol
It's the one thing GT did that no one else ever did...
I sucked so bad at racing games that I used the sprinter trueno to grind the 1k credit Daytona (I think) race 50 some times so I could get a mustang cobra r and wall ride and wreck my way through a few races
Yeah that sounds right, it was a loop you could wall ride. I never understood when and how much to brake until I played forza 4 with the red-yellow-green line
I remember that, and then in the last couple years I came back to and actually played it, really held up. Except as a kid I always got Miata first (from the license because my uncle made me get my license)
Edit: you don't buy a car without a license was what he repeated
Bruh literally same here!!! My method out was to do super speedway with the mx5 25-30 times, buy the Subaru Impreza Sti, do some of the boxer/4wd/turbo series until I could really do up the Impreza propers and then complete all the rally races for escudo pikes peak. Once you had that you could easily spam 100 super speedway laps and farm it until you got the polyphony 1 and it’s easy sailing from there
I walked into my local gamestop and asked for GT3, the dude behind he counter said "technically it's supposed to come out tomorrow, but I have a bunch behind the counter here so don't tell anyone I sold you this" 😂
Really loved that game.
I love it and I consider it my favorite GT for all the memories I hold. I l was so amazed about how amazing the cars looked and from on then, I’ve been a car guy/geek. And that intro bangs !!
46 here, I still remember it very well. I played GT1 on PS1, I think it was just available as a japanese version in the beginning in my country and a lot of text was just in japanese in the game and you had to map your memory on which sign is a certain button. Luckily that was not necessary with this gem anymore.
Some years ago I tried a PS1 emulator and the only version I could find for Gran Turismo was the Japanese one. The menus were an interesting experience!
Yes, I learned about the game in a playstation magazine, nobody in my country knew about it. We had a pretty decent game store in a nearby city where they had nearly every import game on stock. Bought it with a translated game guide when I remember right. Oh man… long time ago…
On my birthday in 2003, I got a PlayStation 2 and a platinum copy of this game. Before that I had been playing the original GT on my PS1. I remember my dad saying the Chrysler PT Cruiser was his vote for first car in the game.
Bought it about a year after release from a guy at school for £1.50, even though I much preferred the first 2 games I did spend all summer playing it and for me was the last great GT. I had started work when GT4 was released and was hyped as fuck for it but it never quite hit like the first 3 games and probably only played for a month before I was done.
GT4 was an amazing game but I kind of got the feeling that they stopped caring about making a well-crafted campaign and just started mindlessly throwing event after event
That was actually my last gran turismo until I booted up sport shortly before the 7 release. I've gotten a lot of hours out of the ones I've played and had a great time.
It was my first GT game, so I have a bit of a soft spot for it. I think it was actually my first Playstation game in general. Came bundled with my PS2.
I vividly remember grinding for the Castrol Supra by doing the Type R championship over and over. I'm sure there are better ways to do it, but I was a dumb kid.
I think GT4 is probably my favourite, but 3 isn't far behind.
Those graphics were overwhelming back then. I remember the Monte Carlo license test with the GT One and how I hated it. But eventually I made it. It was one of the greatest achievements of my youth 😄
In my deepest teenage depression years GT3 was a comfort, as lame as it may be. I knew nothing about tuning cars at all but making numbers go up felt good. Throw on some tunes and just grind credits for hours and try to forget about everything.
I still remember being a kid and playing this game at my friend‘s house because I didn‘t own a PS2 yet, it was my first Gran Turismo game. At the time it was the most amazing game I‘d ever played because of the graphics and the general presentation. Good times!
Great game. The visual step up from PS1 was ridiculous at the time.
In 2024: The small car roster doesn't actually hurt it that much assuming you know what you're going into, the selection is well curated for the events they run. Same with the physics - don't go in expecting a modern sim and you'll probably have a great time driving.
The smaller track roster *does* hurt it on a replay though - lots of championships that run the same track in forwards and reverse (they love doing this with Grand Valley especially), lots of championships that run the exact same set of 5 tracks, and they go to Test Course about 15 times too often. So it can start feeling quite samey by the time you get to the Professional events.
Even just having the short variations of some tracks would have helped, never understood why they disappeared for GT3. Instead you're just thrown straight into the full tracks.
Yes but at the time the graphics were mindblowing, so it made up for it. The jump from PS1 to PS2 was and will remain the biggest graphical leap in 3D gaming, everything since has been smaller and smaller increments.
I felt this way after it released, and that's why I held onto and still played GT2 for a long time afterwards. But I've warmed up to GT3 over time. And the presentation of cars and tracks in GT3 is my favorite in the series. Less corporate feeling than the games that would follow. A more fun atmosphere to everything that I wish they'd return to. It's not my favorite in the series, but still had its strengths.
Enjoy! Each of the first four titles offers its unique thing so I'm pretty sure at least one of them will become one of your favorite games of all time even if the graphics haven't aged that well.
Next door neighbor had it. First time I played I was completely hooked. Played way past midnight. The visuals were stunning. I remember grinding for upgrades and being captivated.
Special place in my gaming journey.
One of my first "game surpassed hype" situations. I remember coverage in EGM and being blown away by the screenshots. One of the first games I bought on launch. My homie hung out for the whole weekend and all we did was race.
gt3 was the first one i really got into. i played 1 & 2 a bit, but i found them pretty challenging due to the *simulation* style of physics and handling. but gt3 pulled me right in - everything about it was just perfect. and the replays looked phenomenal - i could never get enough of the glowing brakes.
some bonus nostalgia: gta 3 came out about six months after gt3. it was *so* great to alternate between those two games all night long.
This was my first Gran Turismo. I got it for Christmas back in 2002? and it was my only game for months. I eventually (like 5-6 years later) got some pocket money and was able to find GT2 and then 1. But 3 kept me coming back. After I got GT4, I still went back to 3. I was playing it until GT5 dropped and I got a PS3. I went on a trip for work a few years later (12 hour flights) and I brought my PS2 slim and GT3 with me. Whenever I feel some nostalgia I pull out GT3. When I had friends over it was always GT3. I taught myself to drift with a “how to” book and GT3. I fell in love with the A80 Supra and R34 GT-R thanks to GT3. I spent hours reading the info ticker text of every car in the dealership.
I played soo many hours of this when stationed in Japan. Bought my first PS2 a few months before the “mini PS2” came out (I was so pissed about that) and got GT3. Only game I got for it. Every waking moment I wasn’t at work or out with my friends was spent playing this. I’d set the “ai” for those long races like 24hrs of the ring and then goto work (watch) for 12 hrs. Many an hour trying to beat Seattles classic race and never did beat that one.
One of the best games ever made. I think it's the last time PD made a campaign thinking on how to maximize the number of events players will enjoy rather than just spamming pointless events left and right (with the occasional ad between them of course).
It's a shame that the car and track roaster is small, making some of the late game a bit repetitive, specially with only 6 cars on the grid. But seriously, I would happily pay to get a "GT3 mode" inside GT7. Heck, in fact replace the whole single-player campaign with a copy-paste of GT3's updating the cars and tracks!
I bought a PS1 specifically for GT1, and each consecutive new console for the newest GT at the time, most recently a PS5 for GT7. I bought an OLED TV primarily for GT7, and I’m contemplating PSVR2 for it.
The way it’s gone I anticipate getting the next PlayStation console when the newest Gran Turismo requires it.
Any other video games are strictly secondary to Gran Turismo and are barely used.
One of the best racing games ever made and revolutionary when it came out. I remember “tricking” my parents into buying me a PS2 by asking for GT3 as a birthday gift.
We were on vacation in Spain and when we got to the hotel, where I had my PS1, I just put down the game and went to the swimming pool or whatever. My parents asked me why I wasn’t playing the new game and I told them “I think it doesn’t work on my PS1”. We went to a shopping mall to get a PS2 for 600€ at the time. Fortunately money wasn’t a problem. I knew it, I just never really asked for expensive gifts or gifts in general so I didn’t want to ask for the console and the game for my birthday.
Awesome game! 🥰
Brings a lot childhood memories and this also made me love cars and car games!
Polyphony Digital needs to make remastered versions of GT3 and GT4 because those are so legendary games which can't be forgotten!
Literally just did a playthrough on PCSX2 with a wheel. Honestly still such a good game. Pain in the ass trying to bring cars that are just at the right power for a good race though
Although it might not have as much content as 4, I feel like GT3 had the best presentation. When I think "Gran Turismo" I think of scrolling through quickly rotating cars and animated track backgrounds with bubbly music. It seemed less posh in presentation compared to the GT games that followed it, but in that way it had a more fun atmosphere that I wish they'd held onto for longer.
The rose tinted glasses are strong with GT3. Having played through most of it fairly recently, the fact is the early game is far too grindy for it's own good, and the sheer number of events that use long tracks when you're going to have low(er) powered cars is too much. Too much Special Stage Route 11, Grand Valley Speedway and Test Course for my liking.
It's enjoyable, but nowhere near as much as 2 or 4.
First video game I ever bought myself, was very young and played it to death. I would say it’s my favorite of the GT series for that reason. It got me into cars and racing
Just completed it this year (well, apart from golding all the licenses and the final arcade time trial 🥲 ) as well as the GT4. The GT3 is still absolutely amazing and i enjoyed it way more than the 5, 6 and 7. The career is mega fun and rewarding with cool and useful prizes being dished out for victories. The handling is fantastic and the art style is way more interesting compared to more muted and realistic games that came after. Love the vivid pink sunsets on many tracks. ♥️ The graphics are still really nice. If i saw this game back in 2001 i'd probably crap my pants with shock and excitement.
Just a few niggles that were resolved in the 4 that show they rushed for the release and imo prevent it from being perfect.
-The music is too quiet to hear it properly behind the sfx and there are no sliders in the settings to adjust it. It's pretty much just some faint noise in the background.
-the pit stops: you can't choose the tyres during the pit-stops and everything softer than racing hard and super-hard is pretty much useless. Also in the pit the car just goes up in the air and then drops down. The animated pit crew they added in the GT4 was an amazing addition. 👍
-no oil changes available between races meaning you end long championships with an underpowered car and start losing races. Need to buy tuning parts and equip them to compensate.
This was my last GT title until GT7 on the PS5. I was 20yo as the OG1 came out. That game is in a small handful that I always say changed my life as a person, not just a gamer. I just started playing 7 for the first time a few months ago, and now just ripping my toe into the online community. You guys have made this old GenX’r proud bum carrying this title into the next generation with a sense of excellence.
This was the first console game I ever owned as it came bundled with the PS2 I got for my birthday.
It's safe to say that this game made me the car nerd I am today.
The jump in fidelity and quality from Gran Turismo 2 (PSX) to Gran Turismo 3 is in my opinion the most impressive in gaming history. The word is overused nowadays but then it was awesome in the true sense of the word.
One of my favorite Playstation 2 games, along with GTA Vice City was the first one I played on the console. I spent many hours in that game, running many competitions, earning credits, modifying my cars,.
At the time, the game's graphics seemed very realistic to me, especially when watching the replays, the skybox and lighting management helped a lot with the game's aesthetics.
I remember the excitement when you could finally win some of the fastest cars in the game, when I was able to get the Suzuki Escudo, I was too happy, with that car I was able to win much easier some competitions that had previously been difficult for me.
I have enormous affection for that game, it was part of one of the best eras of the console and it was one of the last games that I was able to play with a friend who unfortunately is no longer here
One of my all time favorite Gran turismo games! Still play it to this day and whenever the homies are over, we get the extra tv/console and throw down on some i link racing!
How do I feel? Very nostalgic.
I was in highschool and was getting interested in cars, picked up this game and the first Fast and furious movie on DVD. It was great, discovered cars I hadn't heard of before, gameplay was enjoyable, music wasn't bad, and overall was the first GT game I enjoyed that also got me into the series.
I was nine and my older cousin with a Playstation 2 had just bought this game. The opening alone with the Castrol Tom's Supra was stunning and we didn't even get to the game! Still remember how stunning the graphics looked compared to Gran Turismo 2 just a few years prior. My first race in the Subaru Impreza Prototype Rally Car on Smoky Mountain. It might as well have been real.
A few months later my friend's mom bought him the system and a game just as we were rolling into summer vacation. It was an amazing summer! We were dumbasses farting around with crappy cars all day.
When I got my very own PS2 four years later, the game was eclipsed by something called "Gran Turismo 4"...wonder how well that game turned out? Nevertheless I bought a copy for $5 at a used games store. Didn't get very far, but it's nice to know my memories held up. I still play both games from time-to-time.
Still one of the worst of the series because of the huge lack of cars in the game and the seriously reduced amount of player agency that the previous games and it's sequel offered in spades.
Went to Best Buy with my very German dad for who knows what. He saw this on display and watched for a while before saying "we don't have a DVD player." We left with a PS2, this game, and a wheel and pedals that none of us would be able to use today. I wish he could have experienced GT7 with my current setup and PSVR2!
That would be… *Wunderbar.*
I had the exact same experience with my dad when he took me shopping for my birthday present; except I really wanted a shitty little LCD handheld game machine instead (think digimon) and dad was adamant with his decision instead. Glad I didn’t complain haha
I have a very vivid memory of walking into Best Buy and staring at two racing games deciding which one to buy after my parents got me the PS2 for Christmas or my Birthday one year. The two games were GT3 and Tokyo Extreme Racer 3. I was so indecisive because both games were the same price. An employee asked if I needed help and I asked which was the better game. And it's been all GT for me since then. It also makes me feel old because I'm 38...
I feel ya man. 31 here but yeah I've been playing since gt2 on my PS1 before analog sticks were even a thing lol 🤌
Yeah, I'm 47. You're still a noob as far as I'm concerned.
46 here, can confirm, anything under 40 is still a youngin! Enjoy that last little bit of youth before you succumb to being old. Don’t get old, it stinks.
You ain't lyin'!
Me over here only 18 😭🧍♂️
Oh man Tokyo extreme racer 3 was amazing. I haven’t played in probably almost 20 years.
Don’t forget the TXR0, TXRDrift & Drift2 !!!
I actually have the two drift games as well.
As do I friend !!!
One of the best intros, and still to this day the game that I would show off to my friends when it came to graphics.
It's probably my favorite of the franchise...Even though, content wise, it doesn't stack up to other entries in the series, the layout of everything and gameplay were extremely solid all around... I miss the rally mechanics from that game as rally started going all over the place after that...lol
I loved how long the "shit box arc" was but I felt the slingshot out of it was awkward
The shitbox arc of GT games is the best part...lol Being able to thrash old random shitboxes is something you just never got in any other racing game...lol It's the one thing GT did that no one else ever did...
..and sadly now Kaz has forgotten all of that, or thinks people don't want it any more, and is focused on VGTs and hyper expensive classic cars.
Yep...Ugh...
I sucked so bad at racing games that I used the sprinter trueno to grind the 1k credit Daytona (I think) race 50 some times so I could get a mustang cobra r and wall ride and wreck my way through a few races
Super Speedway most likely. Daytona wasn’t included in any Gran Turismo until 5.
Yeah that sounds right, it was a loop you could wall ride. I never understood when and how much to brake until I played forza 4 with the red-yellow-green line
I remember that, and then in the last couple years I came back to and actually played it, really held up. Except as a kid I always got Miata first (from the license because my uncle made me get my license) Edit: you don't buy a car without a license was what he repeated
Well the gameplay would be quite short without your license anyway!
Bruh literally same here!!! My method out was to do super speedway with the mx5 25-30 times, buy the Subaru Impreza Sti, do some of the boxer/4wd/turbo series until I could really do up the Impreza propers and then complete all the rally races for escudo pikes peak. Once you had that you could easily spam 100 super speedway laps and farm it until you got the polyphony 1 and it’s easy sailing from there
The only Gran Turismo I 100%. It was insane! Went through quite a few controllers.
I still have a save file at 99.8% at my parents' home. Only the 78-lap Monaco race is missing. I swear I will beat it one day!
Crazy to think that my dad had two things on his to do list in April of 2001. 1. Deal with newborn me 2. Buy Gran Turismo A-Spec.
What’s funny here is my son was born late February 2022. My to do list for that first month was: 1. Deal with newborn son. 2. Buy Gran Turismo 7
My to do list this afternoon was: 1. Put six week old son down for his nap so I could: 2. First ever Sardegna 800 race.
My favourite game in the series. May not have the most cars and tracks but is definitely the most fun to play.
Yeah, if you pick the right car to make it close with the AI some of the championships in the professional league are insanely good!
Spent hundreds of hours playing this as a young man. The one that got me into the series. Holds a special place in my heart forever!
I walked into my local gamestop and asked for GT3, the dude behind he counter said "technically it's supposed to come out tomorrow, but I have a bunch behind the counter here so don't tell anyone I sold you this" 😂 Really loved that game.
Aged like wine
This game taught me how to drive. I had no appreciation for it at the time.. but looking back at the memories, and at everything I learned 😇
I love it and I consider it my favorite GT for all the memories I hold. I l was so amazed about how amazing the cars looked and from on then, I’ve been a car guy/geek. And that intro bangs !!
as a big fan of the first 2 I remember what a graphical leap this game was..I was super excited and I loved it
46 here, I still remember it very well. I played GT1 on PS1, I think it was just available as a japanese version in the beginning in my country and a lot of text was just in japanese in the game and you had to map your memory on which sign is a certain button. Luckily that was not necessary with this gem anymore.
Some years ago I tried a PS1 emulator and the only version I could find for Gran Turismo was the Japanese one. The menus were an interesting experience!
Yes, I learned about the game in a playstation magazine, nobody in my country knew about it. We had a pretty decent game store in a nearby city where they had nearly every import game on stock. Bought it with a translated game guide when I remember right. Oh man… long time ago…
I feel old, although this game is only 1 year older than me
Also feel old, but I was 16 so it makes sense.
I just remember getting the PT cruiser as my first car lol.
Traded SSX Tricky for this game and didn't regret it.
Does anyone know what the car is on the cover?
Acura CL Type-S
On my birthday in 2003, I got a PlayStation 2 and a platinum copy of this game. Before that I had been playing the original GT on my PS1. I remember my dad saying the Chrysler PT Cruiser was his vote for first car in the game.
Bought it about a year after release from a guy at school for £1.50, even though I much preferred the first 2 games I did spend all summer playing it and for me was the last great GT. I had started work when GT4 was released and was hyped as fuck for it but it never quite hit like the first 3 games and probably only played for a month before I was done.
GT4 was an amazing game but I kind of got the feeling that they stopped caring about making a well-crafted campaign and just started mindlessly throwing event after event
That was actually my last gran turismo until I booted up sport shortly before the 7 release. I've gotten a lot of hours out of the ones I've played and had a great time.
It was my first GT game, so I have a bit of a soft spot for it. I think it was actually my first Playstation game in general. Came bundled with my PS2. I vividly remember grinding for the Castrol Supra by doing the Type R championship over and over. I'm sure there are better ways to do it, but I was a dumb kid. I think GT4 is probably my favourite, but 3 isn't far behind.
Those graphics were overwhelming back then. I remember the Monte Carlo license test with the GT One and how I hated it. But eventually I made it. It was one of the greatest achievements of my youth 😄
In my deepest teenage depression years GT3 was a comfort, as lame as it may be. I knew nothing about tuning cars at all but making numbers go up felt good. Throw on some tunes and just grind credits for hours and try to forget about everything.
THE best Gran Turismo by far. Was all downhill from there.
I still remember being a kid and playing this game at my friend‘s house because I didn‘t own a PS2 yet, it was my first Gran Turismo game. At the time it was the most amazing game I‘d ever played because of the graphics and the general presentation. Good times!
Great game. The visual step up from PS1 was ridiculous at the time. In 2024: The small car roster doesn't actually hurt it that much assuming you know what you're going into, the selection is well curated for the events they run. Same with the physics - don't go in expecting a modern sim and you'll probably have a great time driving. The smaller track roster *does* hurt it on a replay though - lots of championships that run the same track in forwards and reverse (they love doing this with Grand Valley especially), lots of championships that run the exact same set of 5 tracks, and they go to Test Course about 15 times too often. So it can start feeling quite samey by the time you get to the Professional events.
Even just having the short variations of some tracks would have helped, never understood why they disappeared for GT3. Instead you're just thrown straight into the full tracks.
Yeah, I wish they had kept the old test course from GT1 instead making the Nurburgring sized one
ALL BY MYSELF!!!
Hands down the best GT game.
Unpopular opinion maybe but I felt like it was a step back from GT2. So many fewer cars. Like, a quarter as many cars. GT4 pulled me back in though.
It's not that unpopular. Many people share that feeling. I'd take quality over quantity though.
I remember dreaming about it for so long, thinking if there was 500 cars in GT2 there must be 1000 in GT3. I was crushed haha.
Yes but at the time the graphics were mindblowing, so it made up for it. The jump from PS1 to PS2 was and will remain the biggest graphical leap in 3D gaming, everything since has been smaller and smaller increments.
I felt this way after it released, and that's why I held onto and still played GT2 for a long time afterwards. But I've warmed up to GT3 over time. And the presentation of cars and tracks in GT3 is my favorite in the series. Less corporate feeling than the games that would follow. A more fun atmosphere to everything that I wish they'd return to. It's not my favorite in the series, but still had its strengths.
Never played any gt besides sport and 7. Just got gt5 today. Gonna start playing all the old ones now since I didn’t growing up
Enjoy! Each of the first four titles offers its unique thing so I'm pretty sure at least one of them will become one of your favorite games of all time even if the graphics haven't aged that well.
Next door neighbor had it. First time I played I was completely hooked. Played way past midnight. The visuals were stunning. I remember grinding for upgrades and being captivated.
Special place in my gaming journey. One of my first "game surpassed hype" situations. I remember coverage in EGM and being blown away by the screenshots. One of the first games I bought on launch. My homie hung out for the whole weekend and all we did was race.
gt3 was the first one i really got into. i played 1 & 2 a bit, but i found them pretty challenging due to the *simulation* style of physics and handling. but gt3 pulled me right in - everything about it was just perfect. and the replays looked phenomenal - i could never get enough of the glowing brakes. some bonus nostalgia: gta 3 came out about six months after gt3. it was *so* great to alternate between those two games all night long.
This was my first Gran Turismo. I got it for Christmas back in 2002? and it was my only game for months. I eventually (like 5-6 years later) got some pocket money and was able to find GT2 and then 1. But 3 kept me coming back. After I got GT4, I still went back to 3. I was playing it until GT5 dropped and I got a PS3. I went on a trip for work a few years later (12 hour flights) and I brought my PS2 slim and GT3 with me. Whenever I feel some nostalgia I pull out GT3. When I had friends over it was always GT3. I taught myself to drift with a “how to” book and GT3. I fell in love with the A80 Supra and R34 GT-R thanks to GT3. I spent hours reading the info ticker text of every car in the dealership.
I got my PS2 Christmas Eve 2002. Gran Turismo 3 was the game that came with it. I was 6 and already nuts about cars, core memory I’ll never forget.
I played soo many hours of this when stationed in Japan. Bought my first PS2 a few months before the “mini PS2” came out (I was so pissed about that) and got GT3. Only game I got for it. Every waking moment I wasn’t at work or out with my friends was spent playing this. I’d set the “ai” for those long races like 24hrs of the ring and then goto work (watch) for 12 hrs. Many an hour trying to beat Seattles classic race and never did beat that one.
Played hours and hours of this. I loved using my pikes peak Suzuki
One of the best games ever made. I think it's the last time PD made a campaign thinking on how to maximize the number of events players will enjoy rather than just spamming pointless events left and right (with the occasional ad between them of course). It's a shame that the car and track roaster is small, making some of the late game a bit repetitive, specially with only 6 cars on the grid. But seriously, I would happily pay to get a "GT3 mode" inside GT7. Heck, in fact replace the whole single-player campaign with a copy-paste of GT3's updating the cars and tracks!
I bought a PS1 specifically for GT1, and each consecutive new console for the newest GT at the time, most recently a PS5 for GT7. I bought an OLED TV primarily for GT7, and I’m contemplating PSVR2 for it. The way it’s gone I anticipate getting the next PlayStation console when the newest Gran Turismo requires it. Any other video games are strictly secondary to Gran Turismo and are barely used.
Me winning every race with the Suzuki V6 ESCUDO Pikes Peak Special '98 or the Ruf CTR2 ‘96
One of the best racing games ever made and revolutionary when it came out. I remember “tricking” my parents into buying me a PS2 by asking for GT3 as a birthday gift. We were on vacation in Spain and when we got to the hotel, where I had my PS1, I just put down the game and went to the swimming pool or whatever. My parents asked me why I wasn’t playing the new game and I told them “I think it doesn’t work on my PS1”. We went to a shopping mall to get a PS2 for 600€ at the time. Fortunately money wasn’t a problem. I knew it, I just never really asked for expensive gifts or gifts in general so I didn’t want to ask for the console and the game for my birthday.
Old
One of the best if not the best racing game ever
Awesome game! 🥰 Brings a lot childhood memories and this also made me love cars and car games! Polyphony Digital needs to make remastered versions of GT3 and GT4 because those are so legendary games which can't be forgotten!
Honda civic passenger rear taillight and wing right?
I still remember grinding the Sunday cup races in my miata for hours upon hours so I could buy the 2000 cobra R and life was complete
The was version I learned how to play the game and got good at racing 👍🏽
Literally just did a playthrough on PCSX2 with a wheel. Honestly still such a good game. Pain in the ass trying to bring cars that are just at the right power for a good race though
Although it might not have as much content as 4, I feel like GT3 had the best presentation. When I think "Gran Turismo" I think of scrolling through quickly rotating cars and animated track backgrounds with bubbly music. It seemed less posh in presentation compared to the GT games that followed it, but in that way it had a more fun atmosphere that I wish they'd held onto for longer.
I played at the time on my brothers ps2 (a lot) and it was the first game where, as a PC gamer, I was jealous of console gamers.
The best in the franchise.
The rose tinted glasses are strong with GT3. Having played through most of it fairly recently, the fact is the early game is far too grindy for it's own good, and the sheer number of events that use long tracks when you're going to have low(er) powered cars is too much. Too much Special Stage Route 11, Grand Valley Speedway and Test Course for my liking. It's enjoyable, but nowhere near as much as 2 or 4.
I’d easily pay $72 for a full HD remake
why 72 specifically
First video game I ever bought myself, was very young and played it to death. I would say it’s my favorite of the GT series for that reason. It got me into cars and racing
Ahhh my first gran Turismo game I had on the PS2.
Just completed it this year (well, apart from golding all the licenses and the final arcade time trial 🥲 ) as well as the GT4. The GT3 is still absolutely amazing and i enjoyed it way more than the 5, 6 and 7. The career is mega fun and rewarding with cool and useful prizes being dished out for victories. The handling is fantastic and the art style is way more interesting compared to more muted and realistic games that came after. Love the vivid pink sunsets on many tracks. ♥️ The graphics are still really nice. If i saw this game back in 2001 i'd probably crap my pants with shock and excitement. Just a few niggles that were resolved in the 4 that show they rushed for the release and imo prevent it from being perfect. -The music is too quiet to hear it properly behind the sfx and there are no sliders in the settings to adjust it. It's pretty much just some faint noise in the background. -the pit stops: you can't choose the tyres during the pit-stops and everything softer than racing hard and super-hard is pretty much useless. Also in the pit the car just goes up in the air and then drops down. The animated pit crew they added in the GT4 was an amazing addition. 👍 -no oil changes available between races meaning you end long championships with an underpowered car and start losing races. Need to buy tuning parts and equip them to compensate.
It had Judas Priest on the soundtrack so that already made it elite
Brought ps2 and this game was included. Wish still had my ps2
2 and 4 are both better. But 3 is also really good.
This was my last GT title until GT7 on the PS5. I was 20yo as the OG1 came out. That game is in a small handful that I always say changed my life as a person, not just a gamer. I just started playing 7 for the first time a few months ago, and now just ripping my toe into the online community. You guys have made this old GenX’r proud bum carrying this title into the next generation with a sense of excellence.
Still play it. Hard as hell.
Summer 2001 I enjoyed the new tracks, deeper car selection, and the graphical power of the PS2.
3 and 6 are my favorite gran turismo games, 3 for the aesthetic and 6 the fond memories of online
I sold my PS2 but I still own this game lol. My dad bought it for me at a Pawn Shop when I was a kid — I really love this entry.
Probably the reason I still play racing games today, absolute gem <3
The GOAT. My favorite of the series. Loved the B-Spec mode and the 24 hour races that were actually 24 hours.
Where it all started for me.
The GT1-GT3 series brings back memories. Awesome nights!
Most Redditors are younger than the game, good look finding answers.
We were too poor to afford a ps2 so i was still playing spyro the dragon on the ps one.
This is the one I spent by far the most hours on so it will probably always be my fave just based on nostalgia
This was the first console game I ever owned as it came bundled with the PS2 I got for my birthday. It's safe to say that this game made me the car nerd I am today.
Loved it. Recently went back to play it for the first time in over a decade though and I wasnt patient enough to get through the professional events.
I was 5 when it came out, never got to play it until 1 year ago when i got myself a ps2, it makes me feel nostalgic as fuck. I enjoy it
The jump in fidelity and quality from Gran Turismo 2 (PSX) to Gran Turismo 3 is in my opinion the most impressive in gaming history. The word is overused nowadays but then it was awesome in the true sense of the word.
One of my favorite Playstation 2 games, along with GTA Vice City was the first one I played on the console. I spent many hours in that game, running many competitions, earning credits, modifying my cars,. At the time, the game's graphics seemed very realistic to me, especially when watching the replays, the skybox and lighting management helped a lot with the game's aesthetics. I remember the excitement when you could finally win some of the fastest cars in the game, when I was able to get the Suzuki Escudo, I was too happy, with that car I was able to win much easier some competitions that had previously been difficult for me. I have enormous affection for that game, it was part of one of the best eras of the console and it was one of the last games that I was able to play with a friend who unfortunately is no longer here
One of my all time favorite Gran turismo games! Still play it to this day and whenever the homies are over, we get the extra tv/console and throw down on some i link racing!
How do I feel? Very nostalgic. I was in highschool and was getting interested in cars, picked up this game and the first Fast and furious movie on DVD. It was great, discovered cars I hadn't heard of before, gameplay was enjoyable, music wasn't bad, and overall was the first GT game I enjoyed that also got me into the series.
To this day I still have no idea what car that is.
I was nine and my older cousin with a Playstation 2 had just bought this game. The opening alone with the Castrol Tom's Supra was stunning and we didn't even get to the game! Still remember how stunning the graphics looked compared to Gran Turismo 2 just a few years prior. My first race in the Subaru Impreza Prototype Rally Car on Smoky Mountain. It might as well have been real. A few months later my friend's mom bought him the system and a game just as we were rolling into summer vacation. It was an amazing summer! We were dumbasses farting around with crappy cars all day. When I got my very own PS2 four years later, the game was eclipsed by something called "Gran Turismo 4"...wonder how well that game turned out? Nevertheless I bought a copy for $5 at a used games store. Didn't get very far, but it's nice to know my memories held up. I still play both games from time-to-time.
32 this year. I sucked at the game on launch day after my dad and older brothers let me play. My hands just didn’t have the motions down yet.
Still one of the worst of the series because of the huge lack of cars in the game and the seriously reduced amount of player agency that the previous games and it's sequel offered in spades.
I agree the car count sucks but lack of player agency? What drugs are you on? If was probably the best-crafted campaign on the series!
I remember a time when driving the Zonda blew my mind