Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec (PlayStation 2)

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Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec
Gran Turismo 3 - A-Spec (PlayStation 2)-Cover.jpg
Publisher:	Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
Developer:	Polyphony Digital Inc.
Alternative Title:	Gran Turismo 2000 (development title)
Release date:	JP: date/monthintext/year NA: date/monthintext/year EU: date/monthintext/2001 AU: date/monthintext/year
Genre:	Driving Simulation
Number of Players:	1-2
Rating:	ESRB - ESRB-rating PEGI/ELSPA - 3+ CERO - CERO-rating
Platforms:	Sony PlayStation 2
Media:	DVD-ROM
Online Functions:	No
Amazon:	UK US De Fr Jp Ca

The third title in the Gran Turismo series, Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec was the much-anticipated first PlayStation 2 title from Polyphony.

Contents 1 Story 2 Gameplay 2.1 The Tracks 2.1.1 Apricot Hill Raceway 2.1.2 Complex String 2.1.3 Côte d'Azur 2.1.4 Deep Forest Raceway 2.1.5 Grand Valley Speedway 2.1.6 Laguna Seca Raceway 2.1.7 Mid-Field Raceway 2.1.8 Rome Circuit 2.1.9 Seattle Circuit 2.1.10 Smokey Mountain 2.1.11 Special Stage: Route 5 2.1.12 Special Stage: Route 11 2.1.13 Super Speedway 2.1.13.1 External Links 2.1.14 Swiss Alps 2.1.15 Tahiti Circuit 2.1.16 Tahiti Maze 2.1.17 Test Course 2.1.18 Tokyo Route 246 2.1.19 Trial Mountain 2.2 Game Rules 3 Packaging 4 Screenshots 5 Review Scores 6 Credits 6.1 Developed And Produced by SCEI/Polyphony Digital Inc. 6.2 Sony Computer Entertainment Europe 7 Trivia 8 External links

Story

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Gameplay

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The Tracks

All but three (Côte d'Azur, Super Speedway and Test Course) of the tracks can be raced in reverse.

Apricot Hill Raceway

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Complex String

As the name suggests, Complex String embodies a suite of complex track layouts strung together to form a monstrously difficult track to master.

The driver begins the lap on a lengthy straight which culminates in a sharp right-hand bend with a sand trap in front of a tire wall for the late breaking drivers. Another straight lulls the driver into a false sense of deja vu before a flowing repetition of s-bends snaps the unwary from their slumber. Out of the s-bends and another sharp corner must be navigated, this time to the left, before the driver enters the boxes: a series of 90° turns.

Exiting the boxes takes the driver onto another short straight before a seemingly steady left-hander which rapidly becomes sharper. The now-familiar long straight appears this time with no sub-section but ending with another sharp right-hander and another short straight. Not only is the next corner sharp but it's one of the sharpest in the game and so begins a swinging action throwing the car right then left in ever increasing half-circles.

Drivers coming out of the last half-circle are greeted with a luxurious straight to continue their speed and only need slow marginally to enter the next obstacle course: another suite, this time of undulating turns. Hit the rise of the hill too fast and your car will loose grip easily and be sent head-long into a sand trap with tire wall.

Coming out of the undulations but still with a significant distance to go, the driver is nearing the end of this tortuous track. Another sharp left and straight appear before a medium-speed right-hander gives the driver another opportunity for speed. The track lays straight for some time before the next obstacle: a short sharp s-bend. Alas, the game allows the driver to simply skip over in a straight line before continuing on to a steady but fast right-hander and back onto the main, long, home straight.

Côte d'Azur

In a side-step to the FIA ownership of the name, this track is blatantly based on the Monaco Grand Prix circuit. However, as the FIA only own the name of the circuit and so the player gets to celebrate this fascinating track in Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec anyway.

Deep Forest Raceway

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Grand Valley Speedway

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Laguna Seca Raceway

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Mid-Field Raceway

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Rome Circuit

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Seattle Circuit

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Smokey Mountain

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Special Stage: Route 5

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Special Stage: Route 11

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Super Speedway

A classic egg-shape circuit akin to typical Indy-car racing. The circuit is sited at Motegi and is the only circuit of its kind in Japan.

External Links

• Official site description

Swiss Alps

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Tahiti Circuit

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Tahiti Maze

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Test Course

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Tokyo Route 246

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Trial Mountain

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Game Rules

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Packaging

Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec Packaging

Inlay front	DVD-ROM
Manual front	Manual reverse

Screenshots

Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec Screenshots

Your new game Screenshot 1

Your new game Screenshot 2

Review Scores

• Magazine Name: score (issue number or date)
• Edge: x/10 (issue xx)

Credits

Developed And Produced by SCEI/Polyphony Digital Inc.

Producer	Kazunori Yamauchi
System Optimisation	Seiichi Ikiuo
Graphic Optmisation	Yoshihiko Kurata Seji
Data Optmisation	Takahito Tejima
Simulation Algorithm	Akihiko Tan
User Interface	Yuji Yashuara
Support Programs	Norio Takama, Satoshi Kijima, Yasushi Uchiyama
Visual Effects	Takeshi Yokouchi, Daisuke Takeuchi, Shuichi Takano
Programming Tools	Nobuhide Ishibashi, Nobuo Sakai, Isao Shirai, Junichi Kobayashi, Chiharu Nakano, Michitoshi Momose, Kian Bee Ng, Fujita Seji
Design Director	Yuichi Matsumoto, Masaaki Goto
Car Modelling Director	Keiichi Ashizawa, Yukari Sekizawa, Tadashi Terashima, Nodoka Kinsho, Mutsumi Sakakibara
Car Modelling Staff	Youchi Inamura, Chinami Matsui, Madhab Ghose, Tadashi Watanabe, Aiko Miura, Takayoshi Kawakami, Yuichiro Kouno, Kento Minemura, Hiroyuki Saito, Tomokazu Seki, Keiko Taira, Takuji Kagaya
Course Design Director	Hiroshi Samatsu, Shinobu Sawamura, Takamasa Shichisawa
Course Design Staff	Youichi Takahashi, Tsubasa Yokoyama, Sanae Ebihara, Takafumi Kagaya, Michiko Kusaba, Tomi Kambe, Junichiro Kurata, Kouji Miyata, Takeshi Ikegami, Satoru Takasugi, Akiko Yamazaki, Hiroshi Takeuchi, Kazumichi Otsubo
FMV Director	Takamasa Shichisawa
FMV	Tatsuya Matsue, Hiroshi Kanzaki
Planner	Hirotaka Komiyama, Tomokazu Murase, Yasushi Taki
GUI Design Director	Hiroki Imanshi
GUI Design Staff	Scichisawa Takamasa, Takuya Izumi, Kazuhiro Onizuka
Assistant to the Producer	Zaika Tei, Mayumi Suzaki
Production Environment Support	Masanori Hasegawa, Keisuke Takayama, Yasunori Aoki
Sound Producer	Masamichi Seki
Sound Design	Daiko Kasho
Engine Sound Recording	Kentarou Nakagoshi, Masao Kimura
Music Data Production	Kenmei Adachi
Engine Sound Tools	Youichi Ueda, Tomoyuki Hoshi, Naoki Tokiwa
Menu Music	Isamu Ohira
Advisor	Takashi Ohi, Shinsuke Saito, Yasuyoshi Yamamoto, Hiroyoshi Kato (Nissan), Hiroshi Tamura (Nissan)
Car Commentary	Manabu Kawaguchi, Shinsuke Saito, Takeshi Yasuhara
Production Co-operation	Seji Inc.
Executive Producer	Akira Sato
Legal and Business Affairs	Miki Shinagawa
Artist Management	Mikio Aoki Village-A, Hiroyuki Kanamori Village-A Inc.
Overseas Co-ordination	Katsuhiko Kanazawa, Masaaki Doi, Tsubasa Inaba

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

Producer	Sean Kelly
Assistant Producer	Shiho de Ruiter-Miyazaki
Senior Product Manager	Birgit Zich
Legal and Business Affairs	Marian Toole, Hogarth Andall, Anthony Hodgson
Manual and Packaging Text	Russell Coburn
Manual and Packaging Design	James Phippen / Dawn Alligan French
QA Manual Approval	Stephen Griffiths, Andrew Kennington
QA Manager	Geoff Rens
Internal QA Manager	Dave Parkinson
Internal QA Supervisor	Jim McCabe
Lead Tester	Phil Green
Testers	Carl Seddon, Ian Cunlife, Ian McEvoy, Michael Kennedy, Darren Perkins, Jenny Newby, Rich Grannell, Jon Wild, Rob Sutton, Chris Cubbin, Anthony Gill, Barclay Christmas, Christopher Speed, Graham Foxall, Craig Duddie, Chris Stanley
TRC Auditors	Paul French, John Hale
Technical Assistance	Craig Duddie, Chris Stanley
Localisation Supervisor	Britta Kuhnen
Localisation Lead Testers	Domenico Visone, Nadege Josa
Localisation Tester French	Gaelle Leysour, Yannick Paulet
Localisation Tester German	Madine Martin, Sandra Raue, Katharina Tropf
Localisation Tester Italian	Monica Dalla Valle, Rosetta Luca
Localisation Tester Spanish	Jose Flores, Susana Paredes
Special Thanks	Simon Roberts, Shawn Layden, Lee Ponting, Chris Gorman, Michelle Souch, Martin Pearce, Flora Collingwood, Lisa Rose, Colin Thomas, Nik Berg, Vanessa Wood, Martin Smith

Trivia

• Only three of the tracks are not presented for reverse-racing: Côte d'Azur, Super Speedway and Test Course.
• The Complex String circuit can only be raced in full through the Arcade mode.

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