Gran Turismo 4
Developer(s): Polyphony Digital
Genre: Racing
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: Metacritic
Game review score: 89/100
Game description: Are you searching for a driving game that offers more than just breakneck speed? Look no further than Gran Turismo 4. The most recent installment in this amazingly popular racing game brings realistic driving to a whole new level. With loads of new cars and a vastly improved physics engine, you'll be ready to tackle the roads in your favorite cars from the last century. (From Wikipedia)
Test configurations on Windows:
Environment | Configurations | Comments | Tester | ||||
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Region | OS | CPU/GPU | Revision | Graphics | Sound/Pad | ||
NTSC-U | Windows |
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16 12 2012 1.1.0 r5480- | GSdx 5442 SSE41 [29 10 2012] |
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Runs near full speed. | |
NTSC-J | Windows |
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1.1.svn5832 | GSDX |
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USA v02.20(10/02/2006), Can be hard agressive for cpu and gpu., Can appear some glitchs in hardware mode in the races,but software mode its fine,even hardware mode its fine also. | |
NTSC-U | Windows 7 |
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0.9.9 r4878 | GSDX r4873 |
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Hacks: EE CycleRate (3), INTC, Wait Idle Loop, mVU flag hack. See Hacks and Performance | Machina |
NTSC-U | Windows 7 64-Bit |
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1.2.1 r5875 | GSdx 10 (Hardware) 0.1.16 r5875 |
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Game runs fine at 5X native resolution. Some slight hiccups/slowdown in the menus. One weird glitch I saw was on dirt tracks, the plumes of dirt seem to be transparent and can be seen through hills and can be seen coming out of the middle of the back of the car. Still use recommended hacks for maximum performance. Bios v 2.0 was used. | Zrooney |
NTSC-U | Windows 7 |
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1.2.1 2014-02-02 |
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SPU2-X 2014-07-14 | Great FPS at the menus, badly FPS at races or showing cars. Slow-Motion FPS at the races, almost unplayable. (EE 3, VU 0, INTC, Wait Loop and MVU) | Berto |
NTSC USA V2.2 | Windows 8.1 |
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1.3.0 | GDSX | SPU2-X | Extra rendering threads set to 2, Direct3D11 (Software), (EE 1, VU 1, INTC, Wait Loop, MVU and MTVU) ran with 60 FPS | Apihl1000 |
Environment | Configurations | Comments | Tester | ||||
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Region | OS | CPU/GPU | Revision | Graphics | Sound/Pad | ||
? | Kubuntu 12.04 64 bit |
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1.0.0 | GSdx 0.1.16 | SPU2-X 2.0.0 | Only problem is that in a race it is too slow (20-30 fps) and the game doesn't work with frame skipping. With hardware video acceleration enabled in GSdx, it is twice as slow. The problem seems to be the CPU. | T-dome |
Hacks and Performance
- MTVU may increase speed in quad cores, in dual-cores it increases depending on the race but may cause slowdown in others.
- Other hacks cause crashes or game won't boot., *This game requires a ton of personal tinkering to get it to run decent., *This game has very, VERY high requirements. Don't expect a smooth or stable game. Heavy slowdown often. Mostly depends on track, lights and the amount of cars on screen.
- "Allow 8-bit textures" in GSdx may help with speed a bit more and maybe reduce the Vram slowdowns.
Known Issues
Crash
- Status: Active
- Type: Severe
- Description: Crashes pretty often. Happens because of spikes in VRam use.
- Workaround:
- If you get lots of crashes during license tests use lower internal resolution in GSdx or use ZeroGS or ZZOgl, expect much slower speeds from using the last two.
- In GSDX HW AA causes the game to crash alot so set it to 0, running the game with native res seems to help as well.
- Additionally in Windows XP even in native resolution you may get instant crashes when starting races if you don't have enough VRam, using a custom resolution lower than 512x512 seems to help.
- Type: Not an issue
- Description: First letter missing in menus
- Workaround: Set VU Clamping Mode to Extra to fix.
Garbage all over screen in races
- Status: Active
- Type: Major
- Description: Happens when using color/brightness options other than 0.
- Workaround:
- To fix the super broken graphics and crashing during races set the Brightness to 0 in options.
- In Ntsc version , change the display in game config to Normal, then you can set the brightness to 5 without the broken graphics, and get a clearer picture.
Demo races not working
- Type: Not an issue
- Description: Demonstrations return back to menu as soon as they start.
- Workaround: Only work with EE clamping set to full.
Broken Photos
- Status: Active
- Type: Major
- Description: Photos are all messy
- Workaround: Switch to software mode while moving the cameras, then switch back to hardware when you take the picture.
Shaky Image
- Type: Not an issue
- Description: In-game the "screen" is shaking.
- Workaround: In Gsdx config change the interlacing mode to Bob tff to stabilize the image.
The gallery
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Gran Turismo 4 (SCES 51719)
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Gran Turismo 4 (SCPS 17001)
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Gran Turismo 4 (SCAJ 30007)