Grand Tourismo 4 - GreenHybrid

Jason · #1 (**permalink**) 03-19-2005, 01:10 PM

My sister just rented the game Grand Tourismo 4 for Playstation 2 and was excited to see the Prius was on the list of cars one cold "race." Of course, those developers didn't bother double-checking their car stats. It lists the Prius as 75 hp. I think not!

Stevo12886 · #2 (**permalink**) 03-19-2005, 08:31 PM

Very true Jason, the version in the game should be 145hp.

AZCivic · #3 (**permalink**) 03-19-2005, 09:44 PM

Hey, it's Gran Turismo, not Grand! FWIW, I love the game. Can't say that I mind too much if they get the power wrong on the FWD cars since everybody knows the RWD / AWD cars are where the action's at anyway.

Jason · #4 (**permalink**) 03-20-2005, 12:49 AM

110 actually, Stevo

AZCivic · #5 (**permalink**) 03-20-2005, 09:36 PM

Well for what it's worth, the batteries wouldn't last very long in a road race, so they're basically showing the power it makes on the engine alone. My game is saved in the middle of an enduro race, so I can't jump out of that to buy a Prius and try it out, but I'm curious to see if they've simulated the CVT somehow. Every other car in the game has a conventional transmission, so if they've given the Prius a CVT, that would be pretty cool.

Stevo12886 · #6 (**permalink**) 03-20-2005, 10:14 PM

Toche' Jason, but you're talking of the regular version of the Prius, and as AZ said, the battery is useless after a lap on the track. The racing version of the Prius w/ different cams has 145hp from the I.C.E. (plus whatever the MG2 provides before the battery is drained.

AZCivic · #7 (**permalink**) 03-21-2005, 05:44 PM

Hey now, you can't just go and make reference to the Prius racecar without a link to the story about it!

http://www.caranddriver.com/article....&page_number=1

At any rate, I bought a Prius and they really spent a lot of time on it! Every car in the game has the exact same gauge cluster; same tach, speedo, gear indicator, etc. Toyota must have ponied up some money for this one, because they modeled a custom gauge cluster complete with the synergy drive power indicator, FCD, battery gauge, and total fuel consumed. It also does have a CVT, although the CVT doesn't reach peak RPM until 60mph or so, but still. I'm impressed!