gran turismo 3

The Gran Turismo series is considered by many to be the single greatest racing franchise of all time
and Polyphony Digital’s latest, Gran Turismo 3 A-spec could be the best game that the series has to
offer. With unprecedented graphical excellence and an insane amount of depth, you’ll be hard pressed
to find any other racing game with the overall play value that GT3 brings to the table.
Thisguide will show you everything that the game has to offer, including complete details on all
of the game’s tracks, cars, prize cars and race series. Plus, for those looking for a little help, we
offer up some driving instructions, track strategies, tips, and advanced tuning instructions. To cut to
the chase, this Gran Turismo 3 A-spec strategy guide will provide you with everything you need toknow about GT3.
NOTE: This guide should be considered a work in progress, as not all of the sections have been
completely finished. The i.LINK Battle Mode section is still completely under construction and we’re
still planning to add more information to the Driving 101 section pertaining to the License Tests and
will add more detailed strategies to the section on the Tracks.
Special Thanks:Kazunori Yamauchi, Polyphony Digital and the folks at SCEA for crafting game that I still desire to play
after having already put in well over 100 hours into it and have worked past 3AM every night for the
past month working on the guide for it.
Julian “Jaz” Rignall, the author of IGN’s Gran Turismo 2 Strategy Guide, which provided the foundation
for the Driving 101 and Advanced Tuningsections of this GT3 Strategy Guide.
Guide By: Dave Zdyrko
Advanced Tuning & Appendix By: Reverend David F. Smith
If you downloaded this guide from anywhere but IGN Insider, please email us at
editors@ignguides.com, and we’ll promptly drive over the offender. Or we’ll just take their copy of
the game away.

The Gran Turismo franchise is full-fledged racing dynasty and Polyphony Digital’s mostrecent addition
to the series, Gran Turismo 3 A-spec, is arguably the best that it has to offer. Consequently, it’s
conceivable that GT3 is the best racing game in that’s ever been released on a console.
With that said, GT3 isn’t your ordinary racing game. Those familiar with the series already know what
we mean by this, but for those new to the world of Gran Turismo, be warned that it takestime and
effort to get used to the ultra-realistic handling that this game has to offer. It’s not perfect -- no car
damage and there are some ways to cheat because of this -- but you can’t come into this game
thinking that you’ll use your powersliding skills learned while playing Ridge Racer and get very far.
Just because the game is a simulation, don’t dare start thinking that it’s going to beboring, though,
because that’s far from the truth. Learning to realistically drive the different vehicles in the game is
completely gratifying and Polyphony Digital has once again set-up the game to constantly reward you
throughout and keep you eager to play more.
As in the previous titles, GT3 has two main gameplay modes: Arcade Mode and Simulation Mode. The
Arcade Mode is a great way to jumpright into the racing with a nice and varied set of cars, which could
be used as a nice way to practice up and hone your skills for the Simulation Mode. Just be sure to use
the “racing” setup and not “drift”, as it’ll better prepare you for what’s ahead.
In the Simulation Mode, you’re given 18,000 credits to start off with and several Beginner League
races that you can jump into withouthaving to earn any of the Licenses.
GETTING OFF TO A FAST START
Whether you’re a GT veteran or a first-timer, the first thing you should do once you start the Simulation
Mode is to jump into the License Center and try to earn the class B license. But don’t just stop
there. You really ought to spend the time, which will probably take you at least two to three hours,
to get all gold medals in the...