First the bad news, it's been delayed until Q1 of 2005. 
The good news is that according to THIS list the Caterham 7 and Super 7 is in it, AND the
Ultima GTR!!
Some nice looking older cars are there like the 60s Lotus formula one cars and the newer Suzuki GSX-R 4 Concept ‘01 (cool wee hayabusa BEC).
I don't know how reliable that car list is, but I've been dying to see a '7' in Gran Turismo, and I can't wait to learn the
Nurburgring!
I'm very keen on heading over this summer for a crack at it!
Roll on the new year!!
All the best
Ali
DAmn rite!! Cant wait! Am playin need 4 speed underground 2 here and it is amazing!!! I hav a hyundai coupe wit 400hp at the min.
Ali, th'other nite was drivin home from armagh and was at sprucefield when i hit a bag, which i thought was empty, but wasnt. Made a huge bang
so i pulled in. Checked out the car and got back in. No damage. Then i looked in my rearview and seen someone charging towards my car!! So thought,
Fuck tht and floored it. Wonder was it someone tryin to get a person to pull over?? This was at 2am, and i didnt see any broken down cars.
All the best
Anyone tried "JUICED"?
Think it's much better than NFSU2.
Pat...
Release Date: 1/17/2005
By the time they release this very long awaited game PS3 will be almost upon us 
i have never been a fan of the gt series i never got the thing of all these normal cars being raced
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Originally posted by I love speed :-P
i have never been a fan of the gt series i never got the thing of all these normal cars being raced
Sucks that it's delayed. I have GT4 Prologue which is quite fun and the new physics engine is great.
I wanna learn the lay of the 'ring before i go for real too 
The hot game for physics and online racing is supposed to be Nascar 2003 (N2003). There's a bunch of mods for it (transam, iroc, ferrari 330,
trucks, etc). Track developers have added an amazing number of tracks, including the old N'ring and Spa, and more are added every day. Online
racing is wild, with fields of 30 or more and plenty of leagues.
No 7s mod yet. Nascar Heat had a 7s mod, tried it, didn't much like it.
Did any1 see topgear a couple of weeks ago? Jeremy was sayin that if u go to the Nurbergring, you pay 14euro and u get to race around it!! Think tht
calls for a locostbuilders road trip
Check out http://www.nurburgring.org.uk/
It's common knowledge although the track is only open to the public on weekends usually.
It's specifically against the rules on public days to race as you put it, and they frown upon filming now too (in-car/bike). It's officially
considered as a 1 way derestricted toll road.
Looks like an amazing place though.
A really good guide courtesy of BMW :
http://www.bmw.com/generic/com/en/fascination/bmwm/automobiles/specials/_pdf/bmwm_nordschleife.pdf
they never put a hot 7 in games tho - a friend had project gotham, it had the classic 7 only
perhaps the superlight R / R400 / R500 / JPE would embarrass other much more expensive machinery - do you think some manufacturers pay to have their
cars on these games (and a little under the table for better performance)?
not keen on the massive list of Lancer Evos and Skylines tho, don't see the point of more than one of each model.
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Originally posted by skinny
they never put a hot 7 in games tho - a friend had project gotham, it had the classic 7 only
perhaps the superlight R / R400 / R500 / JPE would embarrass other much more expensive machinery - do you think some manufacturers pay to have their cars on these games (and a little under the table for better performance)?
not keen on the massive list of Lancer Evos and Skylines tho, don't see the point of more than one of each model.
the best game for phyics etc out at the min is a game called gtr on the pc much better graphics than gt3 etc and much better in everything
it is the 2003 fia gt chamionship
and i never got the gt thing of only 6 cars all of which were road cars which u would never race and u win lots of money from it
Ooh, I'll have to get the demo tonight and have a look. Toca Race Driver 2 is pretty good fun too.
The limited grid size in GT3/4 is a bit annoying but it's simply limited by the power of the machine. I think it'd rather have a solid 60fps
rather than 12 or more cars on the grid.
The PS3 should open the door for much bigger grids.
Nothing else can come close in terms of choice of cars. I find racing ordinary cars more fun than the racers.
am i the only perso with an xbox then? was lpaying project gotham racing the other night which is reasonable for a now out of date game..
Ned.
Sega GT2002 for the Xbox has a Caterham 7 in it.
Is the delay for UK/euro only, I have a copy pre-oreder for 14 december delivery.
My list of got's ta own cars (in the game):
Audi R8 Race Car '03
BMW 2002 Race Car
BMW 840Ci Sports
BMW LMR Race Car
Bugatti LMP Race Car
Caterham Super 7
Datsun 510 '70
DMC-12 Delorean '81
Dodge Neon SRT-4 '03
Dodge Viper SRT-10 Competition Race Car '03
Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor
Ford Focus FR200 Concept '00
Honda CRX SiR '89
Lamborghini Gallardo
Lamborghini Murcielago '02
Lotus Elise 190
I got aout 1/2 way down the list and stopped.
What input device (joystick, wheel etc) is best for playing car racing games?
Cheers
krlthms
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Originally posted by derf
Is the delay for UK/euro only, I have a copy pre-oreder for 14 december delivery.
My list of got's ta own cars (in the game):
Audi R8 Race Car '03
BMW 2002 Race Car
BMW 840Ci Sports
BMW LMR Race Car
Bugatti LMP Race Car
Caterham Super 7
Datsun 510 '70
DMC-12 Delorean '81
Dodge Neon SRT-4 '03
Dodge Viper SRT-10 Competition Race Car '03
Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor
Ford Focus FR200 Concept '00
Honda CRX SiR '89
Lamborghini Gallardo
Lamborghini Murcielago '02
Lotus Elise 190
I got aout 1/2 way down the list and stopped.
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Originally posted by krlthms
What input device (joystick, wheel etc) is best for playing car racing games?
Cheers
krlthms
Looks like petrolhead heaven to me, and that Ben Lovejoy chap doesn't seem to skimp on beer either
He must spend a scary amount of money making so many trips.
I want to go in the spring/summer next year too, we could maybe arrange a convoy of people from here any some other people I vaguely know who are
intending to go over in their own cars. I certainly wouldn't want to drive all that way in a seven unsupported.
Yo alister, if ur thinkin of a road trip, let me know
I've been at a standstill now for the last 4 months, waiting on Bill! Driving me crazy!
Altho apparently he'll get my stuff by sunday 
Is there anyway to fit the scuttle and nose without the bonnet?
Jay - I'd recommend waiting on the bonnetto make sure you get the whole show to line up right. I read about that method on MK9r's website
(I think?) and I can't think of any other way to do it neatly.
Bill, bless him, operates in his own special timezone!
There's a mate of mine (Brian - locost blade) was wanting to go to the Nordschliefe, if we did it we'd prob have 4-5 from N. Ireland making
the run.
I don't fancy driving the cars all that way either - thrashing them for 2 days round a notorious track then driving home again. We might see
about flying over and transporting the cars or something - We'll have to do some investigating into this.
no none of you play GPL (Grand Prix Ledgends) witch has one of the most realistic pyisics engin in a game ever. it is not a game you can jus get in
and drive you need to learn a lot befor you can start to get good laps.
allthough I like gt I think it is to easy but I gues it needs that for the brord marke apeal.
I am looking forward to geting simbian GTR witch has an ausem phisics engin and good graphics acording to the pree reviews.
thers is also a good open sorce driving simulator avalebel with lots of cars and tracks I will have to dig out a link it's phisics engin puses
GPL some what and has a fuly anologe clutch control and ny number of in car verioble devices i.e. break balence rar roll bar stiffnes. also as it is
open sourrce you can modle any car in it, if you have the time.
I got the GTR demo and it does indeed seem very realistic and very unforgiving. Looks like i'll be getting the full game then
I was a GPL fan too ceebmoj, and I know there's a couple more here too. Many GPL players made the jump to N2003 once the non-nascar mods started
coming out - the improved papy physics (mostly the tire model), pit stops, and even better online (net) code left GPL behind.
I'm with you, I don't like the easy driving games either. I get bored pretty quickly driving on a computer by myself or against AI drivers
no matter how pretty the car or track . GTR is supposed to be very good, but I've heard are the online code isn't much good at all.
Mackie, by fields of 30+, I mean other real drivers competing with you fender to fender in real time - pickup and leagues racing. You can set the
number of visible cars separately (the game will drop cars furthest from you), and I agree, set that to get a reasonable frame rate.
Online league racing is almost as much fun as karting, but a lot safer and much cheaper. It can be quite a time sink though, if you let it.
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Originally posted by krlthms
What input device (joystick, wheel etc) is best for playing car racing games?
Cheers
krlthms
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Originally posted by ceebmoj
dont you think that a lot of pepol would not understand a long list of 7s
don't even attempt trying nurburgring on that game tho
Just been dwn to Comet and got me a 'Managers Special' 32 inch 100 mhz wide/flat screen tv. I'm now officially a 'chav' !!
And got what is probably the last new slimline PS2 (it's bloody tiny) in the country, had to practically fight off another customer for it
........Now got to wait to use it till Chrismas as it a family present
Better get my name down for GT4 Can't wait.
GT1 = completed the game within two weeks.
GT2 = completed game within two weeks (but pre-ordered game for day of release, and took a week off work *just* for the cause...
GT3 = Took a month to complete.
The above includes getting golds in all the licenses.
What a game! Real pi55er that they keep putting back the release date.
The TOCA series are fab games too, and the 'race' feel of them is second to none.
If game programmers could take the realism of GT, and add it to the 'race' feel of TOCA, the game would be awesome...
I had a look at another Gran Turismo site, and the Japanese version came out yesterday, and included in it is .... <cue drumroll>
CATERHAM (U.K.)
Fireblade ('02)
Yep a knock off copy off an MK Indy Blade
Also apparently the tracks will include the Le Mans curcuit as well. I'll keep my eyes open for a UK/Euro release date.
Oh happy days.
Ali
[Edited on 29/12/04 by alister667]