Gran Turismo 4 Prologue
Gran Turismo 4 Prologue is a racing video game in the Gran Turismo series. This short version title preceded the release of the full-length version Gran Turismo 4 in 2004. For undisclosed reasons, the game was…
Gran Turismo 4 Prologue is a racing developed by Polyphony Digital, released 4 December 2003 on PlayStation 2.
What Gran Turismo 4 Prologue is
Gran Turismo 4 Prologue is a racing game developed by Polyphony Digital and released in 2003. It was published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 2 only. It runs on Custom built engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Gran Turismo 4 Prologue is a racing video game in the Gran Turismo series. This short version title preceded the release of the full-length version Gran Turismo 4 in 2004. For undisclosed reasons, the game was not released in the North American market. Though it was necessary to limit the number of cars and courses included, this product still included some of the main features of the Gran Turismo franchise such as races, time attack and license tests. The sneak preview also expressed the latest technology Polyphony Digital had accumulated over the past two years. Featuring 50 of GT4's then-planned 500 cars as well as five courses, this expanded demo was designed as a stop-gap until the…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are non-fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Gran Turismo series
Gran Turismo 4 Prologue is the seventh of 32 entries we hold in the Gran Turismo series. It arrived a year after Gran Turismo Concept: 2002 Tokyo-Geneva. The next entry was Gran Turismo / Motor Toon Grand Prix 2 Double Pack in 2003. Its critic score of 70 is 10 points below the series average of 80. The highest-rated entry is Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec at 100.
How it was received
Gran Turismo 4 Prologue holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 44% of the 1,168 rated racing games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2003 averaged 69, so it scored about average for its year.
What it launched against
Gran Turismo 4 Prologue launched on 4 December 2003, within three weeks of Need for Speed: Underground, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly and Manhunt. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Need for Speed: Underground, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly, Manhunt.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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