Gran Turismo 4

 PlayStation 2
  • Publisher: SCEA
  • Release Date: Feb 22, 2005
Metascore
89

Generally favorable reviews - based on 74 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 69 out of 74
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 74
  3. Negative: 0 out of 74
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  1. RealGamer
    70
    Whilst the game can offer a certain joy of ownership for a fraction of the cost, those who are not passionately interested in motoring in general won’t want to put the required effort in.
  2. NTSC-uk
    70
    But lost among the vast raft of offerings is a game that has grown, but barely improved, certainly not at the rate gamers really deserve. In so many cases it will be irrelevant, with those that have waited for its arrival so eagerly lapping it up, and being washed away with all its new twinkling extras.
  3. Edge Magazine
    70
    Gran Turismo 4 is fundamentally unconcerned with furthering the art of the videogame. This titanic franchise, this critical, load-bearing pillar of PlayStation, is barely even a videogame at all. It’s a hobbyist software suite, a racetrack tutorial, an encyclopaedia you can get in and drive off. [March 2005, p.78]
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  5. Computer Games Magazine
    60
    A driving game with no damage model and no good reason to stay on the track. [July 2005, p.85]
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  6. Times Online
    60
    Yes, there are tweaks, better graphics and further development on the cars’ physics, but nothing groundbreaking. For the most part it seems that the past four years have been spent improving the playback of your car whizzing around the track once you’ve finished the race.

Awards & Rankings

9
#9 Best PS2 Game of 2005
3
#3 Most Discussed PS2 Game of 2005
17
#17 Most Shared PS2 Game of 2005

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User Score
9.2

Universal acclaim- based on 936 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 853 out of 936
  2. Mixed: 52 out of 936
  3. Negative: 31 out of 936
  1. Ripolo
    May 1, 2023
    10
    Someone help.

    Im locked in a basement and I'm forced to write this review. Im about to be shot, so ill make this quick. This is an    Someone help.

    Im locked in a basement and I'm forced to write this review.
    Im about to be shot, so ill make this quick.

    This is an amazing game.
    All of the cars were beautifully modeled, compared to the first two games, where all of them were just a bunch of pixels.

    The tracks are increased, giving more uniqueness in the game.
    You can race on Sarthe, Nurburgring, Suzuka, and ov every track around the world.

    Driving licenses return, and its more challenging then the previous one. Its more harder.
    Youre gonna have a hard time beating them if youcare not careful.

    The graphics are a great improvement.
    Nuff said.

    I hear someone coming.
    Sorry guys.
    If you don't hear me within a few minutes, them I might be dead.
    I think i can hear footsteps.

    I'll come back to finish this review.    … Full Review »
  2. EdnaR
    May 1, 2023
    10
    Graphics: 10/10
    Progression: 10/10
    Difficulty: 10/10
    Car list: 10/10 (Need more example of Skyline please)

    Edna?: 10/10
  3. GreenSkullRider
    Jan 31, 2017
    10
    Las personas siempre suelen hablar de GT2, GT3, GT6 pero sorpresivamente jamás hablan de Gran Turismo 4, ustedes podrían imaginar que talLas personas siempre suelen hablar de GT2, GT3, GT6 pero sorpresivamente jamás hablan de Gran Turismo 4, ustedes podrían imaginar que tal cantidad de vehículos, de efectos, de música, de pistas, de modificación, el despliegue visual y la jugabilidad exquisita que tiene este juego corra en una PS2? jamás se hubiese pensado. para mi el mejor juego de la saga. Perfecto… Full Review »
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