GT 64 Championship Edition

Imagineer and Ocean made "GT 64 Championship Edition" for the Nintendo 64. Featuring cars from the (then) JGTC, you race only on city courses. Wonder why? It's Japanese name is "City Tour GrandPrix." Allow me to introduce you to this Nintendo 64 racing game.

NOTE: Previously, I thought I blogged about this game before. Apparently not! So here goes a new post to "John's Race Space!"

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GT 64 Championship Edition

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Now for a finer look at "GT 64 Championship Edition." This game was released in 1998 only for the Nintendo 64.


^ from: romsmania.com (best I could find) - GT 64 attempts to give you the most unreal racing experience on the Nintendo 64. Does it come through, or is it a backmarker?

Tracks.

This game has you racing in three different cities each with short and long variations. Tracks can be raced on either in dry conditions or wet conditions. Because this game is named differently from its Japanese counterpart, I will feature the track names both in "GT 64 Championship Edition" and its "City Tour GrandPrix" variant in parentheses.

• Japan Grand Prix (Tokyo) - just your average city circuit- narrow roads and tough passing.

• European Grand Prix (Lake Fuji) - a more country road track than an urban track.

• USA Grand Prix (~not in the Japanese version~) - wide roads and high speeds make up this course.


Finally, there is a track not included in "GT64 Championship Edition" but included in "City Tour GrandPrix":

• Kyoto - a course with technical corners and even a fast indoor section.

Cars.

Cars featured in this game represent the many different cars from the (then) JGTC, or the All-Japan Grand Touring Car Championship. The JGTC is now known as Super GT. You will be racing machines like the Toyota Supra, Nissan Skyline GT-R, Honda NSX, Nissan 300ZX, and various other race-bred GT cars. Each car can be modified to meet the conditions of a race course. The Japanese version has the licensing rights to the names of the Porsche and the Lamborghini in this game.

Racing.

Races will have no more than eight cars to a track. You can set how many laps you want to run. In Championship Mode, you can compete in proper race weekends ranging from practice to qualifying to the race itself. You can choose between dry conditions and rainy conditions as well.


With this brief overview of the game, here are my thoughts based on my playing of this title long ago.

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"GT 64 Championship Edition" Final Thoughts/Review

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If you were looking for a racing game to rival Gran Turismo on the Nintendo 64, "GT 64 Championship Edition" is absolutely NOT the game. This game lacks a sufficient fun factor, a decent driving model, and just seems overall boring. Very little has been done to make this game stand out and really be worth something. Quality simulation-type racing games for the Nintendo 64 have been far and between. This game just doesn't cut it as being any real contender among this category of racing games. There is SOME fun to this game, but not enough to make it legendary or enjoyable.





This is, at least, how I feel about this game. I hope you enjoyed your time here. Thank you for reading! Take care and be well.

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