Enthusia Professional Racing - Driving Revolution

Enthusia Professional Racing does not have a License Test system, but it has something very close- Driving Revolution. Driving Revolution tests you to drive a car properly in a set of driving challenges. Your driving skill is tested across many different unique stages. Try to master all of the courses to be the best in this mode of Enthusia Professional Racing.

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Enthusia Professional Racing: Driving Revolution at a Glance

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Let me introduce you to Driving Revolution in Enthusia Professional Racing.


^ from: (YouTube) - Enthusia Professional Racing has many Driving Revolution challenges ready to test your driving ability in a number of exercises. Are you up for the challenge?

Basics of Driving Revolution.

Each Driving Revolution level features these light gates you must pass through. You are judged based on how you are able to go into the gates at the proper speed. What you want to do is enter each gate at the proper speed. The indicator will turn green when it is at the perfect level. To that end, the line will adjust up or down based on how fast you are going. If you are going too slow, the bar will be low, and the indicator will turn blue. Conversely, if you are going too fast, the bar will move high, and the indicator will turn orange.

Other indicators feature those you must accelerate from and decelerate from. You will know to accelerate if you head into an indicator with a chevron pointed upward. This is the Acceleration Indicator. The Brake Indicator has a regular bar but two orange markers at the top and bottom of the indicator. You are fine as long as you are within limits of both acceleration and braking indicators.

Judging your for entry into each section is on a number of levels:

• Perfect - you entered the gate at the ideal speed.
• Great - you entered the gate at a moderate than ideal speed.
• Good - you entered the gate at a slower than ideal speed.
• Bad - you entered the gate at a very poor speed.
• Miss - you missed the gate entirely.

If you keep missing gates or don't acquire enough points through a run, you will not score very high. If you just score poor enough, the game will end. These are basically like License Tests. So keep a decent rhythm through each challenge. What you want to do is rack up as many Perfects as possible to get the highest score. To advance to the next stage, your DR Gauge must surpass the orange bar on the bottom-left on your screen. If you failed the stage, you can try again as the game will offer you advice on how to pass the stage you failed. You know you did everything well when you achieve an "S" ranking. Try to go for the "S" rating as best as you can.

Other Considerations.

Make sure not to collide into objects, miss too many indicators, or drive in the wrong direction. These actions will greatly decline your score for each stage.

Indicators may be wide or thin depending on where you actually need to be. Take note of this and make sure not to miss these indicators entirely.

How This Post Works.

You will see in the heading each level followed by various other information. An intro to the level will be provided followed by the car or cars you will use in each stage. The cars are listed in the order they appear in. If one car appears in different stages within the same level, it will be listed only once.


So allow me to introduce you to the different levels of Driving Revolution. Advance to the next section!

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Enthusia Professional Racing: Driving Revolution

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This section features all of the Driving Revolution stages. A brief overview of what you can expect is what I will mention here. I have passed all of these stages with "C" or higher. So I will mostly explain what you are generally supposed to do in each stage.

Level 1: Ocean Bridge.

Ocean Bridge is a very simple course. In fact- it's a straight line! What challenges await you are basic car control challenges. You can pass each of these tests with such minimal effort.

CARS USED: Toyota Corolla Luxel, Smart fortwo cabrio, Volkswagen New Beetle, Toyota MR-S

• Stage 1: Drive according to specific speeds. Standing start.
• Stage 2: Maintain a consistent speed through consecutive indicators. Standing start.
• Stage 3: Weave through a slalom-style course while keeping up your speed. Be careful not to hit the walls. Standing start.
• Stage 4: Weave through a slalom-style course accelerating at certain levels. Standing start.

Level 2: Cosmic Eggway.

Cosmic Eggway is a short oval course in a tropical-like setting. It has a pair of short corners and one set of long corners. This is a very basic course to learn the nuances of driving in Enthusia Professional Racing. Nothing too complicated is featured here.

CARS USED: Mini Cooper 1275S Mk I, Renault Clio Renault Sport 2.0

• Stage 1: Cross the indicators at a decent speed while making sure to keep a consistent racing line.
• Stage 2: Cross the indicators at a decent speed, and make sure to brake at the braking indicators.
• Stage 3: Note the speeds you must be in as you approach each indicator.
• Stage 4: Change lanes at fast speeds.

Level 3: Rev City.

You go from a basic permanent road course to a tricky temporary street course. Rev City

CARS USED: Daihatsu Copen, Toyota Vitz RS Turbo

• Stage 1: Go full throttle into a high-speed corner. Steering input is crucial.
• Stage 2: Same as the previous stage, but in a more powerful car.
• Stage 3: Take a jump and then try to clear the remaining corners keeping a consistent line.
• Stage 4: Same as the previous stage, but in a more powerful car. Some indicators are more narrow.

Level 4: Cosmic Winding.

You will be racing the road course of Cosmic Eggway called Cosmic Winding. After Turn 1 of the oval, you will enter a short road course configuration that will test your racing ability.

CARS USED: Peugeot 106 S16, Mazda Eunos Roadster S-Special Type II

• Stage 1: Try to direct your car into pairs of indicators side-by-side. Uses the tight first corner of the oval.
• Stage 2: With the final corner of the oval, direct your car through pairs of indicators and single indicators.
• Stage 3: Racing infield the road course, follow each indicator, including the acceleration and brake indicators.
• Stage 4: Same as the previous stage, but with Traction Control and Stability Control turned off.

Level 5: Wild West Enduro.

Wild West Enduro is a temporary dirt race course built within a baseball ballpark. To bat a home run in these challenges, you will have to learn driving on non-tarmac surfaces. Consider this your entry into off-road racing in Enthusia Professional Racing. It is also the first Driving Revolution levels where you will be driving race cars.

CARS USED: Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution, Peugeot 206 Rally Car 2000

• Stage 1: Race the second half of the course. Make note of the acceleration indicators towards the end.
• Stage 2: Same as the previous stage, but in a lighter and different-performing car.
• Stage 3: Race the first half of the course. The corners are tighter than in Stage 1.
• Stage 4: Same as the previous stage, but in a lighter and different-performing car.

Level 6: Tsukuba Circuit.

The only licensed race course in Enthusia you will race on in Driving Revolution is the Tsukuba Circuit. This circuit north of Tokyo in Ibaraki Prefecture is a short road course that has plenty of depth. The main challenge here is to learn the track sector by sector. Then, be ready to complete one lap around the course.

CAR USED: Toyota Altezza RS200

• Stage 1: Race the first sector of the track. A sharp corner, a chicane, and a slightly banked hairpin await.
• Stage 2: Race the second sector of the track. A sharp corner followed by some tricky bends and sharp hairpin await.
• Stage 3: Race the final sector of the track. The long, sweeping corner is too easy to misjudge. So be careful.
• Stage 4: Race one lap around the track.

Level 7: Tsukuba Circuit.

You will be racing again on Tsukuba Circuit, but this time under wet conditions. You also will be racing without TCS or ESC for any of the events. Proper car control is an absolute must for clearing each of the stages.

CARS USED: Toyota Sprinter Trueno 3-Door GT APEX, Toyota Altezza RS200

• Stage 1: Perform a slalom on a wet track in an low-powered car. Manual transmission.
• Stage 2: Race through Tsukuba's S-curve on a wet course. No TCS or ESC.
• Stage 3: Race the second half of the first sector of Tsukuba.
• Stage 4: If you misjudge the large radius of this section's curve, you will fail.

Level 8: Marco Strada.

This is the night version of Marco Strada, which is run on wet roads. Very much inspired by Venice, Italy; you will be doing a series of challenges to test your wet weather handling.

CARS USED: Mini Cooper S, Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA, Mazda Roadster RS-II

• Stage 1: Race the middle part of the track, which mostly takes place on the wooden bridge.
• Stage 2: Same as the previous stage, but in a more powerful car that is rear-wheel drive (unlike the front-wheel drive car previously).
• Stage 3: Drive through a chicane on down to the sharp hairpin leading to the Start/Finish line. Same car from Stage 2.
• Stage 4: Take on the chicane in a peppy sports car. Watch out for collisions or losing control.

Level 9: Autumn Mountain.

The beautiful Autumn Mountain track features a winding course through a village and several adjacent mountain roads. This is a really technical temporary course, so make sure to stay alert at all times on a track that can snap on you at any given moment if you are not careful.

CARS USED: Lancia Delta integrale Evoluzione II, Honda Civic Type R, Mercedes-Benz CL55 AMG

• Stage 1: Race the first half of the track with a lot of indicators on the exterior of the course.
• Stage 2: Race the second half of the track with indicators on the exterior of the course.
• Stage 3: Race the final corner of the course with indicators are placed side-by-side. Concentration is a must here.
• Stage 4: Indicators are scattered everywhere and at different speeds. Concentrate and practice to get an "S" here.

Level 10: Edge of the Road.

Edge of the Road is a beautiful and exciting off-road course with tunnels and waterfalls. There are also a number of corners sure to keep you honest. Victory here will require a combination of off-road racing along with proper car control on non-tarmac surfaces.

CARS USED: Daihatsu Storia X4, Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI, Subaru Impreza WRX STi Limited, Ford Focus Rally Car

• Stage 1: A tricky set of left and right corners await you along with elevation changes. Take them all properly to pass this stage.
• Stage 2: Go from a high-speed section down to some slow corners, all while keeping the car stable.
• Stage 3: Take on a series of hairpin curves while trying to maintain traction on dirt surfaces.
• Stage 4: Take on the jumps to this course while also properly navigating the corners in a proper rally car.

Level 11: Mystic Caveway.

Most of Mystic Caveway is raced on through a cavern. How you handle the many corners within this unique setting will determine success or failure. Take on these invidivdual challenges and perform to the best of your ability.

CARS USED: Nissan Elgrand, Daihatsu Storia X4, Mitsubishi Lancer GSR Evolution III

• Stage 1: Race the hairpin of this course in a huge rear-wheel drive van.
• Stage 2: Race through a section of many indicators leading to the Start/Finish line. Think ahead and plan in advance to clear this one.
• Stage 3: Most indicators are in blind parts of the track and near walls. Find them and adjust your speed to clear this section.
• Stage 4: Same strategy as the previous stage, but you are now dealing with uphill corners.

Level 12: Speediapolis Ring.

If you think the challenges will be easy since Speediapolis Ring is on an oval, think again! If anything, this set of challenges test your ability to keep a car stable under high-speed conditions. You will almost certainly fail if you go too slow around the course in any of these stages. So try to concentrate on maintaining high speeds throughout your runs.

CARS USED: Pontiac Firebird Trans-Am SD-455, Audi R8 Team Goh 2003, Honda NSX-R, Toyota Exxon Superflo Supra

• Stage 1: Race the second half of Speediapolis Ring in a muscle car.
• Stage 2: One lap around the track in a proper race car. Take advantage of this car's downforce and intense speed.
• Stage 3: Perform a high-speed slalom on the backstretch of this course. Know when to change lanes and keep a consistent speed.
• Stage 4: Race the first half of this course while also performing a high-speed slalom. Make note of where the indicators are.

Level 13: Burgenschlucht.

Burgenschlucht is a unique tarmac course with a rally racing feel to it. Winding country roads and some city streets are utilized in this uniquely European temporary racing course. This track is almost basically a tarmac rally course with its snaking roads. Enjoy trying to push the limits of both your car and your skills on this excellent course.

CARS USED: Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec, Honda NSX Type S Zero, Dodge Viper GTS, Lotus Elise 111S

• Stage 1: Take a tour through the village while weaving left and right going downhill.
• Stage 2: Part of Stage 1 shows up again, but you are now taking on some sharp corners and some uphill and downhill sections.
• Stage 3: Take on the high-speed right-hand corner followed by a sharp kink. Control your speed properly to clear the stage.
• Stage 4: Control a nimble car through a series of tricky corners situated on undulating roads.

Level 14: Wintertraum.

Some people have criticized that cars in Enthusia handle like they are on ice. Well, here is a unique Driving Revolution challenge- racing on ice and snow. Wintertraum offers icy and snowy roads for you to drive on. The course is kind of an icy version of Burgenschlucht but with different roads. Ice and snow have poor traction. So for these stages, you will have to try to navigate your way around on surfaces that have little or no traction. Thankfully, you will be racing a machine more than capable to take on these stages. Though it has the designation of WRC, you are not racing a World Rally Championship rally car in this Level. You are instead racing a street car with DNA of their successful GT-FOUR WRC Rally Car. These stages will be difficult, but not impossible. You will really need to focus and practice to get the best scores in these stages. In case you're wondering, this is the last of the off-road Driving Revolution levels.

CAR USED: Toyota Celica GT-FOUR WRC

• Stage 1: Perform a slalom on icy roads on the front stretch of the track.
• Stage 2: Downhill sections await. Don't lose too much speed or control!
• Stage 3: Both downhill and uphill sections make up this course. Find the best line and adjust throttle inputs to clear this stage.
• Stage 4: Use the indicators to devise a proper racing line around this large-radius turn section.

Level 15: Dragon Range.

You will be taking on Enthusia's touge track- Dragon Range in the downhill direction. Your ability to properly drift around corners will be paramount to success in these challenges. Even if you are not an adept drifter (I am not good at drifting myself), you will at least learn and practice techniques to become a more solid driver overall. Just like almost anything in life, take this set of challenges as a learning experience. The best advice for any of these tests is to try not to hit the barriers on either side of the road in these stages.

CARS USED: Nissan 180 Type X, Mazda Roadster RS-II, Subaru Impreza WRX STi Version VI, Mazda Savanna RX-7 Infini

• Stage 1: A weaving road with a series of indicators await. Keep the car stable at all times while adjusting speeds.
• Stage 2: Take on the high-speed section of the track while properly hitting all of the indicators at proper speeds.
• Stage 3: Try using the emergency brake to make tighter turns to tackle a series of three hairpin corners.
• Stage 4: The final set of corners await you. They are blind and in tricky locations. Drive carefully.

Level 16: Pacific Gateway.

Pacific Gateway is a challenging street course with elevation changes and tricky corners. You are racing around the beautiful city of San Francisco, California, USA here. Racing this track helped me to appreciate the beauty of San Francisco. While this urban course is beautiful, this track has some ugly sections that will unnerve you if you are not careful. The course has everything from technical corners to many elevation changes. You're going to get quite a workout racing this one! In a way, you can think of Pacific Gateway as Konami's answer to the Seattle Circuit of Gran Turismo games.

CARS USED: Ford Mustang Mach 1, Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Coupe, Chevrolet Corvette Z51

• Stage 1: Take on the first sector of the course, with its blind corners. Be careful going uphill and making jumps later.
• Stage 2: The winding roads around a forested part of the track await. The section is blind and twisty. Go easy here.
• Stage 3: Go over a crest, into a chicane, then through a sweeping downhill section. Double indicators towards the end.
• Stage 4: From the final uphill, take on a twisty section that goes downhill and to the marina. Keep the car stable and in a good line.

Level 17: Löwenseering.

I call Löwenseering as the signature race track of Enthusia Professional Racing. You will be racing the Grand Prix style course, Löwenseering in a powerful race car. You will be given the 24 Hours of Le Mans-winning Team Goh Audi Japan R8 LMP from 2004. You will have to learn this track and this car on your own to clear all four stages. Oh, and if you fail, NO advice will be given to you at all. The assumption is that you have been taught all you can be taught, so it's up to you to clear all of the stages. Can you do it?

CAR USED: Audi R8 Team Goh 2004

• Stage 1: Complete the first sector of the track, complete with a banked turn and several sharp corners.
• Stage 2: Complete the second sector of the track, which includes a super-slow hairpin and the bridge.
• Stage 3: Complete the final sector of the track. This stage is both long and fast with many tricky corners.
• Stage 4: Complete a full lap around this course. "C" or better will be difficult, but keep trying!

HOW difficult? This video from another player demonstrate how nuts this challenge is, especially Level 17, Stage 4:


^ Enthusia - Driving Revolution - Level 17 Stage 4 - S RANK!!

Now YOU try and do that for Level 17, Stage 4 (or better)!

Level 18: Cosmic Eggway.

While the course is fairly simple, the challenges here are anything but. Each stage is done in Manual Transmission and with no Traction Control or Stability Control. Throttle, brakes, and transmission are not functional in any of these challenges. So what you are looking at is a test in car control. This set of challenges will unnerve you to no end. However, clearing each stage is not impossible. Even if you just clear a section with "C" or better, consider yourself adept. You're the absolute best if you clear all four stages with the "S" rank.

CARS USED: Mazda Roadster RS-II, Nissan S15 Silvia R-Tune, Caterham Super 7 Superlight R500

• Stage 1: Use the E-Brake to properly maintain the car while heading into the corner.
• Stage 2: Countersteer to drift through the indicators. No E-Brake in this one.
• Stage 3: Adjust weight while cornering to hit the indicators.
• Stage 4: E-Brake drift in this car, but be ready to gather it up again.


It takes a lot of skill to clear each stage, let alone with an "S" rank. Just keep trying and don't give up. Also avoid being frustrated. All this will do is further rack your mind trying to clear these levels and their stages.





I hope you found these little tidbits helpful. Happy racing! Thank you for reading! Take care and be well.

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Enthusia Professional Racing

Enthusia Professional Racing was never a direct threat to Gran Turismo. What this game was, however, was a surprising racing game that has its fair share of positives despite some lofty negatives. Many people severely overlooked this game while most sim racing fans appreciated the level of driving realism this game provides. This may be one of the most underrated racing games of all time. This was only available for the PlayStation 2, meaning its primary rival was Gran Turismo 4. I'm going to offer my own review of this game and my own personal feelings about this game. This will launch a new blog label- Enthusia Professional Racing.

What game? Here's the box art:


^ from: www.amazon.com - Enthusia Professional Racing, exclusively for the PlayStation 2.

BEFORE I BEGIN...

This blog post was initially created on my main blog- John's Blog Space- on April 4, 2010. It has been extensively edited to suit this blog.

About the Label: "Enthusia"

Enthusia Professional Racing will be shortened to "Enthusia." Each post under this label features either resources or commentary regarding EPR. I want to try to offer as many different resources and other material regarding Enthusia under this label.

--- "Enthusia Professional Racing" at a Glance ---

While Enthusia looks nowhere as pretty as Gran Turismo, and while it doesn't have damage, Enthusia is fairly solid for a racing game. Enthusia is more along the lines of a solid driving experience than even Gran Turismo provides. The game features a very interesting driving system. There are a nice variety of cars, more than 200. These consist of everything from mini cars to vans to sports cars. Some race cars are also available. Every track is fictional except Tsukuba and the Nürburgring Nordschleife. Speediapolis Ring is obviously the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in configuration, only that this track has scenery MUCH different from Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

The racing is all about solid driving.

--- Complaints About Enthusia ---

Everyone had a bone to pick with Enthusia Professional Racing. Here are some of many complaints:

• "The cars handle like they're on ice."
• "The game is ugly-looking."
• "The game has an ugly menu."
• "Leveling up cars is (homosexual slur)."
• "Attack of the Minivans!"

Then came something that got me really upset about what two people said about this game. Victor Lucas and Tommy Tallarico, hosts of former G4TV show (back when G4 was more about video games than trying to be Spike TV Jr.), "Judgment Day," compared Gran Turismo 4 to Enthusia Professional Racing. This was the verdict these two guys rendered on Enthusia vs. Gran Turismo 4:

(indirect quote)

"Both games are disappointing, but Gran Turismo 4 is less disappointing."

-Victor Lucas and Tommy Tallarico, on one episode of "Judgment Day"

It infuriated me once I think more about this game because this game wasn't as disappointing as people say it is. More people cared about games like the Burnout games. But hell, at least Enthusia and GT were about RACING and not about persistent crashing like the Burnout games.

My Responses to Common Complaints.

Each complaint is in bold so you remember what I am counterattacking with. So here you go:

• "The cars handle like they're on ice."
When it comes to cars "handling like they are on ice," don't worry. There's a track called Wintertraum which will make you eat your words when you say these cars handle like they're on ice. Enthusia's driving model is actually much better for drifting than Gran Turismo games. I sometimes wish I had better control of my drifts in Enthusia, but some would say that Gran Turismo gives you too much control.

• "The game is ugly-looking."
Enthusia is not Gran Turismo 4, and I get so sick of people talking about Gran Turismo games like they're all show and no go. Okay, we get it. Enthusia is not beautiful-looking. Let me tell you why you're wrong, though. Enthusia has some beautiful graphical touches. Maybe the loveliest is when you race Marco Strada at night. You can see visible rain drops falling from the sky onto the road. You see lots of light sparkles on the metallic items. It's really a beautiful sight. A lot of the graphical effects are beautiful. Not even Gran Turismo 4 could match some of the nice visual touches in Enthusia.

• "The game has an ugly menu."
Enthusia's menus aren't all that ugly. If you want something ugly, go try selecting a mode in the very first GTR.

• "Leveling up cars is (homosexual slur)."
The "homosexual slur" is "gay." I didn't want to use "gay" in that section because I hate using that word to mean something bad. I also don't want to offend my gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgendered/intersexed audience. I'll get to more detail about what the leveling up of cars is all about later in this blog entry. I do think the level up process lacks any serious purpose, but it's not that bad.

• "Attack of the Minivans!"
See,this is what happens when people look at one aspect of the game that doesn't mean anything significant to the overall game. It's like when I've had to debate with people on GTPlanet about how people couldn't stand being "forced to race" kei cars and vans and stuff. There are no Ferraris, Porsches, Lamborghinis, or any real big name car companies, but the game is just fine without the presence of those makes.


Now you know how I feel about some of the various complaints people have had about this game.

--- More About Enthusia Professional Racing ---

Enthusia Professional Racing tries to offer its own formula to Gran Turismo-style games.

Modes.

Among the many different things, it has its own Career Mode, called "Enthusia Life." This is where you are involved in a ranking system. Going up in the ranks is achieved by winning races. Doing things like changing cars, losing races, and taking a weekend off to rest can hurt you in the rankings. The "Enthu Points" is more like your HP. Enthu Points go down when you go off-course or hit something (walls or cars). If you run out of Enthu Points after a race, you will not be able to compete in next week's events. You will have to Rest to make ready for the next week of racing action. A variety of races will be available to you. Select an event, then select a car as a favorite to win or place very well (even if you choose yourself). The real key is to be among the top 6 racers in the RS series of races to compete in the King of the Year Grand Prix at the end of the year. The odds system can be very confusing, so I will not go too much further with this.

• Driving Revolution is like a different approach to License Tests. There are no license tests whatsoever, but these Driving Revolution exercises are there to test your abilities to drive a car properly around a set course. It functions a bit like another Konami title- Dance Dance Revolution. You run through these markers scattered around the track. These markers have horizontal bars that go up and down. If the horizontal bar goes up, you are going too fast. Conversely, if the horizontal bar goes down, you are going too slow. The way to score the best possible score is to clear every marker with a Perfect score. Missing markers and hitting the wall result in penalties. If you fail a test, you will get some advice to help you when doing your next run.

• Free Run allows you to simply do a race around any course in the game. This will give you a chance to engage in racing action. You can unlock new tracks and cars to race in Free Run with. You can even freely set a track to race and opposition to choose to race against. If you want to get more tracks, you'll need to have great performances in Enthusia Life. If you want to earn more cars to race with in Free Run, here is what you need to do. You need to race at Normal Difficulty (or higher), run the default number of laps (three laps or more), and win the race without hitting anything (cars or walls) or going off course. If you do unlock more cars, you can only unlock the cars you raced against in an event. So if you need certain cars missing in your collection, you'll need to win the race against cars not in your collection. If you change your car's settings or modify the grid (including placing your car some place other than 6th for circuit races or 1st for rally courses), you will not get to earn any more tracks or cars until you win a race at Normal Difficulty at three or more laps.

• Practice your driving skills by going solo in Time Trial mode. This is where you can choose from a variety of options including practicing a certain section of a track.

• Library allows you to look at replays and read more about every car company featured in the game.

Modes for options and Versus speak for themselves.

Tracks.

Most of the tracks in this game are fictional. Most of them are city street and country road courses. Some real cities are featured in this game. Those cities include London, Paris, Venice, and San Francisco among others. This game even has a desert track and a touge course. The desert course, called Mirage Crossing, mimics the Dakar Rally. The route will change depending on what course you're given when you race it. If you travel outside the boundaries of the course, your car will be stuck in the sand, forcing you to retire. The touge course is called Dragon Range. Dragon Range is essentially a tarmac mountain road. You can race it downhill or uphill. It is a great track to test your drifting skills.

The most exciting course in the game is Löwenseering. This track is Enthusia's answer to Gran Turismo's Grand Valley Speedway. Löwenseering is an exciting course that looks like a lion and features a little of everything. The most treacherous track is Wintertraum. Wintertraum is the only icy venue in Enthusia. You will have a tough time trying to maintain grip on the icy and snowy roads. And of course, no course is more treacherous than the Nürburgring Nordschleife.

Cars.

Cars are divided into multiple classes and categories. The "E" class features the slowest and least powerful cars. The highest class of road-going car is the "A" class. There is also the "R" class reserved for race cars. Car types are divided nicely. You have classes like Realsports, Multipurpose, Premium Sedan, Compact, and Competition among others.

The best aspect of this game is that this game has a quite realistic transmission model. Cars can come in Automatic, Semi-Automatic, Shift Assist, and Manual/Standard. The cars have interesting handling models. The most notorious aspect of this game is how rear-wheel drive is featured in this game.

--- Enthusia Life ---

Enthusia Life is the career mode of Enthusia Professional Racing. It is here where you go from zero to hero. Progress in this mode will help you to add cars to your garage that you can race. Each month consists of four races for you to take part in. You shouldn't worry about these specific races until you reach the RS class.

You begin racing in the RN class. You go from this class to the RS class. Your ranking determines your class. You can be promoted to higher classes with greater progress, and demoted if your ranking is low. You earn ranking points that help you to move up in the rankings. A race win grants the most points. You can choose whatever race you want to enter. If you want to have a chance to earn the most points, choose the event in the far left. They are the most difficult, but yield the most points.

When you reach the ranking of 50 or more in your Enthusia Life career, you are invited to the RS class. Don't worry about the Calendar feature until you reach the RS class. RS features all the events for each month. Some months may have different focal points. For example, there may be a month where you will only be allowed to race rear-wheel drive cars. You will need to change cars to fit the specifications of cars for that month. Remember that changing cars or resting COULD impact your overall ranking.

With the points you earn, your car levels up as well as you leveling up, improving the performance characteristics of your car. Leveling up yourself in the game allows you to have more Enthu Points available and improve your recovery time between races.

In the various classes, various races are set up for you rather than to have you race in a specific championship. It isn't like Gran Turismo or Forza where the races you should run are right there in front of you to race. Instead, random races come your way based on what car you're using. For example, you may races based on car type, car displacement, car nationality, and things like that.

Enthusia Life has no true garage. You can somewhat tune cars based on certain settings. There are no exact settings for cars. All you have are sliders to adjust for every car. You can set certain aspects that determine how the cars handle. You can also test the car at various courses on your own.

--- Enthusia Professional Racing vs. Gran Turismo 4 ---

Gran Turismo 4 is a much better game overall. However, Enthusia Professional Racing has a number of features and aspects which make this game much better than what people say it is. People have given up on this game and considered it an also-ran. It's probably the reason why this game will never have a sequel any time soon.

Disappointments.

The biggest problem I have in Enthusia Professional Racing is that you just can't have as much fun as you like. You can't do any aggressive racing or go off-course. Even running out of bounds on a street course leads to penalties. This game is just too much of a pro-minded game to where you can't really enjoy driving as you could in Gran Turismo games. It's also too complicated a game to understand right away. You really need to be patient and get a pretty good understanding of the game to grasp all the nuances of this title. This game doesn't have any real personality, though it has a LOT more personality than the Sega GT games. There's only one other thing I'm disappointed about with this game- not a lot of race cars. For a game that prides itself so much on "re-creation of real physics," I wish more race cars were in the game. I'd really be happy to see something like a formula racing car (Indy car, F1, etc.). I do also wish there were some more interesting cars to race with.


Besides this, I recommend you get Enthusia Professional Racing if you are any kind of racing game fan. Don't let its misses draw you away from playing this title. Don't let its budget-like price tell you it is a boring or uninteresting game. You're in the right place regarding racing games- add this to your collection if you haven't already.





Overall, I love Gran Turismo 4, but there are a lot of features which makes Enthusia Professional Racing MUCH better than what people say it is. Give it some time and effort, and it will reward you with a solid racing experience. Want to give this game a try? You can purchase this game through Amazon by clicking on the graphic below. I think you really need to play this game if you love simulation-type racing games.


You may purchase Enthusia Professional Racing from Amazon. And here it is below:



And here is a strategy guide for this game, if you need more help:





I hope this blog post has been of help to you. I also hope to possibly offer more resources to all of you in regards to Enthusia Professional Racing. Thank you for reading!

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