Gran Turismo 4 Cheats (PlayStation 2)

To smoke the competition at the beginning of the game purchase the Mitsubishi Lancer
Evolution GSR '92, on sale in the Used Car Showroom I.

When you buy or receive a new car, before driving it change the oil. This will increase
the Horse Power of the car, which sometimes can be a pretty significant increase.

Notice that after you have completed 25% of the game, you will reveive a new car, like if
you've just finished a tournament. That car is the Audi Nuvolari Quattro.

The vehicle line-up in the used car showrooms is constantly changing. On the last week of
the changing cycle--starting day 694--four secret black race cars appear in the
showrooms. Two of the cars are in the Used Car Showroom I and the other two are in
Showroom II, and they only appear for one week (Gran Turismo time). All four cars can be
purchased for about Cr.8,500,000 total, which is an absolute bargain for these sort of
race cars.

Start out with any vehicle you like. When you make enough money to make your vehicle
faster using the beginner hall, move over the the special conditions Hall. Defeat the
first race (Rally d' Umbria) and you will receive a Cadillac CIEN '02. Get more money and
put more power into your Cadillac CIEN '02 (you won't have to if you don't want to). The
CIEN will gain almost 1000+ HP. Go to the second race with the CEIN in the Special
Conditions Hall called Rally d' Capri. After you win that race you will get a Toyota RSC
Rally Raid Car '02 which you can sell for more than $230,000+. Keep racing that race and
keep making the money. 

To obtain over 260,000 credits easily just take your best car and take it into the Rally
d' Capri easy in the Special Conditions hall. Once you obtain the car sell it and you get
over 260,000 credits. You can repeat this over and over and soon enough you should be able
to afford anything you want. 

Enter the European Hall event 1000 Miles! I recommend either the Ginetta G4 '64 (won from
Beginner Lightweight K Cup) or the Chevelle SS 454 '70 (won from American Muscle Car
Championship). Enter the Cote d'Azur race (I think the last one works just the same).
Make sure your car's HP is near or above 200. Put it on B-spec, 5-Push, overtake, 3x
speed. Come back after a couple hours (this works best if you leave it overnight). You
should have won the race, along with 150,000 credits! This can also be done with the
championship race, which is 4 races. 4 races times 150,000 credits plus 300,000 credit
prize equals 900,000 credits. The prize car is crappy, but who cares, you have 900,000
credits from doing nothing!

If you have a save file from GT3 you can import money and licenses into GT4. You can
transfer license qualifications but you do not receive the unlockable items that come
with the license when you get them without importing. You can transfer money up to
100,000 dollars. This can only be done once.

At any screen with scrolling text, pause the ticker by pressing L3. The information ticker
sometimes have the best tips in the game.

If you install a NOS system on your car, you can tap into it by pressing the R1 button.
The Nitro guage is located to the right of the dash. Once it is empty, you will need to
take a pit stop to refuel it or wait for it to slowly recharge.

If you can achieve all gold ratings in each section in school mode, you will unlock an
extra bonus car for your hard work!

It may seem a little pointless unlocking all the cars and completing all the tests, but
these are not going to be lost. Once the full version of GT4 is available your save game
for Prologue can be transferred across and all the new cars you have gained can be used
right from the start. What are you waiting for? Buy Prologue and get the hammer down and
start racing!

There are a number of "hidden" controls in Gran Turismo 4 that will make navigating the
game a bit easier. 

On the main Gran Turismo Mode screen, press L1 to jump the cursor to Home, and press R1
to jump the cursor to the country of your vehicle's manufacturer. 

When looking at your garage in Home, press START to bring up the vehicle settings screen.


When changing your vehicle's settings, press START to enlarge the Engine Power/Torque
curve. 

At the end of a series race, press START to skip the finish times and championship points
screens. 

During a replay, press L3 to fast-forward. 

During a pit stop, press X to to stop refueling, letting you get out of the stop faster. 

With the Driving Force Pro wheel, press any combination of the LEFT, RIGHT, and DOWN
buttons on the D-pad to look in that direction while driving.

On Apricot Hill, go reverse. It's on the 2nd turn before you start going down hill. Look
way over on the mountain side, look striaght. On the side of the mountain there is
grayish, what appears to be smoke coming up and blowing towards the right.

On Trail Mountain normal, get to the end of the big straight, the one with the tunnel.
Before you get to the big banked sharp turn you can look out over the valley or whatever.
There is a lone tree staning there, bare, just standing there. That's one big big tree.