Prerelease:Gran Turismo 2

This page details pre-release information and/or media for Gran Turismo 2.

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Tracks

Early and Cut Tracks

Several pre-release screenshots show the track Special Stage Route 11 from the first game. Along with SSR11, a version of Tahiti Road with a night sky was shown as well, possibly taken from the same build of the game. Neither of these are present in any of the released demo builds nor the final versions of the game. For reasons unknown, footage of SSR11 in GT2 made its way to Gran Turismo 20th Anniversary video, promoting Gran Turismo Sport.

The GT2 SCEE Press Disc contains artwork of an early version of High Speed Ring set in sunset, pretty much like in the Gran Turismo Test Drive demo. This version of the track can also be seen in the background video in the Arcade Mode disc.

Early Names

Many tracks got their names changed during the development of the game, as depicted in the Official UK PlayStation Magazine and in some demos:

Early	Final
Tahiti Beach Side	Tahiti Road
Parmanent	Midfield Raceway
Eiger Path	Grindelwald
Palm Strip / Plum Strip	Apricot Hill
Roma Night Drive	Rome Night
Tahiti Dirt Route 2	Tahiti Maze
Tahiti Safari Course	Tahiti Dirt Route 3
North American Roadway	Pikes Peak Hill Climb / Down Hill

Eiger Path and Palm Strip

During the opening FMV, the names of two tracks flash on the screen: Eiger Path and Plam Strip (sic).

No, not a drag strip.

For a long time, Palm Strip was often thought as a drag strip for the planned drag racing mode. A more likely explanation, however, is that Palm Strip is nothing more than an early name for Apricot Hill Raceway. One of the license tests in the European versions in certain languages takes place in Apricot Hill Raceway, but its entry names the track as Palm Strip, while the section where the aforementioned license test is also internally named l_plam. In addition, SCEE's press disc contains an image of a wireframe of Apricot Hill under the name "Plum Strip" (sic).

Although said press disc also has an image of wireframe of Grindelwald track with its final name, it is possible that Eiger Path is also an early name for Grindelwald, as both the Eiger and Grindelwald are located in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland.

Cars

Mercedes-Benz CLK-GTR

The Mercedes-Benz CLK-GTR was supposed to make its first appearance in Gran Turismo 2. Several pre-release screenshots show this car with either blue or yellow rearview mirrors.

The front bumper of the car features a logo of Warsteiner, a brand of alcoholic beverage, which likely would have been removed if the car made it to the final version of the game.

A different version of the car was shown in a memory card sticker set bundled in a January 2000 edition of The PlayStation magazine in Japan, and on issue 68 of Edge magazine, where it lacks D2 Privat logos on the side.

Early Model Renders

In addition to this, several cars were seen in renders that are different to the final build, but they aren't seen in any of the demos.

• The Mini Cooper 1275S Mark I had a silver color, as seen in the December 1999 issue of the Official UK PlayStation Magazine.
• The Mini Cooper 1.3 had a silver/grey color.
• The Renault Espace F1 had a silver color.
• The Renault Megane had a silver color.
• The Daihatsu Midget II D-Type '98 had a silver color.
• The Mitsubishi Pajero Mini '98 had a silver color.
• The race modification of the Mitsubishi 3000GT '95 had a silver and yellow color option.
• The race modification of the Toyota 2000GT had a silver and green color option.
• The race modification of the Venturi Atlantique 400GT had a silver with white stripes color option.
• The Chevrolet Camaro Z28 '69 had a silver color with yellow stripes.
• The TVR Speed 12 had multiple colors (Gold, Dark Blue and Silver).
• Another model of the Opel/Vauxhall Vectra that was going to be used was the Vectra 2.0i. It features the sporty bodywork seen on the Vectra GSi, but has different rims.
• The Lotus Elise 111S racing mod was the normal version with a spoiler. Possibly was WIP at the time.
• The Ford GT40 Race Car had a grey color, as seen in the December 1999 issue of the Official UK PlayStation Magazine and a strategy guide by Prima Games.
• The first Racing Modification of the Volkswagen Golf had an extra orange paint scheme.
• The RUF Turbo-R had an extra "Turbo" logo in the back, which was removed in the final version of the game, possibly to remove any explicit Porsche references.
• The Honda Prelude Type-SH had originally a blue color as well, as shown in the Prima's Official Strategy Guide book.
• The Mazda MX-5 Miata 1.6 had a white roof cover, as shown in the Prima's Official Strategy Guide book.
• The Mazda MX-5 Miata 1.8 VS had a black roof cover instead.
• The Lotus Elise 135 had no "135" decal on its sides.

Cars Relegated to Racing Modifications

Several early car lists consider a few racing modifications to have their own separate model. Every early car list include some deleted cars present only in the demos, which are not listed here:

• Opel Astra Rally Car
• Opel Vectra Touring Car
• Renault Laguna Touring Car
• Audi A4 Touring Car
• Ford Mondeo Touring Car
• Lister Storm GT
• Honda NSX-R GT2 LM '95
• Mini Monte Carlo (listed along with the Mini 1275S Mark I)
• Nismo GT-R (R34) LM (listed along with the Nismo GT-R R33 LM and Road Car version, possibly a typo)