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User:FMecha/Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec
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Developer:
Polyphony Digital
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Known as Gran Turismo 2000 during the development, the game has less tracks and cars compared to its predecessor, but it went to became a instant hit.
Unused Cars
General
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| Porsche 911 GT3
The only Porsche to appear in the series (albeit informally) so far, Kazunori Yamauchi is reported to own one. This car was removed entirely in the PAL version of the game. |
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| Lamborghini Diablo JGTC
A prize car in the Japanese version of the game, the car appeared using a licensing loophole, licensed from the constructor (JLOC, a onwers club for Lamborghini in Japan, which ran the car in JGTC) rather than Lamborghini. Due to risks of using this loophole, the car was hidden in the US version before being removed completely in the PAL versions. Lamborghinis officialy appeared in Gran Turismo (PSP) but this particular car did not return until Gran Turismo 5. |
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| Lancia Stratos
Available in road and rally flavors, not available in PAL version of the game. Screenshots of this car exists when the game was being developed under the name of Gran Turismo 2000. |
 
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| Nissan Skyline GT-R M-Spec (R34)
A new model of Skyline GT-R that does not officially appear until Gran Turismo Concept and Gran Turismo 4. |
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| Extra Mazda Roadsters/Miatas/MX-5s
The first one is the 1989 model and includes a uniquely placed Japanese license plate. The second one is the 1997 S-Special model and has a roll bar and a Gran Turismo license plate in it. Finally, the last one is the 1996 S-Special model with a roll-bar and a Japanese license plate. These cars are proably owned by someone at Polyphony Digital, likely Kazunori Yamauchi. |
  
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| Extra Lancer Evolution VI Rally Car
No difference that the original one that you can win, only this one has no logo in it. |
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"Sample" cars
"Sample" cars are intended for debugging and testing purporses. There are 10 "sample" cars in total:
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| Sample 001
Appears as a "jacked-up" Mazda RX-7 LM Race Car in the simulation garage and a 1998 McLaren MP4/13 (driven by Mika Hakkinen to clinch his first Formula One title) elsewhere. The latter has "Test" in place of "West" in the sidepods, but references to West cigarettes remained elsewhere throught the car. |
 
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| Sample 002
A yellow TVR Cerbera for testing some colors. |
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| Sample 003
An Acura RSX with an ball over the car and the plate that reads "NISSAN COLOR" on the front and side (the latter are not shown) of the car. Used to test Nissan colors. |
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| Sample 004
Just like Sample 002, but for other different colors. Has a different rim, too. |
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| Sample 005
Just like Sample 003, but for different Nissan colors and has a hollow rims (appears as a very odd rim in Arcade Mode and races). The plate simply reads "NISSAN" for this one. |
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| Sample 006
Appears as a box in Arcade Mode and a pair of balls in races. Used to test reflections. Crashes the game by stopping to load any further cars if opened in Simulation Mode. |
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| Sample 007
Another Acura RSX with a reflection ball over it used to test Mitsubishi colors. Has an odd looking rims, too. |
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| Sample 008
No plates or reflection balls here. Proably for testing Honda colors. |
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| Sample 009
Another color-tester Cerbera, with a different rim. |
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| Sample 010
A F090/S that looks like it has a misaligned wheels. Purpose unknown. |
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Regional Differences
As with every Gran Turismo game, regional differences exist. The introduction movie, for instance, while using the relatively similar footage, had different background music: the Japanese version used Moon Over the Castle as usual, the North American version used a specially-mixed version of Lenny Kravitz's Are You Gonna Go My Way for the game, and the PAL versions use Feeder's Just A Day as the background music.
The Japanese and North American versions had 6 Formula One cars, while the PAL versions had only two. In addition, the cars are more identifieable in the US and Japanese version of the game, using the FCYY/D format (C stands for cylinder, YY stands for year, and D stands for driver). The cars in the US and Japanese version of the game are F686/M (Nigel Mansell's Williams FW11), F687/S (Ayrton Senna's Lotus 99T), F688/S (Senna's McLaren MP4/4), F090/S (Senna's McLaren MP4/5B), F094/S (Senna's Williams FW15) and F094/H (Damon Hill's Williams FW15B). The PAL versions' F1 cars are the Polyphony001 (F094/H with higher nose) and Polyphony002 (F688/S).
The PAL version has the Vauxhall cars in it, but it requires the language set to (British) English. Also, the US version has Exxon instead of Esso, just like GT2.
