Sports Car GT

Contents

• Quirks and Features
• The Cars
  • Car List
  • Modifiable Cars
• The Events
  • Track List
  • Season Mode
  • Arcade Mode
  • Time Trials
• Gameplay
  • Getting Started
  • Garage Gamesave
  • Car Collecting
• Miscellaneous Notes
• Special Thanks

1. The Menus. Once you've pressed [START] on the screen where the game tells you to, you'll be presented with a Main menu that includes these items:

   One Player

   Two Player

   Load

   Options

   Credits

   You can set your preferences by choosing the Options item; after which, you can press [Triangle] to return to the Main menu. You can then either choose One Player (to start a new gamesave), or choose Load before choosing One Player (to continue a previously Saved game).
   • Choosing the One Player item takes you to the Mode menu that includes the 3 game modes:

   Season

   Arcade

   Time Trial

   Season Mode is basically like the Career mode found in other racing games, and it's probably where you'll want to spend most of your time. A Season in Sports Car GT is similar to a championship, except that there are no points awarded and the rival cars won't always be the same in all of the races of the same Season. In that sense, SCGT's Season is more like a series of Single Race events that need to be done in a specific order. If you want to try a few cars and/or tracks before entering Season Mode, you can spend some time in Arcade Mode first. Note that Time Trial Mode will only be available if you currently own a car.
   • Choosing the Season item takes you to the Class Select menu which includes the 4 classes: GTQ, GT3, GT2, and GT1. Choosing a Class then takes you to the Paddock menu which includes these items:

   Car Shop

   Modifications

   Tuning

   Save Game

   Start

   Car Shop allows you to Select, Buy, or Sell a car, while Modifications is basically like a Parts Shop where you can Buy, Install, or Remove upgrades.
2. First Car. For your first car, you're initially given $50,000, which gives you 2 choices if you're starting from scratch, or 4 choices if you have a Garage Gamesave that includes the 2 extra cars.

   Starter Cars	Buy	Copy
   . BMW M3 Sport	40,000	30,000
   . Porsche 911 Sport	--	50,000
   . Saleen S281 Sport	25,000	18,000
   . Saleen S281 Sport (upgraded)	--	47,250

   The best choice is probably the Porshe 911 Sport if you have it on a Garage Gamesave, or the BMW M3 Sport if you don't. Once you've bought a car, you can either choose Select Car from the Car Shop menu or press the game controller's [Triangle] button, either of which will take you back to the Paddock menu.
3. Pre-Race. Choosing Start from the Paddock brings you to the Race Details screen which shows various bits of info such as the track, duration, and condition. The screen also includes 2 menu items:

   Start Race

   Return To Paddock

   If you want to perform any tasks before doing the race, you can choose Return To Paddock. Here are examples of when returning to the Paddock might be useful:
   

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   If you want to change the car's setup, you can do so in Tuning and/or, if you want to play it safe, you can Save the game before continuing. After either of these tasks, you can choose Start to return to the Race Details screen.

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   If you want to do some practice laps or you want to continue the Season at a later time, you can Save the game and then either exit out to Arcade Mode (to get some practice), or exit the game (if you want to continue at a later time). In either case, when you return to Season Mode and choose the class you were in, the game will ask "There is already a GT-X season in progress. Restart season?". Answer "No" to continue where you left off. Note that you should only answer "Yes" if you want to Quit the Season.

4. Post-Race. After finishing a race, pressing [X] twice will take you to the Track Purse screen which shows your earnings and how much is currently in the Bank. Pressing [X] on that screen takes you to the Race Results screen which shows the race results and current track records. If you've set any new records, you'll be asked to enter your initials, and you can use the [Up], [Down], and/or [X] buttons to do so. The menu on the next screen, if you're mid-season, includes these items:

   Next Race

   Quit Season

   Retry - N -

   Note that the 3 Retries that you're allowed are for the whole Season (i.e., not 3 Retries per race). If you're mid-season, you can choose the Next Race item to continue to the Race Details screen of the next race of the Season.
5. End Of Season. If you've just finished the final race of the Season, you'll get a different post-race menu that includes:

   Season Summary

   Retry - N -

   Choosing Season Summary brings you to the Season Results screen that shows the final results and possibly includes a message telling you whether or not you qualify to race in the next class. Note that qualifying for the next higher class (i.e., becoming eligible for the next higher Season) requires a Top-3 finish in all of the races of the current Season. Finishing a Season in 1st place overall entitles you to a bonus car and, if you finish the Season with what the game deems to be worthy results, you'll get an offer to compete in a bonus event called Supreme Challenge Invitational.
6. Now that you know the basics of SCGT gameplay, you can set your goal and proceed as you'd like. Two of the most common goals are to unlock all Seasons and/or unlock all cars.

• Bonus Cars. There are basically 2 kinds of cars that can be awarded in Season Mode:
    • Buyable (cars that can also be bought via the Car Shop's Buy Car option), and
    • Prize-Only (cars that can't be bought via the Car Shop's Buy Car option).
  A Buyable car is awarded for winning a Season, while a Prize-Only car is awarded for winning an Invitational.
  Season Bonus. If a car is awarded for winning a Season, the car will be a Buyable one and it'll usually be in the same class as the Season you entered. Note that a car won't be awarded if you already own all of the Buyable cars of the class. Also note that winning a GT1 Season will award a GT2 (instead of GT1) car unless you already own all of the Buyable GT2 cars; in other words, you'll need to own all 9 Buyable GT2 cars before a GT1 car is awarded for winning a GT1 Season.
  Invitational Bonus. When an Invitational is won, the prize is the rival's car, which will usually be one class higher than the Season you finished; the exception is in GT1 (since there is no higher class). There are a total of 18 Invitationals where Prize-Only cars can be won, and each Invite requires finishing a Season with certain criteria, the specifics of which are still unclear to me. However, I do know that it's possible to do a GTQ Season using a BMW M3 Sport and win the Invitational without winning the Season.
• Car Shop. The Car Shop menu includes the items shown below. Once you've chosen one of these, you can use the game controller's [Left] and/or [Right] buttons to browse the cars that are available for that item.

  Select Car

  Buy Car

  Sell Car

  Carbon Copy

  Select Car allows you to browse the cars you currenlty own, and select one to switch to. With the desired car in view, pressing either [X] or [Triangle] will take you back to the Paddock.
  Buy Car allows you to Buy the car that's currently in view. The list of Buyable cars depends on which class was selected and which cars you don't already own. To be able to Buy a car of a certain class, you'll need to be eligible for that class, and that class needs to have been selected on the Class Select screen. For example: If GT3 is the current class and you want to Buy a GTQ car, you'll need to go back to the Class Select screen and choose GTQ.
  Sell Car allows you to Sell any car you currently own, regardless of which Season is currently selected. A car's Resale value will be the same as its Carbon Copy price. With the exception of the Saleen SR GT #29, if you Sell a car that was bought via Buy Car, you'll get back less than what you paid; the amount you'll lose will be the Buy Car price minus the Carbon Copy price. If you Sell a car that was bought via Buy Car, you can always Buy it back but, if you Sell a car that was won in an Invitational, you'll need to win the same Invitational again to get it back.
  Carbon Copy allows you to CC (i.e., buy via Carbon Copy) a car from another gamesave stored on a second memory card in Slot 2. This is basically like the Trade feature in earlier (PS1 and PS2) titles in the Gran Turismo series. You can CC any car that's available on the other gamesave, regardless of which Season is currently selected. As mentioned in the Garage Gamesave section, there are advantages to using the Carbon Copy feature. However, there are also a couple of things to keep in mind:
  • When using Carbon Copy, the specs shown are not necessarily the specs of the car on the other memory card; if you don't have that info in a database or elsewhere, you can tell whether the car is stock or upgraded by looking at its price.
  • Unlike Buy Car, Carbon Copy won't prevent you from CCing a car you already own. If you do CC a car you already own, the CCed car will replace the already-owned car (since duplicates are not allowed). If your intention is to replace an owned car with a version that's on the other gamesave, be sure to Sell the owned car before doing so; otherwise, you'll lose what you previously spent on that car.
• Easy Money. There is a discrepancy in the Resale value of the Saleen SR GT #29 that allows you to Buy the car for $39,000 and Sell it for $55,000. If you're eligible to race in GT3 and you have at least $39,000 in the Bank, here's an easy way to earn $16,000 per time:
  1. On the Class Select screen, choose GT3 Class.
  2. In the Paddock, choose Car Shop.
  3. In Car Shop, highlight the Buy Car item and then scroll left 3 times.
  4. Make sure the Silver/Pink Saleen SR GT #29 car is shown, then press [X] twice.
  5. Highlight the Sell Car item and then press [X] 3 times.
  6. Repeat Steps 3-5 until you have the desired amount.
  Note that the above is only a money-maker if you Buy and Sell the Silver/Pink #29; if you accidentally Buy and Sell the Yellow/Silver #76, you actually lose $12,000!
  • If you're starting a new gamesave, one way to gain access to Easy Money is:
  1. Do the GTQ Season.
  2. Win the Invitational.
  3. Use the BMW M3 Team PTG to do a GT3 Season.
  The above assumes you already know the basics and you're using either a BMW or Porsche Starter Car. If you're new to SCGT, you basically just need to keep doing the GTQ Season until you qualify for GT3 and have at least $39,000.
  • In the later stages of gameplay, another good money-maker is the Paris Season, which will earn you $670,000 in about 20 minutes using a Mosler Raptor Team Mosler or any other competitive GT1 car that you're comfortable with.
• Invitationals. If you finish a Season with what the game deems to be worthy results, you'll get an offer to compete in a bonus event called Supreme Challenge Invitational where you'll race against a car that's usually one class higher than the current Season's class. If you win that race, you'll win that car. Note, however, that an Invitational won't award any money but will charge an entry fee, the amount of which depends on the Invitational's class:

  GTQ: $10,000

  GT3: $25,000

  GT2: $70,000

  GT1: $170,000

  If you're offered an Invitational and you accept the offer, the race will start with no real option to do anything else until it's finished. This means that, before accepting the offer, there are a few more things that might be worth considering:

  • There is no opportunity to Tune your car,

  • There is no opportunity to Retry a race, and

  • 2nd place means money lost with nothing gained.

  If you need to tune your car for an Invitational, you'll need to do that before starting the last race of the Season. You'll also need prior knowledge of the Invitational's track and rival car. If you're not sure that you'll win the Invitational, you can play it safe by doing a manual Save before starting the last race of the Season; that way, if you lose the Invitational, you'll only need to reLoad and redo one race before retrying the Invitational (rather than having to redo the whole Season). If you know you won't be able to win the Invitational at this stage, you can decline the offer to save the entry fee.
• Load / Save. SCGT doesn't include AutoLoad/AutoSave features, so it won't automatically Load an existing gamesave when it starts up. If you're continuing a previously-Saved game (i.e., if you're not starting a new gamesave), you'll need to remember to choose Load before choosing One Player from the Main menu. Although the absence of AutoLoad and AutoSave means you'll need to do those things manually, there are also advantages to not having them done automatically. The absence of AutoLoad means you have the ability to start a new gamesave without having to delete the old one first, and the absence of AutoSave means you have some control over when the game is Saved.

• Kasket_Darkfyre, _ATadeo_, for the Misc.Codes contributed to GameFAQs. The "Unlock All Cars" cheat code was especially useful for finding out that there were more cars in the game than I'd previously thought, and this led to the revision of this webpage.