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awesome, cell shading and all.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

i was kinda skeptical about the cell shading graphics, but after playing for a few minutes, you totally forget about it. car selection is not limited to money like in GT3 and doesnt take days to get the car you want. and i had all the parts unlocked in a day and a half.

Auto LodaSh**sa

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 20, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Sorry, don't buy this game! The idea of a cell shaded racre is cool, all the hype, the pictures and the new challenger to Gran tourismo are completely false. You have zero control of your car around corners, braking sends your car into some crazy wobble across the track until you slow down enough to go straight (with added SFX of something reminisent of opening the door to your home on a very windy day and not closing it right!)
I was stupid - i bought it full price when it came out and hated it the second i got going. Music sucks, tracks suck, sound sucks - cars look cool but overall - IT SUCKS!

Don't waste $1 let alone $50 on this heap of steaming stuff!!!

auto modellista

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is the absolute worst game i have ever played. I also feel that it totally ruins the online experience. Whoever made this game should really consider another line of work. If you want a good game go get SOCOM navy seals. Best game they ever made.

Not The Greatest Racing Game :(

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: April 04, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Ya, this game is not the greatest racing game I've played...I mean, even Tokyo Extreme Racer Zero is better than this. The only thing I like about this game is there is a lot of cars to choose from, it doesn't cost to get parts, and you can decorate your garage. Decorating your garage is the coolest thing. You can put any kind of posters you win up, and you can put all the other things you win. To me, thats probably the best part of the game. The racing looks so kiddyish, and the turning is kind of wierd. I havent played online yet so maybe that might be better than the single-player. Im gonna go play Counter-Strike...Im out!

Good Hype...Poor Racing...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: April 08, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is mostly hype. I was hoping for GT3 with cell shading but that's not what this game is. The graphics are different but there are a lot of jaggies and pixelization. Most of the cars upgrades are avaliable for free so why work hard to get your car in shape? The controls are too sensative. Turn alittle to much and the car spins out coming to a complete stop. I can't count the number of races I was leading but spun out and ended up 6th. I also found the special effects from the tires and of the line when driving fast to be very annoying.

gorgeous!, stylish!, fast!, exciting!...yet flawed

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: April 07, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is one of the most beautiful games I've ever played, and although all serious gamers know graphics do not make a game, they sure do help in auto modellista. The graphics are what drew me in from the beginning. The anime-cel-shaded style of the game is drop dead gorgeous. Both the cars and the tracks (especially the highways set in japan) are breath taking.
Auto Modellista is extremely exciting. My palms were actually sweating in the up and downhill mountain tracks, which are definately the games most fun and challenging tracks. The highway tracks are also very exciting. You actually feel the speed (especially with the Shelby Cobra tuned for US speedway).
This game would have been PERFECT, if the controls and physics were tighter. Sometimes you skid out rediculously and don't even know why, and other times you can literally bounce of the walls and maintain great speed down the track. The cars seem to be made of indestructable rubber, bouncing off each other instead of colliding and slowing down or stopping like real cars would. You can be going 215 miles an hour and collide straight into a wall, only to bounce right on track at 150 miles an hour. It's stupid. This aspect becomes annoying, because you can basically feel like your CHEATING throughout the whole track. I would have liked it to be alot more realistic, it truly kills the challenge. Another thing, as another reviewer has stated, the cars seem to be running on ice. You skid for no reason sometimes and have to struggle to keep the car straight on a straight away. It makes no damn sense. If the controls were up to par with Gran Turismo 3, or even just REALISITIC, this game would have been on my top 3 of all time.
If you want realistic physics and handling, stick to Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec.
Another big annoyance is the fact that there are no class separations. If you pick a car below 200 horsepower, you are basically [out classed]. GT3s class system was perfect. No matter what car you picked, the races were fair. Definately not the case here. It makes you wonder why capcom even put the cars in the game, if you're just going to [lose] everytime u use one.
This game is fun, if you can get over its flaws. It makes you feel like you are part of an anime, and as corny as it may sound, being the anime fiend I am, it is an extremely enjoyable experience. But regardless, the serious gamer in me can't help but feel disappointed. Hopefully, the sequel addicts at capcom will release a much improved sequel, and make this game the classic it should have been the first time around.

Games Games And More Games

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: April 28, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is sick. you build your own cars and race other peolple on line. The only thing that dosent happen that should is the crashing of your car. But the animated graphics are great so it makes up for the crashing of the cars. The online play is the best cause you can make up your own team and race with other teams.

This is THE racing game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: June 04, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Yeah... I dont like racing games. Generally. Then I went to my friend's house, played the game, and could not take my eyes off the screen for 10 hours. It didnt get boring either... I recommend it very much....

ruined game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: June 25, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I really wanted to like this game, I reallly did. But [bad] handles ruins this gorgeous looking racer. I am one of the biggest gearheads in my neighborhood (and I am only 12), and I totally went out and rented this game. A day later I returned it because it was that bad. After playing for about 2 minutes and beating it in a extra hour and 30 minutes that I will never get back in my life, I cried for the rest of the night. I also had nightmares japanese-anime looking Dodge viper GTS concept cars hitting me. Please save yourself and your leisure time from this terrible game.

awesome

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: March 26, 2003
Author: Amazon User

this is a great game. I played an early version and loved it. although you cannot create cars, you can tweake them. the graphics are cell shaded. the game in action is beautiful. definately a must-buy.

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