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Capcom delivers a technically sound and incredibly generic Gran Turismo clone in which the whole is surprisingly less than the sum of its parts. Read Review
In Group S Challenge players can choose from multiple modes and tracks to showcase their mad driving skills. Buckle up and burn rubber with one of the many cars available from world-renowned licenses including Toyota, Nissan, Subaru, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Audi, TVR, RUF and Renault. Circuit mode puts the player in the hot seat to earn points in the competition to become the overall Group S Challenge champion. Or for some quick action, in Arcade mode, players can select a rival car they would want to race against.
Group S Challenge has 20 tracks, 87 real-life cars, and a half-dozen modes of play -- yet it's a remarkably unengaging racer -- a Gran Turismo clone which almost flawlessly copies that series' groundbreaking look of icon-based menu screens and photorealistic graphics, but never comes close to achieving its remarkable feel. If ever there was a game that represented the mysterious nature of great gameplay and the incredible difficulty of delivering it, Group S is the one; it contains all the elements of fun without actually being fun. Read More »
Capcom's Auto Modellista was, by most accounts -- including this very website -- a racer that valued neato-keeno cel-shaded graphics and a fancy instant replay editor over decent control and solid gameplay. Group S Challenge is, by comparison, a much more conservative effort that takes the Gran Turismo route of icon-based option screens and photorealistic cars that are magically impervious to damage even when smashing straight into walls at 120 miles per hour. (I understand that the various automotive licensors won't allow body damage, but it's a ridiculous concession nonetheless, and it's the only exception to my fun-over-realism rule.) Read More »
Also known as: Group-S Challenge, Group S Challenge
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