Can You Beat Gran Turismo 3 Without Upgrades? | DustinEden

The Tuning Shop is the bread and butter of Gran Turismo 3. So what if we decide to ignore it? Can I complete GT3 with no upgrades?
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[@gonnaleaveamark]

Love E'm!

[@g_groww]

gt4 with only economy tires

[@toblerone1729]

I used to play this game so much when I was a kid, what a time to be alive

[@BrunoSuicida]

my friend i literally been doing this for a while haha, do one better, no spending credits AT ALL, unless there's an event which no prize car can enter, then you may purchase whichever car you want to use in that event. I'm doing GT4 currently

[@WoddCar]

For gran turismo 4, this challenge would be trivial with all the used car dealerships, but for this game, it looked much harder

[@matiascosta7321]

really?? bro i'm playing gt4 and basically every car that i bought i have to upgrade cuz if the race are on the 120 a-spec pts or above, for me it's a lost race. maybe because i have no joystick and it's harder to brake propperly, dunno

[@transparentblue]

You're forced to upgrade for a few races, you can't do rally events without the appropriate tires which don't come default on anything, you can't do the Speedster one make because they're on race tires and will destroy you without mercy if you don't have race tires yourself (at the minimum, you probably need a few upgrade on top of that), the Alpine one make is horribly hard to complete without upgrades (iirc you just barely can by racing really dirty and resetting till the A110 aren't in the grid or at the very least are in the back) and there's probably a couple other one make races I forgot which are very hard to complete without upgrade, there's a sort of trap with the supercar festival which you can utterly destroy with the NSX LM Road Car but will be almost impossible with anything else if you don't upgrade (SLR just barely can if the grid is friendly and you drive dirty)

[@richardbhagan8949]

​@transparentblue You forgot the 206 cup which is the speedster cup with pergout 206s

[@Saul_Atreides]

If we take beating GTWC as the ultimate goal, it's totally doable. If you know where to go, the game is pretty generous with pre-tuned race cars, which open up other events for more cars. GTWC itself however, will be pain without buying harder tyres, since for example a Minolta on Racing Mediums has to pit about twice as often as the AI.

[@SockyNoob]

And then in GT5 onwards you could apply NA upgrades AND turbo upgrades together, which brought back absurd amounts of power.

[@Sapizanza]

Wait... *WHAT???*

[@DrRyan82994]

power is wayy down in gt7 unless you are using a ridiculous VGT car. it seems like the upgrades are strictly percentage based . cars that start with 200 horsepower never really get far past 400 even maxed out with big turbos i guess it makes your engine swaps more valuable? i am sitting on a hellcat engine and a C6 engine but there’s no way to get more

[@neblolthecarnerd]

@@DrRyan82994 that plus gt7 has more of a focus on realism than previous mainline games

[@jasonhenry7182]

@@DrRyan82994 should’ve done the glitch

[@TheCapitalWanderer]

​@Damar Fadlan what the what

[@alessiobenvenuto5159]

Fun fact, Forza means Strength in italian, so "get Forzaed" it's even more appropriate

[@alifsibocahfrlegend6759]

So forza horizon 5 is strength horizon 5?

[@alessiobenvenuto5159]

@@alifsibocahfrlegend6759 it's also used as sign prompting or support, there's no direct translation in English, but it's kind of "come on" or "you can do it" or "i support you". Still doesn't make any sense, but i believe that's the meaning they were aiming for

[@alifsibocahfrlegend6759]

@@alessiobenvenuto5159 :o

[@alessiobenvenuto5159]

@@alifsibocahfrlegend6759 Similar thing with "forte" (Strong), it also means "strength point", but that you already use it in English.

[@alessiobenvenuto5159]

@@DaxanDaxter Power is Potenza.

[@Ozzpot]

This is what I remember about GT3, which was one of my most favourite racing games of all time; having to think hard about which car to buy, which car to upgrade, based on race series available, planning carefully and being made to earn those prize cars. There was such a genuine sense of progression and accomplishment. I play Forza Horizon now more than anything, and they're wonderful, but the biggest problem with them in my opinion is they just throw cars at you. I can play for a couple of hours and have another 50 overpowered cars. All the fun from earning and strategizing is lost. I wish they'd take a lesson from these old GTs.

[@Mx64MaxyImpress]

I applause your efforts for this challenge 90% If only you're not use save-states this challenge will be truthly on perfect form But, it was alright as well for some experience in first try

[@crimson-foxtwitch2581]

he only used savestates to reroll prize car RNG so that he didn’t have to do stuff like Super Speedway Endurance multiple times in a row

[@codyC423]

Gran Turismo 3's graphics STILL look so cool and futuristic. It looks like a playable cutscene from other PS2 games

[@fyretnt]

They could probably pass for an indie game nowadays

[@MIIIVideo]

INTENSE BURNOUT 3 TAKEDOWN FLASHBACKS!!! 5:13 6:41 12:04 12:54 U didn't touch em but game counts it 13:43 15:36 28:12 signature crashes

[@FIGTY97]

This was actually pretty fun challenge to watch. Thank you for entertaining me for 30 minutes! Will you try this in GT4?

[@DustinEdenYT]

I might try ;)

[@dopey473]

6:29 this is just dying to be a meme

[@desperatetogetsomehoes]

Eden: overtakes someone Also Eden: *intense monke noises*

[@m.raihanammarfachrezixpplg7898]

At some point you were like GT fan version of Kuru lol. Also, I have 2 suggestions for GT4 : - Beat the game / progress as much as possible with just B-Spec. Because B-Spec will struggle harder than you, even if you give him a fast car. So maybe that will add some challenge to the game. You still allowed to do Licences, but not missions and special conditions. However, I'm not really sure if that will be entertaining to watch (but maybe seeing your driver can't overtake can add some reactions to your face lol) - Try to progress while only have one car in your garage. So the idea is, that every time you have 2 or more cars in your garage, you have to choose one car to keep while selling the rest. Because it's kinda weird to having like 50+ cars in your garage

[@JamesAllender]

Haha this reminds me of when I was like 5 and was terrible at GT4 and the furthest I made it at one point was managing to get a camaro and using B-spec to win a bunch of races. Don't remember how far I made it but would be very interesting to see what's possible.

[@m.raihanammarfachrezixpplg7898]

@@JamesAllender Y'know, when I was around that age, I don't even trying Gran Turismo mode and just repeating Arcade mode over and over again lol

[@Donnerwamp]

If you know how to dial in your cars, you'll get through the whole game by letting B-Spec-Bob take the wheel. You won't win every race, but you'll certainly win the overall championship (after a few retries because Bob can be special sometimes).

[@m.raihanammarfachrezixpplg7898]

@@Donnerwamp Oh, talking about championship, I should have added that he not allowed to qualifiying (or known as "Practice"), since he can just get the pole position and let B-Spec-Bob do the rest

[@Donnerwamp]

@@m.raihanammarfachrezixpplg7898 I'd say that's already out of question because the challenge is to use ONLY B-Spec. In addition to that, you can't do the licenses by only using B-Spec and without a license you can't run qualifying in pretty much any championship where it'd be necessary/helpful.

[@sheldoncooper8199]

The Mazda 787 was a Monster to beat in GT 3 and GT 4 Uugghh the Memories

[@jacekatalakis8316]

5:18 That was absolutely dirty, absolutely amazin and the reaction makes it better. Get wrecked, indeed. The fact that MX-5 kept all is speed is the best bit

[@b.saulius3916]

:D gt way,

[@michaelkitchin9665]

I read in a guide years ago you can get your desired prize car by pressing X when the spotlight was on them. I'm going to guess that was nonsense.

[@bocanegra9133]

Bro you absolutely inspired me to play GT4 with your video about beating the game with used cars only. And this is also absolutely gold. Great content man! :)

[@DustinEdenYT]

Thank you! Have fun with them :)

[@pagani3809]

this was a blast to watch!! challenge runs really provide some unique playthroughs : D spontaniously thought about two potential challenge suggestions while watching the vid, so idk if they are practical 😅 - GT2 one car manifacture run? GT2 isn't very restricted with the race requirements, and i think some manifacutres like toyota have FF, FR, MR and 4WD, and the supra isn't the easiest car to handle when upgraded, or even some of the supra race cars have some oversteer, so it might provide a bit of an challenge? -GT4 around the world/dealership challenge? where you could do the international races along with the dealership races first? it doesn't give you acces to the RSC rally car money trick, and since bronse IA license gives you an nismo 270R you can inmediately use one car for the nissan dealership challenge, along with one or two japanese events, grinding at least a bit of credits? new to the channel so idk if they maybe have already been done, or if their practical in any way 😅😅

[@DustinEdenYT]

Thanks for the suggestions :)

[@pagani3809]

@@DustinEdenYT thank you for the fun GT3 content! these full stream edits always take alot of effort as well! really appreciate the effort and quality you put into the vid! : p

[@Icemann336]

GT1 should also be able to be completed (not to 100%, mind) with a single manufacturer too afaik

[@oof5992]

Wow never knew GT3 had a qualify option, that actually is great.

[@DubbaDaveski]

Oh.my.god. This makes sense now. I used to play my uncles ps1 with gt, gt2, then gt3 on ps2.. I never understood as a little kid, that you can upgrade your car. So I always used whatever car was in the garage. I didn't want to spend his money (in game) as to not disrupt his playthrough. I would constantly have to qualify to get further up the starting positions then try again. Makes sense why the gt games are so easy for me on the controller. Unknowingly forcing myself to grind with handicaps.

[@TheNathan696969]

when doing the prize roulette press X when the light flashes under the car and you usually get it. i was so fed up of that Lupo Cup Car!!!!!

[@Yoshimatsu414]

The GT mode in these games were always very flexible and allowed you to approach things in different ways. That's what made this mode very good and the grind made you feel accomplished when you finally got the cars you wanted. GT7 is kind of weak on the grind, you get a free car like pretty much every race in that game lol.

[@macmartin86]

The most difficult event in all of GT3 for me was the professional Yaris cup, that stuff came straight out of hell. I tried every version of the Yaris but I would constantly fail on Route 11 because of tire wear while opponents pass you like nothing is wrong with their tires. I needed so much tweaking on the best version Yaris I could get my hands on and I believe I used different sets of tires on both the front and rear in order to win that stage.

[@Majima_Nowhere]

I played this game for the first time in like 15 years, and man does the lack of a PI system really make it easy lol. It's really just: -Win the oval endurance race -Get the f1 car -Congratulations, you can now destroy every MR spec and open spec race. Also, this is the game that made the Zonda my dream car.

[@fyretnt]

What does pl mean

[@Majima_Nowhere]

@@fyretnt PI, Performance Index. Basically just a mathematical way to tell how well a car performs. Forza games are the biggest example, where a car with a PI of 500 can't race a car with a PI of 550, because the one with 550 is considerably faster and it wouldn't be fair.

[@fyretnt]

@@Majima_Nowhere ah ok thanks for explaining

[@QuisquamHam]

He would have really struggled with the polyphony cup. Its all F1`s

[@neetguard1449]

@@QuisquamHam He wouldn't because the Polyphony cup isn't filled with F1 cars. Its all normal cars that cannot be tuned and each race is filled to the brim with 20 laps. The cup that's all F1 cars is the Formula 1 championship which is that ? box you see at the end of Professional League. I also know that I'm 7 months late replying to you so chances are you already know this bit of information.

[@LivingSensible]

Certain races with certain vehicles , yes , but it is very hard to do 👍👍👍

[@Sapizanza]

Can you beat it without upgrades? Hardly,since there is a Pro Yaris cup and the second Evo cup and those mf are FAST + Pro FF can be done with Xsara versus Spoon Civic

[@jettlucashayes8508]

You should try grand turismo 4 with only legendary/classic cars (trucks don’t count)

[@EVANSG_]

10:40 bro got the P I N K V I T Z 💀

[@_Yep_Yep_]

This game really made me appreciate how cool somewhat regular cars can be.

[@Zanarkand_0]

Great playthrough! It'd be cool to see a run without spending any money. I've been wanting to do that for a while. haha

[@Fleetish]

When i did this I used a bunch of Miatas, saved for a camaro, and cheesed the whole game

[@afaxx3304]

6:29 the neighbours dog at 3 am be like:

[@JulianVR4]

80s championship: Z32 300zx twin turbo. (not the 2+2) They had those in 1989 in japan

[@jc1424]

this guy's content is so good very creative fun reasons to play all kinds of games

[@Aardvark3154]

the S13 has a cult following!

[@zacsack1993]

The easiest way to do this is to either get the mx5 1.8 rs from the convertible challenge and go do the roadster endurance event to get the f1 car from there boom two events and you can already beat the game

[@crashkid3000]

Monaco does look really good in this game, but that didn't really justify a 78-lap race against other Fomula 1 cars _and_ a 100-lap endurance race with non-racing cars only (iirc) 😭

[@reacts]

Both the endurance race “Mistral 78” and the Formula GT race are 78 laps, and the endurance race is against LMP and some of the cars seen in the “dream car” championship

[@vergil5753]

Happy to see these “can you beat” challenges done with GT3, my favorite game ever! Revisited the game back in late 2020, took me a while to beat it regularly, the content here was incredible. Perhaps you could try a challenge on this game, but like, only Japan cars, EU cars, etc? Just an idea tho.

[@mrchug-a-lugga1473]

That was a great watch. I loved it when you skipped route 11 reverse, I think everybody thinks the same unless they are struggling for points

[@rebeccamatyas691]

Technically racing tires have less endurance than standard.

[@chrisred87]

Do you think you could win the MX5 @ Laguna endurance race with stock tires? If so you just win that get F1 car win every thing.

[@keisuketakahasi4584]

get all gold in rally license tests -> you get a rally car -> win all rallye races -> you get the escudo -> have fun lol

[@ShineKami666]

This was so sick and fun to watch, same for the GT4 one! Noticed on Twitch that you got a 360, would love to see something for Project Gotham 4 and Forza Motorsport 4! No pressure ofc, just would be cool! Anyways, promoted to hitting the bell instead of just being subbed, saw this vid WAY too late.

[@mariogorgees3489]

Next do a solo Manufacturer Challenge, you only get 1 (or 2 in the case of Honda) dealer to pick vehicles from. Upgrades are allowed and any car that’s not from your chosen dealer must be sold

[@ConfiUser3]

Can you beat GT3 without tuning? Well, if you consider the game finished with finishing all GT championships: Then yeah. If you want to beat it 100%: Nope, never, forget it! The biggest challenge would be the Professional Yaris Challenge. Every Yaris is fully tuned and equipped with Racing tyres.

[@Arur_Brazil]

EEEEEEEY GRAN TURISMOOOOOOOO,i love this game bro,fak New chalenge: Beat Midnight Club 3 without any upgrade

[@gabbo6430]

For a game that came out in 2001 this looks better than sum stuff ive seen today

[@lynp9996]

polyphony digital cup would actually not be changed in this challenge.

[@ScReamOut93]

10:50 you can. I did it. (with savestates) and it is absolute hell.

[@supersonic4863]

bro everyone is using art of rally music in their videos and i just love it.

[@romeo-0016]

5:11 My man's first kill.

[@deaf2819]

Without qualifying some of the races are simply impossible the leader just checks out while you fight traffic.

[@emekaasiegbu3697]

I never played Gran Turismo with more cars tuned to the max, I usually used cars as is (with a few upgrades to stay competitive). I liked the challenge of a hard race, with all my races. P.S. I kinda wondered if that was the point of the fun? But also love how you can play these games the way you want, super upgraded cars or not at all if you want

[@Legnog822]

25:20 yeah the Toyota GT1 is one of the most overpowered cars in the game, it even beats the Eskudo Pikes Peak on the majority of tracks

[@nulltan]

Gonna Forza him... *proceeds to out forza forza*

[@bucketslash11]

can you beat Gran Turismo 5 without upgrades (in a specific week in 2011 when Sebastian Vettel won WDC)?

[@daninis3]

In gran turismo psp there is no upgrades in the game (sorry for My Bad English)

[@gonnaleaveamark]

GT2 This time...

[@NooberTheGooober]

What in the absolute fuck have I stumbled upon

[@derosiflo6524]

"A chat member" i have a name you know? 😭

[@Katomivt]

Btw it is possible to do the Yaris challenge in the stock Yaris, plus the Beginner World championship. I know this because I've actually done it

[@DatOneCat]

29:30 God man, this specific one was such a nightmare to do iirc. It's an all F1 league and if you had the NTSC versions of the game where you had 4 different F1 cars with 4 different performance values, you were either screwed or dominating depending on which one you had. It didn't help that there were a ton of laps too. I think I almost lost my sanity trying to gold this with the Mclaren Honda based F1 car on NTSC in black.

[@SaabEJ]

This is what I always did when I played this game growing up. I’ve never stuck it out to beat the whole game because I get sidetracked, but I got to the F1 cars at least. I got gold in all of the licenses up until IA, so that carried me a good ways through.

[@landrybasket]

This was a great video, but what emulator are you using? Everytime I use pcsx2 and I try to change cars in the garage the game softlocks so I basically stopped playing it

[@transparentblue]

I mean if your goal was just completing the GT championships, Roadster endurance with the starting miata > Formula car prize > you won

[@cloudstrife1983]

That Yaris cup is still a pain even with a tuned car

[@kyeoconnorred1423]

12:54 I remember this happening when I played this part of the game 😂😂😂

[@lordmegatron65]

GT3 is so underrated... glad to see you showing it some love! 😊👍

[@TheGreenTeabagger]

im pretty sure its considered the greatest gran turismo game so i dont see how its underrated

[@widyatara_randy20]

Not really, GT3 are a successful until this time. I mean, All of some GT games are really good. Of course it's really famous until this time, and not kinda underrated yet. You know what because why? This game are PlayStation Exclusive.

[@trautsj]

I fucking love the catfish Camaros. I like them so much more than all the fat bois they've launched since they took the time off when they stopped them after this model year. 95-05 really were some absolute golden years for iconic/beautiful cars man. Probably the best decade in the history of cars tbh.

[@arciks11]

3:03 As someone who used to buy Fiat 500 in Gran Turismo 2 and being completely oblivious to Japanese used cars... I don't know what you're talking about.

[@b.saulius3916]

deep forest mazda gg :D, blocking bmw gg :DDDD, test track GG, btw game looks GOOD even today compaerd to gtsport that i not realy like, i so loved vertigo (tuned) taht i beating all races that vere posible to enter with ; totaly - nice game go

[@user98xp]

You should allow tires.

[@rastaboy_gamesnstuff7778]

Iron curtain? No! Steel Chassis!

[@G3rardOff]

Does anyone know if it’s common that your ps2 can damage after playing gt3 (my ps2 is acting awful after playing gt3 ;))

[@jk2noob511]

omg , a developer who think that more than 3 laps will be funny to play deserves a place in oblivion

[@franiuu8701]

Does anyone know the song in the background at 8:45?

[@primztan4623]

Idk if you found it but it’s : art of rally ost race

[@jewelsvevo8153]

I didn't even know Monaco was in GT3

[@tomaac]

Monaco GP is official GP track. There's probably high license cost they must pay to include it in game.

[@nickforest7816]

If you didn't know each time you change your oil it gives your car a little bit more horsepower each time so that could be cheating if your trying to win every race with a stock car

[@Steventhe2nd]

i've played this game for many years, it is impossible, i repeat, IMPOSSIBLE, to complete the game without upgrading your car, cause trust me, you're gonna need some upgrades on your cars, and take my word of advice, put super slicks on EVERY car so you don't have to deal with bad tire wear

[@get-shrekt420blaze2]

I want to play this game again so bad. Can I play this on pc or is it only ps2?

[@mullittmustang256]

Imagine being in a fucking 200sx and some Chad in a miata is just cutting you off until you get 2nd 💀 that’s so rough

[@LotsOfToubleUsuallySerious]

Monaco is such a well-detailed track but the layout is more dogshit than NFS Unbound's cutscenes

[@TonySopeano46]

I almost never did upgrades aside from sports exhaust or suspension so I always played GT games like this.😂

[@SullySadface]

I just use the Impreza prototype i got from the license. I used the Viper off and on.

[@alexpeci3037]

06:50 pepega team radio: Eden defend like a pepega

[@chriskarsten1898]

Too bad i didnt get to see the Suzuki Escudo. My favorate car in GT2 and GT3 by far❤️

[@pocketstationman6364]

The dolphin on the Gillet is the Radio Contact mascot. Me and my mum listen to it fairly frequently. XD

[@sirhamalot110]

i will always be an advocate forza corner movements in single player racing games and there’s nothing you can tell me to change my mind

[@R9R1]

Buy MX5 Win Roadster Endurance (stock MX5s only) Win Polyphony002

[@exxor9108]

My answer? Can you beat GT3 without upgrades? ... *NO.* At least not 100%.

[@marknat7472]

Fun fact: in gran turismo psp you can not upgrade your car

[@icew0lf98]

I don't know if you could do the f1 car cup without an option to choose tires, but i don't remember if you have that option either

[@hamdichami4636]

I am wondering why didn't Edna do the Apricot Hill miata endurance race to get a race car right off the get-go.

[@sheldoncooper8199]

I always used a Base Subaru WRX Max tuned it and Won all Ralley Events with it Easy Money.

[@6TheBACH]

Uh... But this is how I played every GT gane ever. I never upgraded any car, is useless.

[@rotary.revolution]

gran turismo 4 permadeath run (you lose a race, you cant use that car anymore)

[@KasGftw]

Love these videos, I feel like most people skip over classics like this so to see you playing this game is refreshing, also what equipment do you use to get the hd gameplay? Is it an emulator or some things plugged into your ps2

[@DustinEdenYT]

An emulator, it’s called PCSX2 :)

[@KasGftw]

@@DustinEdenYT that’s what I figured, Ty for responding

[@jonahbaker4013]

Hey Dustin Esen should make a challenge in Gran Turismo 4 you only use Ford Cars only

[@QuickQuips]

The Vitz cup is already awful. Can't imagine doing it with a stock one.

[@alfarezaneneshusbandno.4516]

10:40 DustinEden We Got This New Cars For Vitz Color Pink Meme 😂