How well does Gran Turismo 4 compare to real driving...

[Zen Davis]

I mean with a steering wheel pad and what not.

Going to start learning soon and I figured this may be a good way to get some practice in without denting the vehicle.

[cletus]

It is nothing like real driving. You would be better off practicing with a real car in a vacant parking lot somewhere.

[Zen Davis]

So basically it's more equipped to emulating the arcade feel of driving rather than the feeling of driving an actual car?

[Circa2113]

It is nothing like real driving. You would be better off practicing with a real car in a vacant parking lot somewhere.

This be true!

Gt4 with a wheel is good fun though.

[CommanderKeen93]

It's fun, but nothing like driving, especially that whole 'if I crash, I die' thing in real life.

[Zen Davis]

I meant more in regards of getting a sense of movement in the vehicle rather than just flooring it. I was going to use it for simply and slowly doing laps on time trials just to get a sense of things before moving on to the real thing. But I trust you guys so I'm just going to pass on it.

[GrimNecroWizard]

Drive in a parking lot or around some empty office buildings, it helps sooooo much

[Puffa469]

The concepts of car handling, acceleration and braking, weight distribution, that kinda stuff, are well taught by Gran Turismo. But the actual gameplay is nothing like real life driving.