Proto:Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec/Official PlayStation 2 Magazine Demo 5

This is a sub-page of Proto:Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec.

To do:
Document the typically playable content - does the OPS2M Demo 5 and PurePure 2 Volume 0 have the same playable content?

A demo version of Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec was included in the Official PlayStation 2 Magazine Europe Demo 5. This build is pathetically early in development, looking like an edited version of the second game.

The demo in the PurePure 2 Volume 0 2001 February disc (a compilation disc given out for members of PlayStation Club in Japan) appears to be identical, if not the same, to this build, as both have the same VOL compile date of November 19, 2000.

General Differences#

The Arcade Mode menu music is reused from the Gran Turismo 2000 demo.
The early track selection screen features a layout preview with the game following a blue road which eventually formed the layout of the track you wanted to race on.
In the Arcade Mode car selection screen, you can zoom in on cars with R1 and R2. This feature was cut from the final, probably because it's redundant.
- A similar feature exists in Tourist Trophy.
The early HUD is very different, with the position placed on the right side and looking like an edited version of the Gran Turismo 2 style.
The results screen is based off Gran Turismo 2 as well. In this build, it appears to be in an unfinished state, as you aren't supposed to see the results screen anyway because the time limits are too short. The finish theme also reuses Gran Turismo 2 music (probably as a placeholder).
The start theme is also reused from GT2, it's the GT World League theme.
The pause menu looked very different, resembling the first game's pause menu.
The ability to remove the HUD during replays is not present yet.
The wrong way indicator is not all-caps like in the final version.
In Arcade Mode, you choose a car before you choose a track to race on, just like in Gran Turismo 2. The order was changed in the Store Demo Volume 2.
The Arcade Mode car selection screen has some minor differences. Most notably, there is a different background video, using shots from GT2 and 2000 (probably as a placeholder). Other differences worth noting are that the UI would invert the background colors in this build, the arrows on the sides of the screen would flash, and car manufacturer logos would originally show.
Some of the menu sounds were different. The selection sound became the scrolling sound in the final version, while the scrolling sounds here were reused from GT2.

Tracks#

Other than Trial Mountain and Laguna Seca, which are featured on the demo without codes, there are several other tracks in this build that are only accessible with cheat codes. They range from tracks that just started development to tracks that were very different to tracks that were very similar.

Test 2 A small oval to test the game which starts you off going the wrong way, and has cones in the fourth corner.

Track	Video
Test 2 A small oval to test the game which starts you off going the wrong way, and has cones in the fourth corner.	Watch on YouTube
Round One of the few tracks unchanged from the previous demo.	Watch on YouTube
Test A figure-eight track for testing. Purpose unknown. Has a glitchy crossroad bridge which you get stuck on when you try to go over or under it. It's likely invisible walls are the cause of this.	Watch on YouTube
Super Speedway Nearly finished, but based off the one used in Gran Turismo 2, however in this demo the updated pit lane building and the small grandstands on the inside of the backstretch from the final game are present already.	Watch on YouTube
Special Stage Route 5 (Wet) The only existing Route 5 variation in the demo. Appears to be identical to the second game, the only difference of course is the road being wet.	Watch on YouTube
Rome Circuit Identical to its final version counterpart. The only noticeable differences are a few advertising boards and a few things missing here and there.	Watch on YouTube
Special Stage Route 11 Uses the layout from the first game. It also looks very different and unfinished compared to the final version, looking less colorful in this demo.	Watch on YouTube
Tokyo Route 246 Unfinished. A lot of scenery is missing and some buildings are untextured. The course scenery itself is slightly different.	Watch on YouTube
Seattle Circuit Mostly complete. Several billboards and some grandstands are missing. Havoline billboards from Gran Turismo 2 are used here; the final has Potenza billboards.	Watch on YouTube
Apricot Hill Unfinished, as it has a weird lighting bug where the sun is blueish during races, and the sky turns black at some points during replays. Lots of billboards and scenery are missing here as well.	Watch on YouTube
Mid-Field Raceway Mostly complete. Road and grass textures are different, the walls in both tunnels are different (first tunnel has no lights, second tunnel has brick walls), and the course has several elements from Gran Turismo 2, like the small buildings at the front stretch, as well as the bridge you drive under at the very beginning of the front stretch.	Watch on YouTube
Tahiti Dirt Route 3 Renamed Tahiti Circuit in the final game. Unfinished, as a lot of scenery is missing, the AI doesn't work, and the map is still a placeholder. What is finished looks identical to the second game.	Watch on YouTube
Tahiti Maze Unfinished. Some AI cars stop at the start of the race, then start back up again (probably because the course is only meant to have 2 AI cars on it at a time) . The course layout is from Gran Turismo 2, but the tarmac section already exists here. Lots of scenery is missing.	Watch on YouTube
Deep Forest Raceway Similar to Mid-Field Raceway, the course is a fusion between its Gran Turismo 2 version and the final version. Specifically, the two tunnels on the backstretch are identical here, while in the final game you can see out of the left side of the first tunnel, while in the second tunnel you can't. The front stretch also had a fence on the inside pit wall which was removed.	Watch on YouTube
Test Course Barely started. There's a road which forms the layout..... and that's it. Turns out it's an extremely early version of what appears in the final game.	Watch on YouTube
Complex String Unfinished. Most of the scenery is missing. The layout is slightly different; there are more slaloms in the first section and the final tight turn has a longer straightaway leading up to it.	Watch on YouTube
Cote D' Azur Barely started. Has buildings, but very few of them have textures. The track map is present, but isn't up to the quality of some of the other track maps.	Watch on YouTube
Smokey Mountain North Renamed simply Smokey Mountain in the final game. Minor differences to the final version include the location of the first checkpoint, which is located in the same place as GT2. Has a glitch where you start on top of the bridge after the start / finish line as well.
Smokey Mountain South Renamed Swiss Alps in the final game. Uses the layout of Swiss Alps, but the track map still shows the Gran Turismo 2 layout. Some scenery is missing, and the place where the game maps the start / finish line is incorrect. A finished version of this circuit is playable in the Store Demo Volume 2, still with this name, thus confirming Smokey Mountain South is an early version of Swiss Alps.
Circle 100R Identical to the US demo, aside from the extremely shiny car reflections.	Watch on YouTube
Grand Valley Speedway Based off the versions used in the first two games, including a city at turn 1 which was cut from the final version, and various other changes.	Watch on YouTube