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Gran Turismo 2

Daniel Reynolds

Discover a Gran Turismo 2 car glitch involving disc swapping that can lead to corrupted save data and lost vehicles.

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Discover a Gran Turismo 2 car glitch involving disc swapping that can lead to corrupted save data and lost vehicles.

  • Gran Turismo 2 (Sim Disc and Arcade Disc)
  • PlayStation console
  • Memory Card
Walkthrough
  1. 1
    While playing Gran Turismo 2 on the Sim Disc, open the PlayStation console and remove the Sim Disc without turning off the power.
  2. 2
    Insert the Arcade Disc.
  3. 3
    Attempt to reset the game. If the game reads the Arcade Disc and freezes, power off the console and turn it back on.
  4. 4
    Enter the Arcade Time Trial and notice that all your cars are gone.
  5. 5
    Reinsert the Sim Disc, but do not perform the same disc-swapping procedure. Your recently bought car should reappear.
  6. 6
    Check your garage and observe that all your cars now have "no name" or are listed as "race mod (a community-made modification that changes the game) no names".
  7. 7
    Select an RX-7 from the list; it may appear as a Miata.
  8. 8
    Enter the car's settings and find that you have over 6000 PS (Pferdestärke, a unit of power). The powerband will show a drastic jump.
  9. 9
    The gear setting will be an extremely high ratio, like 6###.###.
  10. 10
    Test drive the car. The revs will jump quickly, reaching up to 4 bar of boost (approximately 56 psi, with 1 bar equaling 7 psi) and bouncing between 10,000 and 14,000 RPM.
  11. 11
    The car will move at an astonishing 2 mph due to the extreme gear ratio.
  12. 12
    Go back to tune the car and change the gear setting to normal. This will revert the settings to that of a stock, unknown car.
  13. 13
    Attempting to test drive this modified car may cause the game to freeze.
  14. 14
    Reset the console and start the game again. In the garage, the "no name" cars will still be present, but your old list of cars may appear in a flashing, shadowed state.
  15. 15
    If you turn off the console, the next day you may find you have the same amount of money and game completion percentage (e.g., 73.## percent), but no cars.
  16. 16
    Attempting to transfer data from a memory card may transfer the corrupted data.
  17. 17
    A subsequent instance of this glitch occurred after viewing a top speed record of 9999.999 mph from an RX-7, leading to the "no name" car issue again and requiring a complete restart.
Tips
  • Be extremely cautious when swapping discs during gameplay, as it can lead to significant save data corruption.
  • If the glitch occurs, you may need to restart the game and reacquire all your vehicles.
  • The game may display an "unknown car" setting after attempting to normalize the gear ratio, which can also cause freezes.
  • Data transfer from a memory card might not resolve the issue and could transfer the corrupted state.

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