Gran Turismo 2/Revisional Differences/December 22, 1999 Build

This is a sub-page of Gran Turismo 2/Revisional Differences.

This page documents data and code changes first found in the second and final Japanese release of Gran Turismo 2.

Like the December 11 build, this version tried to fix some of the issues that affected all regions as well as Japan-specific matters.

Note: The changes documented in this section are not reflected in Arcade Mode, as Japan did not receive an updated disc to match the updated GT Mode.

General Changes

Gameplay

November 29	December 22

• The faulty code overlay that resulted in completion percentage being limited to 98.20% was fixed, so 219 events are now sufficient for 100%.

• The infamous Max Speed Test bug, which overwrites part of the player's garage data with record entries, is finally fixed here.
• The demo button for the first Italian Nationals event in GT Mode, which did not behave as it should in any language, is patched for good in this version.

Logo Updates

636 logo files were added to the carlogo directory, bringing the total to 3.344 files used by all three regions. A total of 20 previously used files were updated, most related to the two Volkswagen Golf GTI models - their text changed from 'GTi' to the proper 'GTI'.

Filenames	November 28-29	December 22
gv48nl--, gv48nm--, gv48rl--, gv48rm--, gv48sl--, gv48sm--, gv48tl--, gv48tm--
gv4gnl--, gv4gnm--, gv4grl--, gv4grm--, gv4gsl--, gv4gsm--, gv4gtl--, gv4gtm--

GT Mode Menu Background

November 29	December 22

The background image of BMW's front page originally had buttons baked into it. This revision moves them to the foreground layer.

Japan-Specific Changes

GT Mode Menu Fixes

November 29	December 22

Three unnecessary line breaks originally found next to instances of "Sony Computer Entertainment" were removed on page 1 of the licensor credits.

November 29	December 22

The Magneti Marelli credits, which were originally stuffed inside those of Lotus by accident, were spun off to their own line on page 5 of the licensor credits.

November 29	December 22

Three GT League event pages contained art errors where the dark gray color of the result circles replaced the light gray of the course name bars. All three are fixed here, though the GT UK Nationals page also had a space inadvertently added to one instance of its course's name.

November 29	December 22

A typo involving the Luxury Sedan Cup on the second page of the Special Events line-up was fixed.

November 29	December 22

The error where Pikes Peak Hill Climb result widgets on Dirt Event line-up page 2 did not match the event page itself was fixed here.

November 29	December 22

The description of the Tommykaira ZZ-S Coupe (k2zzn) had some minor spacing and font changes, as well as a couple sentences added to both of its pages.

November 29	December 22

Description for the 1991 Tommykaira M30 (k232n) was rewritten to great extent.

November 29	December 22

The 1999 Tommykaira R (k234n) also had significant changes to its description, especially on the second page that did away with reasonable chunks of text and rectified some info.

Replay Name Strings

Car ID	November 28-29	December 22
h2agn	ACURA INTEGRA GS	Delete
h2agr	[R]ACURA INTEGRA GS	Delete
h2aln	ACURA INTEGRA LS	Delete
h2alr	[R]ACURA INTEGRA LS	Delete
q2sgr	[R]DAIHATSU STORIA Rally Car	[R]DAIHATSU STORIA RALLY CAR

In addition to "Rally Car" being made all-caps in the name of Arcade Mode's Daihatsu Storia, the unused Acura Integra bodies had their replay names replaced with "Delete" to indicate their abandonment.

Car ID	December 8	December 22
aebrr		Delete
ne14n		Nissan 200SX '95
ne14r	[R]	[R]Nissan 200SX '95
ne15n		Nissan 200SX '98
ne15r	[R]	[R]Nissan 200SX '98

Some of the car bodies implemented in the December 8 build had their blank strings replaced with copies of their newly introduced European counterparts, while aebrr received the "Delete" mark of shame.

Car Color String

November 28-29	December 22
Topazblue

A single Japan-specific color name had its string blanked out instead of fixed.

North America-Specific Changes

Replay Name Strings

Car ID	December 8	December 22
gmsln	Mercedes SLK230 Kompresser	Mercedes SLK230 Kompressor
gmslr	[R]Mercedes SLK230 Kompresser	[R]Mercedes SLK230 Kompressor
h2agn	ACURA INTEGRA GS
h2agr	[R]ACURA INTEGRA GS
h2aln	ACURA INTEGRA LS
h2alr	[R]ACURA INTEGRA LS
h2ign		Honda Integra SiR-G '98
h2igr	[R]	[R]Honda Integra SiR-G '98
h2irn	Integra Type R(Japan Model)	Honda Integra Type-R
h2irr	[R]	[R]Honda Integra Type-R
hinrn		Integra Type R '95
hinrr	[R]	[R]Integra Type R '95
hinsn		Honda Integra SiR-G '95
hinsr	[R]	[R]Honda Integra SiR-G '95
hnsbn		NSX
hnsbr	[R]	[R]NSX
hnsnn	NSX	NSX Type S Zero
hnsnr	[R]	[R]NSX Type S Zero
hnsrn		NSX Type R '92
hnsrr	[R]	[R]NSX Type R '92
hnssn		NSX Type S
hnssr	[R]	[R]NSX Type S
hnsxn		NSX '90
hnsxr	[R]	[R]NSX '90
ne14n		Nissan 200SX '95
ne14r	[R]	[R]Nissan 200SX '95
ne15n		Nissan 200SX '98
ne15r	[R]	[R]Nissan 200SX '98
x2son	Suzuki Selvo Mode SR-Four	Suzuki Celvo Mode SR-Four

Like the Japan-specific replay names, North American strings were added for the European Nissan 200SXs, along with text for the Honda Integras and NSXs regularly available in the European version of GT2 (this change also affects license test briefings, as h2irn and hnsnn did get used in license tests only for that version). Unused Integra bodies had their strings blanked out and two other cars had their names changed in an attempt of removing typos.

Car Color String

November 28-29	December 22
Topazblue	Topaz Blue

The one color name that was blanked out in .ccjapanese received its intended fix in .cclatain.