IMHO, GT3, while an excellent racing
video game, still isn't the best. If it were realistic, it would be way to difficult for people to master and advance and the game wouldn't sell.
Case in point: in the license section, there's a wet skid-pad excerise with a Vette. Now, I've done dry skidpad runs in my Porsche, and all you have to do is lift slightly and the back end will start to come around. In GT3, I can lift, hit the brakes, yank up the handbrake, and the car will still just go around and around. NOT very realistic.
I have found in the racing section that adjusting the traction control to interfere less does make for a more realistic handling attitude for the car.
I bought a PS2 back in Janauary so I can finally play GT3, and eventually get and play GT4.
I do have the Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2 game for PS2, and that game is much more 'arcade-like' and less 'simulator-like.'
IMHO, the best driving game I have ever played is the Need For Speed Porshce Unleashed game for the PC. The 'Factory Driver' section is awesome and really gets into the dynamics of how to drive. (Ex: doing a 360, driving a C4 in the snow..etc). It doesn't hurt that NFS:Porsche Unleashed has only P-cars in it!
- Z-man.