Sega GT 2002#Online
{{short description|2002 video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
|title = Sega GT 2002
|image = Sega GT 2002 Coverart.png
|caption = North American cover art featuring the 2002 Ford GT Concept (foreground), the 1995 Ford GT90 Concept (to the right) and a 1966 Ford GT40 (background)
|developer = Wow Entertainment
|publisher = Sega
|director = Kenichi Imaeda
|designer = Akihito Fujiwara
|composer = Masanori Takeuchi
|series =
|engine =
|released = Sega GT 2002{{vgrelease|NA|September 3, 2002|JP|September 12, 2002|PAL|November 8, 2002}}Sega GT Online{{vgrelease|JP|December 25, 2003|NA|January 27, 2004|PAL|February 6, 2004}}
|genre = Racing
|modes = Single-player, multiplayer
|platforms = Xbox
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Sega GT 2002 is a sim racing video game published by Sega in 2002. It is the sequel to Wow Entertainment's Sega GT. Following its initial release as a retail game, it was given away on a disc with Jet Set Radio Future in specially-marked Xbox console packages. Sega released Sega GT Online for the following year, with extra cars and online functionality through Xbox Live. While Xbox Live for the original Xbox was discontinued in 2010, Sega GT Online is now playable online using the replacement Xbox Live servers called Insignia.{{Cite web |title=Insignia - Sega GT Online |url=https://insignia.live/games/53450021 |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=insignia.live |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Xbox |first=Pure |date=2022-12-21 |title=Xbox Live 1.0 Replacement Adds More Supported Titles, 40 Games Now Playable |url=https://www.purexbox.com/news/2022/12/xbox-live-1-0-replacement-adds-more-supported-titles-40-games-now-playable |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=Pure Xbox |language=en-GB}}
Game features
This is the only GT-style game that allows the player to select their opponents directly. Unlike the original game, there are no winnable works cars, even though old racing cars can still be won from races. Some prizes are "special prizes" that can only be won by doing a certain objective. The game makes use of a "damage meter" in lieu of rendered damage, but while it does not affect the handling, it will reduce the awarded prize money at the end of the race. When the player finishes the race with the car unscratched, the game will award a bonus cash prize. In turn, the player will either finish with more or less than the prize money advertised, depending on the meter. Unlike Gran Turismo, the license tests are merely timed laps, instead of separate tests focusing on specific elements of driving.
Game modes
Sega GT 2002 features several different racing game modes. The game’s career mode, also titled "Sega GT 2002", starts the player with $13,000 to buy a car to race with. Similar to Gran Turismo, the player earns money by winning races, which can then be used to upgrade their cars or buy faster ones. "Quick Battle" lets the player race against a single CPU opponent or another player, or alternatively watching two CPU opponents race. "Chronicle Mode" allows the player to race in historical cars from the 1960s and early 1970s, upgrading them over time to try to beat newer cars. "Time Attack" is a standard time trial mode where the player races for the fastest lap time on any circuit. Lastly, "Replay Studio" allows for viewing and editing of saved replays.
Online
Sega GT Online was released in Japan in 2003 and the US and Europe in 2004. It featured the addition of "over 40" new cars (now 165+) including Auto Union, Bugatti, and De Tomaso vehicles. Opel vehicles have been removed from this version, while some new tracks, new weather/time of day, new game modes such as "Gathering Mode" were added to arcade mode and "Special Time Triggered Events" for online. Unlike the regular version, it was rated T due to the unpredictable multiplayer interactions. Its cover features a Mazda RX-8.
Reception
=''Sega GT 2002''=
{{Video game reviews
| title = Sega GT 2002
| MC = 82/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/sega-gt-2002/critic-reviews/?platform=xbox |title=Sega GT 2002 for Xbox Reviews |website=Metacritic |publisher=CBS Interactive |accessdate=May 15, 2017 |archive-date=April 8, 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250408193734/https://www.metacritic.com/game/sega-gt-2002/critic-reviews/?platform=xbox |url-status=live }}
| Edge = 7/10{{cite magazine |author=Edge staff |title=Sega GT [2002] |magazine=Edge |publisher=Future plc |issue=116 |date=November 2002}}
| EGM = 8.33/10{{cite magazine |author=EGM staff |title=Sega GT 2002 |magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly |publisher=Ziff Davis |issue=159 |date=October 2002 |page=202}}
| Fam = 35/40{{cite magazine |title=Xbox – セガGT2002 |magazine=Famitsu |publisher=Enterbrain |language=Japanese |volume=915 |date=30 June 2006 |page=105}}
| GI = 8.25/10{{cite magazine |last=Kato |first=Matthew |url=http://www.gameinformer.com/Games/Review/200210/R03.0731.1655.19822.htm |title=Sega GT 2002 |magazine=Game Informer |publisher=GameStop |issue=114 |date=October 2002 |page=90 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041115001444/http://www.gameinformer.com/Games/Review/200210/R03.0731.1655.19822.htm |archive-date=November 15, 2004 |url-status=dead |access-date=May 15, 2017}}
| GamePro = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine |author=Four-Eyed Dragon |date=September 3, 2002 |url=http://www.gamepro.com/microsoft/xbox/games/reviews/26068.shtml |title=Sega GT 2002 Review for Xbox on GamePro.com |magazine=GamePro |publisher=IDG Entertainment |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050208001315/http://www.gamepro.com/microsoft/xbox/games/reviews/26068.shtml |archivedate=February 8, 2005 |url-status=dead |accessdate=May 16, 2017}}
| GameRev = B{{cite web |last=Gee |first=Brian |date=September 2002 |url=http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/34381-luxury-or-lemon-review |title=Sega GT 2002 Review |website=Game Revolution |publisher=CraveOnline |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001202100/http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/sega-gt-2002 |archivedate=October 1, 2015 |url-status=live |accessdate=May 16, 2017}}
| GSpot = 8.2/10{{cite web |last=Ajami |first=Amer |date=September 3, 2002 |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/sega-gt-2002-review/1900-2879131/ |title=Sega GT 2002 Review |website=GameSpot |publisher=CBS Interactive |accessdate=May 15, 2017 |archive-date=March 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306142546/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/sega-gt-2002-review/1900-2879131/ |url-status=live }}
| GSpy = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |last=Lopez |first=Miguel |date=September 10, 2002 |url=http://xbox.gamespy.com/xbox/sega-gt-2002/595868p1.html |title=GameSpy: Sega GT 2002 |website=GameSpy |publisher=Ziff Davis |accessdate=May 16, 2017 |archive-date=September 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912171157/http://xbox.gamespy.com/xbox/sega-gt-2002/595868p1.html |url-status=live }}
| IGN = 8.8/10{{cite web |last=Boulding |first=Aaron |date=August 30, 2002 |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2002/08/30/sega-gt-2002 |title=Sega GT 2002 |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |accessdate=May 15, 2017 |archive-date=September 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922123229/http://www.ign.com/articles/2002/08/30/sega-gt-2002 |url-status=live }}
| OXM = 9.1/10{{cite magazine |title=Sega GT 2002 |magazine=Official Xbox Magazine |publisher=Future US |date=October 2002 |page=110}}
| rev1 = Entertainment Weekly
| rev1Score = A−{{cite magazine |last=Brooks |first=Mark |url=http://ew.com/article/2002/10/11/sega-gt-2002/ |title=SEGA GT 2002 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |publisher=Time Inc. |issue=677 |date=October 11, 2002 |page=86 |accessdate=May 15, 2017 |archive-date=June 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621093308/http://ew.com/article/2002/10/11/sega-gt-2002/ |url-status=dead}}
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Sega GT 2002 received "favorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 35 out of 40. It was nominated for GameSpot{{'}}s annual "Best Driving Game on Xbox" award, which went to Rallisport Challenge.{{cite web | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030207155400/http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/bestof2002/ | url=http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/bestof2002/ | title=GameSpot{{'}}s Best and Worst of 2002 | author=GameSpot Staff | date=December 30, 2002 | work=GameSpot | archivedate=February 7, 2003 | url-status=dead}}
=''Sega GT Online''=
{{Video game reviews
| title = Sega GT Online
| OXM = 8.7/10{{cite magazine |title=Sega GT Online |magazine=Official Xbox Magazine |publisher=Future US |date=December 2003 |page=93}}
}}
The online version received slightly more "average" reviews than the original Sega GT 2002 according to Metacritic. In Japan, Famitsu also gave it a score of one eight, one seven, and two eights for a total of 31 out of 40.
References
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External links
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- {{moby game|id=/xbox/sega-gt-online|name=Sega GT Online}}
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