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Enthusia Professional Racing is a racing game for the PlayStation 2. It is the first auto racing simulator made by Konami.

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\"Change your Real\"

Enthusia has five play modes: Enthusia Life, Free Race, Driving Revolution, Time Attack and Versus Racing. Although the main mode, "Enthusia Life", is a little odd, it is original and totally different from Gran Turismo. Unlocking vehicles is done by beating the vehicle whilst avoiding any collisions (with other vehicles or going off the track) in the "Free Race" mode. This is again different from the way cars are unlocked in Gran Turismo games. In the Driving Revolution mode players must attempt to pass through gates at the correct speed while accelerating, braking or keeping a constant speed. Points are gained for doing this correctly and enough points must be gained to pass on to the next level.

Compared to a 700+ vehicle racing simulator like Gran Turismo 4, Enthusia distinguishes itself by a decent selection of rare makers such as Saab or Smart and collectible cars including the Bugatti EB110 '91, Citroën DS 23 Pallas '73, BMW M1 Procar '79, BMW 3.0 CSL works car '73, De Tomaso Pantera GTS '73, Alfa Romeo SZ '89 and more. Where Gran Turismo 4 often offers similar Japanese vehicles with only a trim or tire size change per grade (e.g. 20 Mazda RX-7 (Mazda Roadster, Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, Honda NSX) versions or even 40 Nissan Skyline versions) Enthusia developers have limited the Japanese cars to 50% of the total, and selected the best grade of each car to produce more variety.

The game's visual effects include a speed blur effect in first person view (as appeared in Genki's Racing Battle C1 Grand Prix released a few weeks later), good graphics with highly detailed CG-like car models (Citröen 2cv 6 Charleston) e.g. the Bugatti EB110's rear spoiler slowly rises up in real time at the beginning of the race just like in the real life. Enthusia also features realistic foreground textures (Burgenschlucht, Löwenseering courses), and course animations such as birds taking off, an animated windpower park (Burgenschlucht), multiple waterfalls, rivers and fountains (Mystic Caveway, Edge Of The Road), car traffic (Route De La Seine) or even a full aerobatic demonstration team emitting coloured smoke trails (Löwenseering) complete with a realistic aircraft fly-by sound. Enthusia contains ultra realistic engine, tire and exhaust sounds admired by car industry professionals (Hiroshi Ito from Mazda Motors vehicle development division) and experienced pro driver celebrities (Motoharu "Gan San" Kurosawa who raced 6000 laps over Nürburgring the last 20 years).[[Citing sources citation needed]]

The Replay mode in Enthusia is pretty different from the one seen in Gran Turismo 4. Despite these distinct approaches (static camera and traveling in Enthusia versus dynamic flashy multiple angles à la music video in Gran Turismo) both of them are TV realistic. The most impressive replays are the rally tracks with dirt appearing on the sideskirts and tires (Mystic Caveway) and the rally raid track with cars emitting smoke, realistic visual effects such as wind streams moving dune sand, animated waves on the Dakar seashore or the choked sound of the car bouncing on the sand dunes (Mirage Crossing).

On the other hand there are some flaws and perfectible aspects such as the low-fi background bitmaps (Dragon Range, Burgenschlucht) which look unnatural and inferior compared to the photo realistic high-resolution background bitmaps used in Gran Turismo 4 (Citta Di Aria, Grand Canyon courses). Also, the game could have featured options such as Widescreen mode, 480p, screen adjust setup, hide display function and Dolby Prologic II sound instead of simply mono or stereo sound options. Konami could have also added a search engine dedicated to the courses similar to the one present for cars.

Enthusia can be used with the Logitech Driving Force and Driving Force Pro steering wheels.

AUTOMOBILE (211)

Screenshot Gallery

Image:2CV_0003.jpg|2cv 6 Charleston Image:Pict004e.jpg|Skyline GT-R Nür Image:Pict0046.jpg|Bugatti EB110 Image:TOYO_CELI_325.jpg|Celica GT-Four WRC Image:Cor_0001.jpg|Corvette Stingray Coupe Image:Imp_Rally_0001.jpg|Impreza Pikes Peak Image:MAZ_RX7_FC_172.jpg|Savanna RX-7 ∞ Image:Bmwm3e30.jpg|M3 Sport Evolution

Maker List

ASL, Daihatsu, Honda (Mugen), Mazda, Mitsubishi Motors, Nissan (Nismo), Subaru, Suzuki, Tommy Kaira, Toyota
Hyundai
Cadillac, Chevrolet, Chrysler, DMC, Dodge, Ford, Pontiac, Shelby (AC)
Audi, BMW (McLaren), Dauer (Bugatti), Mercedes-Benz (AMG), MINI, Opel, RUF (Porsche), Smart, Volkswagen
Aston Martin, Austin-Healey, Caterham (Lotus), Jaguar, Land Rover, Lotus, MG, Morris, TVR
Renault (Alpine), Citroën, Peugeot
Alfa Romeo, De Tomaso, Fiat (Abarth), Lancia
Saab, Volvo

Car List

¹ North American market edition car/name change: ² Japanese market edition car/name change:

COURSE (46)

Screenshot Gallery

Image:Paris.jpg|Route de la Seine Image:Mystic.jpg|Mystic Caveway Image:Cosmiceggway.jpg|Cosmic Eggway Image:Enduro.jpg|Wild West Enduro Image:OceanBridge.jpg|Ocean Bridge Image:Burgen.jpg|Burgenschlucht Image:Miragedakar.jpg|Mirage Crossing Image:Autumnmount.jpg|Automn Mountain

Circuit List

TARMAC WET HILL (Climb/Down) SNOW (Rally) DIRT (Rally)

Media links

Teaser Behind The Scenes Interview

See also

External links

 

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