This FAQ is for Polyphony Digital's Gran Turismo 4 and is copyright 2005 
by Michael Weaver, aka Havok3595.  At the present time, it can only be 
shown on www gamefaqs com, www neoseeker com, and www supercheats 
com.

This is version 2.1.1.  Version 2.0 was updated from version 1.0 on June 24, 
2005.  Version 1.1, a previously upgraded version, was lost to the mists of 
my home computer.  Notable changes in version 2.0 include a list of all cars 
you have to buy and less speculation in certain parts.  Version 2.1 was 
upgraded from Version 2.0 on August 17, 2005.  Notable changes in version 
2.1 include a quick and dirty list of each race and a prize car selection for it 
as well as a brief word on A-Spec points and some other general tips.  The 
only notable change in Version 2.1.1 was adding permission for a few sites 
that requested permission to host this faq.

Playing Gran Turismo 4 with minimal buys guide:

The idea for this FAQ actually came from the Gran Turismo 3 board, where 
discussion was had about the fact that you only need to buy two cars to 
make it through the entire game.  It's a little different with Gran Turismo 4 
because there are so many one make races, but you can still get about 60% 
through the game (I got 58.6%) without any buys.  It's also easier to do than 
it was in 3, partially because you needed golds on licenses or completion of 
Arcade Mode to receive your first car in GT3, whereas even a bronze on a 
license test will yield a car in GT4.  I finally broke down and bought a car 
before exploring every possible avenue, but I did have a garage of over 100 
by the time I did so.  I have continued the playthrough with very minimal 
buys, and that will be covered in the second part of the guide.

Chapters 1-8 are a talky walkthrough.  Chapter 9 is a list of what you need 
to do to go forward.  Chapter 10 is a quicklist if you absolutely have to get 
any one particular race done without a buy.  Chapter 11 contains some 
general information that didn't fit elsewhere.

Chapter 1: Your first car(s) (C01)
Chapter 2: Beginner events and Special Conditions (C02)
Chapter 3: A brief segue to America (C03)
Chapter 4: It's Professional Time (C04)
Chapter 5: One Make Madness, part 1 (C05)
Chapter 6: Endurance Hall (or�B-Spec snooze time) (C06)
Chapter 7: The land of the rising sun (C07)
Chapter 8: That's Old Europe. (C08)
Chapter 9: Tying it up and moving forward (C09)
Chapter 10: How to get there from here, or six degrees of Kevin Bacon 
(C10)
Chapter 11: A few tips, tricks, and A-Spec points (C11)

Chapter 1: Your first car(s) (C01)

I have used Ebony Ivory's prize car FAQ as a basis for this guide.  I have 
found it to be very accurate, and essential to the planning stages.  Here are 
the cars that can be attained without owning a car of your own:

LICENSE EXAMS:
B(Bronze)  : VOLKSWAGEN Lupo 1.4 '02
B(Silver)  : MAZDA KUSABI '03
B(Gold)    : HONDA S500 '63
A(Bronze)  : PONTIAC Sunfire GXP Concept '02
A(Silver)  : ACURA DN-X '02
A(Gold)    : NISSAN SKYLINE GT-R (Gran Turismo Version) '01
IB(Bronze) : NIKE One 2022
IB(Silver) : MAZDA RX-8 Concept (Type-II) '04
IB(Gold)   : JENSEN HEALEY Interceptor Mk.III '74
IA(Bronze) : NISMO 270R '94 (S14)
IA(Silver) : NISSAN GT-R Concept (TokyoShow) '01
IA(Gold)   : DOME ZERO '78
S(Bronze)  : MERCURY Cougar XR-7 '67
S(Silver)  : PONTIAC Solstice Coupe Concept '02
S(Gold)    : FORD Model T Tourer '15

MISSION HALL:
Mission 1-10  : DMC DeLorean S2 '04
Mission 11-20 : JAY LENO Tank Car '03
Mission 21-24 : PAGANI Zonda Race Car '01
Mission 25-29 : TOYOTA 7 Race Car '70
Mission 30-34 : NISSAN R89C Race Car '89

There are a total of 20 cars that you can win without having a car, and some 
are better than others.  There are only two that you absolutely need, and 
those are the Nismo 270R and the Lupo 1.4.  The Sunfire GXP Concept 
doesn't hurt either.  When I played through, I only won nine of these twenty, 
and it was more than sufficient.  I had all bronze licenses, silver A and B, 
and Missions 1-10 and 21-24.  Note that missions are only available once 
you get specific licenses (all are available with IA, some only require IB).

Chapter 2: Beginner events and Special Conditions (C02)

Beginner events would be the logical place to start, which is why we will 
not start there.  Easy Special Conditions are pretty (duh) easy, and they 
include some of the more innovative tracks.  You only need an A license to 
race them, but I heartily recommend getting your IA first so you have the 
lovely Nismo.  You can win a little with the Sunfire, but you have to 
upgrade it (worst expenditure ever: using my transferred credits wholly on 
upgrading the Sunfire).  Anyway, the first two Special Conditions races are 
cake with the Nismo, and you win two great cars, the Cadillac Cien and 
Toyota RSC Rally Raid.  Now you've got a lot of options.  

The best option is to get a few miles on that Nismo in Beginner Events.  It 
can destroy the Sunday Cup.  It can win the appropriate drivetrain series 
(FR).  Then, the Cien can win MR for you and the Rally Raid can win 4WD.  
Unfortunately, you need to buy tires for the Rally Raid to compete in 4WD.  
This should be your first expenditure (unless you went the Sunfire route).  
Then, try running the Sunfire in the FF Challenge.  You may need to 
upgrade it a little, I had already upgraded it a lot and it walked away with 
the race.  If you need money, you can race George V Paris (Easy) and 
Tsukuba Wet (Easy).  Do that anyway, on second thought.

Alright, now there are 3 Beginner races left (Spider/Roadster, Truck, and K-
Car).  Sadly, you never win a truck except from the truck race, so that will 
be left undone.  Your Autobianchi Abarth from the Sunday Cup needs some 
upgrades to win the K-Car race, so upgrade it if you can afford to.  You 
don't have a convertible yet, but that's not so bad.  You'll get one.  The dirt 
and snow tracks in Special Conditions Easy are still there, and there's three 
ways you can go about this.  You can buy dirt and snow tires for the Rally 
Raid RSC, or you can race Medium Capri Rally for the Impreza '01 
Prototype Rally Car or Hard Capri for the Ford RS200 Rally Car.  Those are 
the two best winnable rally cars in my opinion, and conserving energy and 
buying dirt and snow tires for them now (instead of doing it for the RSC 
Rally Raid) is probably a good idea.  At this point, the Nismo should be able 
to handle all the tarmac rallies (except maybe Tsukuba Wet Hard, against a 
class C race car), and your RS200 or Impreza Prototype should be able to 
handle the dirt and snow.  I failed to complete 3 special condition races 
before buying (Hard Grand Canyon, Hard Cathedral Rocks I, Hard 
Cathedral Rocks II), but only because I got sick of them.  I'm sure they're 
all winnable with the RS200 or Impreza Prototype.  That makes it 33 more 
cars from the rallies (I only got 30 of them), 6 from Beginner Hall with two 
races not done (for now).  We'll come back for that Spider/Roadster later.  If 
you've won all those, you're at 59 cars.

Chapter 3: A brief segue to America (C03)

The American events section is ideally suited for this kind of playthrough.  
It shouldn't take long.

Take the Cien to the Hot Rod competition, you'll win a Chevelle.  Upgrade 
the Chevelle and win the Muscle Car competition and Stars and Stripes (the 
latter is also doable with the Super Bird from the Muscle Car competition, if 
you like it more).  Take the Camaro Race Car from there to win American 
GT.  Now, you've got a C1 Convertible.  Spider/Roadster time!  Upgrade 
the C1 and take it to town.  A transmission is probably all you really need, 
but I went whole hog.

So, there's an easy 5 more cars.  If you're doing everything, there's 64 cars 
won so far.  I made 50 on my playthrough, which seems small�but there's 
only one more possible win car that I didn't get.  Right now, Special 
Conditions should be done.  Beginner Events should be done except for the 
stupid truck race.  American Hall should be done, and Driving Missions and 
Licenses attained (for maximum car count).  What's next?

Chapter 4: It's Professional Time (C04)

Ah, Pro Hall.  Home of two events that seem to perplex everyone, Supercar 
Festival and GT Worlds.  We can't compete in GT Worlds because we 
didn't finish the truck race.  That's unfortunate, but it happens.  That also 
means we'll never get to Extreme events without a buy.  Oh well.  Worse 
things have happened.

You now have a wide variety of cars to use, so use whatever you like for 
Clubman Cup and Tuning Car.  Just about everything can compete in those, 
so you'll have no problems.  Use the Cien for NA Challenge if you, in fact, 
want no challenge.  You have a variety of Turbo options as well, including 
just slapping a Turbo on the Cien.  You can sort your garage by NA/Turbo, 
so find and use whatever car you want: you have a variety of both.  I 
recommend tricking out the Ginetta G4 and winning both World Classic and 
World Compact with it, but a word of warning.  Sometimes an AC Cobra 
pops up in World Classic, and the Ginetta may not be able to handle that 
jelly.  The Chevelle and Super Bird can also compete there, so consider 
them.  If you just can't get it, don't worry.  There are at least two other cars 
we can win that meet the criteria and are better than what you have now.

The Impreza '01 Prototype Rally Car won Boxer Spirit with ease for me.  
The RUF Yellow Bird from that won most of the Supercar Festival for me, 
but not all.  If you're good, you should be able to do it.  If not, don't worry.  
This is another race that we win a better car for later.  It's possible that you 
have 8 more cars at this point (cumulative 72).  If you're missing World 
Classic and Supercar, don't worry.  We'll talk about them more later, and 
it's not like you can use the Daimler Motor Carriage anyway (although the 
Cizeta is absolutely necessary).

Chapter 5: One Make Madness, part 1 (C05)

It's time to show off the dominance of your various and sundry cars in One-
Make land.  There are a number of One-Makes you can do.

I would start with Chevy.  The Camaro Race Car is more than a little unfair 
in Camaro Meeting, unfortunately it's all you'll get.  The C1 Corvette is on 
the other side of the power scale in Vette!  Vette!  Vette!, but it'll do (with 
upgrades).  Now, remember how I told you we'd get better World Classics 
later?  The C2 Z06 Vette Race Car from 1963 is one of them.  Eat that, AC 
Cobra.  Two more cars with ease, three if you didn't get around to World 
Classics before.  Cumulative is now 76.

Unfortunately, those are the only American One Make Races we can do (not 
that there's an awful lot that we can't do, which is nigh criminal).  Let's go 
to Japan, because there's a LOT we can do there.

First, let's hit Subaru to win the Stars of Pleiades with the '01 Rally Car 
Prototype (not even halfway fair).  We'll follow by taking the HDC6 (from 
Easy Cathedral Rocks II) to the Hyundai Sports Festival.  I upgraded it.  I 
think you need to, but if you want to try stock�be my guest.  The '01 
Honda NSX-R Concept from NA Sports will win the Type R meeting in 
Honda, and then the old reliable Nismo will destroy Silvia Sisters over in 
Nissan, stock.  The Option Stream Z from the Tuning Car race will own the 
Z race in Nissan, as well.  Pop over to the Evolution Meeting in Mitsubishi 
with the Lancer Evolution IV Rally Car '97 from Normal Ice Arena.  We 
have a number of options for Mazda's RE Club and RX-8 Cup, choose one 
for each (use garage sort for Mazda).  I think I used Tsukuba Wet (Easy)'s 
2001 RX-8 Concept (Type I) for both, but the RE Club was the devil with 
that, even maxed out.  Use the 2003 BP Falken RX-7 to reduce the 
challenge to nil.  Not a bad run of it now, eight more cars for a running total 
of 84.

There are two more one-makes to do right now, and they both suck.  The 
Volkswagen Lupo cup requires you to max out your Bronze B license Lupo 
to hell and back, so do it and drive well.  Then, there's the Alpine Cup.  The 
Alpine that you won way back when in George V Paris (Easy) can win it, 
but be careful.  You need to supe it up, so do so�but be cautious because 
this car likes to drive sideways when tuned.  Your B-Spec driver may handle 
it better, but then again he may not.  Don't worry though: the prize from the 
Alpine Cup will easily get you gold on the races you don't win the first time 
through.  Go for points alone.  Another word of warning: since all Alpines 
are the same color, it's hard to differentiate which opponent is the one 
closing in on your point total and which one has been underperforming.  
You'll therefore not be able to do strategic blocks of the point leader very 
well, but it's a safe bet he's the guy who's fastest.  Anyway, two more hard 
fought cars�we're at 86. We should also be at 25%, which means it is 
happy time.  If not, skip to Chapter 7 and onward and come back to Chapter 
6 when you get there.

Chapter 6: Endurance Hall (or�B-Spec snooze time) (C06)

Let me first say that I am very ambivalent on the hot topic B-Spec 
controversy.  Is it necessary, or should you "be a man" and race everything 
yourself?  I don't care.  It's up to you.  Either way you do it, the Endurance 
Hall is the easiest part of the game if you make it easy and heartbreaking if 
you make it hard.  I was a wuss.  I won the El Capitan Endurance first (with 
the good old Cien), and then took that monster of a Toyota, the Minolta, 
everywhere else except Roadster 4 Hours (since we can't do that).  Actually, 
I lie.  I did a few more challenging races, usually when I was in the mood to 
A-Spec.  But you CAN Minolta your way through it, and that's probably the 
best way to do it in B-Spec because your point value doesn't really matter 
(sole reason to make A-Spec races challenging) and even the worst B-Spec 
driver can win with the Minolta.  Once you finish the Nurb 24 hour race, 
you may want to switch over to using the Polyphony Formula Gran 
Turismo, particularly since it doesn't degrade.  Or you may not.  Your 
choice.  A further word of warning: No matter how much you love B-Spec, 
A-Spec the Super Speedway Endurance.  It's not that long, and the B-Spec 
driver doesn't know what the heck to do about it.  Apparently there's a bug 
with B-Spec and the Sarthe endurances that makes it want to hit the wall, 
but I didn't experience that.  I also won them both with the Formula GT, so 
you absolutely can win them with that.  

Congratulations.  You now have 15 more cars, with only 4 hour Roadster 
undone in Endurance Hall.  That's a running total of 101cars, the century 
mark.  You also got the 25% prize car, so you really have 102  Woot.  
Additionally, the NSX-R Road Car Prototype from 8 hours Motegi can 
destroy the Supercar Festival if you haven't already done that, and the 1969 
Ford GT40 from 200 miles Laguna Seca is yet another World Classic 
destroying car.  There's no excuse to not have those done now.

Chapter 7: The land of the rising sun (C07)

Now you have every weapon in your arsenal to win the Japanese Events.  
You have many options for the Japanese Championship, so take whatever 
one you like the most.  Same thing with the Japan GT Championship.  The 
Calsonic Skyline from 9 hour Tsukuba is probably the most fair, and the 
Minolta (as always) is a sure thing.  The Formula GT should be useable, too, 
if you are not opposed to being unreasonably unfair.  

The little Honda from World Compact will win Japanese Compact for you, 
and it's a lot of fun to drive.  I needed to upgrade it somewhat, but you may 
not need to.  For the 70's challenge, use the nice 1971 240ZG you won from 
the Z one make.  The Sileighty from Silvia Sisters is your friend for the 90's 
race, which is odd since it is supposed to be production cars only and that 
Sileighty is not a production car.  If you didn't already (and I didn't list it, so 
you might not have), go win the Red Emblem One-Make in Nissan's one 
make races.  You should have a couple Skylines to choose from, go with 
whichever makes you happy (or the Calsonic if you want to destroy it).  
Unfortunately, you do not win a car eligible for Japan 80's to my 
knowledge, so you have to settle for leaving it undone for now.  Be happy 
with your six more cars, for a garage of 108

Chapter 8: That's Old Europe. (C08)

Besides the inaccessible Extreme Events, Europe is the only place left to go.  
Well, there's a few more one makes we'll get to, but not many.  Europe is a 
pretty diverse group of events, and we'll enjoy them all.  That's right, 
they're all winnable.

Let's take it from the top.  You should have a number of nice Euro cars for 
the Pan Euro Championship.  If you passed 50%, that Jaguar is fine.  The 
Audi R8 and Bentley Speed 8 from the Sarthe Endurances should also work.  
Any of those options except the Audi can roll on to the British GT Cup, with 
the fourth option being the Jag you just won.

Switch over to the Ginetta for the British Lightweight Cup.  I understand 
that one of the Jaguar race cars can also compete in it, but that's overkill.  
Still, far be it from me to tell you how to play.  Skip the DTM for now, we'll 
be back in a few.  Go win the Lotus Classics with the Europa Special from 
the Lightweight Cup in the meantime.  Four more lovely cars, five counting 
the 50% prize, we're now at 113. 

The Italian Festival is unable to deal with the sheer power of the Cizeta from 
Supercar Festival.  You don't even need to try.  Too bad it's the only 
applicable car you have besides the Autobianchi Abarth.  Switch to the 1980 
Renault 5 Turbo from Tahiti Easy and upgrade it to taste for the Tout French 
Championship and the Hot Hatch Championship.  Three more, 116.

You have two notable European Classics, the Jaguar E-Type from British 
GT and the Ginetta from back in the day (Beginner Lightweight). Either will 
win the Classic Car and 1000 miles championships.  Of note: You can race 
ANY old production car in 1000 miles, including the Chevelle and Super 
Bird.  Be warned, though: you'll face a field of Fiats and such, so extreme 
power=extreme boredom.  We're up to 118 cars.  Schwarzvald Liga A and 
B and the DTM are left.  

Sheer insanity, I know, but the Bronze B Lupo 1.4 can win Schwarzvald 
Liga A when fully upgraded.  Depending on who you're against, it can be 
anywhere from 22 to 199 A-Spec Points.  Not for the faint of heart, but I 
managed it (and, as I said before, I'm not all that good).  As for Liga 
B�there's too many options to count.  I used the Nuovolari Quattro (25% 
prize).  These two prize cars can then win one makes: Legends of the Silver 
Arrow with your B prize Mercedes Touring Car (yielding a superior 
Mercedes Touring Car) and BMW's M Club with the A prize.  Use the 
Silver Arrow Mercedes plus upgrades to defeat the DTM.  You now have 
123 cars if you did everything, I was 15 cars behind this at 108.  You are 
ready for your final challenge.  The final One Make available.  The 
illustrious and exciting Citroen 2CV-2HP Challenge.

You win the 2CV back from the French races.  You use it to win another 
lovely 2CV.  I don't really count this car, but your garage size will be 124 
with it, so�there's that.  Congratulations.

Chapter 9: Tying it up and moving forward (C09)

I was at 58.6% when I finally broke down and bought a Dodge Ram to win 
the truck series.  I imagine that over 60% is available, I'd be interested if 
someone with more skill than I would give it a go.  

The non-One Make races that you are missing at this point are:
Beginner: Sport Truck
Professional: GT World Championships
Extreme: All
Endurance: 4 Hour Roadster
Japan: Japan 80's 

You can win all of these races by only buying two cars.  The first car is any 
truck, the Ram being a popular choice.  The second car is a 1989 Miata.  
However, there are still many One-Makes to go.  Here's a full list of every 
car you need to buy to get 100%:

Any sport truck
Daihatsu Copen, any variety 
Daihatsu Midget II
Honda Civic, any variety * 
Isuzu, any variety * 
Mazda Miata, any variety *
Mitsubishi Mirage, either variety *
Nissan Compact *
Subaru 360
Suzuki K Car (the prize car from K Car can then win Suzuki Concept race)
Lexus for the Altezza Race, any variety
Toyoya Vitz, any variety
Chrysler Crossfire
Saleen S7
Shelby, any variety
Alfa Romeo 147 GTA
Aston Martin, any variety
Audi A3 3.2 quattro
Audi TT, any variety
BMW 1 series, any variety
Lotus Elise, any variety
Mercedes-Benz SL, any variety
MG, any variety
Mini Cooper, any variety
Opel Speedster, either variety (non-turbo recommended)
Peugeot 206, any variety (Rally Car recommended)
Renault Clio, any variety
Renault Megane, any variety
Triumph Spitfire 1500
TVR, any model
Volkswagen GTi
Volkswagen Beetle (sadly, there are no Beetle GTi's).

A grand total of 32 cars therefore need to be bought.  An Asterisk indicates 
a car with a model that can be purchased to race in Japan 80's.  I can't 
vouch for their ability to compete necessarily, but the 1989 Miata was fine 
(so I imagine most of the rest would be).

Contrary to popular theory, you do not need to spam the DTCM or Capri 
Rally to make money.  I have all races that require a specific car done and 
have not repeated a race.  I also haven't sold a car I didn't have a duplicate 
of.  

Chapter 10: How to get there from here, or six degrees of Kevin Bacon 
(C10)

This is a quick and dirty list of the quickest way to get each possible race 
done.  Note that not all of these are optimal, and some have alternate 
solutions.  Each group will start with a license test car, a driving mission car, 
or a % reward (in that order).  Since those events don't require a specific car 
to win, they will not be listed here.  Any group that asks for a gold license 
car for shortest path will have an alternate without a gold license.

BEGINNER HALL:
Sunday Cup: B Bronze License Lupo + mods or B Silver License Kusabi

FF Challenge: B Bronze License Lupo + mods or A Bronze License Sunfire 
GXP

FR Challenge: IA Bronze Nismo 270R

4WD Challenge: A Bronze License Sunfire GXP to Capri Easy for RSC 
Rally Raid

MR Challenge: A Bronze License Sunfire GXP to Umbria Easy for Cadillac 
Cien

Light Weight K Cup: B Gold Honda S500 + mods or B Silver Kusabi to 
Sunday Cup for Autobianchi Abarth + mods.

Spider/Roadster: B Gold Honda S500 + mods or A Bronze License Sunfire 
GXP to Umbria Easy for Cadillac Cien to American Hot Rod Competition 
for Chevelle SS to Stars and Stripes for Camaro LM Race Car to American 
Championship for Corvette C1 Convertible + mods. 

PROFESSIONAL HALL:
Clubman Cup: IA Bronze license Nismo 270R

Tuning Car Grand Prix: IA Bronze license Nismo 270R

Race of NA Sports: A Bronze License Sunfire GXP to Umbria Easy for 
Cadillac Cien

Race of Turbo Sports: A Bronze License Sunfire GXP to Umbria Easy for 
Cadillac Cien, add supercharger

Boxer Spirit: IA Bronze License Nismo 270R to Capri Normal for Subrau 
Impreza Rally Car Prototype

World Classic Car Series: A Bronze License Sunfire GXP to Umbria Easy 
for Cadillac Cien to American Hot Rod Competition for Chevelle SS + 
mods.  Make sure AC Cobra is not in the line-up.

World Compact Car: B License Gold Honda S500 or B License Bronze 
Lupo+mods to Sunday Cup for Autobianchi Abarth + mods to Lightweight 
K Cup for Ginetta G4.

Supercar Festival: IA Bronze License Nismo 270R to Capri Normal for 
Subrau Impreza Rally Car Prototype to Boxer Spirit for RUF Yellowbird + 
mods

ENDURANCE HALL: IA Bronze License Nismo 270R to El Capitan 200 
miles for Toyota Minolta 88C-V.  Then win everything else except the 
Roadster (which can't be done) with that.  Slap sports tires on it as needed.  
Cheap, but this is the quickest possible way, not most competitive way.

JAPANESE HALL:
 Japanese Championship: The IA Bronze Nismo 270R (your workhorse) 
should be able to do this.

Japanese GT Championship: IA Bronze Nismo 270R to El Capitan 
Endurance for the Minolta 88C-V.  Take that to Tsukuba 9 hour for the 
Calsonic Skyline for more fairness�the Japanese Championship Fairlady Z 
Race Car will work too (see above).

Japanese 70's Classic: IA Bronze Nismo 270R to Tuning Car Grand Prix for 
OPTION Stream Z to Nissan one-make Z Club for Nissan 240ZG '71.

Japanese 90's Challenge: IA Bronze Nismo 270R to Nissan Silvia Sisters 
one-make for the '98 Sileighty.  Like the NSX-R Prototype, the Sileighty is 
not a production car (at least this one isn't), but somehow it counts as 
production.  The Nismo does not.

Japan Compact Car: B License Gold Honda S500 or B License Bronze 
Lupo+mods to Sunday Cup for Autobianchi Abarth + mods to Lightweight 
K Cup for Ginetta G4 for Honda S800 RSC Race Car

EUROPEAN HALL:
European Championship: 50% prize Jaguar XJR-9 Race Car or Nismo 270R 
to El Capitan Endurance for Toyota Minolta 88C-V to La Sarthe 24 hour 
Endurance II for Bentley Speed 8.

British GT Cup: 50% prize Jaguar XJR-9 Race Car or Nismo 270R to El 
Capitan Endurance for Toyota Minolta 88C-V to La Sarthe 24 hour 
Endurance II for Bentley Speed 8.

British Light Weight Race: B License Bronze Lupo+mods to Sunday Cup 
for Autobianchi Abarth + mods to Lightweight K Cup for Ginetta G4

DTCM: 25% prize Nuovolari Quattro to Schwarzwald Liga B for 
MERCEDES-BENZ AMG 190E 2.5 16V Evolution II (DTM) to Legends of 
the Silver Arrow Mercedes One-Make for CLK Touring Car.  Do not try 
this with the AMG Evo II unless you are a glutton for punishment.

Italian Festival: IA Bronze License Nismo 270R to Capri Normal for Subrau 
Impreza Rally Car Prototype to Boxer Spirit for RUF Yellowbird + mods 
for Cizeta V16T.  You can also get here through 1000 Miles' Giulia Sprint 
Speciale, but the Cizeta is funny.  The field is so lame that you can have no 
skill with the Cizeta and still win.

French Championship: IA Bronze License Nismo 270R to Capri Normal for 
Subaru Impreza Rally Car Prototype + dirt tires to Tahiti Easy for Renault 5 
Turbo+mods.

European Classic Car Championship: B License Bronze Lupo+mods to 
Sunday Cup for Autobianchi Abarth + mods to Lightweight K Cup for 
Ginetta G4 or (50% prize Jaguar XJR-9 Race Car or Nismo 270R to El 
Capitan Endurance for Toyota Minolta 88C-V to La Sarthe 24 hour 
Endurance II for Bentley Speed 8.) to British GT Cup for Jaguar E-Type

European Hot Hatch Championship: IA Bronze License Nismo 270R to 
Capri Normal for Subaru Impreza Rally Car Prototype + dirt tires to Tahiti 
Easy for Renault 5 Turbo+mods

1000 Miles!: (50% prize Jaguar XJR-9 Race Car or Nismo 270R to El 
Capitan Endurance for Toyota Minolta 88C-V to La Sarthe 24 hour 
Endurance II for Bentley Speed 8.) to British GT Cup for Jaguar E-Type OR 
A Bronze License Sunfire GXP to Umbria Easy for Cadillac Cien to 
American Hot Rod Competition for Chevelle SS

Schwarzwald Liga A: B Bronze license Lupo + every mod in the book.

Schwarzwald Liga B: 25% prize Nuovolari Quattro

AMERICAN HALL:
American Championship: S Bronze License Mercury XR-7 to American 
Muscle Car Championship for Plymouth Superbird for Camaro LM Race 
Car

Stars and Stripes: S Bronze License Mercury XR-7 to American Muscle Car 
Championship for Plymouth Superbird

American Hot Rod Championship: A Bronze License Sunfire GXP to 
Umbria Easy for Cadillac Cien

American Muscle Car Championship: S Bronze License Mercury XR-7 

SPECIAL CONDITIONS HALL:
Basically, take the Bronze IA Nismo to any Capri rally.  The Hard is 
probably the best bet for the RS200 Rally Car.  Then, slap dirt and snow 
tires on it as needed.  One exception:

Tsukuba (Wet) Hard: You'll be against a powerful race car.  It can be done 
with a much weaker car (especially if you punt the race car into the dirt 
ASAP), but you might want to get the Minolta or something (see Endurance 
above).

One Makes (the ones that can be done):

Honda: Type R Meeting: A Bronze License Sunfire GXP to Umbria Easy 
for Cadillac Cien to Race of NA Sports for NSX-R Concept '01.

Hyundai: Hyundai Sports Festival: IA Bronze License Nismo 270R to Capri 
Normal for Subaru Impreza Rally Car Prototype + dirt tires to Cathedral 
Rocks II Easy for HCD6

Mazda: RE Club: IB Silver RX-8 Concept.  To RX-8 Cup for the race car if 
you need to.

Mazda: RX-8 Cup: IB Silver RX-8 Concept

Mitsubishi: Evolution Meeting: IA Bronze License Nismo 270R to Capri 
Normal for Subaru Impreza Rally Car Prototype + snow tires to Ice Arena 
Normal for Lancer Evolution IV Rally Car

Nissan: Race of Red Emblem: The A Gold or IA Silver Skylines are the two 
easiest.  There's a few others you can get, including the Calsonic from 9 
hours Tsukuba.  Any way you slice it, you're overpowering it a lot.

Nissan: Silvia Sisters: IA Bronze license Nismo 270R

Nissan: Z Club: IA Bronze Nismo 270R to Tuning Car Grand Prix for 
OPTION Stream Z

Subaru: Race of Pleiades: IA Bronze License Nismo 270R to Capri Normal 
for Subrau Impreza Rally Car Prototype

Chevrolet: Corvette Festival: A Bronze License Sunfire GXP to Umbria 
Easy for Cadillac Cien to American Hot Rod Competition for Chevelle SS 
to Stars and Stripes for Camaro LM Race Car to American Championship 
for Corvette C1 Convertible + mods.

Chevrolet: Camaro Meeting: S Bronze License Mercury XR-7 to American 
Muscle Car Championship for Plymouth Superbird for Camaro LM Race 
Car

Alpine: Alpine Cup: IA Bronze License Nismo 270R to George V Paris 
Easy for Alpine A310 1600 VE + mods

BMW: M Club: Lupo Cup: B Bronze license Lupo + every mod in the book 
to Schwarzvald Liga A for BMW M3 GTR Race Car

Citroen: 2HP-2CV Classics: IA Bronze License Nismo 270R to Capri 
Normal for Subaru Impreza Rally Car Prototype + dirt tires to Tahiti Easy 
for Renault 5 Turbo+mods for Citroen 2CV

Lotus: Lotus Classic Cup: B License Bronze Lupo+mods to Sunday Cup for 
Autobianchi Abarth + mods to Lightweight K Cup for Ginetta G4 to British 
Lightweight Cup for Lotus Europa Special.

Mercedes-Benz: Legends of the Silver Arrow: 25% prize Nuovolari Quattro 
to Schwarzwald Liga B for MERCEDES-BENZ AMG 190E 2.5 16V 
Evolution II (DTM)

Volkswagen: Lupo Cup: B Bronze license Lupo + every mod in the book.

Chapter 11: A few tips, tricks, and A-Spec points (C11)

You may have noticed that there are several places where A-Spec points are 
minimal, such as the Camaro race. It's a sad thing, but true.  If you must 
have A-Spec points, you can generally race the prize car for a race back in 
the race for more points.  This is true of the Camaro race, the Italian races, A 
Thousand Miles (depending on what you took in), and many others.  It may 
seem that no-buy and A-Spec points are mutually exclusive, but it isn't 
always the case.  I say work on it later.  Another option is to slap N1 tires on 
your Camaro LM Race Car or Cizeta V16T, but I didn't do that personally 
and wouldn't recommend it.

Another thing is about the license tests.  I haven't got all gold, and you 
probably won't either (no offense).  You really don't need all gold.  You 
don't even need all silver.  There is not a single race that a gold or silver 
license car can be raced in that another winnable car does not work for.  
They may work better, but you can still get by without them.  I recommend 
going back for them later (which is what I'm trying to do now).

How about transferring licenses over from GT3?  Well, I don't recommend 
it.  The Lupo 1.4 is absolutely necessary to get the most completion 
percentage.  I guess the Sunfire GXP Concept is optional, but it was good to 
me.  Your license cars are your first workhorses, and the Nike One isn't able 
to race, so if you skip B and A you'll need to get the IA Bronze or IB Silver.  
IB has the cone slaloms which I find to be more irritating than anything else 
in the world, so I'd recommend going with the IA.  You'll still need the 
Lupo eventually, though.

Transferring money over from GT3?  I did it.  I know some find that to be 
"cheating", but I wasted it on a NA upgrade on the Sunfire GXP Concept, 
thinking the Sunfire could own a lot of races with it.  Turns out�not the 
case.

If the cars I suggest for a race don't work for you, upgrade a little more.  
The biggest instance of this will be the Lupo 1.4, even fully upgraded you 
need nerves of steel to win with it.  The wing really helped out in 
Schwarzvald Liga A (although I did a 199 point race wingless in there).  
Also, roadblock, wallride, grass cut, nitrous�these are all restrictions we 
arbitrarily put on ourselves.  Whatever your conscious is good with, do that.  
I wallride infrequently, same with grass cuts, but if I need to in order to win 
a race the gloves are off.  A few driving missions almost require a wallride.  
The one exception to the selective morality rule is Fuji 90's, where a 
grasscut on the last chicane is almost definitely cheating.  But, I'd be lying if 
I said I never did it.  The grasscut on Suzuka (full)'s final chicane is 
tempting, but I find it isn't always as effective as you want it to be.  Taking 
that chicane properly sets up much better lines, in my opinion.

Another option is to try a different car.  Many races have multiple no-buy 
solutions, try a few different cars and see what works.  I hope to eventually 
add a list to this of every race that each of the hundred-some cars you'll win 
is a viable choice for.  Input would be appreciated.

There are at least eight cars flagged "special" that you will win but be 
unable to race anywhere.  So don't bother trying.  These are:
Ford Model T
Toyota Motor Triathalon Race Car
Chrysler Prowler Convertible
Auto Union Streamline
Jay Leno Tank Car
Nike One 2022
Benz Patent Motor Carriage
Daimler Motor Carriage
The "special" flag is given to cars whose animations are too complex to 
have on the track with other cars.  I'm told the Streamline is only able to be 
driven on the Nurburgring.  It also has the distinction of not being available 
in Arcade Mode, unlike any of the others.

Afterward:

I'd like to thank a number of people who helped out with this FAQ, 
including GTRacer, Oldguy1957, and jdwilli4 from the gamefaqs forums.  
Others have contributed on the boards, but I lost my original thanks list.  I 
apologize for that error, but consider yourself thanked regardless.

Also, I'd like to thank Polyphony Digital and Sony for a great game.

I hope you enjoyed this FAQ, it is my first attempt.  Feel free to contact me 
at Havok3595 (at) hotmail.com if you have further questions or information.  
Be sure to put GT4 FAQ in the subject line since I get a ton of spam.