Select a 4WD car. Start and get some speed. Hit a wall at 90 degree. Hold the throttle open. Now your car is stopped, wheels spinning and smoking. Slightly steer to whichever you want to go. Suddenly your car is accelerated. Try to keep your car sticking to the wall so that the acceleration continue.
Double Your Cash and Garage Space
It is understood that your garage in Gran Turismo 2 only holds 100 cars at a time. Lets say you have 100 cars and $10 million credits Save your game play twice on two differants memory cards. Use one card as your primary garage and one as your secondary garage. Now take the first card and sell off all the lower cars then safe agian. Now take the secondary card , load up and sell all the higher cars then safe again on the secondary card. Keep your best race cars on the primary and all others on the secondary. You have now double your garage space to 200 and have doubled your credits with 10 million in each , plus what you got for the sold cars for a total credits of 20 million plus whatever earned on sold cars, split between the two garages. If you need to transfer a car from one garage to the other, use the data tranfer mode off the main menu by buying the cars off each other You will never lose the money for you own both garages. When one garage fills up, do it again.
Easy Money and Cars
First,you must have at least 300,000 now and an I-A liscense. Buy a Mitsubishi 3000GT MR-Twin Turbo and tune it to the max. Go to Special Events and enter the No#1 Tuned Turbo Car World Cup. All the races here pay 50,000, but are kinda hard. Pick the one with the Test Course. The cars here are unforgiving so make sure you tune your car to go to at least 210 MPH. Race 3 consecutive times and you will win the second ultimate car the HKS R33 Drag. Which sells for 250,000.
Easy Start
This game is very different than GT, you don't win Cups anymore, you have to race tracks one by one. Also, most of the races are limited to a certain HP. The first races you should take are the Sunday Cup and the Clubman Cup. Buy a used R32 Skyline and tune it enough to have a lot of HP. Race all of the races and keep gaining money.
Eight Tracks
Go to Arcade Mode and enter the "Bonus Items" option. You should see the letters A, B, and C above each of the levels given. As you do the following, they will be covered with a blue, yellow, or red dot. To fill in the four big question marks, go back to the main Arcade Mode screen. Then, go to "Single Race", choose any difficulty level, and place first in each of the four original levels with an A class car e.g., Mitsubishi GTO, a B class car e.g., Mitsubishi Eclipse, and a C class car (ex: Honda Civic 3-Door). After you have done this, go back to the "Bonus Items" menu and the four big question marks should be filled in with these levels: Autumn Ring, Deep Forest, SS R5, and Grand Valley Speedway. That totals eight tracks.
Extra HP in HP limited races
On the simulation disc you can use a car with up to 5 more HP on the races (with limited HP). Go buy a item such as race mufflers or computer, but do not equip them on the car. Before the race go into settings and equip the item. The computer will allow around 5 HP more than posted.
Fast Money
First get every lisence up to international A. Then go to mazda used cars and buy the one which is the most expencive (for under £10,000. The colour for the car is brilliant black). Then go and win the first race of the Sunday Cup until you get £25000-£27000. Then go to Mitibishi used cars and buy the blue lancer. Then go to Muscle Cup under special events. Win the first race around 3 times and you win £7000 each time. But you win a car which you can sell for £25000. Now tune your lancer with all the things which gives you more speed. Now enter the second race of the Muscle Cup. Here you win £8000 and a car which you can sell for £75000. Win that 7 or 8 times and you have yourself with over £500,000! Its easy if your as good as me!
Get the elusive Lancia Stratos
To get the rare and very futuristic looking Stratos, despite that it was made in the 80's, you must beat the 200KM Apricot Hill Endurace Race. You may also get a [R]Viper GTS-R.
Hints
In arcade mode, winning first place, on any of the original four tracks, in all three classes of vehicles (a, b, c} will open a new track ( a total of four). If you come in first on all eight tracks, in all classes of vehicles, on the EASY difficulty setting, four new car manufacters will be available for you to choose from (Toyota, Subaru, Dodge, including a concept car, and TVR). If you win first on all eight tracks, in all classes of vehicles, on the NORMAL difficulty setting, a cheesy movie and the game credits will be available.
License tests guide
First 2 parts of getting license B - you must come to a complete stop in the checked area at the end of the track within the time limit (36 then 27 - I think).
In all the sessions you must get under the time on the description screen, but on the first 2 you've also got to brake and stop on the checkered bit after the finish line. Your time doesn't count until you've completely stopped.
B License
B-1 through B-7 must be passed before entering B-8.
License B-1 [Start, Accelerate, and Stop, part 1]
acccelerate in a straight line from starting point and stop completely in the goal area at 1000 meters away. Overunning the goal area or over-time, you are disqualified. The car is Mazda Demio. Time limit is 36 seconds.
License B-2 [Start, Accelerate, and Stop, part 2]
Accelerate in a straight line from starting point and stop completely in the goal area at 1000 meters away. Since the car is heavier and more powerful, you'll need to brake earlier. The car is Mitsubishi GTO. Time limit is 27 seconds.
License B-3 [Basic Cornering, part 1]
Accelerate the straight from starting point, turn the first corner, and run through the finish gate over the hill. Be careful to corner smoothly. Course-out is disqualified. The car is Honda CR-X Del Sol. Time limit is 29 seconds.
License B-4 [Basic Cornering, part 2]
Accelerate the straight from starting point, turn the first corner, and run through the finish gate over the hill. Be careful to corner smoothly. Going out of the course disqualifies immediately. The car is Nissan Silvia. Time limit is 26 seconds.
License B-5 [Basic Cornering, part 3]
Accelerate the straight from starting point, turn the first corner, and run through the finish gate over the hill. Be careful to corner smoothly. Going out of the course disqualifies immediately. The car is Mitsubishi GTO. Time limit is 25 seconds.
License B-6 [Basics of Complex Cornering, part 1]
Accelerate from starting point, corner the S-curve smoothly, and go through the finish gate. Going out of the course disqualifies immediately. The car is a FF car, Mitsubishi FTO GPX. Time limit is 28 seconds.
License B-7 [Basics of Complex Cornering, part 2]
Accelerate from starting point, corner the S-curve smoothly, and go through the finish gate. Going out of the course disqualifies immediately. The car is an FR car, Nissan Silvia K's. Time limit is 27 seconds.
License B-8 [B License Examination]
Time trial using the full course of Highspeed Ring. Start from still and circle the course once. The car is Mazda Roadster V Special. Time limit is 1 minute 22 seconds.
A License
A-1 through A-7 must be passed to enter A-8.
License A-1 [Practical Cornering, part 1]
Accelerate from starting point, turn the first corner, and go through the finish gate. Beware that the straight is longer than previous tests, and the entrance speed to the corner is higher. The car is Toyota Supra. Time limit is 34 seconds.
License A-2 [Practical Cornering, part 2]
Accelerate from starting point, turn right the first corner, and go through the finish gate. Beware that the straight is longer than previous tests, so that the entrance speed to the corner is higher. The car is Toyota Supra RZ. Time limit is 26 seconds.
License A-3 [Practical Cornering, part 3]
Accelerate through the long straight, and turn right tightly the first corner. Since you have to brake while turning gradually left before the first corner, the machine tend to lose stability. The car is Mazda RX-7. Time limit is 44 seconds.
License A-4 [Applied Complex Cornering, part 1]
Go through the complex series of corners efficiently. Do not slow down unnecesarily, maintain the average speed of the whole section. The car is Nissan Skyline GT-R. Time limit is 39 seconds.
License A-5 [Applied Complex Cornering, part 2]
Go through the high-speed left-right S-curve, and turn tight to left. It is vital to keep the exit speed of the last tight left turn. Touching to the wall will lose the time big. The car is Honda Prelude. Time limit is 32 seconds.
License A-6 [Applied Complex Cornering, part 3]
Go through the complex corners after the acceleration section. Since you have to brake while turning left for the first right tight-turn, machine will tend to lose stability. Also keep the line smooth. The car is Toyota MR2. Time limit is 27 seconds.
License A-7 [Special Technique]
Go round the 100-meter tiny specially-set circuit for 5 times. You need to turn quickly without spinning, using low-speed hand-brake technique. The car is Subaru Impreza. Time limit is 33 seconds.
License A-8 [A License Examination]
Start, turn right the first corner, go through the high-speed section, turn right a hair-pin, then finish. This is a tough test that goes through tight turn with high-speed entrance. The car is Toyota Supra RZ. Time limit is 1 minute 8 seconds.
International A License
IA-1 through IA-7 must be passed to enter IA-8.
License IA-1 [Attack the High Speed Ring]
Start from still and time the one lap time. Since it's a full course time attack, it will require every technique. The car is TVR Griffith. Time limit is 1 minute 7 seconds.
License IA-2 [Attack the SS Route 5]
Start from still and time the one lap time. Since it's a full course time attack, it will require every technique. The car is Dodge Viper. Time limit is 1 minute 30 seconds.
License IA-3 [Attack the Grand Valley]
Start from still and time the one lap time. Since it's a full course time attack, it will require every technique. The car is TVR Griffith. Time limit is 2 minute 3 seconds.
License IA-4 [Attack the Deep Forest]
Start from still and time the one lap time. Since it's a full course time attack, it will require every technique. The car is Dodge Viper. Time limit is 1 minute 23 seconds.
License IA-5 [Attack the Autumng Ring]
Start from still and time the one lap time. Since it's a full course time attack, it will require every technique. The car is TVR Griffith. Time limit is 1 minute 24 seconds.
License IA-6 [Attack the Trial Mountain]
Start from still and time the one lap time. Since it's a full course time attack, it will require every technique. The car is Dodge Viper. Time limit is 1 minute 33 seconds.
License IA-7 [Attack the SS Route 11]
Start from still and time the one lap time. It's a long and complex course. Study the course and reduce the time. The car is TVR Griffith. Time limit is 2 minute 11 seconds.
License IA-8 [International A License Examination]
(Reversed Grand Valley in 1 minute 59 seconds.)
Quick Way To Get Going
Buy a fairly cheap car and win the really easy things (e.g Sunday Cup). Then use your little funds to get your car to around 200hp. Then enter the last race of the 80's sports cars cup at Thaiti Road. This should not be difficult to win and you get a racing edition 80's Skyline with about 550hp. With this you can win anything and get loads of money.
Really easy money
Using a Escuda on the 3rd race of Gran Turismo All Stars can net up to 10 million dollars in a hour. Another easy one is the 1st race on The touring car under special events. The car is worth 125,000.
Scratch and Sniff
If you have, or can obtain, an original disc copy of GT2, you can scratch the design and it will smell like burnt rubber and fuel.
To get the GT hi-fi mode
Finish the GT world cup then the GT hi-fi mode will be appear in the special event.
Unlock Event Synthesizer Race
After earning the Super License(see above), you will be able to unlock the Event Synthesizer Race.
Unlock Super License
First earn the A, B, International A, B, & C Licenses. The Super License will now be available.