>>11592294All you're saying is that different countries express similar interests in different manners, while also saying you grew up in the American flatland and have never seen a mountain in your life (the Appalachians alone have seen more automotive head-to-heads dating back to Jim Moonshine and Johnny Law than every prefecture in Japan combined).
>Meanwhile, we got our stock Mustangs and Camaros doing the quarter mile.YOU have that. Plenty of other Americans have other things. Do you only exist on weekday NHRA drag race marathons or something?
>We see cars as status symbols, something material.Cars are literally one of the simplest and most effective status symbols the Japanese have. EVERYTHING about cars over there is about status, in no small part because it's so expensive to own one in the first place and those taxes get very expensive very fast for anything beyond the sub-1L, subcompact kei car segment. All those old Mid Night Club guys with their turbo Z-cars? Dentists, doctors, lawyers. The guys with crashed-out Skylines or Silvia-180SX combos? Still making enough money to afford it and put on a show of being fake-poor. Cars are such a status symbol that their top tier luxury cars still include weird quirks or outdated tech like wool seats and mini-disc players, because the guys whose companies are buying them are so fucking rich that they tell Toyota "I want to listen to my tapes" and Toyota says "Yes sir, your new Century will be delivered within the week."
> On the other hand, Gran Turismo tries to teach you driving techniques.Gran Turismo is literally the de facto car collectathon game, the license tests don't change that.
>Gran Turismo teaches you what each part does and which improvement fits better. lol
>Forza, however, doesn't care about that and gives you 30fps with a visually dramatic damage mechanic.Forza has been 60FPS since FM2 on the X360. Don't forget that GT1 and 2 were 30FPS as well, and 2 in particular runs like DOGSHIT on hardware.