GTI Club

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GTI Club

GTI Club is a racing game released for the arcade in 1996 by Konami. It runs on PowerPC-based hardware. The game's graphics were very good for the time. In the game, the player could choose from 4 rally cars, including a Mini Cooper and Renault 5 Turbo, and race in Cote D'Azur. The game allowed free-roaming of the environment, which was revolutionary for the time, and contained several semi-hidden shortcuts that could be used to reduce lap times. A handbrake is provided which the player is encouraged to use to perform handbrake turns round sharp corners.

A MAME ROM of the game is available, and is playable in MAME versions 114u2 or later (Reset and hold down F2 to set the EEPROM data). You can finish a lap or two, but eventually it will hang on network error ([1]). Ville Linde is actually working on it ([2]) within MAME.

[edit] Trivia

The Yellow Bugatti EB110SS, which is unlocked when player adds an extra credit into the coin slot, was similar to and the same color as a car owned at the time by Michael Schumacher. Schumacher has since sold the car.