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North American cover art |
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| Developer(s) | Wow Entertainment |
| Publisher(s) | Sega Corporation / Sega PC |
| Platform(s) | Dreamcast, PC (Win) |
| Release date(s) | Sega GT HS (2000); Sega GT HS PC (2001) |
| Genre(s) | Semi-Simulation Racing |
| Mode(s) | Single Player Multiplayer |
Sega GT, released as "Sega GT Homologation Special" (SegaGT ホモロゲーションスペシャル) in Japan, February 17 2000, is a semi-simulation oriented racing game for the Dreamcast. This game was secretly designed by Sega to become the Dreamcast system's very own Gran Turismo and compete with the announced but not yet released "Gran Turismo 2000" (for the PlayStation 2). As a result, Sony delayed its "Gran Turismo 2000" to 2001 and renamed it "Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec". Heavily influenced by the successful Gran Turismo game series, Sega actually added some exclusive features and fresh ideas to this game, but despite the game's obvious qualities it was not really successful in Japan (where it was known as Sega GT Homologation Special) nor America; even the upgraded European version, which had additional cars from Alfa Romeo, Fiat, Renault, Peugeot, Opel, Mercedes-Benz and more cars from Audi was a semi-failure. After Sega definitely stopped producing games for its Dreamcast system, the company released Sega GT for Windows 95/98/Me (Sega PC licensed the original game to Empire Interactive in Europe and Activision in USA) in 2001. This game would lead to Sega GT 2002 a year later and a new sequel is rumored to be on the way.
The cover art features a Dodge Viper.
The game has received generally favourable reviews and currently has a score of 84% on Metacritic.
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