His computer clock jumped forward. It was 12:47 AM. He’d lost fifteen minutes of his night—gone, as if erased.

If you want to play Gran Turismo 4 or a similar racing game on PC, I can help with legal alternatives:

: You should use a disc image (.ISO) created from your own physical North American (NTSC) or European (PAL) copy of GT4.

While not a native PC port, playing GT4 through an emulator offers several modern enhancements that surpass the original console hardware.