I've seen Driving Emotion and have to say that while it has some marques that GT3 doesn't, it is no GT3. And when you say that it knocked GT3 out of first place, exactly in what did it beat it in?
I'm sorry, but Driving Emotion has yet to recieve a rating higher than GT3 in any number of sites.
Gamespot
IGN
and many other have GT3 with a 9.5 or higher rating. Maybe you care to explain your story more.