Something interesting with my driving game.........

[JollySipper]

I'm kind of a retro (read: can't afford a newer system...),gamer here with my old Playstation 2. I was playing Gran Turismo 4, when I had something occur to me..... This game is IN SCALE! The cars have definite dimensions, horsepower numbers, and weights. The courses are laid out in miles/tenths. I figure with my television, I'm at about 1/3rd scale from a real size vehicle...

Just thought that was interesting!

[stitchdup]

theres a couple of documentaries on youtube about the making of the games. every real track had been scanned detailed enough that on the current game you can find the trees in the game on real photos. all the cars are scanned too including the interiors. some of the 3d files i've bought have been built up from the gran tourismo data but xbox games seem more popular for that. but then its supposed to be a simulator more than a game. i keep being told its even better with the steering wheel instead of the controller so i might have to try that. you should watch the movie too, its pretty good even if most of its not the real story, and more a combination of 3 different players to get the character for the movie. the race engineer for example is a totally ficticious person. its still a good movie

[JollySipper]

I was thinking of getting the steering wheel, as well. It's cool that they even scan the interiors of the real ones, but I wonder why they would.......... Can you see any of the interior in the later versions?

[redscampi]

I played the heck out of all those Gran Turismo games. Then my kids moved away, and I didn't feel like playing by myself so much. Lots of fond memories for that game. There is a new show on Netflix about the making of the game. I'm getting ready to watch it.

Edited December 19, 2023 by redscampi

[redscampi]

Have to say the show is not about the making of the game. It's about a kid who played the game and got to race for real.

[stitchdup]

yes, in the version i have the full dash and front doors are there for every car but its mostly the muscle cars and japanese stuff they did the rears for, not that yo u can see them anyway. when you use the in car view you can use the second toggle to turn your head and look at it. there a few sema cars too and i think the graphics in my game are better than those in the movie. I've been playing gran tourismo since 6 months before the first one was released as i sent back the registration card that was in the console. a few onths later i got a phone call on a sunday morning from sony asking if i would be interested in testing out possible internet for the playstation 2. as part of it they sent me a black net yaroze console with lots of computer stuff hard wired to it to allow me to use it online. this was back in dial up days so sony paid my phone bill for 6 months and sent me free advance copies of games. my local games shop could never understand how i was trading games in months befor ethey were released and often before they were in ps plus magazine. you couldn't play games online but there was a chat room and you could play music from some sony database. i still have the console and stuff that went with it out at my mums

[stitchdup]

Just now, redscampi said:

Have to say the show is not about the making of the game. It's about a kid who played the game and got to race for real.

that'll be the movie. the documentaries are kinda old so probably only on youtube now or possibly the gran turismo website

[atomicholiday]

I used to love Gran Turismo.  Last one I played a lot had the intro with Clarkson (3 or 4)  Great series. 

[Can-Con]

Used to play a lot of GT2 back in the day.

If you flipped some of the cars you'd see they had a chassis plate like a die-cast car complete with screws. It was only a couple of them, I forget exactly which ones, it was 20 years ago. ?

[Can-Con]

Too bad you can no longer go online with GT4, we could get a race series together. ?

[atomicholiday]

I’m watching the movie right now on Netflix.  So far it’s pretty good.

[stitchdup]

18 minutes ago, Can-Con said:

Too bad you can no longer go online with GT4, we could get a race series together. ?

if we had ps4 or ps5 we could. you can set up races in gt7 online. then we could do a real cannonball build and test them on the nurburgring or tracks to suit

[Can-Con]

1 minute ago, stitchdup said:

if we had ps4 or ps5 we could. you can set up races in gt7 online. then we could do a real cannonball build and test them on the nurburgring or tracks to suit

I only have a PS3. 

[JollySipper]

36 minutes ago, Can-Con said:

I only have a PS3. 

So, you're 'retro', too.......... Does that make us trendy or something?  

Really though, the early Playstation games were excellent! There's a few I want to order from Lukie Games (used gaming site), including Sly Cooper, and maybe another Ratchet and Clank game......

[Mike 1017]

 We just watched the movie Gran Turismo. Good story, excellent 1:1 racing, and great CGI. The usual driver drama. I give it 3and a half stars.

Enjoy the movie

Mike