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Gran Turismo HD Concept will be available to download from the PlayStation Store on 23rd March, Sony has announced, to coincide with the European launch of PlayStation 3.
It will be free to digitally snatch, and will let you race around the Eiger Nordwand track in the Swiss Alps until your heart is content, either ploughing around the course the normal way, like a sane person, or in reverse, like a weirdo.
Complete it in various set times and you'll be able to unlock all of the nine cars in the game, including a Ferrari 599, which presumably is shiny, fast, and makes good rumbling noises.
Get a really good time and you'll be automatically entered into an online leaderboard, ranking the best players from around the world: "We expect a lot of dedication to be put in," said Sony.
Sony and developer Polyphony previously announced they were scrapping plans for a full version of GTHD and focusing on GT5 instead. The result of which is this 'concept' demo, a taster of what we can expect when the full Gran Turismo next-gen title revs its engines sometime in the future.
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Mentalist(air)
26/02/07 @ 11:45
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makes good rumbling noises
Shame it won't be making good rumbling rumbles, then eh? Unless, perhaps, you can play it with a PS2 USB force feedback wheel. Can you? |
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stuarty_2003
26/02/07 @ 11:52
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Nice rumble sounds. No rumble sensation, because it's so laaaaast-gen!
I'm just bitter 'cause one of the slave monkeys in Game told me I'd have to shell out over half a grand for a console. |
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GT5 = taking too long.
Forza 2 is breaking the innovation barrier racing games have suffered for a long time. It's offering the online auctioning for created car models which is interesting, doing much more than simply razzing round tracks. With PGR4 on the way too. Sony are going to have to pull something really special off to edge people to stick with Gran Turismo for their racing fix. |
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GTHD force feedback
Shadows in the tunnel. I would have posted a link for the PSP game as well, but that's NEVER EVER COMING! |
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Trees don't cast shadows, crazy fool!
I'm afraid I can't work up Zane's enthusiasm for becoming a used car salesman in Forza 2, and PGR realy has nothing to do with GT, except it has cars in it. I do hope both games are great though, as there is no doubt Polyphony need a good kick up the arse to get some long term flaws sorted out.
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@ [maven] and Hughes.
I have the Logitech FF wheel that came bundled with a copy of GT4. I think this wheel is also known as the DFP. Whilst the wheel works properly with GT HD, there is no force feedback or rumble through the wheel. You can feel the motors friction, when you try to turn for instance, but that's it. No force feedback. The YouTube clip shows a different type of wheel, and iirc, the force feedback feature was removed from the current version of GT HD on the Playstation Store. Therefore there may be different versions of GT HD on different versions of PS Stores. That's just my view, and I can't confirm whether this is correct or not. As Polyphony are a subsidiary of Sony, and Sony have stated previously that they do not support any form of rumble or force feedback, I don't think at this stage that it'll be featured in the final version of GT5. Which is a massive pity, as it was one of the best features of GT4. |
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From what I've read, rumble and ff were supported in version 1.0 of the GT HD download, but were both removed when 1.1 was released.
So, the PS3 can support rumble and ff, but this is not available for the latest GT HD download. Apparently, NFS Carbon supports rumble and ff through a wheel at this time. Sony need to sort this out, as it looks to be purely a legal issue rather than any technical one. |
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kangarootoo
26/02/07 @ 17:09
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@Blerk
Why on earth would they pre-load the thing? Its not like they have enough other far more important stuff to be concerned with. Talk about conspiracy theories. I think the conversation might have gone something like this. "Excuse me. Can we pre-load GTHD on the internal disc?" "Fuck off will you, we are really busy here. Why can't you just make it available for download like everyone else?" "Oh, ok, that makes sense. Sorry." |
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fiery_jackass
26/02/07 @ 17:34
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zane said:"Forza 2 is breaking the innovation barrier racing games have suffered for a long time. It's offering the online auctioning for created car models which is interesting, doing much more than simply razzing round tracks."
I find this terribly depressing, I want nothing to do with this "auctioning" or microtransactions or (really) customisation. I'd rather a race game was utterly focussed on "razzing", provided that that's a modern phrase for racing, and not some weirdo mobile phone sex term. |
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SharkVLion
26/02/07 @ 17:45
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Cant believe what Sony and Polyphony are doing with the Gran Turismo IP.
GT5 should be here now with PS3 and it should fully support the DFP and G25 for rumble and FF. What the hell have Polyphony been doing other than sitting back on their laurels whilst Forza steps up and steals their thunder. Unbelievable. GT2 was the best thing Poly ever did imho, since then they've been tossing it off by the looks. |
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Jamaicangmr
26/02/07 @ 19:18
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Glad the got it ready for the Euro launch because with no Football (Am Jamaican so it's football not soccer thank you.) games at launch. Sony is really tryin to hit the ground running in Europe.
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GT5 should be here now with PS3 and it should fully support the DFP and G25 for rumble and FF. What the hell have Polyphony been doing other than sitting back on their laurels whilst Forza steps up and steals their thunder. Unbelievable.
----- PS3 is a new console. It can take years to develope games you dont just click your thumb. |
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grandmaster
27/02/07 @ 06:10
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Am I missing something here? The same demo already out in foreign versions of the Store will be available on the European one? Is that it?
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SharkVLion
27/02/07 @ 10:43
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>>PS3 is a new console. It can take years to develope games you dont just click your thumb.
Oh, I didnt know that. I thought you just clicked your thumb. I've only been working in the industry for 12 years now but hadnt realised that. The other 30 launch titles, presumably the devs must have just clicked thier thumb as you say. |
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