I saw this in the Subaru booth, it’s a ride simulator running Gran Turismo 3. I asked the attendant what was running it and she told me:
“It’s powered by three Playstation 2’s and a computer.”
It uses three LCD’s for your “windshield” and there is a 42″ plasma to the left of the simulator that shows the current race in replay mode! It also rocks back & forth, front & back a few degrees depending on how you steer.
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Much better than the driving simulators we had back in the day in drivers Ed!
No kidding! I wish they had this setup at CES earlier this year for Gran Turismo HD!!
THe old driving simulators I played were just a bunch of white lines moving on a black background!
I can picture it now. Saman standing in line to test this thing out and he is at least twice as tall as everyone else in line (reference the picture). But I’m sure twice as excited!
Did it live up to RUSH? (say it in your mind with the echo)
I totally said it in my mind!!!! Nothing - and I mean NOTHING lives up to Rush!!
GT HD has some amazing graphics - but it doesn’t have shortcuts!!
lol…well spotted! You’re just a big kid Saman!!
Infact, looking at it, it looks like it was designed more for bigger people than for the kids in line, or maybe I’m seeing it wrong?
The seat moved back and forth, like many contemporary arcade games, so anyone could play!!
Someone needs to write out the specs for one of these things, then wait for a sale on some LCDs and we’re money! I’ve got an extra ps2 lying around the house for sure!
Then you sure gonna try ( I thing they have to put something like “Dont try this at home”)
Subaru rocks!!! I want to know if they put the all wheel, turbo, mad turning radius on the simulator. I would put some money down to see what my subaru could do.
Well, it was Gran Tursimo 3…
Note to self - make lot’s money, buy one of these
Yeah, no kidding - although, I would use GT HD - can you image the computing power of three PS3’s?!?!? Not that one couldn’t do the job…
yeah definitely lol… except that will probably mean waiting quite a few years for me.. unless I don’t buy anything else
mmm…me want….
That is pretty sweet!!!
so did you try it? lol
if it’s as realistic as it sounds, I doubt those kids would’ve been able to enjoy it as much as it could be enjoyed
I love the Gran Turismo series… as well as the Need for Speed games… can’t wait for all the anticipated games to come out on the PS3 so I’ll be urged to buy one