Gran Turismo

[Lion-Face]

http://www.gran-turismo.com/jp/news/d8925.html

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Toyota Motor Corporation and "Gran Turismo" on January 15, was held at the Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture, "Tokyo Auto Salon 2010 with NAPAC" vehicle information and announced a collaboration on a new site using GPS coordinates.

This collaboration is used to control the real world automotive vehicle CAN (Controller Area Network) using the GPS information and location information, "Gran Turismo" in real time to visualize what that is driving the vehicle.

CAN export to USB memory location information and that information, "Gran Turismo" and loaded into a simulation engine, "Gran Turismo" was visualizes as a video replay, you can also play as a ghost, help you analyze your driving or you can.

CAN has the right to information about G Force and handle and brake, accelerator operations, and includes rotational speed of each wheel and engine speed, allowing a highly accurate reproduction of the combination of vehicle and location information .

Venue with the Toyota booth at the stage of the vehicle to the 2009 Super GT Fuji Speedway was the American champion Juichi Wakisaka IS F data actually ran in "Gran Turismo" on reproduction. And the actual practice of "Gran Turismo" By comparison with on-screen video reproduction has demonstrated the high accuracy.

Please expect us in the new efforts of both companies.

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How cool is that?  I know its not of any use to the majority of users out there, but the technology behind it is very cool, and it shows how close GT is to real life location wise, I mean, that track in GT is 1:1 with its real life counterpart.  

Imagine some challenge mode in GT5 where you have to beat laps driven by real drivers, like beating the Stig around the Top Gear test track in a certain car, where the ghost is his time taken from this GPS technology!

I don't know what will come of this tech, if PD will take it any further or not, I just thought it was a very cool video. What do you guys think?

Originally posted by [UK] ANDYW over at gtplanet.net

Original Thread: http://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=124711

[GTR34mh]

I saw that earlier, and I think it's pretty good. Not very useful for anyone in Australia or NZ - No GT has featured tracks from our region - but it would be pretty awesome if they put some of these units in some Super GT or Nascar vehicles and we could try to beat professional drivers .

[PAPO1990]

as cool as this sounds, it just seems like a crappy version of Real-Time-Racing where you race real drivers live