Yamauchi: Getting GT On The PSP Was "A Lot Of Work"
See Full ImageIt was one of the biggest announcements during Sony's E3 press conference, and not long after, Jeff Rubenstein sat down to have a chat with Gran Turismo series creator Kazunori Yamauchi.
Recently posted over at the PlayStation Blog, they talk about Gran Turismo PSP and how challenging it was for Polyphony Digital to produce a full-fledged GT installment on a machine with a lot less memory and a slower CPU speed. Obvious sacrifices had to be made but at the same time, Yamauchi says they wanted to insure that when someone picked up the game, they knew it was Gran Turismo. In other words, he didn't want the experience to be lacking just because it was on a portable gaming device. Then they touch on Gran Turismo 5 and Rubenstein asks how Yamauchi intends to stay above the competition: the master responds that what we saw in the trailer at E3 was just a "small portion" of what the team is currently working on, and if they match their lofty expectations, he's confident GT will continue to reign supreme in the racing world. Lastly, they talk about the bad-assery of the Nissan GT-R, which - as we auto fans at PSXE already know - was partly designed by Yamauchi and Polyphony. Oh yeah, and it beat the bullet train, too. HAha!
We always like to find interviews with Yamauchi, just because he always seems to have great stuff to say. We have no doubt that GT PSP and GT5 will be beautiful and supremely accomplished, and we wait with bated breath for the announcement of that GT5 release date... By the way, you can land GT PSP this October.
Related Game(s): Gran Turismo PSP
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Qubex
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 @ 9:29:00 PM
Saying that though; I must say I am continually impressed with the inroads Apple's iPhone is making. With ID getting into the games making arena now for the iPhone specifically, the iPhone hardware is looking good and I think will only get better...
At this moment, if Polyphony can pull off GT on the current pSp hardware it shows their are legs yet on the little portable... I think this is primarily due to the GPU sitting therein. The processor is not that fast, but GPU and its media processing abilities really help the CPU along.
The Highlander; how good is the pSp GPU generally and what kind of "bandwidth" does it pack? Is the pSp like a scaled down Ps2 or not essentially?
Q!
"i am home"
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TheHighlander
Wednesday, July 08, 2009 @ 1:31:00 AM
Given the limited screen resolution of the PSP, the PSP does have the capability of going the long haul.
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NoSmokingBandit
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 @ 11:32:22 AM
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N a S a H
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 @ 11:33:46 AM
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Canuck Pride
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 @ 3:18:43 PM
lol i'd love to see a 1926 Chrysler Imperial E80 face off against a 1923 Ford Model T.
now that would be an awesome sight!
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N a S a H
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 @ 6:59:28 PM
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Kr3sn1k
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 @ 10:16:29 PM
That would be awesome!
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Alienange
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 @ 12:07:57 PM
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Bring on GT PSP !
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fluffer nutter
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 @ 12:34:45 PM
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Canuck Pride
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 @ 3:20:45 PM
see the states goes 4 clearance of their excess gt5:P's, Canada sticks a greatest hits sticker on them and charges $29.99...
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fluffer nutter
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 @ 4:21:01 PM
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Alienange
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 @ 5:23:11 PM
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Kangasfwa
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 @ 5:33:21 PM
Same thing happened Walmart when I bought Turok a while back.
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Alienange
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 @ 9:53:22 PM
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mustang750r
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 @ 12:20:27 PM
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Karosso
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 @ 12:28:40 PM
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I mean I own both PSP (got it the first day it was out) and PS3. I will surely buy the PS3 version, no doubt but both? Don't think so.
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jmo_INDY_Repub
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 @ 12:36:01 PM
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Karosso
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 @ 12:53:28 PM
This guys is always talking from his a$$ and never have anything good to add to the topic.
I own a 72" Bravia (Don't exist), My uncle work for Ubisoft so I was on Sony's E3 conference, I have a terabyte this and that... All BS and that stupid hate rant about Canada.
This kid should be banned!
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PS3addict
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 @ 1:14:02 PM
Fact: You can not copy and play games from your PS3 hard drive. Yes, you can copy the ISO of a game onto your hard drive using an app that is a very private beta (I have it), but the Swiss Army Knife app which will eventually allow you to play them from the drive is not yet available publicly or as a beta, so there is no way to play them from the drive.
Fact: Largest single enclosure 2.5 SATA drive currently available: 500GB. I have it, and it is sweet.
I looked everywhere for a bigger one a few months back so unless it is less than 3 months old, that is BS.
So you can have a half TB in your PS3... So you have 2 750GB externals? OK, that is possible.
PSP.... um that is a huge card. I do not have a PSP, but that does not sound right to me...
Just be honest, it is too hard to keep track of all of the lies and you may have to create more to cover to others. Do yourself a favor and just be true to yourself and others and you will find people will like you more.
Also, we will not laugh at your outragous comments. This one is worse that your Huge TV comment a few weeks back that you "typoed".
Oh, and really, you copy PS3 games to your hard drive and play them?? That is not yet possible, and if it was, trust me I would be one of the first ones to have it.
I have a hard drive for the wii, PS2, and 360 that were installed pretty close to the day the ability was available.
I am not bragging, but I am very heavy into the modding world and not much slips by me as I keep very tight tabs with a lot of the developers that are currently trying to exploit the PS3, and have access to several beta applications from them that are not available to the general public...
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TheHighlander
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 @ 1:42:25 PM
Not sure about your 'fact' on ISO images. The utility you describe as far as I can find out has not surfaced since 2007. To install it, you have to tell your PS3 you're installing LINUX so the app is running inside the hypervisor. It can read the ISO image of the BluRay disc, and apparently write it to the HDD - over the top of the OS. When the PS3 reboots, the PS3 thinks that the game is in the BD drive. As you say, it won't play because the disc isn't actually in the BD Drive. Not a terribly effective or practical method I think you'll agree. Certainly this person claiming that they do it all the time is overstating things.
I also seem to remember that when this 'tool' first got a demo, it turned out to be a fake that was being driven by a PC. The other supposed PS3 hack I've ever heard about was supposedly someone hacking Home, but it turned out all they were doing was proxying the web connection and replacing image files in the proxy's web cache, so that the PS3 would show a different image from the one intended....not exactly a hack, more of a filter.
As for a 1TB or 2TB drive inside a PS3, nope no chance, the closest you can get is an ESATA connection to an external 2TB enclosure. I know, I upgraded briefly to a 1TB external, but reverted to a 250GB internal as I hated having the cable hanging out of the side of the system. Too vulnerable to being unplugged at an awkward moment. As for the PSP thing, don't get me started on the topic of the PSP and a 1Tb drive....LOL! Folks should stick (no pun intended) to memory stick pro duoss or the adapters that take mini/micro SD cards, or allow the use of two Memorystick M2 mini cards in a single Pro Duo slot.
I think it's time to stop feeding....
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Canuck Pride
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 @ 3:28:33 PM
http://www. reviewstream.com/reviews/?p=52009
72" bravia review, in all its existing glory... see it does exist... just thought i'd add that..
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BikerSaint
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 @ 5:44:07 PM
Whether or not all stuff you say you've got or done is true or not, is there anything else you can do beside being a braggot in most of your posts????
Who cares if you mod, and if you've even noticed, the administrators here frown on it being posted here all the time.
My advise, chill out by kicking back while enjoying the site, and try adding something more meaningful, instead of always trying to impress everyone & you'll get along with mostly everyone here just fine.
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jmo_INDY_Repub
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 @ 12:38:34 PM
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PS3addict
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 @ 1:33:09 PM
I am having a brain fart on the name of the app that is in the works to play them from that location.
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Canuck Pride
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 @ 3:33:35 PM
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Kangasfwa
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 @ 5:43:33 PM
If you'll accept it, I posted an apology after jmo's rant in that thread.
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WorldEndsWithMe
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 @ 12:40:47 PM
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timster118
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 @ 2:40:43 PM
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jmo_INDY_Repub
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 @ 3:09:45 PM
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Canuck Pride
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 @ 3:37:32 PM
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Masterofallz
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 @ 3:49:01 PM
By the way, can you please, PLEASE, click the reply button? It'd make reading so much easier for me.
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TheHighlander
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 @ 4:57:26 PM
Well, either those that have done it are managing to keep it extraordinarily quiet, or it's not been done. I'm going for the not been done thing. That said, some would say that merely lifting an ISO image from a BD and copying it to an HDD constitutes hacking. Personally, I'd call BS on that completely, but then I perhaps have a higher threshold than some for accuracy.
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Alienange
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 @ 5:54:10 PM
AND WTF DOES YOUR COPYING GAME ISOs HAVE TO DO WITH DIGITAL DOWNLOADS?!!
Do me a favor and don't drag my name into your posts about illegal activity.
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jmo_INDY_Repub
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 @ 3:13:29 PM
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TheHighlander
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 @ 5:09:52 PM
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PS3addict
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 @ 5:15:02 PM
The PS3 and OtherOS are completely seperate entities and can not read\write data between each other. I know you are not using Linux to emulate the software since that OS can not currently take advantage of all of the cells processing power and uses the n board memory to do things, and the fact that there are no PS3 emulators built yet does not help either.
Just keep it real OK?.
Oh, and Yes Highlander you are 100% correct. You can burn the image onto a Bluray disk, but you get an media not recognized error from the PS3. Been there, tried that, and utterly failed. Even tweaked several files in the ISO before the burn and no luck.
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jmo_INDY_Repub
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 @ 3:14:44 PM
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mexgeo86
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 @ 3:34:07 PM
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PS3addict
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 @ 5:04:59 PM
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Yes the app I am referring to runs as OS1 or OtherOS. It takes the place of Yellowhat or any other flavor of Linux you have installed unless you swap a file back and forth before exiting the OtherOS.
In regards to "ISO" copying, yes it can be done, I have done it, but it is nothing more than a backup and they are currently useless. The app essentially "rips" the data in 3+gb (I think 3.7GB) chunks, tranfers it to a PC, and once complete, you run a command at cmd to compile them and rename them as a .ISO file. You can then send it back to the otherOS partition on your hard drive.
Swiss Army Knife was an original concept that has essentially died and other developers have picked up the source code and tweaked it. They are currently working on a loader to launch the game files, but there has been no head way in the last several months.
@ Mordakai1: There is currently a PS2 USBLoader that will ruin PS2 games from the external drive of a PS3, but only on 20gb and 60gb systems and requires a lot of crap to work...
From what I have read, (I have 1 40gb) really has a lot of limitation and currently only supports usb1 not usb2.0 speed transfers.
I am not trying to hijack this thread, but this guy has quite an imagination.
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TheHighlander
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 @ 5:12:26 PM
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Kangasfwa
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 @ 5:52:38 PM
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;)
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jmo_INDY_Repub
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 @ 7:00:45 PM
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BikerSaint
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 @ 8:00:07 PM
No cookie for you!
And don't let the door hit you in your lil juvenile ass on the way out!
"BYE, BYE NOW"!!!! And good riddance.
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Kangasfwa
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 @ 8:40:12 PM
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PS3addict
Wednesday, July 08, 2009 @ 10:59:43 AM
I wish the bashing of our northern friends would cease, I personally like a lot of Canadians.
It is a real shame that he could just not face the truth and deal... Everyone here has info to contribute, and I think it is a great community.
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ADAM WEST
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 @ 7:25:22 PM
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As a sidenote - if it only features ad-hoc WLAN play, there is an application on the Japan PS store called Ad-hoc party. You can use your PS3 to play PSP ad-hoc games online. I've been using it for Monster Hunter. It's really a neat application.
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Karosso
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 @ 9:19:38 PM
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By the way, since GT PSP is being released on the 1st of October, I hope the big brother won't be long coming :-)
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Belgaran
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 @ 9:30:00 PM
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Belgaran
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 @ 9:31:47 PM
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TheHighlander
Wednesday, July 08, 2009 @ 12:47:29 AM
The Eye of Moron is always strong until faced with facts and competence, then the Eye becomes angry and drops the F-bombs.
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BikerSaint
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 @ 11:08:02 PM
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fluffer nutter
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 @ 11:55:49 PM
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Back on topic: Yeeeeesss! Can't wait to get GT for the PSP and GT5. Waiting is agony.
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Ricochet
Wednesday, July 08, 2009 @ 2:30:25 AM
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BikerSaint
Wednesday, July 08, 2009 @ 4:29:37 PM
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<<<<<I could have sworn in the original thread you had said the "typo" was supposed to be 70" not 32".>>>
Yes he did! He changed it from 72" to 70", and now he says it was a different typo, so it's a 32" now. Wow, he owns the Wold's only incredible shrinking HDT
And next week it will be another one of his typos....."OOPS, I meant it was a 5 incher for my ride".
He's either the greatest wizard on Earth(after Merlin of course)or a immature liar.
I'll make bet on which one everyone chooses!
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PS3addict
Wednesday, July 08, 2009 @ 6:04:27 PM
That is a lot of dough for a kid to be slinging around. I figure easy 3K for the TV, PS3, PSP, and external drives... That is mowing a LOT of lawns!
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Alienange
Thursday, July 09, 2009 @ 12:27:39 PM
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BikerSaint
Thursday, July 09, 2009 @ 12:49:02 PM
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Nahhh, He's just got a big paper route......
it covers ALL of North & South America
(and at his age, the "VIRGIN" Islands too)
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TheHighlander
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Tuesday, July 07, 2009 @ 11:17:18 AM
That said GT and GT2 ran on PS1 hardware. GT4 ran on PS2 hardware which at the end of the day had less memory than the PSP and is perhaps on par from a CPU point of view, and a touch more advanced from a GPU point of view. So I think we will be getting something approaching the quality and accuracy of the PS2 iterations of GT, but with a bit of next gen flare thanks to the work for GT5 and the interconnectivity of the titles and teams at Polyphony.
Either way, this is a pre-order/day 1 purchase for me. I can't wait to get my hands on this game.