The way Gran Turismo 4 *should* be played!

[hey69]

Force Dynamics have just released a brand new video of someone playing Richard Burns Rally in their new 301 Motion Cockpit simulator. The speed and range of movement on this thing must be seen to be believed! It's makes that Subaru GT4 motion cockpit look like GARBAGE in comparison.


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[oi]

Wow, I thought the thing would tip over when he crashes

 

[PC-Engine]

It would be a lot more immersive if the whole apparatus was isolated from the real world outside. I'm guessing that this was just to demonstrate their technology hence everything being exposed.

 

[McFly]

301 pricing from $10,000 to $30,000US depending on options

http://www.force-dynamics.com/301.shtml

Can you please all donate some money so I can give it a try.

Fredi

 

[hey69]

i rather buy a new car with that money

 

[cthellis42]

i rather buy a new car with that money

Are you sure? The driving experience may be worse.

 

[AlNom]

plus you can choose from 700 cars instead of the one you bought!

 

[London Geezer]

And u don't die if u crash!

 

[Evil_Cloud]

Now I know what to buy when I have too much money!

 

[Geeforcer]

Maybe I am driving a wrong kind of car, but I never the front suspension to suddenly rise or drop by 20%.

 

[TEXAN]

Imagine if SEGA did something like this for the arcades.

Then we could all experience it for $1 instead of $30k

 

[DeathKnight]

It'd probably be more like $5 to play :?

 

[McFly]

Maybe I am driving a wrong kind of car, but I never the front suspension to suddenly rise or drop by 20%.

If it goes up a hill or down a hill the angle will go extreme and they're playing Richard Burns Rally with it and if you ever played that game, those movements are nothing unusual.

Fredi

 

[PC-Engine]

Imagine if SEGA did something like this for the arcades.

Then we could all experience it for $1 instead of $30k

Yep that would be pretty sweet, however, SEGA would have to make SEGA RALLY XX a better game (real physics) than its previous incarnations.

SEGA's R360 was pretty damn sweet especially when doing barrel rows. 8)

 

[Jogi]

Maybe I am driving a wrong kind of car, but I never the front suspension to suddenly rise or drop by 20%.

If it goes up a hill or down a hill the angle will go extreme and they're playing Richard Burns Rally with it and if you ever played that game, those movements are nothing unusual.

Fredi

It's not about the movement but simulating g-forces. If you rotate the chair 45 degrees it makes you body feel something about 0.7G force acceleration or deacceleration depending which way you rotate it.

 

[PC-Engine]

http://www.hexatechracing.com/

Not as cool as the Force Dynamics demo though because it's not a rally game.

 

[cthellis42]

The machine itself looks a lot more clean and interesting, though. ^_^

I'll take two.

 

[PC-Engine]

but it will not fit in a house

 

[cthellis42]

If your house can't fit it, how could can your house really be?

Call the carpenters!