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Gaming With Porsche Branded Peripherals Almost Like Driving Real Thing
If cruising around in your Porsche 911 in the latest installment of the Gran Turismo series lacks a certain realism, you may be ready for the officially branded Fanatec Porsche 911 Turbo Racing Wheel gaming peripherals. Consisting of a wheel, shifter and pedals, the driving set is available as wireless controllers for the PlayStation 3. It includes support for force feedback and more. For all this performance, expect to pay a $350 entry fee for the privilege of using official Porsche branded racing peripherals. Unfortunately the setup won't help improve the realism of the whole "parent's basement" gaming environment. [Fanatec via SlipperyBrick]
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Sony Welcomes European GT5 Prologue Release With Pit Lane Party
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue is still a couple weeks away for us Yankee Doodle Dandies, but our European counterparts get a crack at the game now, as the demo is currently available for European PlayStation 3 consoles. To commemorate the release of the demo, Sony threw a pretty big party in London and had quite the repertoire of vehicles representing as well. More »
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There's a trend I'm beginning to notice around the massive halls of auto shows: scattered among the sheet metal, booth babes and PR flacks, there's a hell of a lot of video games — both your standard issue Xbox-PlayStation3 setups as well as the more elaborate simulators. Taking a look at just a few of the many examples that appeared at the New York Auto Show this past week, I think this is more than just a way of giving journalists something to do between press conferences — it's representative of a trend. Here's our carmaker-by-carmaker breakdown of what has to be construed as either a strategy of building "appeal with the youths" — or an attempt by the car companies to distract everyone from their impending new "Second Malaise Era" with flashing lights and loud noises.
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Play With It: Top Seven Examples Of Automaker-Video Game Industry Love-Making In New York
There's a trend I'm beginning to notice around the massive halls of auto shows: scattered among the sheet metal, booth babes and PR flacks, there's a hell of a lot of video games — both your standard issue Xbox-PlayStation3 setups as well as the more elaborate simulators. Taking a look at just a few of the many examples that appeared at the New York Auto Show this past week, I think this is more than just a way of giving journalists something to do between press conferences — it's representative of a trend. Here's our carmaker-by-carmaker breakdown of what has to be construed as either a strategy of building "appeal with the youths" — or an attempt by the car companies to distract everyone from their impending new "Second Malaise Era" with flashing lights and loud noises.More »
1:30 PM on Mon Mar 24 2008
By Travis Hudson
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Latest by n/a: It is indeed interesting how the car manufacturers are increasingly involve companies/brands from other industries into their marketing and communication initiatives, especially at auto shows. You might find the following examples of car manufacturers co-operating with other industries interesting as well: Exclusively more »
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Gran Turismo 5 Intro Makes Playstation 3 Price Look Reasonable
In case you missed it, there has been a playable Gran Turismo 5 demo available for download since October. If you have a Playstation 3, we'll assume your thumbs have been bleeding since then. If not here's the intro video. Pretty would be an understatement. If the GT5 trailer we brought to your eyes last year was just sip of the full game, this one is a Big Gulp of Jolt Cola. The game that always falls like manna from racing-sim heaven is already out in Japan, but we have to wait till February 19 for the full version of Gran Turismo 5 Prologue to hit the US.
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The Gran Turismo 5 trailer has emerged and we couldn't be more excited (though, we still haven't shelled out enough dough for a PlaySation 3). And while we can enjoy other racing simulators and motorsports games, we've been hooked since the Mazda Demio braking test in the original Gran Turismo for the PS1. In the trailer we get a mixture of vehicles (including a new Nissan GT-R), some track shots and one wicked soundtrack (no offense Cardigans). More »
Gran Turismo 5 Trailer Hits The Web, Web Too Slow to Keep Up
The Gran Turismo 5 trailer has emerged and we couldn't be more excited (though, we still haven't shelled out enough dough for a PlaySation 3). And while we can enjoy other racing simulators and motorsports games, we've been hooked since the Mazda Demio braking test in the original Gran Turismo for the PS1. In the trailer we get a mixture of vehicles (including a new Nissan GT-R), some track shots and one wicked soundtrack (no offense Cardigans). More »
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Jalopnik Holiday Gift Guide: Gran Turismo 4 (GH Edition)
Until someone at Bentley goes crazy, Gran Turismo is the only way we're going to get to flog a Speed 8 around some of the world's best race tracks. We could go on and on about the improved engine, the increased dynamics, the sharper graphics and better sounds &mdash but we'd rather talk about the cars. For GT4 there's 720 of them, ranging from the small and odd like the Autobianchi A112 to the ferocious and rare like the CLK GTR. More »
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Top Gear Track, Episode Downloads Coming to Gran Turismo 5 And PS3
We've just heard some amazing news about the greatest automotive show on Earth, Top Gear. In fact, it was so amazing that despite it being 2:00 AM here in Tokyo (where we're at this week for the Tokyo Motor Show), it literally made us blink, swear under our breath, get up out of the chair and do a little jig. Here's what we've just learned (Thanks to Top tipster Thaddeus):Top Gear has hooked up with Sony to make our iconic test track part of Gran Turismo 5. And as an office with the permanent distraction of a Playstation 2, race seat, force-feedback wheel and a copy of the current GT4, it's the best news we've had since Alonso missed out on the F1 championship.Oh but wait, there's more...
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BMW M3 PS3 Simulator
The super-tall covert boffins at AutoSpies were in Spain for BMW's M3 press event this past week. There, they happened on a new Mmer decked out as the ultimate Playstation controller, complete with interior projection. It's even decked out with hydraulics for dynamic driving effects. We're hoping Autobild crew weren't the only ones to get a shot a the real thing. More »
dekotora time
As far as we can tell this is the opening sequence from a Dekotora driving game called Blast Running. Computerized translation produced the description for the video, which in turn became the headline for this post. Dekotora driving games evidently continue on for Playstation. We're saving up our pennies for Dekotora Art Truck Battle 3, and hoping to become top wheeler in time to master the as yet still mysterious PS3 version. More »
It Is Good, Densely: Blast Running's Dekotora Madness
As far as we can tell this is the opening sequence from a Dekotora driving game called Blast Running. Computerized translation produced the description for the video, which in turn became the headline for this post. Dekotora driving games evidently continue on for Playstation. We're saving up our pennies for Dekotora Art Truck Battle 3, and hoping to become top wheeler in time to master the as yet still mysterious PS3 version. More »
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