that's the GT4 cockpit, and its been at the NY auto show since 2005. i think the manual shifter on it has been disabled since 2006 :p

zohaib

This was at the auto show that I went to, and it isn't new. At least a year old, if not two.

strictnein

FALSE

The "ultimate game controller" that "is something they should set up at malls across America" was already made - the R-360.

Chef

@okenny :): ...wha?

Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name.

To bad modifying console games for an arcade/public setting was never done to great effect. I'd like to be able to take a couple of my in-game cars down to an arcade and race against a couple people in one of those, or something similar.

Oh well.

Replica23

@NessD12:refer to this image.
[i.i.com.com]

ATTENTION LADIES AND GENTLEMENS!!!

THE PICTURE THAT WAS POSTED WITH THIS IS INDEED RUNNING GT4 BUT IF YOU'D GOTO THE LINK, YOU'D FIND MORE PICTURES OF MIDNIGHT CLUB LA AND GT5 PROLOUGE.

ManjiKengo

Your a bit late to the party on this aren't you kotaku. And that isn't gt5 :p.

NessD12

@tayaya: it's GT4, you can tell by the HUD and the rear mirror being a simple oblong along the top of the screen. it doesn't look that much like a rally track anyway, probably just a normal circuit at sunset (can't remember which they were in GT4).

lordofsword

Does the PS3 support 3 screens?!

STHD

now THAT'S a freaking peripheral!

DrunkRaba

Just pre-ordered my full motion controller from Gamestop.

Yes, that was a total lie.

sascha23

Hmm i dont think that he's playing GT5 because in one of the other photo's of the Website, The Man is playing GT5 on another setup/arcade thing or whatever so ummm yeah those are my 2 cents ill shut up now...

GUNDAM-RX-78-2

Pretty neat simulator.I think I saw this before on the subaru forums( I drive one..)

enewtabie

@DeeBG: So?

Cchrist

@DeeBG: Um, yea, thanks....? Let him play what he wants to. Jeez. Shouldn't we as fellow gamers show acceptance?

BTW, that is pretty hawt. =D

Candlejack

Man, if only mall rides were that awesome.

tehFluffz

***Random but I couldn't help it when I saw it***
Just FYI, this is another example of what Bashcroft has been playing for at least a couple weeks.

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DeeBG

@ lilc09:
Umm, because I made peace with my inner geek long ago. But,here, let me go one better..STFU

That work for you?

-EDGE-

They had this at the Seattle Auto Show back in November as well, and I seem to recall it was there last year as well. They charged something like $2 to play for 3 minutes at that show (but the money was going to charity.) I'm pretty sure it's some custom version of GT4 being used for it. Obviously, only one car was available to use.

Vexorg

now all they need is that curved tv screen

patsfan07

@tayaya: It could be a custom version for Subaru. Alot of the time, Polophony hooks them up early before everyone else even has the game.

MrSatan

Um isnt that GT4?

Duphman2

@Channing: Yea, I love me some GT5 on my PS3 :>

Damn, gotta buy new rope....

Candlejack

Sorry to say, but this is a bit old.
I saw these setups both this year and last year at the Philadelphia Auto Show. They were only running GT4, not GT5. I didn't get on it this year since the line was 50 people long, so I can't be sure whether or not they had updated to GT5 or not. The setup looked exactly the same as the previous year, though. It kind of sucks playing it - the faster/better you are the less time you have on it since they only let you do one time trial.

Blah8

seriously, they couldn't get larger screens for the setup?

saruxiii

@Candlejack:

How appropriate that Candlejack get into the conversation in this threa

Channing

The cockpit pictured is actually a GT4 system that was playable at car shows (LA Auto Show) few years back.

chilicoke

@lilc09: Cause this is the Internets, dude! :D

Candlejack

@worthyexpress: It's an interesting one, that one.

"For the win" seems to assume that the "win" hasn't actually happened yet, meaning it must be adding to the triumph of the product...

I guess "for the loss" means the opposite, a detractor to the object in question.

In any case, SOCOM Tactical Strike, for me, is FULL OF WIN, or MADE OF WIN...leading to the notion that the game that currently has me entranced is constructed of pure triumph. I can only agree with this bizarre bubbling of internet lingo.

pylon_trooper

@Kuromankuro-R.I.P.-360 March_21st_2008----March_22nd_2008: Yeah, the first several times I saw "FTL" I wondered what Faster Than Light propulsion had to do with anything in the discussion. ;)

DaiMacculate

I think it needs slightly bigger monitors, or a single curved one. Other than that, its a damn fine piece of engineering.

Knight-Zero

This would totally get stolen from the malls in America. Sure, each perpetrator would get caught with this giant thing in his house, but he'd have one kick ass party before that happened.

SpishackCola

check out the chops on that mofo

worthyexpress

is it Want It Now?

worthyexpress

@lilc09: I think not everyone agrees with the implied conclusion of the titling on the sim booth itself. Everyone probably thinks the machine itself is badass but aren't willing to buy in to the belief of GT being "The Real Driving Simulator" as if it was the only or the best at siming.

okenny :)

@Kuromankuro R.I.P. 360 March 21st 2008 ----March 22nd 2008: so what does it mean?

worthyexpress

Screw this, I want a Burnout cabinet, and by that I mean one that physically nearly throws you out of it every time you crash.

supercrap

@pylon_trooper:
"For the loss...for the win. *ponders*"

That took me the longest time to figure out at first. I'm not big on internet abbreviations.

Kuromankuro-R.I.P.-360 March_21st_2008----March_22nd_2008

Now what I wanna know is who confirmed that that's GT5 in the photo. I have GT5 Prolouge (Japanese version) and there are NO rally tracks in the game at all. GT5 itself may have them, but Prologue does NOT. Also, the HUD is very different in GT5 - no more amber numbers for position and such... something you can clearly see in the photo.

These cabinets have been around at various auto and game shows since as far back as Gran Turismo 3... I have serious doubts that the one in the photo is running GT5.

tayaya

@lilc09: Let him revel however he wants.

In saying that, I gag occasionally at the "full of/made of/...win" statement and have no idea how it ever evolved; that and its acronym.

For the loss...for the win. *ponders*

pylon_trooper

@-EDGE-: Why do you talk like that? Why can't you just say this is really cool and would like one. Why do you have identify yourself as the typical nerd who talks like that?

Sheesh.

lilc09

@-EDGE-: hey... that's kinda how Crecente is reeking of Hedgehog sauce!

okenny :)

My LORD! That is smothered in Awesome Sauce, and reeking of WIN!

I want one!

-EDGE-

Gran Turismo has been outdone and GT5 can give little more to the now almost defunct racing sim collection, with only Forza that actually has some personality.

Although Gran Turismo 1 and 2 are the very pinnacle of my videogaming childhood :P I'm sorry I didn't have an N64!

Communist_Gamer

@Kazzahdrane: YOU BLESSED BEAST! YOU ALPHA AND OMEGA! TAKE MY BODY AND MY SOUL AS WEAPONS IN YOUR FIGHT!

Redface, The Dark Messiah of Justice

@Shadow71: You give far too much credit good sir. I made the comment because I think the bar has been raised from what GT5 is offering but the game has become an iconic figure to driving sims to the point that Car companies do this. A game that can easily sell 10 million over it's life span is no joke and though the PS3 doesn't currently have the install base to make that happen just yet... it very well could and That's not mind share that any company is will to let go. You make a good impression with GTA, some teenager may be buying your car in 5 to 10 years from now. It's pretty awesome in a strange marketing way.

@JackB99: Forza 2 was pretty awesome wasn't it. Forza 3 will probably come out at the same time as the real GTA5. Though Forza 2 is arguably the better sim at the moment, it would be interesting to see what the full realization of both games have to offer 2 - 3 years from now. In line with what you're saying, I hope that this games allow for output signals other that multiple monitors and rumble (force feedback too) and go as far as to send data that gives sim booths accurate engine vibration and suspension simulation... that would seriously be bad-ass!

okenny :)

They've had/did have two of these at the Gameworks at Great Lakes Crossing in Michigan for quite a while. Obviously not GT 5, I'd imagine in there, but it was that cabinet.

nicless

Why are the screens (of all things), tiny?

I'm going to assume that car windows are at least 2 times as big as they are now =/

Byakko

I can drive.

Malvolio the Magician

Does that guy have sideburns that join into a moustache?! Awesome!

Gladman

@Redface, The Dark Messiah of Justice: USE ME!! USE ME!!

Kazzahdrane

doesnt the tekken 6 arcade cost like 20k or something out of control? i generally think newer ones are around 5k ish

pandafresh

The real Driving simulator.. awesome

Akmed

I had the 3 monitor setup with a racing seat and buttkicker for Forza 2. It's an awesome experience. They could make these setups as arcade machines. Not sure how much the average arcade machine costs, but it shouldn't be much worse than the ones that have been done before.

JackB99

Now if they only made those for home, and had mass effect in them, so I could replay the "virtual rape" scene over and over again like the evil person I am.

ShadowFFVI

@okenny :): I know better than to say it was intentional with you, but that could be considered a "stealth" FIRST, what with the use of the #1 ;)

Back to what I intended to comment; IF these were to be configured as coin-op, how much would they charge per play? I'm saying either 2 bucks or 3, per play.

DaiMacculate

Nice, I'm going to that show probably tomorrow.

ThePeacemaker02

@okenny :): You FUCKING KING OF THE JUNGLE!

Redface, The Dark Messiah of Justice

Start the bidding at 10k.

ghnvt

BTW Crecente... has sonic entered and filled you yet?

okenny :)

I guess this is what it means to be the #1 racing sim.

okenny :)

The US version of Gran Turismo 5 Prologue running the Lexus IS-F is the only place it can be seen on the entire planet.

Go to the NY AutoShow to see the 1080 glory.

In my opinion Microsoft had every opportunity to take a bite out of the GranTurismo,..and now the console gap is about to close. The 1 lap I was allowed to drive was the most epic of any I have ever had on any racing game,..ever,.PC included.**actually I had 2 laps,.waited another 45-50minutes to do it again**

The guy said that Polyphony had designed their own wheel with Logitech,.and that this game was bred to be driven with one. They had G25's in play,..and while it is a bit pricy for me,.I can only hope that the forcefeedback is as good as what I felt driving the IS-F with their G25.

its sick,.just sick.

oh ,..BTW,.Subaru isn't anywhere close to GT5,.that motion crap will cause driver error. Unless you have a 50million dollar G simulator like Lewis Hamilton,.motion is a distraction,..it just takes away if it isnt accurate.

Glad I got my Pre-order in the day they went on sale.

FakeRacer

They have one just like that at the Nurburgring museum in Germany, it's GT4 as well.

st.knight

I discretely remember seeing this in use in a Gran Turismo 4 promotional video. This is not new by several years.

nmalinoski

I recall seeing this in a Gran Turismo 4 Promotional video. This is not new by several years.

nmalinoski