Here’s some of the first news to come out of the Tokyo Auto Salon 2010: Polyphony Digital has partnered with auto technology company Denso to develop a “GPS-track day unit”, one of which will be included in the new Toyota FT-86G. It works by monitoring your position as you put in hot laps around a real-world track (which is also in GT5, of course). Pull the memory card out of your car and plug it into your PS3, and the data collected will be used to reconstruct your lap within the game. From there, you’ll be able to watch your replay or compete against yourself by loading the replay as a “ghost” car.

According to MotorTrend, Polyphony and Denso’s GPS unit was tested in a race-spec Lexus IS-F at the Nurburgring last October (probably during Yamauchi’s VLN race). MotorTrend editor Peter Lyon was also able to confirm that a “3D version” of GT5 will be available “as soon as 3D TVs become available on the market,” (Sony’s 3D TVs will be available this summer).

http://www.gtplanet.net/gran-turismo-5s-gps-functionality-3d-confirmed/

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I dont give a shit about this !

But I like this :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUSwFqTF0Vs&feature=player_embedded

Oh wow, very interesting indeed.

its awesome that u can create ur own track using the GPS and then race against the ghost car

Something tells me that if you can race on the actual track, you don't give a fuck about playing the same track on GT5.

Or maybe one or two pilots will use this. I'm struggling to understand how this matters to 99.9999% of people though.

THAT would be awesome... but I don't think that's what the article says.

SO this is the true reason why GT is delayed!!

it can be forgiven

@NJ5

I must agree with last bit of your post.

As for the first bit it is wrong regarding who would give a fuck about driving on the same track on GT5 and in reality.

For the same reasons that formula one drivers admit to playing F1 on consoles, for the same reasons many footballers (who are NOT getting financial rewards for admitting it) play FIFA etc.,

I think my PS3 is going to explode when I insert the GT5 Game Disk in it.

Awesome feature and awesome news for what will be an already amazing game. Unfortunately only a select few will be able to implement the 3D functionality. My 3D PC monitor was almost $300, and it is only 22 inches. 3D TV prices are going to be insane at first. Regardless, it will be a nice feature, when more widely available.