LAN GT4- How To (Please help)

Guru_Nissan
I went to Gamestop to buy the ilink, but they dont have it anymore, one clerk told me to connect ethernet cables betwen two ps2's with network adaptor is this posible at all. :ouch:
You didn't accidently read the last five posts, did you? đź’ˇ
 
i can NOT get just 2 ps2's to hookup over my LAN. i have the new ps2 (itty bitty one) and one old ps2, with network adapter. i can't get this to work thru my router.

HEEELLLLPPP!! I tried the German site, and it didn't work. any suggestions?
 
All you have to do to get LAN to work is go into the options screen when you start up, every time, it resets when you power off, and change your name in the LAN settings. You will start off as Player1, and it is the same on every PS2 so they will not link together. Once you change the name go to the Course configuration and turn on your tracks. you only start out with 6 until you open them up through that screen. make sure one person hosts the game like said before and adjust the number of players occordially. number of monitors means nothing. then go to the LAN play in arcade more and set up a congifuration. use the settings that it gives you. now connect. you will have all the tracks and what ever cars you added to your favorites list. We spent 2 hours last night typing in IP address, changing settings and whatnot, just going nuts wondering what is going on. GT3 i-link worked on the first try. then we turned everything off, changed the LAN setting name and walla.
 
hardware wise, i have the old PS2, the one that came in the GT3 package deal. i pluged in the network adaptor into the back, ran a CAT 5 cable to the routor. the other two PS2s on the LAN were both slim models and we just ran the CAT 5 cable from the back of them to the routor. nothing more.
 
Hunted down a couple of network adapters for my old PS2s yesterday, and after a little frustration and mostly following jb23fan's post, I got it to work.

This really needs to be a FAQ item here or at the official game site board, not only for how to connect, but how to configure length of races, picking cars, etc.

It seems as if PD took a 3-year vacation before they really got to work on GT4, because the setup has the feel of a rushed job.
 
What Jack Treehorn said. There is good information in this thread but it all comes in bits and peices. Now if somebody can compile it into a nice little document...
 
I should have also mentioned to those with older PS2s who are adding a network adapter: do not use the LAN setup CD that comes with the adapter.

Just go into the game and create the settings there. When connecting, you should see a prompt that allows you to create a new setting. If that momentarily appears and then disappears, somewhere in the Options menu (probably Network Settings) there's a way of turning Auto-Detect/Connect on or off--turn it off and try to create a new setting again.
 
I can see why these poor gamers are all confused. One minute one person is calling it a crosslink cable, the next person it calling it a crossover cable. People! People! Please.....

1) The proper term is Crossover Cable.
2) You only need the router/switch IF YOU ARE CONNECTING MORE THAN 2 PS2's.


You are starting to sound like a bunch of women....making things harder than what they really are, and not listening.

PS2 to PS2 only needs a Crossover cable. After you plug it in, then adjust your network settings.

IF......IF, you have a PC that is connected to the internet, and have only one connection in your house and would like to keep your PC connected, OR you have more than 2 PS2's then and only then do you need to go through the trouble of hooking up a Router/Switch. My GOD!!!
 
dragonitti
I can see why these poor gamers are all confused. One minute one person is calling it a crosslink cable, the next person it calling it a crossover cable. People! People! Please.....

Why do I picture a Cheetos-stained keyboard and a burning resentment for being turned down for the prom?
 
Jackie Treehorn
Why do I picture a Cheetos-stained keyboard and a burning resentment for being turned down for the prom?


No...actually, I am an IT guy. And it just urks me that it has taken 5 pages just for them to get it right.
 
dragonitti
No...actually, I am an IT guy. And it just urks me that it has taken 5 pages just for them to get it right.

I think you need to sympathise a little more with people that just want to perform a simple task that involves procedures you might take for granted (if you know what to do, why is your only contribution to the thread a grammar check?).

The whole point of console games is avoiding the bogs of PC tech and just sitting down to play. Granted, hooking up 2 TVs and 2 PS2s is a little outside the routine, but PD is screwing the console model by ignoring the iLink port and requiring the LAN setup.
 
Jackie Treehorn
I think you need to sympathise a little more with people that just want to perform a simple task that involves procedures you might take for granted (if you know what to do, why is your only contribution to the thread a grammar check?).

The whole point of console games is avoiding the bogs of PC tech and just sitting down to play. Granted, hooking up 2 TVs and 2 PS2s is a little outside the routine, but PD is screwing the console model by ignoring the iLink port and requiring the LAN setup.


I understand where your coming from. I to was a little upset that the iLink was done away with. I had an older 5 series PS2 until the laser went bad in it. Then I bought the 7 series. I was excited to find out that my now girl friends brother had a PS2 with GT3, so I was going to hook the two up, that was until I realized that I no longer had the iLink port on the front. That's one of the reasons why I went out and bought the network adapter that fits in the back. Now, I hear that those are about to go out. Oh, Well....
 
@ dragonitti:

This is not organised properly cause it's not a how-to, its a thread where people ask a lot of questions and getting a lot of answers. And some have said the exact things you said before, so there's no need to play the all-seeing eye. If you know about how to do this, write a how-to, open a new thread and let a mod mark it sticky.

Cheers,
the Interceptor
 
OK, muchachos, I've figured out the car selection question, but not the tracks.

For cars, you go into Arcade mode, single player, and select up to 30 cars as your Favorites. These will then appear as choices in a LAN game.

As for the tracks, I show 6-7 in the LAN mode and they don't seem to correspond to the tracks that are available in single-player arcade mode. Anybody know how to unlock/add more tracks?

TIA!
 
To select up to 30 tracks for LAN races, go into the options and select this:


A list with all tracks will pop up, mark your favourite ones:


That's it!

A word concerning making cars your favourite: to do that, you go into arcade mode, pick a random track, then a car you'd like to have in LAN races. You should see the car like this:


Now press the steering cross (does it have that name?) on your controller up. A popup message will appear that asks you if you want to make that car a favourite:


Say OK! A yellow arrow should appear above the cars icon showing that this is in your favourites list now:


Here you can see how many favourites you have:


That's it! Enjoy LAN mode! đź‘Ť

The pictures, obviously taken from the Japanese version of GT4, were made by the GT Racing point admin Didi.

Cheers,
the Interceptor
 
Interceptor--I kiss you!

("But I am not going to give you a big kiss, not a kiss like I a give a woman, or even a donkey. Because, because...you do not know!" -- Fernando Martinez)
 
rotary787b
Is it possible to hook up 2 ps2 on a lan and play with two players on each or is it possible only with 4 ps2.... đź’ˇ
You can't do that, the 2-player-mode is not LAN compatible. You would need 4 PS2s for that, just like you already expected it to be.

Cheers,
the Interceptor
 
glock/35\
what is the dif. between a lan and a router?
LAN stands for "Local Area Network" and means the network you need to set up for GT4. A Router is a device in the network that manages the communication between devices that are connected to the network, in our case the communication between the Playstations. Additionally, a router can give every Playstation an IP if it is set to reveive an IP.

Cheers,
the Interceptor
 
Me and my friend tryed to set up LAN with a router jsut like we would to play socom 2 LAN and it dident work..what do you have to do in the game options to make it work??? :scared:
 
GTchampion
Me and my friend tryed to set up LAN with a router jsut like we would to play socom 2 LAN and it dident work..what do you have to do in the game options to make it work??? :scared:

do what i did and read the post from the start it only takes 1 hour with a coffee break
 
It's very simple. If you are running through a router you don't need to do this, but otherwise you need to set up your network settings thus:

Change DHCP to NO and set the IPs to something like 192.168.0.1 and 192.168.0.2, etc., in order from the first machine to the last (any machine can be in any order).

Set your subnet masks to 255 255 255 0 (the same on every machine).

Let the host connect first, and then connect one player at a time. Wait till each player after the host is on the final connection screen (with two dots rather than three, although the host will have one dot) before adding another to the network.

Back in the main options one player, and only one player, must be set up as host. He also selects the number of players, the number of laps, penalties and so-on. The two-player options affect LAN mode as well as the LAN and Network options.

If someone is watching using the Live option rather than playing, he is counted in the number of players.

Make sure you all reboot before connecting to be sure.

Before you do all this you need the right equipment: ethernet cables plugged into slimline PS2s or original PS2s with ethernet adaptors and then into a switch or router or a crossover cable connected directly from one machine to a second machine for two-player LANning.

You also need to fill your Favourites folder with cars to use in LAN mode and to select all the available tracks between your group of players in the Track Registry in the options menu.
 
FuryX21
So whats the difference between LAN and i-link? They sound the same to me.
I-link is a simple connection between two ps2s. LAN play requires a crossover cable between two ps2's with network adapters or a LAN (with router,etc.) for more than 2 people.
 
FuryX21
So whats the difference between LAN and i-link? They sound the same to me.
LAN = Local Area Network
iLink = SONY's brand name for Firewire (which is Apple's brand name)
Protocols = communication commands

Firewire = a set of protocols to use through a Firewire port
Firewire port (S400): only available with _early_ big PS2s, and no small PS2s

Ethernet - a set of protocols used through an Ethernet port (commonly used to connect to the Internet or to set up networks (LANs) in offices or homes)
This is why PD went with Ethernet, to get GT4 on-line.

GT3 uses only iLink (Firewire) protocols to LAN.
GT4 uses only Ethernet protocols to LAN.

Cheers,

MasterGT
 
I was wondering the same thing when one of my friends brought that up... he wanted to hit 6 people with 3 ps2's 2 players per ps2... dunno if thats possible... I know its possible with the XBOX with halo 2 being 4 people per tv...

I know how to hook up 6 ps2's to a hub and play 1v1v1v1v1v1 with 6 tv's.. but thats just too many tv's lol... and ps2's... just let me know if you can hit 2 players per ps2
 
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