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Yes:
* 2 extra PS3
* 2 extra flat screens.
You win!
(but pleeeeeease get better speakers to go along with that sweet set-up!!!!) 👍
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Damn, that's like $3000 right there?
It's not the same as a true peripheric view but it comes close to the real thing. I hope it's going to be possible in GT5. Looking at the left and right view, I think it's not going to be possible with the dashboard view or PD has to modify the right and left LAN view
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I can see how it works, I just can't see why. Sounds (and looks) a bit like a waste of money to me, unless you and your mates joined together to connect your consoles and TVs.
It's absolutely not a waste of money. 
It works perfectly with GT4. It's so much more realistic to play with 3 monitors than with only one. The sense of speed is much higher because the surroundings (on the left and right sreen) are flashing by. You can actually see the entire track as you're driving, so it's so much easier to turn in at a hairpin. The replays are a lot more interesting to watch etc...
It works perfectly with GT4. It's so much more realistic to play with 3 monitors than with only one. The sense of speed is much higher because the surroundings (on the left and right sreen) are flashing by. You can actually see the entire track as you're driving, so it's so much easier to turn in at a hairpin. The replays are a lot more interesting to watch etc...
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Sorry, but a thousand bucks for each PS3 and however much it costs for each screen purely so you can see a little to either side of you when you're racing?It's absolutely not a waste of money.
To me that's a waste of money because you're not really getting much more for all the extra dough you're putting in ...
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EDIT: Update: kikie's pic was made to show how it "might" look:
It's not the same as a true peripheric view but it comes close to the real thing. I hope it's going to be possible in GT5. Looking at the left and right view, I think it's not going to be possible with the dashboard view or PD has to modify the right and left LAN view
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I think that if someone reallywants to and has the $$ to, then someone can have 6 PS3s and screens. There's the front three views, and there's the back three too. For those who haven't notice, you can look towards the quarter panels at the back, as well as through the back window. And of course, the front, and two side windows.
I have to say that I didn't use LAN settings to achieve what you see in #7. It is just a photo of how it "could" look in GT5 if it supports surround gaming. It's actually not a surround image at all. Just 3 cars at the same place on the track with the middle monitor viewing the centre view and the other 2 => left monitor = looking left. Paused each game and took the photo.
=>right monitor = looking right.
It is not surround because it's not possible in GT5p demo
Sorry if I misled you.
Read this:seymore
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showpost.php?p=2787320&postcount=201
You need a router or a switch, cat5 straight cables and connect the ps3's through the router or switch with eachother.
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Looking at your photos of GT4 kikie, you don't get that "overlap" I mentioned above. I didn't relise you had "faked" the GT5P demo photo above with the "overlapping". So I'm guessing in the final game this won't be a problem, and it will look similar to that of the GT4 images in the other thread.
To try and minimalise the amount of screen border between each screen, you could set the two side monitors back a touch so the the centre one over lapped them slightly reducing the width of the screen frames a touch. I've done this at home with my dual monitor setup. Every little helps
As for being a waste of money or not. If kikie has the cash to spend on this setup, then good on him. If I could justify it, I'd get a three screen setup as well.
To try and minimalise the amount of screen border between each screen, you could set the two side monitors back a touch so the the centre one over lapped them slightly reducing the width of the screen frames a touch. I've done this at home with my dual monitor setup. Every little helps
As for being a waste of money or not. If kikie has the cash to spend on this setup, then good on him. If I could justify it, I'd get a three screen setup as well.
Thanks for the advice! Never thought about that. I'm going to try it later on. + REPTo try and minimalise the amount of screen border between each screen, you could set the two side monitors back a touch so the the centre one over lapped them slightly reducing the width of the screen frames a touch. I've done this at home with my dual monitor setup. Every little helps
I did what you suggested and it's perfect. Thanks!
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https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=92758Huh?
Good setup, kikie. 👍 If GT5 is as good as it should be I should do the same myself, once I get good income...
Thanks for the link! 👍
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will have multi screen LAN support.I hope GT5 prologue (and GT5 ofcourse) will have surround (visual) support. The question is; which part of the game will support surround gaming? In GT4, you can only use it in the *arcade* section and without AI.
I hope GT5P and GT5 will support it in simulation mode and online as well.
Oh, also, I found a solution for my disproportioned image. I've set the PS3 setting at 720p and the cars look normal. You can hardly see the difference between 720p and 1080p.
I hope GT5P and GT5 will support it in simulation mode and online as well.
Oh, also, I found a solution for my disproportioned image. I've set the PS3 setting at 720p and the cars look normal. You can hardly see the difference between 720p and 1080p.
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