@pancito:

Actually, i agree.. i'm one of the biggest racing game fans you'll get.. (No Nascar doesn't count as a racing game..)

And i have only ever bought one racing wheel.. inever bought the 360 racing wheel as it was too expensive, and too be honest, i tried it out, and it didn't really improve my lap times..

(Forza 2)

Sexpun Tocome

@Sexpun Tocome: Uh, Carrera GT?

av8thor

Bolt in the $2400 65" Olevia from Woot yesterday and this thing might just open a wormhole and travel through time...

av8thor

Can wey get a Poll, on how many of the race-game playing folks actually use a steering wheel and pedals as opposed to a normal controller? I have always enjoyed racing games, but i don't know if my times would be better with a steering wheel setup.

pancito

@RainyDayInterns:

We do? I however, have never considered Porsche to be in the same league let along the same breath as Ferrari or Lamborghini, why not Ferrari Lamborghini and Spyker, or Pagani, you know? something with a little style?

Stupid Germans..

Sexpun Tocome

Couldn't they make it like the old Afterburner 'cade box:
, and put the ting on gimbles?

Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity

We LOVE the Boxster!

RainyDayInterns

I think you can get a 97 Porsche Boxster for about $14k -- if you want to look like a gay woman.

And I bet this thing has less maintenance costs.

GeekyNerdGuy

That is pretty sweet. I am such a sucker for racing games, though. I still think that Project Gotham 3 is one of the best/most fun i have ever played. I really need to get out there and try some newer games, huh?

maven2k

I'm sorry man, the bank is foreclosing on my home. I really shouldn't go out to eat with you if I don't have the money. I think I'll just stay home and play a little Gran Turismo.

Rabid Penguin

Shame on Sony for still not having GT5 out yet, nearly TWO YEARS after shipping the PS3.

EBone

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Ethan Allison

i saw one in a shop here in uae in mall of emirates but am sure it wasnt that expensive.. cant remember price but way much cheaper than that

zixyon

I think I saw that on the closing ceremonies of the Olympics

The Real 31

It's true: dudes who are into racing games are really into racing games.

If anyone needs me I'll be on the phone with the accountants seeing if there is any room in the budget for this...

Daytodaz3

While the 40" screen is nice, where are the other two flanking that center one? Now that would be a sweet setup.

CubFan81

@Sexpun Tocome: You must be kidding, right? You need to read up on the 959 a bit. That's like saying the F40 was basically just an updated 288 GTO.

wiggatron

@CubFan81: PS3 wouldn't support 'em, but an Xbox 360 would...

wiggatron

Please please please can someone tell me where to get the Lotus Evora version of Gran Turismo for the ps3

ichi1

@gokieks: BLAH! NO SOUL!!

The 959 was simply a 911 with a longer wheelbase larger engine and 4 wheel drive.. Granted it did make a nice rally car..

Sexpun Tocome

The enclosure, erm, wheel is pretty pointless, but damned cool.

Re: Porsche, the 959 is one of the all-time great supercars. That the Ferrari F40, which
broke a lot of Ferrari traditions for a top-end supercar (Twin Turbo V8?!), was a direct response to the 959, should indicate just how amazing of a car it was.

gokieks

@av8thor:

Carrera GT Are you kidding? you mean, the car the they don't even make anymore?

A one of Supercar, their first and as yet.. last..

Germans have no soul!!

Sexpun Tocome

That thing better literally move for that price.

Ike_Skelton

"A $15,000 Gran Turismo Pod: Still Cheaper Than Ferrari, Lamborghini or Porsche"
And yet you go nowhere and end up all alone on a Friday night. As opposed to actually getting somewhere and not ending up alone, if you know what I mean, if you have an actual Ferrari or Lambo.

ninjamurf

NO no, what i meant, was there was a difference in the car.. as in have you seen the new 911? Wow.. that's a nice car, but it kind of reminds me of.. what's that other car they made last year? Oh yes.. the 911.. They all look the same!!

No Soul!!

The f40 was completely new design from the ground up, as you will argue the 959 was, but then why i ask you does it look so fucking SIMILAR??

Anyhoo.. i don't want to come off as an arrogant piece of shit.. I'm just not a big porsche fan.. the BMW m1 however.. Oooh, that's nice German Supercar.. So it's all of the germans, just.. all of the ones who work for Porsche..

Sexpun Tocome

@GeekyNerdGuy: It's better than your female friends coming over for a clambake double feature of the Sex & The City movie and The Women. At least the sausage fest has video games, as opposed to the nauseating soundtrack of Seventies women-empowered disco vomit (It's Raining Men, I Will Survive, Lady Marmalade, We Are Family).

OMG! Ponies!

@ninjamurf: Not true. All your guy friends will come over for a sausage fest to play on your racecar pod.

GeekyNerdGuy

@Sexpun Tocome:

Would you say that the beetle has no "soul"? They all look the same. How about the Mini? Same there. The Grand Cherokee? Owners would argue that one 'til the bitter end. When, from generation to generation, a particular brand of vehicle retains a good share of it's brand identity does it instantly become "soul-less"?

Arguing that a Porsche has no soul is like saying that the Universe isn't full of stars. Porsche is the only company that has managed to make the RR (rear engine, not to be confused with mid or mid-rear) configuration work; and work extremely well mind you. The cars look the same because the people who buy the cars want them to look the same. Remember when the headlight shape deviated from the perfectly round design to the funky "L" shape in the 996? Yeah, they changed it back because faithful Porsche buyers/owners made a big stink about it. Do you know why they made a big stink? Because of those same stubborn owners who love the car the way it's always been. That much love on the part of designers, engineers, owners, etc. doesn't usually go to a "soul-less" vehicle. You may not like 'em, and that's fine, but don't knock 'em.

wiggatron

I'd buy this. And yes, I'm serious about that.

Samifumi

Sony fanboy! woot woot. xD
It looks really good. I like the how they put the fake engine above the pedals. I wonder if it rumbles when accelerating. That'd be cool and a nice touch.

SneakerFiend

@GeekyNerdGuy:

Yeah, for the sake of your devotion to Porsche, i deemed it inappropriate to mention the Cayenne.. It is an AWFUL AWFUL car..

I've always thought, if you want a luxury SUV get an x5, nice 4.8 liter v8 is quick, but not stupid! i mean honestly, what's the point in saying 'my suv has the same chassis as a 911' when it weighs what, 9 tonnes?

We call Cayennes Footballers cars over here.. (Soccer)

How about the Boxter then? The nice little Palm Beach Dentist's chariot.. I know a lot of people like them, but it just says.. look at me! i can't afford a 911!! i mean really, you'd be better off with a mazda mx-5.. probably look less gay as well!!

And the Porsche Cayman? Mid Engined? Fantastic Handling? (Problem is though, If it where as powerful as a 911, around a track it would be twice as quick.. and Porsche knows this.. which is why there is no super-powerful version) It holds back.. i don't quite fancy it.. Which kind of puts to shame the Rear Engined design of the 911.. which yes, DOES work, but if you got rid of the rear seats.. [that i couldn't fit it when i was 11.. trust me i tried] and popped in a v8, instead of a straight 6.. and they'd have a fantastic car..

Oh, and i forgot to address the headlamps.. i am extremely glad they brought back the round ones..

Sexpun Tocome

@Sexpun Tocome: As much as you may not like the 944, I still think it was a better Porsche than the damn Cayenne and that new Panamera. So much for the sports car legacy. I get so freaking annoyed when douches in Cayennes are waving like, hey, look at me, I'm in a Porsche too, we're the same.

Here in the states you can pick a 914 up for $1k and turn it into a pretty sweet autocrosser. Or a voltsporsche.

GeekyNerdGuy

@wiggatron: Touche...

I applaud your devotion to the Porsche badge...

Be that as it may, I'm not a fan of the grand Cherokee, and i'm British, so that little Mini comment, makes me very sad indeed..

But i think agreeing to disagree, makes sense.. and i do value your opinion..

Was fun though, i always love pointless, hateful, argumentative, conversations, about things that BARELY relate to the initial topic.. LMAO

But can we both agree that the 944 was an awful bloody car? Apart from the wider body on the turbo, that looks alright..

And come to think of it, i saw a twin turbo 944 without a single stock component, did look PRETTY!!

Sexpun Tocome

@OMG! Ponies!: Ummm, we've never had a party like that at my house ...

GeekyNerdGuy

@GeekyNerdGuy:

Well good luck to you on that one, i however live in London and sadly have no use for a car.. :(

But that hasn't stopped me from being surrounded with car culture.. For example.. my dad owned a 911 turbo, and a Carrera 4 targa.. (Very Pretty car)

Sadly he has gotten rid of the Carrera 4, but to my delight, he's been driving an 07 Vanquish S for the past few years..

Which just SCREAMS on the Autobahn..

What'd you have before the 997? (Just doubting it's your first car) Mine was a VW golf.. xD which was sold to afford outrageous living costs of London..

Sexpun Tocome

sweet setup, but i really don't see $15,000 in that. my friend built a similar setup out of PVC piping!

chopstickhero

@GeekyNerdGuy: sure why not look like a gay woman?

@pancito: i use a wheel. it just seems more intuitive for me. also the wheel makes it easier to do small adjustments.

@N@tedog: I just could not play Grid at all. the controls were just sluggish. i gave up when i tried a test to shake the wheel back and forth and the car still moved in a relatively straight line.

ryusen

@ACoBildo:

Yeah, Forza is a great game.. Realism.. Speed.. Customization..

But it's not a Game, it's a simulator.. i've had it since it came out.. and it's so hard to keep playing it.. it's just.. not a game!

Grid Race driver however, looks EXTREMELY realistic, and while it lacks on true realism.. it's an actual video game..

Oh, and i love the fact that it has prerecorded names, so that you can find your name, and it just gives you a really personal experience..

Sexpun Tocome

@Sexpun Tocome: Yeah, I'm stuck with the fried egg headlamps for a couple more years until I decide to either get a responsible adult vehicle or trade-in for a 997.

GeekyNerdGuy

Replace the PS3 and Gran Turis-demo with 3 linked XBox360s, 3 copies of Forza 2, and two more 40" displays, and you have achieved racing game nirvana.

ACoBildo

@Daytodaz3: VERY true. I'll be going home after work to beat GRID for the 5th time with my Logitech Momo steering wheel myself. Love this stuff.
And I love the Porsche talk here. I've got to admit. I had a 944 in high school. Bought it for four grand from a neighbor. Fixed the ball joints and it rat like a dream. Handled like it was on rails and had enough get up and go in the normally aspirated version. For how antitraditional Porsche the 944 car is, it added a completely new consumer base for Porsche and provided MUCH needed capital while the company struggled in the 80s. I do agree teh Cayenne is an abomination though its ride is terrific and the Cayman is held back for fear of treading on 911 territory.

Though rocky road, turtle, sherbet and cookie dough are all good flavors of ice cream in their own regard. Vanilla is still the cash cow.

N@tedog

@wiggatron: yeah, i've always wondered why they thought that headlamps that face the sky would be a good idea.. :S (928)

so if not a Porsche fan.. then what?

Sexpun Tocome

@Sexpun Tocome: I'm actually not a huge Porsche fan, LOL. I just know a lot of people who are and I understand their devotion even though I don't share it.

I do however disagree about the 944. The 928 was the real bastard child.

I also enjoy slightly off topic rants/discussions.

Cars just get people all excited. They always seem to spur debate and discussion.

wiggatron

@Sexpun Tocome: I've got a 996 now. I restored a 66 Mustang before that. My brother and I currently putting together a Shelby replica in my garage with all modern suspension and motor -- should be a screamer.

I've always dreamed of an Aston Martin, but they're still far beyond my reach. Maybe someday.

@wiggatron: Those 928 headlights popped up.

I heard there's a new 968 in the works and saw some pretty beautiful renderings.

GeekyNerdGuy

@Sexpun Tocome: I'm a pretty big fan of all things with wheels really. I like Porsche's, I'm just not a devotee or anything. I really like off the wall exotics (like The Zonda or the aforementioned F40), RWD Japanese cars (like the Supra, RX-7, Altezza/IS300), and turbo four-bangers. Anything with a turbo four works. I love the idea that I can get 30+ MPG in a tuned Dodge Neon SRT-4, or Lancer EVO, or STi, etc, and still put some hurt on a C5 'Vette, V8 'Stang, or Camaro and they won't even see it coming.

wiggatron

@Sexpun Tocome: It's the Shelby roadster, not the Mustang. But yeah, all modern coilover stuff.

GeekyNerdGuy

woops, see that you already mentioned the Panamera. Oh wells :[

Kaiser-Machead's WALL-E fetish

@GeekyNerdGuy: I saw those too. But Porsche is also working on the Panamera, which is basically a big four door sports sedan along the same vein as the Maserati Quattroporte. Not liking what I see on that one, but the 968 remake should be stellar. It's going to have a pretty beefy Turbo model as well.

Kaiser-Machead's WALL-E fetish

@wiggatron:

WOW!! 30+ MPG... that's not bad for an SRT4, but you Americans (not in a derogatory manor) need to wake the fuck up!! We have Diesel VW polos that do 70+Mpg.. without any signs of a hybrid unlike the infamous toyota prius, that barely does 40..

And you still complain that your petrol is too expensive, when in reality, we pay 4$ for every LITER of fuel.. and that's the Cheapest price in the E.U..

Anway.. i'm no environmentalist.. i mean, dad's aston on a good day does 12.. :S not to mention he lives in Cologne,and does 160MPH+ on a daily commute..

You mentioned a lot of Japanese Cars there.. and no mention of the new GT-R.. Could this be a mistake? that thing is an absolute masterpiece!

And speaking of Camero's.. what'd you think of the new one? all of the renderings where all outrageous and muscle car like.. but i saw one up close a few months back, and to me.. it just seems.. Ordinary!! like compared to the new mustang and Challenger.. i have no doubt it will get beefier soon.. but as it stands, i'm not a fan..like i think the wheel arches need to reach further into the body, and have some nice arch flares you know? nothing outrageous.. but like a beefier take on it, wouldn't have been a bad idea.. i often see this with a lot of renderings.. and whenever they take to the streets, they seem tame..

FUCK i'm rambling again..

@GeekyNerdGuy:

I like how you've taken suspension into account.. as i've seen a lot of hefty Stangs, with leaf springs...

And that just won't do..!

Sexpun Tocome

man, the thing looks really nice... i can't see how it's worth more than 1k for the kiosk itself tho.
for 15 it better be a full fledged motion simulator.
Which of course it's not.

Kamus

Sony 40" TV: $2,000
G25: $300
Surround Speakers: $1,000
Bucket seat from Porsche GT2: $3,500
PS3: $500
Stylish Plexiglas: $7,700
--------------
Total: $15,000

Cheaper than a Porsche but far away from one. No handling feel, no acceleration, no road feedback - no thanks.

outie

We have been using the Boxster as a daily drive since 2000. Could not have asked for a better city car! The occasional drive to NY from Boston is always a blast as well.

It's also nice to have a garage to work on the car:
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Can't say we would have had the same amount of fun with a video game.

BTW, what do you all drive?

RainyDayInterns

A good friend notes that his Grand Turismo 4 times are no better with his the steering wheel controller.

Looks like I lost my excuse for not beating GT5-p yet...

I'm no Cayenne fan, but I still got a kick out of the tricked-out one I saw with custom plates that said "AMG EATR"

Turbo 4-bangers rule. I'm chipping my VW soon...

freccia

its fun powning people at gran turismo online... ive been waiting 10 years to do that...

urbanturban666

@Sexpun Tocome:
Not a huge Cayenne fan, but I do like the X5 indeed. The Grand Cherokee, OTOH, is merely OK, but underwhelming and very old school -- a bit typical of what US Auto did well, and what it didn't do well for a long time. I bought a new GC V8 in 97 and kept it for 10 years -- finally got tired of 9+ mpg in Chicago, and got a BMW 335xi, which actually gets 27 mpg on the highway -- amazing to me at least.

On the subject of quick and not stupid, I firmly believe there is literally nowhere within an hour of a large city like Chicago that you can truly open up a car and drive like a mad person -- for longer than a couple of minutes. Our roads simply aren't built to do that around cities. Of course I did get a $600 speeding ticket earlier this year, so maybe it's best that I _not_ drive like an idiot ;-)

Geraldo

DROOL! I wish I had a 1 million pageviews / day racing sim blog so that people could ship me one of those for reviewing :-/

pegasus_

looks like Mr. Garrison's IT invention. But does it feel like it?

lorettaelaine

lol...he didn't buy the cockpit...Ahmed Al Azmi, winner of the GT5 Prologue Middle East Challenge, was given the cockpit as a prize along with a ps3, 40" Bravia, and the Logitech Driving Force GT (replaced by his g25 with custom inverted pedals). Somethings got to be seriously wrong if ur going to dish out $15,000 for a videogame, unless ur insanely rich..

[www.gtplanet.net]

JPyo

lolol...the guy didn't spend $15,000 on that..IMO that would just be insane. Ahmed Al Azmi, winner of the GT5 Prologue Middle East Challenge, was given the cockpit as a prize along with a new ps3, 40" Sony Bravia, and a new Logitech Driving Force GT (replaced by his g25 with custom inverted pedals). see the article here... [www.gtplanet.net]

JPyo

@Sexpun Tocome: Trust me, I'm with you on the "wake the fuck up" issue. I'm probably gonna be crucified by my fellow Americans for saying this, but I'm happy that gas prices are rising. The magic $4/gallon price seems to finally have "woken" people up as SUV and truck sales have plummeted. I just feel bad for the the folks that already have 'em and can't sell 'em 'cause they're worth squat now.

Love the new GT-R. I didn't want to run down some huge laundry list of the cars that I like/love, just a few to get my tastes across.

Love the Camaro. The new 'Stang is nice, but not my favorite. I hate the new Challenger. An SRT-8 is slower than my SRT-4 in stock trim. That's what you get when you make a 4000+ lb. car I guess. It's just a bloated turd IMO. Also the styling is far too derivative for my taste. I know the Mustang and Camaro are too, but the Challenger is goes too far with it.

My Bachelor's is in Automotive and Industrial design. I could go on forever about styling specifics with you, but I think we're already too far off topic.

Cheers!

wiggatron

When O When will the FULL version of the greatest racing game ever come out? If I cant burn a hot lap into the ether on Laguna Seca in the next year I will commit vehicular Hari-Kari. I swear, no really

VideoVampire

@Sexpun Tocome: Yeah, I agree. German cars have no soul when compared to the likes of Lamborghini, Bentley, Bugatti...... oh shit. Those are all owned by Volkswagen AG. My bad...

And I heard just recently that some small-time "Mom and Pop" coachbuilder just bought a controlling stake in Volkswagen AG, but their name eludes me. I think their name starts with a "P", but I can't be sure.

wookie909