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GT5 was the first thing I thought of when I saw this: :laugh:

DIY Racing Game Cockpit Inside an Ottoman

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If you're a hardcore fan of racing games and prefer to use steering wheel and pedal peripherals, gamer Lyshco shows us how to enhance the experience (and keep your peripherals neatly stored) with a racing cockpit inside an ottoman.

Lyshco took a hollow ottoman with a lid and built a makeshift cockpit with an old car seat, reverse-mounted pedals, and even sliding panels so that people with shorter or longer legs can adjust the cockpit to their comfort. The peripherals sure aren't cheap, but if you're already using a bunch of them anyway, this is a pretty inexpensive and cool way to make a really cool gaming setup. And, best of all, it takes very little time to pack up and put away, so you don't have all your peripherals cluttering up your living room. Check out the guide for more photos and instructions on how to put it together.

My Ottoman Racing Cockpit [Overclockers.net via Hack a Day]

Source: Lifehacker

Esquire Magazine interview this month

Gran Turismo began as a simple ambition to create the perfect driving simulator; now, it?s evolved into one of the most successful video game series ever, and a social movement in its own right. Esquire caught up with Kazunori Yamauchi as he put the finishing touches to the latest chapter.

In a quiet backstreet of Tokyo?s Koto district stands a nondescript office building, its plain fa?ade and modest signage giving little away as to the type of business conducted above its white-tiled lobby. Up on the second floor hides the headquarters of Polyphony Digital, a subsidiary of Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc (SCEI). It is the developing studio responsible for Gran Turismo, the most accurate driving series ever to grace a games console, and ? with more than 56m copies sold - one of the primary contributors to the success of Sony?s PlayStation.

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Just off to read it all myself now :)

Trophy list

1 - Hidden Trophy

2 ? Hidden Trophy

3 - Hidden Trophy

4 - Penniless - Spend every last Credit your have - bronze

5 - Colorful - Collect 256 paint colors - bronze

6 - The Air of Experience - Raise a B-Spec driver to the peak of this career - bronze

7 - A Star is Born - Train a B-Spec driver up to Class 30 or above - bronze

8 - Human Stopwatch - Complete three consecutive laps with tomes within 0.2 seconds of the Best Lap Time - bronze

9 - GT-R Official Record - Achieve a time of 7?29.03 on Nurburgring Nordshleife in a Nissan GT-R 07 - bronze

10 - Dream Race - Win the ultimate three-way showdown between a FordMark IV Race Car, a Ferrari 330 P4 R... - bronze

11 ? Arch Rivals ? Achieve a one-two finish in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X and a Subaru IMPREZA WRX STI - bronze

12 ? Within One Hundredth ? Win a race by a margin of 0.01 seconds or less - bronze

13 ? 111 Meters a Second ? Achieve a speed of 400km/h - bronze

14 ? Speed Demon ? Achieve a speed of 300km/h - bronze

15 ? Sky-High Roller ? Buy an insanely expensive car - bronze

16 ? High Roller ? Bought a serriously expensive car - bronze

17 ? Maximum Mileage ? Buy a used car with 300 000km or more travel distance - bronze

18 ? Half a Century of Cars ? Own at least one car each from the ?60s, ?70s, ?80s, ?90s and ?00s, - bronze

19 ? Old-Timer ? Acquire a car manufactured in 1959 or earlier - bronze

20 ? Multi-Millionaire ? Possess an Ivane amount of money - bronze

21 ? Car Collector ? Fill your Garage with 1000 cars - bronze

22 ? Beyond the Autobahn ? Drive 12,718km in total ? the length of all Germany?s Autobahns combined - bronze

23 ? Driving Music ? Use the Personal BGM function, and go for a drive while listening to your favorite songs - bronze

24 ? Data Analyst ? Analyze yout performance using the Data Logger ? bronze

25 ? Dream Drifter ? Get 10 000 points or more in a Sector Mode Drift Trial ? bronze

26 ? Race Ready ? Perform Racing Modifications on one of your cars ? bronze

27 ? Loony Tune ? Spend an Ivane amount of money on tuning a car ? bronze

28 ? Course Designer ? Create and share a track ? bronze

29 ? Proud Owner ? Take and Share a photo ? bronze

30 ? The Right Direction ? Win yout first B -Spec event race ? bronze

31 ? Win Number One ? Win yout first A-Spec event race ? bronze

32 ? Gran Turismo Karting Experience ? Complete the Gran Turismo Karting Experience Special Event? bronze

33 ? Jeff Gordon NASCAR School ? Complete the Jeff Gordon NASCAR School Special Event? bronze

34 ? Top Gear Test Track ? Complete the Top Gear Test Track Special Event? bronze

35 ? AMG Driving Academy ? Complete the AMG Driving Academy Special Event? bronze

36 ? Gran Turismo Rally ? Complete the Gran Turismo Rally Special Event? bronze

37 ? Grand Tour ? Complete the Grand Tour Special Event? bronze

38 ? Sebastien Loeb Rally Challenge ? Complete the Sebastien Loeb Rally Challenge Special Event ? bronze

39 - Hidden Trophy

40 - National C License ? Complete the C License ? bronze

41 - National B License ? Complete the B License ? bronze

42 ? National A License ? Complete the A License ? bronze

43 - International C Licencse ? Complete the International C Licencse ? bronze

44 - International B Licencse ? Complete the International B Licencse ? bronze

45 ? International A Licencse ? Complete the International A Licencse ? bronze

46 ? Super License ? Complete the S License ? bronze

47 - Begginer Series Complete ? Complete the Begginer series of Race Events ? bronze

48 - Profesional Series Complete ? Complete the Professional series of Race Events ? bronze

49 - Amateur Series Complete ? Complete the Amateur series of Race Events ? bronze

50 ? Profesional Series Complete ? Complete the Professional series of Race Events ? bronze

51 ? Expert Series Complete ? Complete the Expert series of Race Events ? bronze

52 ? Extreme Series Complete ? Complete the Extreme series of Eace Events ? bronze

53 - Hidden Trophy

54 ? Hidden Trophy

55 ? Finale ? Reach the sfing movie ? gold

56 ? Epert Manager ? Reach B-Spec Level 40 ? silver

57 ? Excellent Driver ? Reach A-Spec Level 40 ? silver

58 ? Gold Standart ? Get a gold trophy in every race event, license test and special event ? gold

59 ? Gran Turismo Platinum Trophy ? Earn every single Gran Turismo 5 Trophy ? platinum

60 - Hidden Trophy

?There are a lot of things that we couldn?t put in this time,? he sighs, ?so we?ll probably just continue making the game. Completing one piece of work - in this case, GT5 - really connects to the motivation to make the next one.?

From http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/video-games/8113479/Gran-Turismo-5-developer-interview.html

Contradiction? I'm sure the line from PD for at least the last 12 months has been that the reason it has been delayed so much is because they wanted it to be finished, and there wouldn't be any patches for additional content. Here, Yamauchi seems to be saying quite the opposite - it's not the finished product he wanted it to be. So my question is, couldn't he have drawn the line a year ago? Surely some of the features they kept adding could of been added to the list of "things that we couldn't put in this time"? We would all of been happy with GT5 last year and GT5.1 next year.

From http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/video-games/8113479/Gran-Turismo-5-developer-interview.html

Contradiction? I'm sure the line from PD for at least the last 12 months has been that the reason it has been delayed so much is because they wanted it to be finished, and there wouldn't be any patches for additional content. Here, Yamauchi seems to be saying quite the opposite - it's not the finished product he wanted it to be. So my question is, couldn't he have drawn the line a year ago? Surely some of the features they kept adding could of been added to the list of "things that we couldn't put in this time"? We would all of been happy with GT5 last year and GT5.1 next year.

They probably added a **** ton of things, but Yamauchi still has more things to put in it.

They probably added a **** ton of things, but Yamauchi still has more things to put in it.

In a way, yes.

Have you started work on GT6?

There were a lot of things we couldn't include in 5 that will carry over into 6, so in that respect, development has already started.

Source.

Great find Killa. Thanks! This actually confirms what I had mentioned before about the number tracks. Looks like they are counting reverse/sections/weather versions of tracks. Still looks amazing though.

I hope that track selection layout isn't the same through all the modes, as that is a bit stupid. Why do you have to create a seperate entry for the same track in the rain? Reverse track, fair enough, but you should be allowed to choose the weather after you've chosen the track.

I hope that track selection layout isn't the same through all the modes, as that is a bit stupid. Why do you have to create a seperate entry for the same track in the rain? Reverse track, fair enough, but you should be allowed to choose the weather after you've chosen the track.

Agreed. But maybe there is something we don't know yet.

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