Hedon Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 One of the new features in Gran Turismo 5 I've personally been looking forward to is head-tracking. Unless you've got the luxury of playing racing games on three screens, the ability to look into and through the turns – just as you should do in real life – provides a considerably more immersive experience. GT5's head-tracking was first shown in limited action at E3 2010, but it was reportedly difficult to use because of surrounding conditions the PlayStation Eye had to deal with. According to a recent article from the Official PlayStation Magazine, however, the functionality isn't perfect. Quoting the magazine from this article at CVG.com: "Face-tracking using the PS Eye works on the 200 cars with cockpits and lets you look around by tilting your face away fro the screen, but the early demo we played left us underwhelmed. Head-tracking has been working well on PC for years using IR camera and reference makers but PS Eye is a simpler camera and Gran Turismo applies a digital interpretation to an analogue movement. A slight glance to the left or right is translated by the game after a considerable delay as a full 90-degree crane of your neck. Hopefully Polyphony can smooth things out before release." My link Sounds more like a limitation of the dated PS Eye than it is game or console related. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo2008jedi Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 I dont understand the need for head tracking, I mean you move your head but have to keep your eyes fixed on screen. Live For Speed implimented 2 buttons (1 for left, 1 for right) that you pressed to give you 45deg head turn in game this was more user friendly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmatic Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 i dunno, but cant they use the x-axis of one of the joysticks to change view direction? isnt that the original intention of the dual stick design? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antaris Veteran Posted July 23, 2010 Veteran Share Posted July 23, 2010 I love my PS3, I love Gran Turismo, but the longer it takes, the longer I regret not grabbing a 360 and playing Forza 3 :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo2008jedi Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Yeah I would rather have the Right stick to change in-game head movement, using the L2&R2 for accel/break and l1/r1 gear change (maybe). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Hammond Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 GT can use analogue stick for acceleration and brakes so they cant map it to the 2nd analogue stick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo2008jedi Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 In prolog you could use the L2/R2 instead of R-Stick...which frees it up. After all not everyone had the EYE :) Edit: Atleast they could add it as an option Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedon Posted July 23, 2010 Author Share Posted July 23, 2010 I dont understand the need for head tracking, I mean you move your head but have to keep your eyes fixed on screen. Live For Speed implimented 2 buttons (1 for left, 1 for right) that you pressed to give you 45deg head turn in game this was more user friendly. You need to check out the TrackIR demo with ARMA II and you will understand how it works without moving your eyes from the screen. Essentially the smallest turn of your head, left or right, gives a dramatically bigger move on the screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sethos Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 You need to check out the TrackIR demo with ARMA II and you will understand how it works without moving your eyes from the screen. Essentially the smallest turn of your head, left or right, gives a dramatically bigger move on the screen. Exactly, it doesn't work off a 1:1 ratio. TrackIR in ArmA II is sweet :wub: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDQuiksilver Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 I think most of us could do without the tracking. Release already! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedon Posted July 24, 2010 Author Share Posted July 24, 2010 Agreed but I would take tracking over go carts (: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalE Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 Agreed but I would take tracking over go carts (: Nooo, I'd take go-karts over head tracking any day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0nyX Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 I love my PS3, I love Gran Turismo, but the longer it takes, the longer I regret not grabbing a 360 and playing Forza 3 :( The most important thing will be not to still regret after GT5 comes out and playing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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