Real-World Data Import Coming to Gran Turismo in 2013
Since the technology was first announced in January of 2010, Gran Turismo’s “Data Logger” has been mentioned a few times a year. As the first car to support it, the Toyota 86, makes its way into the world market, we’re finally learning a bit more about the product.
In a demo session hosted for the press by Toyota, Denso, and Polyphony Digital at Fuji Speedway earlier this week, a new video was filmed to show it in action, with Kazunori Yamauchi himself behind the wheel of an 86.
The data logger, formally known as the CAN-Gateway ECU (Controller Area Network-Gateway Electronic Control Unit), works by storing GPS location data, engine speed, steering, and pedal input on a USB drive. This drive can then be attached to a PlayStation 3 console, where the lap can be reproduced and viewed within Gran Turismo 5.
Polyphony Digital has released a screenshot of what the Data Logger menu screen would look like, but warns it is still a work in progress on their Japanese website.
The new CAN-Gateway ECU is scheduled to be released for consumers in the later part of 2013, as the product undergoes final testing by professional drivers.
Although most players will obviously never have a chance to record their own laps, U.S. Gran Turismo producer Taku Imasaki hinted at the possibility of using the technology to record “celebrity laps”, which could then be featured and distributed in the game.
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September 14th, 2012 at 12:29 pm - #TakeshiSkunk
I don’t understand people calling this useless, as long as they get some professional drivers onboard to log laps I think it’ll be incredible interesting and useful.
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September 12th, 2012 at 6:02 pm - #Nuschel01
I’d love to scan some lapse on the Nordschleife then :D
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September 11th, 2012 at 12:51 pm - #TalkinOrange
I guess I could try this since I live really close to Laguna Seca…
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September 10th, 2012 at 5:13 pm - #Peskdale61
Celebrity laps? I wonder if it will work at Dunsfold…
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September 10th, 2012 at 7:50 am - #jwb351
This is very cool. I agree that not gonna be used initially by many, including myself. However, technology always needs to be looking ahead. We may not see all the applications this may offer in the future now, but the same has been said of many other “useless” tech in the past. Such as mp3 players, blue-ray, etc…….
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September 9th, 2012 at 3:33 am - #Moglet
Wow, awesome, a feature that is useless to 99% of the people who play the game! Great work, PD. Meanwhile Turn10 have teamed up with Playground and are releasing an entirely new game before GT5 is even fixed. Wake up Kaz, you’re not in the 1990s anymore, you have competition now.
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September 8th, 2012 at 11:52 pm - #infamousphil
What you are looking for is on ForzaMotorsport. What the general player needs is the discontinuation of that dredded ghoasting feature during online play and when that idiot slams himself and others into immovable objects the rest of us get to drive by and see their burned out hulks burn to the ground while the safety crew cleans up their mess. That’ll teach’em!!!
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September 9th, 2012 at 2:53 am - #Rios
If what we were looking for had anything to do with Forza we would all be over on a Forza forum, where it sounds like you should me.
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September 9th, 2012 at 2:54 am - #Rios
If what we were looking for had anything to do with Forza we would all be over on a Forza forum, where it sounds like you should be.
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September 8th, 2012 at 4:38 pm - #CorvetteConquer
Am I playing a game for car enthusiasts and everyday gamers or am I a test subject for professional race car drivers?
Where’s the livery editor, club/team builder, number plate editor, etc that we’ve been desiring for so long?
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September 8th, 2012 at 11:45 pm - #Nokkien
Actually that would make the GT series less wanted, and would hurt game sales.
People that wants modding, have tons of other (toy) games to buy.
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September 9th, 2012 at 2:07 am - #MuoNiuLa
@Nokkien: Are you kidding me? Even PC sims have these features. GT is the toy compared to them.
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September 8th, 2012 at 2:36 pm - #Kyy357
Useless feature for the most of us.
We should not ask for DLC because that can be just a few cars or a track. What we need to be asking is an expansion that adds new A-Spec races !
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September 8th, 2012 at 9:31 am - #vampyr
Watching this video allows me to see the ONE THING that GT5 is missing. There isn’t any body movement of the car in the game like there is in the Real Life video. Gran Turismo needs to show the car’s body go through the bumps and show the vibration in the car as the tires lose traction.
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September 8th, 2012 at 12:36 pm - #MuoNiuLa
It’s actually missing a lot more things than that.
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September 8th, 2012 at 9:23 am - #SZRT Ice
“Livery/vinyl editor, rim/tire customization, bodykits & wide-body mods announced for GT?.”
The article I’m hoping for.
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September 7th, 2012 at 7:22 pm - #MikeKyu
Hopefully Suzuka’s training facility will support this by next summer. Gonna be there running lots of laps (or just one fantastically tragic one)
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September 7th, 2012 at 11:47 am - #peccio
WE-WANT-GT6!
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September 7th, 2012 at 11:45 am - #daus26
Useless or not, it looks amazing. The drift and angle is recreated in the game’s replay.
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September 7th, 2012 at 11:20 am - #Akbar2k7
GO TOYOTA
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September 7th, 2012 at 3:03 pm - #Lambob
alrighteee, (rubs hands in quick succession), let’s see this data logger aaaand…
‘Your left door, is ajar! Your left door, is ajar! Your….’ ;p
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September 7th, 2012 at 10:42 am - #emanuelmelo
Isn’t this something that was supposed to had been introduced a few updates back?! I mean, if they haven’t finished it on time, why do they keep loosing developing this to gt5 instead of putting it functioning properly in the GT6?
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September 7th, 2012 at 3:07 pm - #another_jakhole
Do you understand that it’s not like they’re the only ones involved. It’s not like they’re using up half their resources for this. It’s not going to stop them from continuing work on everything else.
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September 7th, 2012 at 8:24 pm - #Quakebass
Not a few updates back, it was supposed to be in the game from the start – along with many other features and content. There was an article a while back claiming that this feature should be coming “soon”.
And as another_jakhole said, I don’t think there’s a massive amount of workforce on this project…
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September 7th, 2012 at 8:36 am - #pay2021
When PD implement a good/decent tire model and propper physics this just be usefull, meanwhile…
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September 7th, 2012 at 10:15 am - #Progress823
+1…. Proper tire wear model indeed. Until then, this is a pointless feature.
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September 7th, 2012 at 1:48 pm - #Neilson248
To be fair, it seems as though, pd has already consistently pushed the limits of what the ps can do in terms of physics and graphics… Unless pd decides to develop gt for pc, it’s seems as though gt will always be below the standard of games like iracing. Having said that, despite all the moaning, pd has done an amazing job with what they’ve got even if it’s not perfect. Having said that, it’s seems as though Assetto corsa is gonna take sim racing to a whole new level
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September 7th, 2012 at 1:51 pm - #Neilson248
And we will all have to invest in decent pcs
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September 7th, 2012 at 8:25 pm - #Quakebass
Answer: PS4. I’ve got a feeling it’ll have the power…
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September 7th, 2012 at 7:40 am - #swara96
Now if only they incorporate drag racing times ;)
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September 7th, 2012 at 7:32 am - #MetastableRacer
Batter yet. Put Kaz in the game! He is a driver! Would like to put our timers up & see how we compair to the master!!!
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Data logger is handy if your trying teach other people how to drive quick.
Main thing that needs to be sorted is tire model. Their like Prelli f1 tires! You push them too hard on one lap and you’ll ruin your race. They are a joke.