GT4 on PS3

[Mark@SCAN]

Should i see any improvements in playing PS2 GT4 on a PS3 connected via HDMI to my Toshiba 52'' DLP tele? @ 1080i?

Any comments appreciated

Thanks

[Dareos]

I reckon you just wanted to tell the world you had

a : a ps3

b : an HD ready Toshiba 52" DLP with a 1080i res.


to be fair, i would too if i had them


but no mate, not really, the game wont be coded for HD resolution i don' think, so the only noticable diff will be just down to the quality of cabling and general TV goodness, nothing else.

[chriswood_7]

I reckon you just wanted to tell the world you had

a : a ps3

b : an HD ready Toshiba 52" DLP with a 1080i res.


to be fair, i would too if i had them


but no mate, not really, the game wont be coded for HD resolution i don' think, so the only noticable diff will be just down to the quality of cabling and general TV goodness, nothing else.

My thoughts too! The words "rubbing", "it" and "in" spring to mind LOL

In answer to your Q, it should make the colours look more vibrant and the contrast will be much better, but the game will look as it did on PS2

[Philipp]

Hes been rubbing it in all day I have to sit next to the muppet.

[Madafwo]

Hes been rubbing it in all day I have to sit next to the muppet.

Rubbing what in exactly?

[noTHINGface]

... and where are you rubbin' it?

[TheAnimus]

personally i'd run it at 720p

1080i at that size you will see all kinds off interlacing lines!

It was on the menu that it drove me nuts (soo much so i dropped down too 720p) because anything that moves REALLY fast, looks a bit streaky.

[andshrew]

The game runs at 720x576 regardless or what HD resolution you have your PS3 set at. From my experiance it looks slighly better than playing it through the ps2 on the same TV, but dont expect anything amazing. Perhaps in a firmware update they'll add the ability to put AA on ps1/2 games, and readd the texture smoothing for PS1 games similar to what the PS2 did.

[gtech]

[TheAnimus]

The game runs at 720x576 regardless or what HD resolution you have your PS3 set at. From my experiance it looks slighly better than playing it through the ps2 on the same TV, but dont expect anything amazing. Perhaps in a firmware update they'll add the ability to put AA on ps1/2 games, and readd the texture smoothing for PS1 games similar to what the PS2 did.

I've yet too try a ps2 game on it, but surely the ps3 does the up scaling, as its almost certainly going too be better able than my TV?

[andshrew]

I've yet too try a ps2 game on it, but surely the ps3 does the up scaling, as its almost certainly going too be better able than my TV?

When playing PS1/2 games theres no upscaling to HD resolutions what so ever. It outputs both at 576i so their slighly enhanced (PS2 was 480p by default i think and PS1 something even lower). This is for a PAL machine atleast, I'm not sure if the orignal JAP/US ones do things differently due to having the PS2 chip onbaord.

[shaithis]

Well, the Jap (and maybe US?) versions of GT4 had HD modes in them that the European version did not.

I do have an original jap version of GT4, but a Euro PS3.....I presume sony enforce region encoding for PS2 games?

Otherwise, i might give it a blast tonight and see what it looks like.....

[andshrew]

I do have an original jap version of GT4, but a Euro PS3.....I presume sony enforce region encoding for PS2 games?

That would be correct

[Mark@SCAN]

Well i tried GT4 on my PS3 and i would say it did look a bit better in terms of colours and sharpness however i did notice some glitching in the top left hand corner of the screen also when going fast the screen would intermittantly go blank for a second or so...wierd? dont know if this is due to the euro PS3 only having software backwards compatability rather than hardware on the Jap/US PS3's would be interesting to know if anybody with a Jap/US PS3 could try a copy of GT4 on there's?

[ibiris]

I know this is a bit of a late reply, but...
Sony list GT4 on their PS2/PS3 compatibility list as "Should play on PLAYSTATION®3 with noticeable issues". Hopefully they'll be sorting most of them out with the next firmware update. If they do, I'll definately grab a copy off ebay to play before GT5 (or whatever they'll call it) coms out.

[tfboy]

<git mode> Well fortunately for me, I don't have any issues playing back old PS2 games with interlacing, as I run everything through my 1080P projector on my 2.5m screen.</git mode>

have to say though, standard def at big sizes doesn't look that pretty