Gran Turismo creator talks future ideas for PSP and Gran Turismo 5 interaction
October 28th, 2007 by astrotriforce
In an interview with Polyphony Digital’s Kazunori Yamauchi, the creator of the Gran Turismo series and President of the company, he talked extensively about both Gran Turismo 5: Prologue for PS3 and the future Gran Turismo for PSP. He hopes that the PSP version of the franchise will be out after Gran Turismo 5 on PS3 . . . but who knows how long it will take them to finish that.
But even so, they have several ambitious ideas for when a PSP Gran Turismo is out, particularly in interfacing it with GT5 on the PS3.
For example, he would love to offer the player the ability to save replays from Gran Turismo 5 on PS3 and transfer them to the PSP, where users could view them, take the replays with them wherever they go, and show them off to people or perhaps trade them with other fans. He says, “One example would be for people to utilize replays of their race experience. Take that outside the home, whereas at home you would need the PS3, but they can take that away and share.”
And of course, an obvious use of having a Gran Turismo on both PS3 and PSP would be versus play between the two consoles! “We’re just talking ideals here – but it would be nice if we were able to allow people to compete whether they’re on the road or in their living room on the PS3, compete in the same race. Even though the visual qualities will be different depending on which hardware they’re on it would be nice if we could allow for that. Technically, we think we should be able to.”
And last (but not least), how about managing a car, and letting it race on it’s own, using the PSP? “Basically you’re the race manager. You don’t even need to steer the controller, you just set the car and let it go; you’re managing it. Another example would be the PSP would be your management tool: give it input and give it instructions and the car would continue on with the race.” — Quotes from Joystiq