Multi-monitor ultrawide Gran Turismo on PlayStation 2
Did you know this was a thing? If you happen to have three TVs, consoles, and copies of Gran Turismo 3 or 4 lying around, you can hook them together to a wide cockpit view. Reasonable to a sim racer, but to me it would've been the most ballin PS2 setup ever.
GT3 uses i.LINK (FireWire) to connect the consoles, while GT4 uses the network adapter. Supposedly GT4 supports up to 6 screens!
I don't have three, let alone six of any of those things, but dang I wish I did.
Links:
- Attached image is from here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAX3-iuTHKM
- GT3 Random Japanese article from 2001: https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20010507/gt3.htm
- How to LAN with GT4: https://www.sim-racers.com/gt/How%20to%20LAN%20with%20GT4.html
- Also on PS3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZB7kHPmuvE
The synchronization on this must've been painful to implement. It seems to basically be three consoles running three separate simulations in tandem.
Just be careful to start each game at the same time
ok maybe not