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Gran Turismo HD Becomes Free Download
The Opposable Thumbs blog mentions a surprising twist from the world of Sony products; Gran Turismo HD will now be a free download. The realistic racing title was slated to be released as a full game, but the word is now that Polyphony will be releasing what they have, via e-Distribution, in Japan and the U.S.. Instead of continuing work on GT HD, they'll focus on Gran Turismo 5, the next 'full' game in the series. From the article: "In Japan there will be a free download that includes ten cars and two layouts of a single track. Not exactly an embarrassment of riches, but hey, free is free. There is no hint at when we'll see this download in the US, but I don't think it will be too long. Gran Turismo isn't exactly a small property here, and a free taste of the game in full 1080p will give gamers something to show off to other car buffs on their shiny HDTVs."
I played Gran Turismo 4 in 1080i. It's the one and only PS2 game to support it, afaik. Technically HD, but admittedly since the geometric complexity was still PS2 levels it wasn't that much better...
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Gamespot reported the same thing yesterday, but nothing was said of a possible US (or anywhere else) release of this. For now it's Japan only, a bonus for the disillusioned Japanese who don't really have the system (since there's like 100k only out there for them).
"The only downside is that only 6 SPUs are exposed from Linux (there are 8 on the high-end systems, 7 avaiable to PS3 games)."
AFAIK games only use 6 too. The 7th is reserved for the PS3 OS to do background tasks.
Glad someone is getting some use out of PS3 linux, anyway. It's quite a console milestone, and I'm surprised Slashdot in general isn't more interested.