It's agedaboutaswellwas a pintofmilkthat's beingleftinthesungraphically, anyway.
ButthiswasactuallyconsideredoneofthebestlookingPStwogamesatthetimeofitsreleasedatein 2004 or 5 2004 NorthAmericaandEurope.
Itdidn't justhavethelooks.
Ithadthegameplaytobackitup.
Interestingly, though, whilewe'reonthesubjectoflooks, theNTSCregionversionofGranTurismofourfeatured a 10 80 I'm owedoneofonlyfourgamesontheconsultodoso.
Inreality, thismeantthatitcouldrunat 576 by 9 60 wasstretchedonthehorizontalaxisfor a finalresolutionof 17 28.
By 9 60 Itwasthenoutputat 1920 by 10 80 orso.
I'm toldit's irrelevanttomebecause I liveintheUKAndso I onlyeverexperiencedthepowerversion, whichonmyentrant, bigbacktelevision, looked a littlelikethis 10 yearoldmelovedcruisingaroundin a virtualAstonMartinNo, andthenthoughttomyself, HowgoodcouldthisalreadygoodlookinggamereallylookandHowardperformancebeaffected?
Thisiswhereemulationcomesin, usingthepowerofmyriseandfiveare X 5700 and 16 GigsofRam.
Wecanrunthegameat 38 40 by 2160 withnoperformancelossnow.
Admittedly, itwaslaggingatfirst, but I wastryingtorecordinternallyat 100 megabitspersecond, hencetheoccasionaldropsandstuff.
Aftermaking a quickchange, wewerebacktotheaction, thistimerunningat a smooth 60 FBS.
Evenwhenrecordingusing a MDrelive, I daresaythatthiscouldpassasanearlyPlayStationthreetitle.
Nowthatthevisualwasaresharpenedup a bit, sothisis a wellandgood, andduring a simplerace, theframerateswillremainsolid.
I wasofftotheBigApple, though I couldn't justturnupinanyoldbanger.
I neededsomethingthatscreamedclasssomethingthatsaid, Nowherecomes a manwithtastePerfect.
TheAmbrosiaMobilewasoffto a flyingstart, toppingoutatjustover 70 milesperhour.
Theframeratestillremainssolid, evenwithherGTXfor 80 anolderflagshipGPU, wewereabletomaintain a solidframerate, albeitatlowerresolutions, butit's still a betterexperiencethanthatoffthenativeone.
I didpushthings a bitfarwhen I triedtotakemyPriusoffroadingatfive.
QueOnda.
Asyoucansee, I experiencedtheminorinconveniencewithvisibility.
But I laterfoundoutthatthiswasbecause I wasadjustingtheinternalresolutionaswellastheemulatorrez, causing a conflictswitchingtofive k waasactuallypossibleagainwithnoadverseeffects.
Atthetime, I thoughtthePriuswastheproblem, so I tradeditinfor a secondhandcitrineZarain a warmingrouge.
Lucifer.
Notthebestvehicleforoffroading, I'lladmit, but a worthymatchfor a Fiatpanda.
Aftercheekyrestart, pretendinglikenothinghadhappened, I jumpbackintotheraceandwashonestlyblownawayathowgoodthisparticularstagelooked, justlikewhen I ransomPSonegamesatfour K a whileback, I wassurprisedatwhatwasbeneaththepixelatedandoftendistortedsurface.
I'm sorry I didn't testanymoregamestoday, butGTfouristheonlyone I haveleftontheplatformnowadays, and I couldn't exactlygotoanyshopstofindMauraduetothecurrentcircumstances.
Nonetheless, whilstyouarestuckindoors, it's alwaysworthcheckingout a fewemulatorsoutthere.