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No problem. The only thing that is not sweet about that is the price tag of $200+. But it's made from good material from real leather and metal pedals . It's really a recommendation for enthusiast alike and you should get a cockpit too which I have also which makes it into more simulation. The only thing that is missing is the G forces, other than that it's 99.00% identical than the real car counterpart.
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For Sale/Trade New Super.Fi 2008 (Trade w/ Super.Fi 5 Pro/EB) Headphones Currently Using: High-End: MDR-R10, RS-2, Qualia 010 Normal: MDR-V6, HD-580, DT-770 Portable: Super.Fi 5, MDR-EX700, SE530 Professional: MDR-7506, HD-280, MDR-7509HD DJ:MDR-V700, HDJ-1000 Amplifier Currently Using: Everyday: Grace M902 Albums Currently Listening:
Ne-Yo - Year of The Gentleman
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded
Boyz II Men - Legacy
The Game - L.A.X.
Nas - Untitled
Jesus. I bet they're missing something though. The feedback of the linkage and transmission in a stick shift. Ya know, the threshold resistance before it finally slots into gear. A real car doesn't have just an H pattern and slide in like some arcade game. It has a physical resistance before engaging. Wonder if that things has that. Maybe the mechanical feedback of not pressing in the clutch and trying to pull it out of gear (will it grind gears in a game if you shift without using the clutch?). Or the feedback/vibration of the shift lever when actually just driving around.
Maybe that's more like 80% now
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mr_baseball: I guess times have changed and Head-fiers are getting laid like champs now. (Except I seriously doubt that's the case given all the anime and computer related threads around here..)
Jesus. I bet they're missing something though. The feedback of the linkage and transmission in a stick shift. Ya know, the threshold resistance before it finally slots into gear. A real car doesn't have just an H pattern and slide in like some arcade game. It has a physical resistance before engaging. Wonder if that things has that. Maybe the mechanical feedback of not pressing in the clutch and trying to pull it out of gear (will it grind gears in a game if you shift without using the clutch?). Or the feedback/vibration of the shift lever when actually just driving around.
Maybe that's more like 80% now
LOL I was talking about the physics of the car. But it doesn't have resistance on the shift. It doesn't stall if you just press gas without releasing the clutch. It doesn't drop a transmission if you shove it to the 1st gear from 5th. But then again, none of the games are except with a very little exception of Live for Speed.
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For Sale/Trade New Super.Fi 2008 (Trade w/ Super.Fi 5 Pro/EB) Headphones Currently Using: High-End: MDR-R10, RS-2, Qualia 010 Normal: MDR-V6, HD-580, DT-770 Portable: Super.Fi 5, MDR-EX700, SE530 Professional: MDR-7506, HD-280, MDR-7509HD DJ:MDR-V700, HDJ-1000 Amplifier Currently Using: Everyday: Grace M902 Albums Currently Listening:
Ne-Yo - Year of The Gentleman
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded
Boyz II Men - Legacy
The Game - L.A.X.
Nas - Untitled
I'm looking for a BT headset to use when playing CoD4, preferably something under $25. Any recommendations?
My only constraint is that it should be earplug only, without a loop that goes behind the ear because I wear glasses and am playing with headphones on most of the time.
Well, Sony's E3 was pretty disappointing, I already expected GoWIII and an FPS on the PSP doesn't really interest me. (Console limitations) The new BC-less 80GB with Dual Shock 3 (supposedly) looks good, I already have a PS2. But cmon, give me a white one!
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Anyone here from Japan? How much does a PS3 cost there? I mean at an average store in Tokyo. Coz my dad's going there on buisness so I'd thought he'd buy me a PS3 there.
Thanks
BTW, what's the difference between PAL, NTSC and whatever there is in Japan?
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Anyone here from Japan? How much does a PS3 cost there? I mean at an average store in Tokyo. Coz my dad's going there on buisness so I'd thought he'd buy me a PS3 there.
Thanks
BTW, what's the difference between PAL, NTSC and whatever there is in Japan?
10x
America uses NTSC, Europe uses PAL, Japan uses NTSC-J. NTSC was the original standard and runs at 60 Hz. PAL came later and fixed most of NTSC's issues. It runs at 50 Hz and comes with a nifty design change that pretty much eliminated chroma aberrations. NTSC-J is a variation of NTSC with a different brightness level setting. NTSC and NTSC-J are intercompatible with only a slight change to brightness needed to compensate. PAL is not compatible with either.
If you are using HD output (component or HDMI), compatibility is a non-issue for you. Also, many newer TVs will take either NTSC or PAL input so you may not have an issue even though you would be using an NTSC-J unit in a PAL territory. However, if you aren't using an HD output and don't have an NTSC compatible TV, a Japanese PS3 would leave you out of luck.
Other possible issues are that any PS1/PS2 games you have will not work since those are region locked. Also, updates may be funky as your PS3 will report back to Sony as a Japanese region PS3, so you'll receive updates from that region. Same for online gaming. You also won't be able to play PAL region DVDs, will be region locked for Blu-Ray, and a whole set of possible issues related to service (read: no warranty or repair for you). Really, the only gray market console I'd even think about in your situation would be the HK PS3. I believe those are the only consoles that are 220-240V compatible and can play both NTSC and PAL materials due to an oddity in HK's NTSC/PAL situation.
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I agree with the PS3 being mainly a Gran Turismo device... but,....
you've gotta throw Metal Gear Solid 4 in there too. In fact, those are really the two games I bought the system for. Yes, Metal Gear is here...
but, we'll be waiting until late... late 2009 if we're lucky for GT5. Prologue is really great though.
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. It's really a recommendation for enthusiast alike and you should get a cockpit too which I have also which makes it into more simulation. The only thing that is missing is the G forces, other than that it's 99.00% identical than the real car counterpart.
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