6 PS2s, GT3, and an iLink hub

I remember reading about one of the gameshows a few years back demoing GT3 (Gran Turismo 3) with the Logitech steering wheel. Somewhere, somehow I recall one of the developers saying that you could connect 6(?) PS2 units via an iLink/FireWire hub and have each unit render a different camera view for a single player race. You could conceivably set up a little "cockpit" of monitors and actually be able to look around you to see the other cars.

Now I know it's not likely that anyone here was able to easily grab, oh, six copies of GT3, six TVs, and six PS2s and test this out. But has anyone here ever hooked together any PS2s for multiplayer GT3? Is there any option that pops up that looks like it might offer up something like this?



Bueller...?

Heh. wish I could say I had, but I'd love to try it.

I sort of remember the hooking up of 3 monitors but I'm not sure.

Yeah, memory says something about 3.

perhaps PS2IGN's FAQ can shed some light.

3 with 2 players per each screen. Man, me and a bunch of my buddies were gonna do that at the theater one time (another friend worked there, friends w/ management), but we had no i.Link cable and the projectors were old as piss so we had no way to hook the PS2s up to them. Would have been damn cool if we did it, though.

Hmmm...after doing some further reading it is indeed 3 PS2s with two players on each. Apparently there is a broadcast mode where people can choose to spectate instead of driving- maybe that's where the other camera angles come in. 3 displays wouldn't be too bad at all if you could expand your field of view onto them. Hmmm...Target has the necessary cables for $10 a pop, maybe it's time to grab those and an iLink hub and give this a shot. I know at least 4 people nearby with GT3...

hey...this is off-topic, but if you're cookie monster, shouldn't you have an avatar of "the" Cookie Monster himself? ;)

points to bahn and reminds him that his av has nothing to do with his name either :D

This reminds me of that Ferarri arcade game Yu Suzuki made. It had side monitors, too.