Gran Turismo developer Polyphony Digital, already at the heart of so many different projects, will collaborate with Sony Honda Mobility on its real-life electric vehicle, AFEELA. The partnership was announced during the Japanese giant’s CES 2024 press conference overnight, although exactly what the relationship will entail remains unclear.
“The purpose of this partnership is to develop vehicles that fuse the virtual and the real, mainly in the area of human senses and emotions by combining Polyphony Digital’s simulation technology with the development of actual vehicles by Sony Honda Mobility,” the press release cryptically reads. During the press conference, it talked about using technology like the Unreal Engine to provide more meaningful driver information.
In the meantime, you’ll be able to test drive the AFEELA Prototype 2024 – which was steered on stage using a DualSense controller during the presentation – in Gran Turismo 7 later this year. “Before the vehicle is released, we would like to give [everyone] an opportunity to drive the car in the game,” the organisation said.
[source shm-afeela.com]
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Looking forward to testing it out in VR!
@SoulChimera Wow, yeah, that's really awesome!
@get2sammyb Absolute beast of a VR game. Unbelievably good with a race seat and wheel.
Hope the dashboard is better than the PS5's.....
@SoulChimera it's become my main use for PS5 now, absolutely mind blowing in VR with a wheel
Last night during Sony's presentation I found out about Sophy 2.0 for the first time. I don't play GT7 so I don't follow it and I guess I have been living under a rock. For those that do play GT7 how do you feel about this feature and does it make a difference in the game?
Polyphony have done an admirable job in supporting GT7 but there are still simple improvements that have not yet materialised (e.g. lacking information on race when in PSVR2, option to have speed and rev counter etc) and rarely are new tracks released (doesn’t have to be free and will happily pay). I just don’t understand Sony’s reluctance on this - on one hand they want to invest in live service, GT7 is in all practicality, a live service game so why not create and monetise on more content (like ACC for example)?
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