Gran Turismo 4 PAL License S-14 Demo

3 months ago
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Q:Why is there a black border?
A:Firebrandx's profile comes like this to scale pixels on an integer scale so it looks sharp.

Q:They still don't very sharp to me
A:We PAL gamers got the short end of the stick until the HDMI era, and almost all games are NTSC conversions squished into the frame. Long story short, aspect ratio of 98% of PAL games is wrong and there's nothing we can really do about it. I could blow up the image, sure, but YT processing is gonna destroy this enough, the black border at least gives us a little more bandwith for the video without losing any detail.

Q:Why does the screen change color when starting the demo?
A:Demos start by default on TV-cam mode and with no inputs shown, I had to change to "display" by pressing twice Square and then pressing Cross, wich cycles modes thus flashing the screen.

Q:At the beginning of some demos I can't watch the inputs
A:The game doesn't let you change the camera mode until the replay begins to fade in from black, and the game can't show any other HUD elements until the replay info (car, tyres, circuit) has faded out completely. To change that we would have to get access to source code, so there's nothing we can do about it for now.

Q:I want to see it from another camera
A:I have no plans to lose 2 hours of my life per camera angle, but if there is demand, I can think about it.

Q:Do you plan to upload licenses from other regions or games?
A:I believe only GT4 PAL has this issue emulator-wise in the whole series, but if people would like to have that, I could consider losing 2 more hours of my life per game.

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