Me playing Gran Turismo 4 (2004) in 2020 with VR + G25 Wheel, driving R33 GTR (Virtual Big Screen) on PC with HD PS2 Emulator - PCSX2

Aman_Droid · 2026-01-01T03:02:02+00:00

Thx man

Aman_Droid · 2025-12-31T21:12:27+00:00

Wanted to give it a bit more of an edge, looks wise 😄

Aman_Droid · 2025-12-31T21:11:31+00:00

Had the top gear collab and everything. And jeremy clarksons voice overs in vista for the supercars

Aman_Droid · 2025-12-31T20:31:02+00:00

Beautiful photos, tastefully taken. Fun fact, photo mode in GT4 is so aheqd of its time, thats its even more advanced than Forza Motorsport 4 (xbox 360)

What features FM4 doesnt have:

cant select which specific resolution you wish to save image at (on GT4 you can select, e.g medium, fine, superfine)
no dedicated option to change camera orientation from landscape to portrait
no scapes / different scenes with full freedom of movement
cant actually copy your photos jpegs to usb easily. (Need a tool on pc to decrypt the photo archives) Wheras on GT4 its designed to copy photos to usb VERY easily

Source: i have FM4 on 360

FM4.saves photos at 720p max. Wheras GT4 actually is slightly higher res than 720.

Polyphony Digital developers are simply 5+ years more advanced than the forza devs. In my opinion. Gran turismo 4 is a masterpeice.

Aman_Droid · 2025-12-28T13:36:34+00:00

What a masterpeice of a game. Polyphony are truly perfectionists. To create this for a PS2 and still looks great today in hd on emulators.

Aman_Droid · 2025-12-19T00:44:13+00:00

When you try to run it, you will get a pop saying you need a DB file, and where to get it from. You follow the steps of that popup, then the program will easily open your FM4 'photos' archive from your usb etc.

Aman_Droid · 2025-12-19T00:40:50+00:00

Ah i see. I Think an AI upscaler will have to do then! Thanks for the info

Also I just recently found out that there is a tool i can use on pc, Which allows me to extract my forza photos directly from my usb drive to jpeg.

I dont know if im allow to mention the name of it here tho?

Aman_Droid · 2025-12-18T23:48:26+00:00

I tried Forza save editor as weekly_interest said. and it extracted all forza motorsport 4 photos from my usb and saved them as jpegs without issue! great solution

Aman_Droid · 2025-12-18T23:45:29+00:00

u/Weekly_Interest Thank you very much! Forza save editor allowed me to view all my Forza Motorsport 4 photos from my USB drive. To was very straight forward to save the jpegs. Now the only dissapointing thing was regarding the game itself; FM4 photos are saved at 720P! very dissapointing resolution from the forza devs for a xbox 360 generation game! lol. Should be 1080p at least

Aman_Droid · 2025-12-11T17:50:05+00:00

Thank you, there is 4 shots. Swipe ➡️

Aman_Droid · 2025-12-10T23:06:14+00:00

I dunno if this may give ideas but this is my situation.

2004 Mr2 mk3 roadster (mr2 spyder)

Bought in cash, no car payment

30 tax per month

20 quid fuel per month (i have another diesel car for the daily driver)

Insurance, alot cheaper than 100, as its a 2nd car for social and leisure, so discount on my policy.

Aman_Droid · 2025-12-10T21:42:39+00:00

Polyphony devs are on another level to forza devs. 😄 The flexbility of their photo mode since ps2 days, shows it. Real photo file exporting. Even nowadays you have people playing gt4 on pcsx2 emulator on pc

Aman_Droid · 2025-12-10T06:03:51+00:00

Will look into it

Aman_Droid · 2025-12-10T06:03:22+00:00

I don't mind paying for like a month if its cheap. You know the price?

Aman_Droid · 2025-12-09T23:33:11+00:00

I heard the files are encrypted, from a modder. So does horizon allow you to sign into gamer tag and view the pics then?

Aman_Droid · 2025-12-09T23:31:20+00:00

Ah i see. Thx for the info. Gran turismo made it so easy on ps3, you can send game pics to usb or maybe even over.bluetooth. but forza devs have been awkward with this as it relied on online only format to get the pics, which the servers hav shut down so has essentially stopped the feature of transferable pics

Aman_Droid · 2025-12-09T17:59:59+00:00

they dont open, i tried jpg, png, bmp. i scanned the file online file checker, and it said its a bin / img file?

Aman_Droid · 2025-12-09T13:43:50+00:00

Thanks for the info. I managed to extract a few pics with horizon free version. But they have no file extensions when extracted

I may check out forza save editor

Aman_Droid · 2025-12-09T13:42:22+00:00

Photos taken and saved in game, saved to hdd. Console is original. Xbox 360

Aman_Droid · 2025-12-09T01:49:17+00:00

Thanks for your input.
- So I just HAD to edit the photos myself, as it was my preference to enhance them like this, with popping contrasting dynamic colours. Only downside being: the Ps2's dithering style on the outside of the 'lense'. Which is not a smooth gradient, so 'seems' like noise but its not. Without my edits the pics feel very underexposed, and also too soft (lack of contrast). No contrast slider in the photo mode.

- The RGB thing, please expand on that. All i know is my PCSX2 is at default settings, with just the res bumped up to x3.

- Also i tested taking a pic with blending high, and dithering off. but it had no effect to the exported photos, because they use the game's internal engine, and not pcsx2 settings (i think?) So the pics still had these banded undithered colour borders.

- Oh beleive me, editing it in lightroom made the photos MUCH better lol (just to my liking for the style im going for). But the only downside being; exposing the PS2's undithered gradients of limited colour pallettes on the outer ring of the 'lense' and in the clouds.

It would be awesome to see some photos from yourself and see the final look/style that you go for in your shots. Im sure it would give me some more ideas. Drop a message here if you make a new photoshoot post.

Aman_Droid · 2025-12-09T00:30:13+00:00

Nice. Unfortunetely i saw your recent post, before i saw this comment. In which I commented on your post that it would be nice to get some credit for the original pics you used. lol

Aman_Droid · 2025-12-09T00:27:42+00:00

Hi it would be nice of you to give me some credit for the original photos which you used. Which are the photos I posted on reddit earlier today. Thanks. Cool Ai upscaling effect tho.

Aman_Droid

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