Wednesday 19 September 2012

Media Sharing: One of the Best things that I Didn't Know About the PS3

As we all probably know, the PS3 has it's own capacity to recognize windows 7 and some Vista computers, they'll come up under the video, music and picture icons labelled with the name that you have given your computer, but, what very few of us actually know, (I only just found this out myself) Is that you can use this feature to stream videos straight from your PC to your PS3 as well as music and photos, all you have to do is follow these simple steps: First of all, turn on your PS3 and make sure that it is recognizing your computer by turning the PC on as well and connecting it to the same access point as the PS3, then, once you can see your PC's name come up on your XMB (Cross Media Bar), access Windows Media Player from your laptop, if you have opened a song to do this, select 'Switch to Library' in the top right corner. A number of options will come up. Select 'Stream' and then 'More Streaming Options' from the drop down menu, a window will come up from the control panel, and a drop down menu tab labelled 'Local Network' should be there, click on this and select 'All Networks'. Once you have done this, on the list there should be an option listed as 'Unknown Device' select the drop down menu to the right of this and select 'allowed' and then OK at the bottom of the screen, this will apply the settings that you have just changed and allow your PS3 (when your computer is on) to access the video, picture and music files on your PC, this is particularly helpful when you have videos on a laptop but the laptop only has a small 17 or 19 inch screen, it removes the need for a VGA or HDMI cable and it smooths the whole process massively.
          I hope you learned something awesome about the PS3 like I did a few hours ago!
                        - Andy B / Einstein365

Tuesday 18 September 2012

My New Racing and Drifting Team!!!

So, I got bored and thought, hmm, something I haven't done, is make a racing team, so, I made one. The ACR team (Autostrada Champions Racing) is a team of my own creation and I am gaining new people all the time, so, should you want to join, add me, Einstein365 on PSN (or SEN as Sony so stupidly called it)
        I have also started setting up a YouTube channel for the team, of course, we can only let so many people into the team so anyone who is interested in watching the videos can do so at our channel here: www.YouTube.com/TheACRteam
As of right now, the only video on there is of the pictures that we have accumulated and the names of the other members of the team are at the end of the video, comment, rate and subscribe to keep us going!!!
        Thanks - Andy B (Einstein365)

Saturday 15 September 2012

Gran Turismo 5: Personal Tuning: Dodge Viper ACR

No changes to the downforce have been made to the rear but what can be done to the front has been.

Tyres: Front: Racing Soft 
           Rear:  Racing Soft 
 Brakes: Front: 8 
              Rear:  7 
Ride Height: Front: -7 
                     Rear:   -5 
Spring Rate: Front: 8.0 
                     Rear:  8.0 
Dampers (Extension): Front: 5 
                                    Rear:  5 
Dampers (Compression) Front: 3 
                                        Rear:  5 
Anti-Roll Bars: Front: 4 
                          Rear:  4 
Camber angle (-): Front: 1.5 
                             Rear:  1.0 
Toe Angle: Front: 0.10 
                   Rear:  0.10 

Differential: 
Initial Torque: Front: N/A 
                        Rear:  15 
                        Acceleration Sensitivity: Front: N/A 
                                                                Rear:   50 
Braking Sensitivity: Front: N/A 
                                 Rear:  35 
Gear Ratios (Transmission): 
 1st Gear:    2.857 
 2nd Gear:   2.034 
 3rd Gear:    1.534 
 4th Gear:    1.209 
 5th Gear:    0.996 
 6th Gear:    0.857 
 Final Gear: 2.462 
(The max speed should say in the top corner 283mph All of the components of the car that can be bought have been, including the weight reduction and engine improvement packs, the car in this set up should reach over 252mph when properly run in as it gains about 30bhp+ once it has been driven for a little while, giving a total of above 1030bhp. If you have any inquiries about how the car is set up then send me an email at:
 abannister08@gmail.com