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Sunday, November 12, 2000

Gran Turismo 1 Controller Settings (Game Shark Hints)

I had a sudden inspiration to hunt down the saved settings for the players' controllers in GT1 version 1.1, and discovered that it is fairly easy to work with.

Disclaimer: Do not use any of these codes unless you know what you are doing and understand and are willing to take the risks involved. Even if you do understand the risks, double-check my numbers if possible. (E.g. always inspect the value of a location for consistency before changing it).

Here is a chart indicating where the values indicating Controller Settings are stored (during pre-race and race mode):

So, in my table LB2A indicates the location that stores the value representing the key player 2 uses to "look back" when the controller is in analog mode. That value will be the one of the "General Key Values" corresponding to the key being used. For instance, if the key is R2, the value 09 will be found at that location (800CBF75).

Similarly, for example, G+1D indicates the location that stores the value representing the key player 1 uses to "shift up" when the controller is in digital mode.

Sorry, there are more analog values available for acceleration and brakes, but I did not chart them all.

Note that you can apparently set acceleration to be analog, and brakes to be digital, or vice versa, and have it work as you would like.

When you are in race-mode, you can actually change some of the above locations with a Game Shark Pro, and have them take effect. For instance, you can pause the game with the "start" button, change a location, and notice that your controllers have instantly changed when you return to the game and then unpause it.

These locations are all in the middle of the "memory card" portion of memory. It gets moved around in different modes.

Here is the equivalent table for the "Options" screen:

and in "Shopping" mode: