Gran Turismo 4 Single Layer Backup Tutorial (part 1)
This tutorial will explain how to create a DVD5 (Single Layer) backup for Gran Turismo 4. For this tutorial I will be using the PAL version (SCES_517.19).
Note:
Included with this tutorial is a “Preview Version” of Apache3. This is an unfinished product and has only been included to make the backup process a bit easier. There are still some bugs in this preview version and it’s a far-from-finished tool. You will probably even notice some parts of the tool don’t work at all as the code is unwritten.
Now, time to backup this great game.....
Launch Apache3, place your original copy of the game into a DVD drive and select this drive in the main Apache3 window:
Press the ‘Create ISO Image From CD/DVD’ icon:
Browse to a location on your Hard Drive, and save the ISO image. This will take a few minutes to complete. Please keep an eye on the ‘Read Errors’ indicator to make sure there is no problems with a dirty/damaged disk. If you get a read error, press the Cancel button and try cleaning the disk before starting again.
Once your ISO file has been created click the ‘Open’ button in Apache3 and open the newly created ISO file.
You should now see both layers of the game:
The next step is to create a FileList of the image – we will use the file list later when rebuilding the ISO. Click the ‘Create FileList’ button:
Save the text file list somewhere safe for now.
Now we need to extract the entire contents of the ISO to the hard drive. Select the ‘Extract All’ button:
Browse to a location on your hard drive to extract and click OK. Apache3 will begin the process of extracting both layers from the ISO file.
Once Apache3 has finished extracting the ISO, your selected folder should have both GT4.VOL and GT4L1.VOL files in it:
You can, for now, close Apache3.
Included with this tutorial pack is the latest version of my GT4 Ripper tool (v1.02). This version of the tool should work on all regions of the game.
Launch the GT4 Tool, click the browse button and select the GT4L1.VOL file. Click the ‘Extract’ button.
The extraction process will take a little while so sit back and relax for a few minutes.
Once the extraction process is complete you will see another folder called ‘Extracted’ in the same location as your GT4L1.VOL file. This is where all the movies have been extracted too.
