Thursday, December 26, 2013

Crazy race tests whether virtual driving skills carry over to real life


Does being good at driving simulator games translate very well to real life racing? Swedish digital games store Viagame decided to find out with an unusual test: strapping a real race car driver into the same vehicle as a decorated video gamer to go head-to-head in both the real and virtual worlds. All this took place at the Circuit de Catalunya, a race track in Barcelona, where the pair climbed into a Renault Mégane RS 265 coupe outfitted with a gaming PC and a 19-inch monitor in the passenger seat. Both drivers started at the same time, hoping to finish the very same circuit from identical cars.


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via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/12/26/5246416/crazy-race-tests-whether-virtual-driving-skills-carry-over-to-real-life

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