"BJ" (benjamin-bignell)
06/15/2016 at 23:09 • Filed to: Video game racing, Le Mans
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"BJ" (benjamin-bignell)
06/15/2016 at 23:09 • Filed to: Video game racing, Le Mans | 1
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Perhaps unsurprisingly, playing a video game is no replacement for real-world experience. Jason H. Harper shares his experiences at Le Mans.
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Birddog
> BJ
06/15/2016 at 23:34 |
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Believe it or not. Most of us old timers knew this fact a long damn time ago.
Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
> BJ
06/15/2016 at 23:47 |
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I'm 100% sure I'd loose my mind on a real track.
Hot Takes Salesman
> BJ
06/15/2016 at 23:51 |
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I like to consider myself pretty good at Forza, but if you plopped me in a race right this second you’d lose a car. It’s all in the real-world transfer of applied skills. If you have those skills in real life, playing these games either keeps them sharp or doesn’t help. Harper’s in the latter camp, and that's fine.
Blondude
> BJ
06/16/2016 at 00:25 |
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Video games can help you learn the layout of a tack, but if you’re expecting anything more to transfer over you’re gonna have a bad time.
Flavien Vidal
> BJ
06/16/2016 at 03:57 |
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With Forza, it’s rather obvious. It’s NOT a sim. It’s a game, and a fun one.
Put him on iRacing, Netkar or Assetto Corsa with a proper triple screen setup a good steering, pedals and, of course, a well set FOV, what he does would be useful. But Forza, just like Gran Turismo and similar console games that market themselves as realistic sims are NOT simulation. Never have been and most certainly never will be.
An article I wrote on the subject a couple years ago...
http://oppositelock.kinja.com/sim-racing-and…
daender
> BJ
06/16/2016 at 06:05 |
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You say that but then this has happened.
http://jalopnik.com/5982998/gt-aca…