Friday, 27 December 2013

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

Crazy race tests whether virtual driving skills carry over to real life
Dec 27th 2013, 03:41, by Josh Lowensohn

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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