Gamers deemed too fast for real-life race
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Gamers deemed too fast for real-life race
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Re: Gamers deemed too fast for real-life race
#2This is a terrible title. What actually happened was "Gamers deemed too fast for real-life Professional/Gentleman class"
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#3Put simply: they are too fast for the beginner series and too inexperienced for the pro series.
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#4I realize it is for better sensitivity and control, but the lack of shoes in the picture is amusing.
On a more serious note, maybe taking that talent and having them move up through the ranks on lower series to get the experience to go pro is a viable option. If the talent is as good as they say, then they'll do well on smaller carts and get the experience to race professionally quicker. Nissan should just make it the "senior-class" part of their program.
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#5The type of games these players play, how seriously they take them, and the advanced setups they use mean a more honest headline might be: "The best amateur racers with countless hours of simulator time are sometimes better than professional racers."
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#6This is a terrible title. What actually happened was "Gamers deemed too fast for real-life Professional/Gentleman class"
It's a weak title for at least one more reason than that. Clicking through obviously isn't a Herculean effort, but without doing so I (and I suspect many others) would have had absolutely no idea what sort of competition was being described.
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#7To those who complain about the title, don't blame me. Many times in the past I've created a more informative title and used it, only to have to "reverted" by the mods.
Re: Gamers deemed too fast for real-life race
#8To those who complain about the title, don't blame me. Many times in the past I've created a more informative title and used it, only to have to "reverted" by the mods.
Well for a subject with such gravitas I can sympathize with the mods.
Re: Gamers deemed too fast for real-life race
#9The type of games these players play, how seriously they take them, and the advanced setups they use mean a more honest headline might be: "The best amateur racers with countless hours of simulator time are sometimes better than professional racers."
I wonder how much of that could be due to being less sensitive to danger than they should be. If most of the conditioning was in a context where there were never any severe consequences for failure, you'd expect trainees that were considerably more aggressive than those conditioned in contexts where consequences could include death.
Re: Gamers deemed too fast for real-life race
#10I realize it is for better sensitivity and control, but the lack of shoes in the picture is amusing. On a more serious note, maybe taking that talent and having them move up through the ranks on lower series to get the experience to go pro is a viable option. If the talent is as good as they say, then they'll do well on smaller carts and get the experience to race professionally quicker. Nissan should just make it th…
Eventually, market pressures will result in new accepted standards for training with greater utilization of simulators. Hopefully, there won't be any deaths resulting from using too much simulator training.