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Well, NASCAR driver have been using computer games to practice for tracks for a while. https://expmag.com/2020/03/these-hyper-realistic-video-games... There is a video of Dale Jr and Martin Truex Jr talking about using a networked video game to test a strategy at one track.
As someone who has raced formula race cars and who has been an enthusiastic participant in racing simulations since way back in the old days of Grand Prix Legends let me assure you - a simulated race car has almost nothing in common with the real experience other than your hands are turning a wheel and your feet push pedals. The sensations in a real race car are simply overwhelming - the noise, g forces, heat, and th…
If you have a dual motion platform ( https://www.nextlevelracing.com/motion-platforms/ ) on an 8020 rig ( https://sim-lab.eu/product/p1-x-sim-racing-chassis/ ) with a direct drive wheel ( https://fanatec.com/au-en/racing-wheels-wheel-bases/racing-w... ) and loadcell pedals (same site) , perhaps with added wind simulator (fan reacting to in game speed), you'll be getting a lot closer. This with a high end PC and tripl…
This reminds me of the time they got bands to play Rock Band with their own songs. They put them on expert mode and some of them failed. The best was when the singer failed despite sounding identical to the track, since he was singing over himself. I wish I could find that video.
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It’s in the downforce. Up to 6G sustained lateral cornering. That’s worse than fighter pilots, which have their Gs applied vertically.
My car has g-force sensors. I know from experience, it can only handle 1 lateral G before it starts to slide (in a 4-door sedan wrighing around 3500 lbs). Thats with Z-rated tires. What F1 and Indy cars can pull off is absolutely amazing. Most of what they can do is purely because of the aerodynamics and the insane downforce they produce. I remember hearing somewhere that an Indy car produces enough downforce at spee…
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On the contrary: there is probably no sport where the sim is so close to the real thing. Being good at FIFA 19 in no way will make you good at real football. But if you put a decent sim racer in a real race car, they are often able to put together a decent lap pretty quickly. See for instance some of Jimmy Broadbent's recent adventures in real-life racing. Conversely, real-life drivers tend to be good at simracing (e…
FIFA is a football simulator as much as Mortal Kombat is fighting simulator. FIFA is a game. The difference is simulator's main focus is reality, games' main focus is fun. If FIFA was for reality it would be closer to first person QWOP than isometric view of half of field where you have perfect information and you press a key and your player does whatever trick the key was designated to perform. The substance of the…
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Hahaha racing on an empty track in a car that’s built to handle like a go cart is nothing like the stress of a circuit race with other cars. I used to race my modified turbo 500hp and I can tell you that game racing is nada to real life racing. Even knowing that taking a risk can cost you $$$ or your life is stressful enough. With other cars on the track it’s many more variables to calculate and consider. So let’s no…
I’m not a race car driver but I do track my car pretty often There are people out there who use simulators and very detailed data logging in their track cars to try and experiment with things like braking habits. Saying it’s “nothing alike” honestly feels like gate keeping. Obviously a video game played from your couch is not going to feel like hurtling thousands of pounds of metal around a track, but if you can’t dr…
Given say 3 years to prepare I suspect many could make the jump, but it’s likely well below half.
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My car has g-force sensors. I know from experience, it can only handle 1 lateral G before it starts to slide (in a 4-door sedan wrighing around 3500 lbs). Thats with Z-rated tires. What F1 and Indy cars can pull off is absolutely amazing. Most of what they can do is purely because of the aerodynamics and the insane downforce they produce. I remember hearing somewhere that an Indy car produces enough downforce at spee…
Ok so why are there not upside down tracks in formula 1 this just seems like the obvious next step.
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My car has g-force sensors. I know from experience, it can only handle 1 lateral G before it starts to slide (in a 4-door sedan wrighing around 3500 lbs). Thats with Z-rated tires. What F1 and Indy cars can pull off is absolutely amazing. Most of what they can do is purely because of the aerodynamics and the insane downforce they produce. I remember hearing somewhere that an Indy car produces enough downforce at spee…
Ok so why are there not upside down tracks in formula 1 this just seems like the obvious next step.
This reminds me of the time they got bands to play Rock Band with their own songs. They put them on expert mode and some of them failed. The best was when the singer failed despite sounding identical to the track, since he was singing over himself. I wish I could find that video.
Rock Band is really nothing like playing the actual instruments though. Wonder how the guitar and bass players would fare in Rocksmith, however.
Will be pretty fun to watch how these drivers play out in the simulated races! imo they are probably going to get pwnd.