Got sent around in the employee email. Pretty cool to see the GT Academy drivers doing so well. Maybe I should start playing more racing games....
Nissan GT Academy Driver wins Bathurst 12 hour 2015
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Nissan GT Academy Driver wins Bathurst 12 hour 2015
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Got sent around in the employee email. Pretty cool to see the GT Academy drivers doing so well. Maybe I should start playing more racing games....
Got sent around in the employee email. Pretty cool to see the GT Academy drivers doing so well. Maybe I should start playing more racing games....
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Re: Nissan GT Academy Driver wins Bathurst 12 hour 2015
Good for him.
I remember reading back in the day that they were banned from competing in novice races because they were destroying the competition, even though they technically hadn't raced in any professional series yet.
I remember reading back in the day that they were banned from competing in novice races because they were destroying the competition, even though they technically hadn't raced in any professional series yet.
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Re: Nissan GT Academy Driver wins Bathurst 12 hour 2015
That's such a trip. I wish I had gotten into video games now.
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Re: Nissan GT Academy Driver wins Bathurst 12 hour 2015
This is awesome.
As both a gamer and a driving enthusiast, I still have a REALLY hard time understanding how videogame time translates to driving skill. They just aren't the same. I can drive my a** off in a real car, and I'll end up in a wall in a videogame because 90% of the experience is missing. No live pedal feedback, no inertia, no steering feedback, no corner feel, no sense of traction, no sense of balance...it's ALL missing. It's baffling to me that the skill translates either way. But that's beside the point, I guess--clearly, Chiyo is a superb driver in either setting.
As both a gamer and a driving enthusiast, I still have a REALLY hard time understanding how videogame time translates to driving skill. They just aren't the same. I can drive my a** off in a real car, and I'll end up in a wall in a videogame because 90% of the experience is missing. No live pedal feedback, no inertia, no steering feedback, no corner feel, no sense of traction, no sense of balance...it's ALL missing. It's baffling to me that the skill translates either way. But that's beside the point, I guess--clearly, Chiyo is a superb driver in either setting.
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Re: Nissan GT Academy Driver wins Bathurst 12 hour 2015
One thing it is good for is event specific track knowledge. I remember a younger NASCAR driver citing a driving game helping him immensely during an interview following a big win. Tony Stewart pooh-poohed it of course saying it was all about the kid's talent. And then a couple of weeks later during a segment on 60 Minutes Dale Jr. talked about their importance in his career.
That's not to say that they'll immediately make anyone a professional. In the same interview Junior also mentioned that he was hardly the best of the guys that he normally played with online, but he's the only one that's racing professionally.
I do feel that given an accurate enough track model and enough time someone could become familiar enough with a course to not be surprised at anything on a their first drive on the real track in a real car. I can't tell you how many laps I've run at Sebring, Road Atlanta, Laguna Seca, Tsukuba and of course, The Ring through the various Forza games.
That's not to say that they'll immediately make anyone a professional. In the same interview Junior also mentioned that he was hardly the best of the guys that he normally played with online, but he's the only one that's racing professionally.
I do feel that given an accurate enough track model and enough time someone could become familiar enough with a course to not be surprised at anything on a their first drive on the real track in a real car. I can't tell you how many laps I've run at Sebring, Road Atlanta, Laguna Seca, Tsukuba and of course, The Ring through the various Forza games.