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 Nov 27 2007, 05:08 AM
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I am fairly new to the road racing arena. Would practicing road-racing via realistic video gaming at home help my driving skills? Or, would it be a waste of time?
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Dec 4 2007, 05:59 PM
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Member Group: Banned Posts: 148 Joined: 27-January 04 From: So. Calif Member No.: 157 |
No, you get absolutely no fedback to what the car is doing. A video game is 100% out of touch with the chassis feel. It is not even going to help you with a line because the car in the game has different charateristics than that of the braking zone and pedaling of the throttle and brakes of your real car.
The ONLY thing a video game is good for is learning a track like Limerock, or Watkins Glen, Etc where you get a bit used to blind sections of the track before you actually drive on them for real. This post has been edited by V6RSR: Dec 4 2007, 06:00 PM |
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1997TA Video Gaming to Practice Racing? Nov 27 2007, 05:08 AM
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