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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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Apr 29 2008, 04:14 AM
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When I have time to kill in the winter a few beers and sitting down with GT4 on a track doing time trials chasing my ghost replay does seem to help. What I try and do is find time each lap and that is one hell of a way to do it. It teaches you line and where time is and is not in a lap. People can say that it doesn't help and it's not realistic but there are a lot of young F1 and Cup drivers that use it to learn tracks and lines. It's not going to get you turning your head, looking in the right spots and getting your inner ear canal a work out but it will get you thinking better, evaluating tracks for where you leave time out there AND it's got to help hand eye.
Funny story, back in college I would have GT2 on the Playstation at a party and some new kid would come over and want to race. My buddies would offer up a pitcher of beer at the bar for a bet and I would sweeten the deal with a slow car or a lap lead, something way out to lunch just to get the kid to race. Then just put a beating down on him, my buddies loved it since they knew it was about a sure things as bets go! Bret |
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1997TA Video Gaming to Practice Racing? Nov 27 2007, 05:08 AM
JKnight I haven't actually raced (yet), but I have may... Nov 27 2007, 05:18 AM roadracetransam Actually, it might help the other way around. Div... Nov 27 2007, 06:26 AM jeffburch Very helpful.
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PC with Logit... Nov 27 2007, 12:21 PM KeithO I have found that the 4th gen cars in GT3 with the... Nov 27 2007, 02:18 PM T.O.Dillinder I have TOCA Race Driver 3 for the Playstation 2.
I... Nov 27 2007, 03:59 PM Teutonic Speedracer I think it helps when using the more realistic gam... Nov 27 2007, 05:34 PM tonycook I have one of these Gameracer that I use with XBox... Nov 27 2007, 05:36 PM z28tt I think GTR2 is very helpful (one of the best raci... Nov 27 2007, 05:59 PM Vracer111 QUOTE (1997TA @ Nov 26 2007, 11:08 PM) I ... Dec 3 2007, 12:20 AM 1997TA Thanks you guys. I just picked up GT3. Will need... Dec 3 2007, 03:14 AM roy Nothing compares to seat time on the actual track ... Dec 3 2007, 05:05 PM CMC#5 Of course, nothing compares to the real thing, but... Dec 4 2007, 04:10 PM roy Okay it may be a little expensive , but I have yet... Dec 4 2007, 05:30 PM V6RSR No, you get absolutely no fedback to what the car ... Dec 4 2007, 05:59 PM
Vracer111 QUOTE (V6RSR @ Dec 4 2007, 11:59 AM) No, ... Dec 5 2007, 02:05 AM axoid I play GT-4 quite a bit, but not for learning trac... Dec 4 2007, 09:04 PM Joel Does anyone have a Pontiac Trans Am or Camaro for ... Dec 5 2007, 04:53 AM QUASAR Whats the best steering wheel/pedal combo out? I ... Dec 5 2007, 03:51 PM jeffburch Logitech G25.
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