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Re: Correlation between video games and driving
Observations...
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A study by Bishop Steering in Australia (who hold most of the patents for variable ratio power steering worldwide and also the tools to make the bits for them) found that race drivers rely less on visual information compared the seat of the pants feedback (ie balance, steering feel etc) than their non-race driver counterparts.
Generally, you can simulate pitch, yaw and roll generally on a game platform except in a visual sense (ie you see the car do so in one of those camera views)...
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Some leading drivers do use simulators! But mainly its to help with concentration levels for sustained periods. The ones I've seen use pedals and a wheel with a race seat... some have ever done so with their clobber on but sometimes I think it's simply to occupy those incredibly boring moments for a driver before a race... (and so no-one interrupts them for an autograph)
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