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Crazy race tests whether virtual driving skills carry over to real life

[Time Published December 27, 2013 at 04:49PM]

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Does being good at driving simulator games translate very well to real life racing? Swedish digital games store Viagame decided to find out with an unusual test: strapping a real race car driver into the same vehicle as a decorated video gamer to go head-to-head in both the real and virtual worlds. All this took place at the Circuit de Catalunya, a race track in Barcelona, where the pair climbed into a Renault Mégane RS 265 coupe outfitted with a gaming PC and a 19-inch monitor in the passenger seat. Both drivers started at the same time, hoping to finish the very same circuit from identical cars.


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[ Author: | Source: http://www.theverge.com/2013/12/26/5246416/crazy-race-tests-whether-virtual-driving-skills-carry-over-to-real-life] | Image URL: http://cdn0.sbnation.com/entry_photo_images/9610501/Screen_Shot_2013-12-26_at_3.24.27_PM_large.png] [IFTTTautoSHAREv1.002 | Shared with ifttt.com More shared news etc on: http://bit.ly/Schavuiten_blog ]

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