Did GT change the way you drive everyday?
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- Nissan_Z32_90
I love the second one!!! LMAO...GT made me much more aware of my surroundings and what other cars were doing vs. what I was doing...meaning, if the guy behind me speeds up to try to pass me, I just hammer down and go because I know we all hate to lose on GT and I hate to lose in real life so I don't give them the chance!
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- stevenhiggster
LeGeNd-1
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- GTP_LeGeNd-1
It made me drive smoother, and in a racing line. Obviously I don't swerve between the lanes, but I do try to (as much as possible, within one lane) start a turn wide, hit the apex and exit wide again.
Strangely, I left foot brake all the time in GT, but I don't do it in real life (even though I drive an auto). It just doesn't feel right to me.
Strangely, I left foot brake all the time in GT, but I don't do it in real life (even though I drive an auto). It just doesn't feel right to me.
McLaren
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That's something you should leave with GT.For example:
- I started left foot brake in automatic car.
- Check the rear view mirror more often to see if the guy behind is gaining up on me.
- Hands at 9 and 3 instead of 10 and 2.
This is just a few, how about you?
There's a reason your vehicle has a dead pedal.
I respect your opinion and I understand that's there pros and cons to this. Anyway, here's some article about both perspective:
http://www.virtualracersedge.com/left_foot_braking.htm
http://www.prescottaz.com/main.asp?SectionID=36&subsectionID=73&articleID=69067
By the way, I drive a manual daily, the auto is for long trip only. I do that because the car feel more stable at turn in.
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- makinthemagic
yes a little. a had to stop quickly after coming off the expressway for a red light. i don't have abs and the wheels locked. i felt more confident in the brief slide having done plenty of sliding in gt5.
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- DarkRedGT3
Not too much, although when I first started driving I avoided a horrible accident without even realizing it. I got half way down the block before I realized what happened and almost crapped myself when I did. I know that incident was avoided from years of playing. Also, being familiar with the concept of the driving line, I can take local mountain roads with a little bit of speed (not too much though with a slow little Saturn). Aside from these two instances, I still cruise around with my hands at six and nothing.
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- Ardius_
It didn't effect my everyday driving on the road, no.
However, it did benefit me a lot when I go karting, whereas when I was younger I did understand the basics of racing lines I had little understanding for the different lines for different corners. Now I know how to react to different corners and I applied what I learnt about weight distribution and smooth steering, especially on the exits of corners.
But ultimately, that kind of stuff you learn also by experience too, so I don't think GT does anything better than the real thing. There are many areas of driving and racing I wish PD would address in their license tests still, such as spacial awareness.
However, it did benefit me a lot when I go karting, whereas when I was younger I did understand the basics of racing lines I had little understanding for the different lines for different corners. Now I know how to react to different corners and I applied what I learnt about weight distribution and smooth steering, especially on the exits of corners.
But ultimately, that kind of stuff you learn also by experience too, so I don't think GT does anything better than the real thing. There are many areas of driving and racing I wish PD would address in their license tests still, such as spacial awareness.
I start playing GT when I was arround 22, about 10 years ago (learn to drive about 9 and drive alone in the car since I was about 13)...I don't know if it make me change the way I drive (lot of games arround, start playing Out Run, Test Drive, Test Drive II..yes..on a comodore 128)....but if it did, I'm not so proud of it...sometimes I have the stupid thoughts that everything is a Track Day.....bad recipy...me behind the wheel of a BT...
Now I don'tknow if the reason is that I have to drive 200 miles a day to get to my work and back...but I'm driving more like a grown up person, maybe because of the fuel cost....
Now I don'tknow if the reason is that I have to drive 200 miles a day to get to my work and back...but I'm driving more like a grown up person, maybe because of the fuel cost....
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It taught me not to hit another car! haha... on a serious note... It taught me how to "feel" the car's movements and what to do...
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Interesting read
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It should be noted that left-foot braking is helpful only in certain turns in which no downshifting is required. (Remember heel-and-toe?) Select situations where you want to reduce speed slightly as you enter the turn, and can benefit from faster transitions and minimal unsettling of the vehicle.</quote>
I wonder am I doing something that is unneeded when I downshift heal and toe then use heal and toe to simulate Left Foot Braking when switching to real left foot braking is too slow, eg the horseshoe turn on Suzuka.
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It should be noted that left-foot braking is helpful only in certain turns in which no downshifting is required. (Remember heel-and-toe?) Select situations where you want to reduce speed slightly as you enter the turn, and can benefit from faster transitions and minimal unsettling of the vehicle.</quote>
I wonder am I doing something that is unneeded when I downshift heal and toe then use heal and toe to simulate Left Foot Braking when switching to real left foot braking is too slow, eg the horseshoe turn on Suzuka.
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Never ever assume, just because you can handle a 700 bhp Corvette ( or similar ) without driving aids on a wet and twisty track in a game, you therefor automatically can handle a humble real life hatchback in a dangerous situation relying solely on skills learned from a computer game.
The only thing GT does ( and rather well ) is give you a better general knowledge and understanding of handling and consequences of driver input.
Sure, some of that understanding will subconciously translate into your everyday driving, but just because a car reacts a certain way by your input in a game does not always imply it does the same in real life circumstances.
So enjoy GT as a game, and apply the skills learned by GT only knowingly in GT.
Drive safely IRL, and when you really want to increase your skill IRL, go for an advanced driving course IRL.
The only thing GT does ( and rather well ) is give you a better general knowledge and understanding of handling and consequences of driver input.
Sure, some of that understanding will subconciously translate into your everyday driving, but just because a car reacts a certain way by your input in a game does not always imply it does the same in real life circumstances.
So enjoy GT as a game, and apply the skills learned by GT only knowingly in GT.
Drive safely IRL, and when you really want to increase your skill IRL, go for an advanced driving course IRL.
TokyoDrift
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No, not really.For example:
- I started left foot brake in automatic car.
- Check the rear view mirror more often to see if the guy behind is gaining up on me.
- Hands at 9 and 3 instead of 10 and 2.
This is just a few, how about you?
- I right foot brake regardless of what I'm driving
- I check the rear view mirror regularly anyway
- If I have both hands on the wheel, I always have them at roughly 9 and 3 anyway, as that's how the contours in my steering wheel are sculpted
At the end of the day, I drive my real car to get from A to B as safely as possible, having a bit of fun on the way if conditions permit. I play GT5 because it's a driving game.
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- GTP_BlacqueJack
NO its a game!
Only a real driving course, such as a winter driving course, in a real car can teach you how to drive a real car!
The game simulates driving, but not all aspects.
You never have to fuel the car; no insurance; no consequences if you drive off the road, or change tires after they have been burned off drifting, etc.
Only a real driving course, such as a winter driving course, in a real car can teach you how to drive a real car!
The game simulates driving, but not all aspects.
You never have to fuel the car; no insurance; no consequences if you drive off the road, or change tires after they have been burned off drifting, etc.
Most of the skills GT conveys should only be used in the game or on a track: the public road is NO place to go racing or use race techniques! There are people out there that can get seriously hurt including yourself. GT is a GAME, not real life and a mistake in reality can destroy your life and those of others.
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