Does playing GT5 in any ways affects real life driving(not racing)?

[k80sg]

Like improving driving awareness or better driving techniques?

 

[Zelaieta]

From my personal experience, I think yes, of course.
It keeps your driving tecnics fresh & alive.

But you know, use it only in circuit or racing event

 

[dasgtr]

Yes it does. Among other things, it would inadvertently teach drivers not to hold the steering wheel in the stupid and dangerously compromising 'one hand at the 11-12' position'.

 

[Profoxcg]

I was wondering the same thing. As a mater of fact I recall pro drivers using GT4 (back some time ago) to learn the circuits before actually going to race. not sure how true it is.

But I did feel different the other night driving right after playing the game. I wanted to SPPEEEEED!!!

 

[Geze]

Like improving driving awareness or better driving techniques?

Not really.

It's completely different feeling to drive a real car. While the basics of handling a car might be the same, the actual execution is totally different. With game you are limited to what you see in your display and possibly what your controllers force-feedback effects tell you. In real cars you feel the car with your whole body and your field of vision is much larger (genuine headtracking too ). I don't think that there's any benefit for situational awareness either as your points of interest are totally different in game-racing and real life driving.

 

[Caliente]

Geze nailed it. But if you are new to manual cars (in real life). You fast learn where the gears are located when driving GT5.

 

[jamiebird]

It might help you to drive using the left-foot braking techniques as your left foot will become more sensitive through practice - it has helped me to do this better in a real car (as does playing Ricahrd Burns Rally). Just be careful when you start doing this!

 

[Geze]

This concept is not limited to cars and driving either.

Gaming experiences in general do not turn into real life skills and general awesomeness as some people like to think. For example, you can play first person shooters all you want, but it doesn't make you the super-soldier you wish. Grab a rifle and jump into real battlefield and you get fragged within seconds, I tell you

 

[Profoxcg]

well I can put the dedal to the metal with confidence now in my GTi hehe.

 

[ghostrider135]

Yes it does. Among other things, it would inadvertently teach drivers not to hold the steering wheel in the stupid and dangerously compromising 'one hand at the 11-12' position'.

How is that a stupid and compromising position that's how I drive on GT when I have a decent wheel and in a real car also I find it more relaxing that way but that said I find left foot braking to be natural, So I think playing GT5 will help driving in real life weather its on a track or not but I cant say for sure as I ride a motorbike most of the time anyway

 

[Jyazz21]

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[user888]

Yes it does. I used rFactor to testdrive the Zandvoort circuit before I went to a track day on Zandvoort. Very useful to learn the circuit, find the apexes/apexi (what's the word).

 

[Geze]

Yes it does. I used rFactor to testdrive the Zandvoort circuit before I went to a track day on Zandvoort. Very useful to learn the circuit, find the apexes/apexi (what's the word).

Yes, it can help you to make yourself familiar with the circuit and it's profile. But for your actual execution of driving it does nothing.

Still, it's all good and fun.

 

[TommyWizard]

I'd say yes but at the same time you should be very concerned if a video game is having a real life impact.

Im not saying that your going to go play a little GTA4 and start hitting insane jumps and doing drive by's on the homeless, but It annoys me when I read articles that say that the police believe that incidents have came about becasue the person involved was a heavy gamer. Its like the wrestling business, look at how often people used to get injured becasue they thought they could do what was being shown to them.

Im also not saying your a bad driver, for all I know you could be Vettel agent! But if a simple game is making you feel more onfident to the point that your really putting yourself or others at risk then you'll need to do something about it.

 

[Micdog49]

Of course it does!
My driving style has been greatly improved by my GT5 experience.

I have new-found confidence in my cornering speeds with the knowledge that if I crash, I can just restart

However, it seems the real life A.I do not appreciate it when I shunt them off track, way to take the fun out of driving, god. Really sucks that I have to sit on the roof and drive now too, wish I had saved for a premium car >:l

 

[ToreDL87]

Well my double clutch heel & toe downshift is kept alive through gt5 and rfactor and other sims if nothing else.

 

[eVilate]

Of course it does!
My driving style has been greatly improved by my GT5 experience.

I have new-found confidence in my cornering speeds with the knowledge that if I crash, I can just restart

However, it seems the real life A.I do not appreciate it when I shunt them off track, way to take the fun out of driving, god. Really sucks that I have to sit on the roof and drive now too, wish I had saved for a premium car >:l

Haha, thanks for the laugh. That was a good one.

 

[paulfindon]

As a mater of fact I recall pro drivers using GT4 (back some time ago) to learn the circuits before actually going to race. not sure how true it is.

Jeremy Clarkson put this to the test some years ago, he played on the Laguna Sec track with a Honda NSX and tried to match his times in the same car on the Laguna Sec Track.

He said that it did help but the game didnt give you the feel of the bumps etc and the pulling from the road surface. He also said that if he were to go at the track in real life like the game he would probably crash and kill him self...

Many years ago I used to put my tunned BMW on a race track and used to play/rally bangers on private land, I did find I could apply the techniques learned from there to the game.

The only real bonus is when you crash on GT5 it doesnt hurt!

 

[spenkyg]

My 2 pennys worth....

I feel that having a couple of days solid driving with the wheel (DFGT) helped me a lot when I went karting. Obviously there was no track learning from the game but I found that the general driving experiance and more specifically line choice and paitence/smooth driving that I got from the game really did help me to be better on the track. I think that karting probably bears a lot more in common with game racing generally as the speed of the karts is lower and fear/danger factor that I feel when driving a car fast does not really apply to the kart track.

 

[timvasvi]

I can't remember where it was I saw it but I will try to find it when I have some more free time, but there was a study on this a year or two back. It showed that people who played racing games in general had a better sense of awareness and better reaction times when driving on real roads.

 

[Mavryk]

Does GT5 effect how you drive?

This is a question that came to mind one day after playing GT5 for a few hours then jumping in the car to go somewhere. I'll admit that I found I had a tendancy to drive a bit faster, but then I've always had a bit of a lead foot. At my age I have it more under control, due to having my fair share of speeding tickets over the years.

I guess this thread is more geared toward the younger drivers (16-20ish) who have just gotten their driver lisence and have been playing GT for a while already. Does it make you drive faster?

Also, having played this for a number of years already, did it help you get your drivers lisence? Especially if you drive with the wheel setup in the game.

Post your thoughts on this guys. I really want to hear from the younger crowd on this, but us older guys have a say too.

 

[kennyblanco]

I have the same problem after long periods of gta and then driving lol. Except instead of speeding, I want to drive on sidewalks, blow through intersections full speed, and complete all the stunt jumps.

 

[Silent7Sniper7]

I'm still learning to drive but I think playing GT has gave me more confidence since I first started.

 

[helgso]

I am 18 years old and just turning 19. I have driven for 3 years.
Where I live, in Iceland, one can acquire a "test drive license" that gives full permission to drive with another supervising person with a real driving licence. Then, when one turns 17, one can acquire the "full driving license".

My mom has always benn a careful and precise driver. Over the years I have noticed me obtaining and applying her driving characteristics. (breaking in time and gradually, accelerating gradually and generally driving safe and precisely with control).

For myself, this is not at all a boring way of driving. I enjoy practising to drive more and more professionally every time I drive. I look at myself as an amateur trainee gradually becoming a more precise driver. My enjoyment of driving (in traffic) is being calm and precise and I have already reached my dream: To drive and people in the car will forget they are being driven (like a pro driver would do).

For me, driving in real life is driving in traffic and trying to drive the most comfortable for everyone involved.
Driving in GT5 is racing and for me that is being the fastest and dirtiest driver out there (my playstyle ) driving the most exotic and awesome cars GT5 has to offer.

Therefore in my case, GT5 and real life driving do not overlap each other but are two very separated things. Life is real and GT5 is a game.

 

[TeamOrecaViper]

Yes if i played GT all week i drive much faster ...
Overtaking all granny sunday drivers.
Its bad i know but i aint got no patience.
But not like taking risks that can get anyone in danger (including me).

Cant press restart

Sorry offtopic:
And i learned a lesson to that made me drive a little more safe:
Before i crashed my Civic diesel (yeah belgiums tax and inshurance is unreal for higher powerd cars + diesel is promoted like mad)
160Kmh into concrete blocks guard rail.
The sligtly bending offramp to highway was under the trees and stil moist and a little oil too.
the road i came from was superdry.

Back was sliding so i should have given it more trothle but couldnt since i was givin it all it got (100HP CRAP ENGINE 90hp golf tdi where faster). if i stopt accelerating i would crash instantly.
So i thout BRAKE as hard as i can and i SLIDE to a stand still. but then came STUPID ABS and made the wheels turn again (when going around 140 sideways) so it katapulted me into the inside of the corner.

If i had NO elektronics i would have been ok
Stupid fake sence of safety ESP stabilety crap.
Like ABS on snow ? nice

Everyone needs a lesson to learn , some harder than others
Sorry for the whole story but i was on a roll.

I hated that civic for being DULL instead of Hondas sport image (thats lost in modern days.)
So it was no big loss in my life.

 

[Short Bus]

No, not really. If anything I take what I've learned in real world driving experiences into the game, which makes me slower than I would if I were only playing the game for the game.

 

[berty1979]

As above for the main question but the wife reckons I 'draft' other cars before overtaking them

 

[Gejabo]

No

I have no problem keeping reality and a game apart.

 

[Kwicko]

Well, I will confess to sometimes having an overwhelming urge to put another driver into the wall or run a PIT maneuver on 'em, but so far I've been able to control myself.

 

[crcn11]

I learned to drive on a track in a race set up car when I was 16, the night before I spent time on GT4 that made me feel a lot better at it. Then the day after this track driving, I went back on GT4 and cut all my laptimes by a good few seconds by applying techniques that I had picked up in real life.