Virtual Indianapolis 500 Winner Announced

Posted by simoniker on Thursday May 22, 2003 @11:38PM from the no-need-to-run-the-actual-thing dept.

Thanks to an anonymous reader for pointing to this Codemasters press release announcing the winner of the virtual Indianapolis 500, ahead of the actual race this weekend. Apparently Sam Hornish Jr. surged ahead at the last minute to win this pre-race simulation, which was staged using Codemasters' newly released IndyCar game for Playstation 2. Is there any reason to hope that these sports sims (racing, baseball, football, soccer, and so on) have a real possibility of predicting the outcome of matches, or entire seasons?

2 of 25 comments (clear)

Min score:

Reason:

Sort:

I don't see why not by deacon_jay · 2003-05-23 01:35 · Score: 3, Funny

This monkey has a perfect record picking winners in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
And I'm sure that sport simultations are more sophisticated than a monkey spinning a wheel, right?
totally by chill182 · 2003-05-23 06:50 · Score: 2, Funny

Video games can totally be used to predict events. Just the other day I played Battlefield 1942 and it turns out the Allies would win in a war against the Axis. Who would have predicted that?