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Virtual Indianapolis 500 Winner Announced

Posted by simoniker on 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?

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  1. They've been doing this for a few years... by analog_line · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Sony has done it the last eight years with their Gameday football game, like the week before the Super Bowl. I believe they get the captains or each team (not sure of the selection process) to play each other. So far it's predicted the outcome eight out of eight times tried.

    http://psx.gamezone.com/news/01_29_03_03_08PM.ht m