The games do not really punish you for causing accidents. And some online games are more of a demolition derby then real racing.
A simulator like iRacing keeps track of your incidents and as such you are more or less forced to learn clean driving without causing incidents. Racing accidents still happen though. The simulator is starting to get that realistic with usage of force feedback wheels that you can learn to catch and correct situations which without practise would result in a spin or collision. Some people racing there have stated that it helped avoid them sudden road accidents of other people and come to a safe stop. So for some people it definitely helps in increasing their driving experience. One has to be able to keep the simulation and the real world apart though.
Does anybody know if the patent of the wheel is available. If I'm correct somebody did this a few years back in Australia. I'm thinking it should be possible to also do this in the USA.
Getting a patent on something that somebody else invented is a bit childish.
Since it cannot be found anymore on the original place. Is there somebody with a copy of the PDF? Can he/she make it publicly available? Unless its a crime to do that of course. I can't read if there is an included copyright and distribution notice in it.
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The games do not really punish you for causing accidents. And some online games are more of a demolition derby then real racing.
A simulator like iRacing keeps track of your incidents and as such you are more or less forced to learn clean driving without causing incidents. Racing accidents still happen though. The simulator is starting to get that realistic with usage of force feedback wheels that you can learn to catch and correct situations which without practise would result in a spin or collision. Some people racing there have stated that it helped avoid them sudden road accidents of other people and come to a safe stop. So for some people it definitely helps in increasing their driving experience. One has to be able to keep the simulation and the real world apart though.
Does anybody know if the patent of the wheel is available. If I'm correct somebody did this a few years back in Australia. I'm thinking it should be possible to also do this in the USA.
Getting a patent on something that somebody else invented is a bit childish.
Richard
Thanxs, I hadn't seen that link.
Since it cannot be found anymore on the original place. Is there somebody with a copy of the PDF?
Can he/she make it publicly available?
Unless its a crime to do that of course. I can't read if there is an included copyright and distribution notice in it.