03 December 2010 - 13:30
BMW M3: Gran Turismo 5 vs reality
According to Top Gear's highly spurious and questionable scientific knowledge, playing car racing games for hours makes you an 88 per cent better human being. And a better driver.
We have evidence. When we put iRacing hero Greger Huttu in the cockpit of a single seat racing car (see link below), he transformed his hours of virtual play into respectable real-world racing times around the Road Atlanta raceway in Georgia.
Now another bloke has transferred his gaming skills into real-world prowess. Denis Malevanyi hotfooted it around the Nurburgring in GT5's virtual reality and in tyre-shrieking-soiled-undies-watch-that-scooter-reality.
He then edited both laps into this natty split-screen video, that you can now show your better half when they inevitably scream at you for spending hours on your PS3. Remember, the Geek shall inherit the earth...
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combat-wombat commented on this article
at 09:36 am on 09 December 2010
When "The Speaker Of The House" cracks a darkie at me for spending too much time playing GT5, I simply remind her that she bought it for me..... Collectors edition too....
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