I thought I'd post this even though I can't get it to work on my comp. I saw it on the BBCs click program, they have image scanned a track and have released a demo for people to try, eventually you will be able to join a real race as it's happening and using GPS from the real cars in the race you can race against them in your virtual car:
http://www.realtimerace.com/
Thanks for the heads-up.
I did get the demo d/led and installed. Not really worth the trouble atm though. Demo only works using the 4 arrow keys (up/down for gas/brake and left/right for steering). No manual shift possible. You do one lap at a time - no other cars. No options what-so-ever. Can't tell much at all about the car physics from the demo - but apparently you can't even do a 180 atm :sideways:
Of course the demo is just to demonstrate the new (and as yet crude) technology ....... the track is rendered in video footage - not a "sim" using graphics technology. I must admit that the view from the cockpit was more "realistic" since it was video footage.
They have a long ways to go - but the concept seems very interesting - on the track real-time at real races!!
What I can't figure, and didn't see addressed at the site was what happens if you ram a "real" car from behind or you're in the way of a "real" car in a real race. Surely they can't perturb the real car's line :eyebrow:
Will have to check back in the middle of 2010.
Quote from: easyed;295315What I can't figure, and didn't see addressed at the site was what happens if you ram a "real" car from behind or you're in the way of a "real" car in a real race. Surely they can't perturb the real car's line :eyebrow:
I assume your virtual car will just go "through" the real car, like in some racing games where you can turn off collissions.
... which kind of defeats the purpose of racing.. I don't understand what's so fantastic about these "race-in-real-time-against-real-drivers" things. Seem like cheap gimmicks to me!
But the track scanning technology is interesting. Will be cool to see how this evolves.