Real time racing

[Jamin]

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/

[easyed]

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.

[obsolum]

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:

I assume your virtual car will just go "through" the real car, like in some racing games where you can turn off collissions.

[Gnomie]

... 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.