That Time Australia Won A Real Life Game Of Rocket League

I had no idea this existed. It’s amazing.

This might be old news to some, but Top Gear has been playing real-life Rocket League since well before the release of Rocket League last year. As far back as 2008 (at least) the Top Gear team had been using its astronomical production budget to make cars play football. Regardless of what you think about Top Gear, that’s pretty goddamn badass.

But in 2014, almost exactly one year before the release of Rocket League, this happened.

A match between the English presenters of Top Gear and the presenters of the ill-fated Top Gear Australia show.

It’s amazing.

Today, post Rocket League, it’s absolutely insane to watch. Mainly because so many of the tactics we’ve been using in a video game seem to be effective in real life.

Like this save:

Or the crazy dribbling we’re saying players do now:

Either way, in the context of what we know now, watching this video is just a completely different experience.


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