PC

Sometimes You Conquer The Road, Sometimes The Road Conquers You

How do you create a competitive driving game with only one car? Bernhard Handler’s Roadeo offers a simple and elegant solution. Player one drives the car, and player two steers the road.


February 22, 2011
News

Driving A Car Using The Power Of Your Mind

German engineers have rigged up a Volkswagen Passat so it manoeuvres using only the driver’s mental directions. This technology could lead to a new age in which people actually use their brains while driving.


In Real Life

Driving A Video Game Porsche On The Nürburgring Versus The Real Thing

Every gamer who’s ever lapped a track in Forza or Gran Turismo has wondered how the real track would compare. Driver Brian Maerske got the chance to compare the games to a live run on the world’s toughest racetrack. [Jalopnik]


February 1, 2011
In Real Life

Video Games Teach Us How To Be Better Bad Drivers

A new study conducted by Continental Tyres has found that players of driving video games are better at passing their drivers test than non-gaming drivers. Unfortunately they suck at everything else.


January 25, 2011
In Real Life

Gaming Skills May Have Saved This Man’s Life

When a semi-truck carrying 30 metric tons of sand jackknifed through the concrete barrier into oncoming traffic on Ontario’s Highway 401 Friday morning, driver Matthew Krizsan narrowly escaped what might have been a fatal accident.


August 10, 2010
News

Ferrari Racing Plus Giant Robot Arm Equals Awesome

The only thing I can imagine that would be more exciting than racing a Ferrari F2007 at high speeds, is pretending to drive a Ferrari F2007 at high speeds while being swung about by a giant robot arm.


April 7, 2010

Driving A Real World Car Like A Video Game Car

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It’s awesome enough that Rooster Teeth would rig up a Ford with a third-person camera, to attempt to drive like one does in a video game. What really makes this video shine are the Yakuza extras karate-kicking the test subjects.


March 4, 2010
News

Test Drive Unlimited Returns

Atari and Eden Games return to the islands for Test Drive Unlimited 2, the sequel to the hit 2006 online sandbox driving game. How does 2 compare to the original? The difference is night and day – and vehicle damage.


October 8, 2009

The Cars Of Need For Speed: Nitro Part 1

EA’s casual instalment of the Need for Speed franchise is coming to the Wii next month, and we’ve got a first look at the colourful car lineup for Need for Speed: Nitro.


September 24, 2009

LEGO Indiana Jones 2 Driving Segment Preview

I get apprehensive whenever a developer announces a driving part of their adventure game. It’s like, what’s their motivation for putting that in there? Do they even know how to design driving levels…?