Driving games for learner drivers?

i stopped playing driving games while i learnt as they felt too unrealistic compared to a real car

although you could use assetto corsa to learn how to change gears, 3 point turn, reverse around corners etc, there are parts of silverstone and nurburgring with little areas on side of the tracks coming off the track you can practice them on

euro truck sim 2 if you want to drive with other traffic and learn to watch your speed or get fined, lots of light and window wiper controls etc learn to indicate when changing lanes or leaving the road, also has roundabouts and motorways, areas to bay park, turn off sat nav and your eyes are everywhere looking for signs, strangely fun and relaxing game too
 
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Well, I have now bought 8 car driving games including a couple of driving sims and also WRC6 is supposed to be good ( yeah, I know but I got the missus to also play Dirt 3 a while back, so who knows? I was on a roll dont know me LOL

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My son has that on his XBOX and it certainly looks delicious as hell, at least the scenery does anyway... I have bought him a steering wheel and pedals for the XBOX but Im sure that even on that, it didnt work for him? Shame really... I think that would be ok with a wheel.
 
Rroff said:
Not being able to look around with your head (short of some VR setup, etc.) is a fairly big difference.

Something like Asseto Corsa with a freeroam mode and AI traffic (plus pedestrians, etc.) would be pretty close as far as it goes though.
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Or being able to use clutch control and feel the biting point, the feel of grip in the road through the wheel, using the camber of the road for manoeuvres and of course the often idiotic and unpredictable pedestrians/drivers/cyclists.

There is no substitute for actual driving lessons. I don't think driving games would help a driver learn how to drive properly beyond explaining that 2 of the pedals are for power/braking and the wheel changes your direction.
 
Live for Speed has a demo version, and not sure if you can play the South City track layouts. Otherwise, Euro Truck 2 is as close as you may get to real driving with lights, other traffic and speed cameras. Just take the cab, not the trailer.
 
JunglistE said:
Or being able to use clutch control and feel the biting point, the feel of grip in the road through the wheel, using the camber of the road for manoeuvres and of course the often idiotic and unpredictable pedestrians/drivers/cyclists.

There is no substitute for actual driving lessons. I don't think driving games would help a driver learn how to drive properly beyond explaining that 2 of the pedals are for power/braking and the wheel changes your direction.
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I don't consider games/sims a substitute for actual driving lessons but IMO in some cases they could complement them - AC actually has pretty good (as far as it goes) reproduction of (dry) surface physics and the overall car mechanics - while only an approximation you do have to half properly use the clutch for instance in AC.

For me it was kind of the other way around though - after passing my test, etc. when I did spend time playing car games/sims I'd try and also use it to reinforce awareness, etc. i.e. getting in the habit of checking what I might be crossing into the path of before manoeuvring and so on even though you don't normally need to do that ingame - eventually you build that up with driving experience anyhow but doesn't hurt to have those kind of things dialled in instinctively.
 
I'd say get some L plates for your car, get her insured as a learner and take her out somewhere quiet!

I cant imagine any game at home would be remotely close to the real thing, even if the car in game behaves how a real car would, the whole 'experience' just cant be replicated. Unless you have some very expensive VR / steering wheel / rumble seat setup?!
 
Rroff said:
I don't consider games/sims a substitute for actual driving lessons but IMO in some cases they could complement them - AC actually has pretty good (as far as it goes) reproduction of (dry) surface physics and the overall car mechanics - while only an approximation you do have to half properly use the clutch for instance in AC.

For me it was kind of the other way around though - after passing my test, etc. when I did spend time playing car games/sims I'd try and also use it to reinforce awareness, etc. i.e. getting in the habit of checking what I might be crossing into the path of before manoeuvring and so on even though you don't normally need to do that ingame - eventually you build that up with driving experience anyhow but doesn't hurt to have those kind of things dialled in instinctively.
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Jamesyboyjim said:
I'd say get some L plates for your car, get her insured as a learner and take her out somewhere quiet!

I cant imagine any game at home would be remotely close to the real thing, even if the car in game behaves how a real car would, the whole 'experience' just cant be replicated. Unless you have some very expensive VR / steering wheel / rumble seat setup?!
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Reaction time?
 
probably going to make people laugh but sim racers like Iracing and Rfactor have taught me a lot about understeer and oversteer and how to get around it.
 
pingu666 said:
actually just remmbered eurotruck simultor 2

theres probably a car mod that doesnt suck, has traffic and road rules

defualt traffic density is pretty low so thats nice

fyi a lot of the games you can get cheaper if you shop around, think bundlestars have rfactor 1 in a bundle thats like £1.90 for example
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Euro Truck Simultor 2 is awesome and only £15 on Steam :)
 
Doggie2k said:
probably going to make people laugh but sim racers like Iracing and Rfactor have taught me a lot about understeer and oversteer and how to get around it.
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Most people freeze when the rear steps out in real life who aren't experienced though it is a bit of a mixed bag. It is even worse watching some drivers trying to deal with snow conditions. 1st gear, rev that accelerator pal! *shakes head*

Personally I do not understand why so many people grip the steering wheel like the death grip.
 
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