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. You know that feeling you get while you're playing a racing game like Burnout Paradise or Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit when you blaze through a track at top speed, weaving in and out of traffic without a scratch? That's just a feeling. It's not real. I shouldn't have to say that, but the Continental Tyres study suggests I might need to. The study polled 1,000 gamers and 1,000 non-gamers between the ages of 17 and 39 about their driving habits. Researchers discovered that video game driving enthusiasts are some of the most over-confident bastards on the road, without the skills to back up the cockiness.