Chapter 1412 Can Indeed Improve Driving Skills!

Of course, this year's new Passat will also be sampled and tested by iiAs. The collision results for the US version have already been released, and they are all excellent. It is said that the results for the domestic version will be released in the next few days.

Of course, the configurations of the same model in different regions will also be different. It is very common for many joint venture vehicles to have worse configurations in China than in the US and European versions. If this is exposed, they will be severely criticized.

Things like replacing aluminum with steel are not even surprising anymore.

But for the Passat, many consumers are still willing to believe in it, because in recent years, the reputation of the Da Zhong brand in China has been quite good, and everyone feels that even if the configuration is reduced, it is impossible to reduce it to the level shown in the game.

A non-functional airbag? How could anyone do such a thing?

Those who support the Passat and those who support *Safe and Civilized Driving* are arguing endlessly online.

Of course, in addition to these disputes, there are also some other more valuable posts.

For example, some people, in the spirit of selfless dedication, tested several entry-level models for everyone's reference.

The best performer was surprisingly a domestic electric vehicle, the hf6 SUV. Although its starting price was more than 50,000 yuan more expensive than the Passat, its safety performance in the game was much better.

Moreover, this hf6 has also been tested by iiAs, and the results are indeed close to all-excellent, which is very close to the results in the game.

And many joint venture cars at the same price have various problems.

Of course, this result has also caused a lot of controversy. Some people suspect that the development team of *Safe and Civilized Driving* has received money from this domestic new energy vehicle manufacturer.

This payment may be done more discreetly: I represent your car truthfully, without exaggeration, but I will make the excellent cars of the same level as you perform worse, so wouldn't that highlight you?

Moreover, this approach is less dangerous and not easily detected.

Combined with the previous exaggerated performance of the Passat, it is not surprising that such suspicions arise.

If *Safe and Civilized Driving* was just a difficult game, players could accept it, but if it accepted black money to smear some car brands, then this would be a huge stain.

Zhang Yan looked at the relevant discussions online, but did not participate.

After all, the facts are not yet clear. The collision results of many joint venture models have not yet come out, and it is not necessarily that *Safe and Civilized Driving* is just awkwardly smearing them.

What if *Safe and Civilized Driving* is not cooperating with car manufacturers, but with iiAs?

What if they obtained the internal collision data of iiAs and then adjusted the cars in the game to match the reality?

It's hard to say. After all, Chi Xing Studio's *Real Estate Agent Simulator* has even started a "Real-World Service Department." It would not be surprising if Shang Yang Games' *Safe and Civilized Driving* linked up with reality.

Zhang Yan rested well and returned to the game.

This time, she learned to be smart and chose the hf6 as her new car, and became much more careful while driving.

After running a few more trips, she suddenly wanted to try what it felt like to drive a big truck.

She hadn't tried it before!

Because in reality, she had driven cars and SUVs. Driving them in the game was just the same old thing. There was no novelty or fun, just making money.

But if you want to make money, it's clearly more profitable to run long-distance passenger or freight transport!

Thinking of this, Zhang Yan cheered up again and began to prepare for the new exam.

She originally thought that since she had already passed the car driving test in the game, it shouldn't be too difficult to take a test for a big vehicle, right?

But once she started, she realized that it was not the same at all.

Much harder!

Buses have to carry passengers and be responsible for their safety, so the test items are much more difficult than those for family cars. And large trucks are even more difficult, because the tractor and the trailer are not a whole, but are connected. The difficulty of reversing is simply sky-high!

Zhang Yan tried many times, but the parking alone dissuaded her, because the trailer behind her simply didn't go the way she wanted it to. All the previous parking techniques were useless!

Several times, she even drove the car into a "What's wrong, little brother?" shape, with the tractor and the trailer at a sixty-degree angle, completely stuck.

"Too hard! Is this something a human can drive?!"

Zhang Yan began to doubt her life.

After trying for nearly an hour and failing all the attempts, Zhang Yan angrily quit the game.

But after quitting, she still silently searched for instructional videos of large truck driving test online and began to study.

Although failing all the time can be very frustrating, the sense of accomplishment once you succeed is unparalleled.

Zhang Yan felt that her skills were already very proficient, and with a little more effort, she should have a chance.

And after calming down, she realized that *Safe and Civilized Driving*, compared to other racing games, really helped a lot in improving driving skills.

Can other games improve driving skills? Of course, they can.

But these games seem to have some obvious shortcomings.

Some racing games that are purely for fun are not worth mentioning. They basically have no realism. Even if you play with a steering wheel, you can only practice your control of the direction.

Some professional racing simulation games can improve driving skills. Many professional drivers also use these games for some daily training, but the biggest problem with these games is that the barrier to entry is too high and the difficulty curve is not smooth enough.

Running on the track right from the start, not to mention pursuing time and ranking, how many novices can avoid going off the track?

In some rally games, it's questionable whether a novice can complete the entire race before the car is completely wrecked.

And these games basically have no tutorials. Even the most basic operations such as racing line and drifting require players to search for information online and learn on their own, which is really unfriendly to novices.

Some driving simulation games are equipped with very complete driving assistance systems that can automatically help you brake and turn, giving you the illusion that "I'm doing well."

But the problem is that the driving assistance system not only does not improve your driving skills, but also makes you dependent on it and develop wrong driving habits.

And a big advantage of *Safe and Civilized Driving* is that it uses this restrictive approach to create a progressive difficulty level for players.

The process of taking a driving test is actually a tutorial for novices.

Players may feel impatient at first and want to skip the step of taking a driving test and drive directly on the road.

But what will happen if players are really allowed to drive on the road?

They will run wild, crash their cars, and quickly lose interest in the game.

Because "zero accident" is the core fun of this game.

This is similar to the *Turn Back Shore* type of suffering game. If you really let players cut grass all the way, they will quickly lose interest. But increasing the difficulty of the game and forcing players to hone their skills, although it will dissuade many players at first, once they get into it, the joy of improving their skills is much stronger than cutting grass!

After passing the driving test, most players will have a mysterious confidence in their driving skills, so they can smoothly integrate into the game.

Then comes making money, changing cars, and pursuing higher driving skills.

Although Zhang Yan can now make money steadily by driving a ride-hailing car, she is very clear that there is no upper limit to this game.

Once you get tired of driving a ride-hailing car, you have to take a test for a big vehicle, right? Driving a heavy truck to haul goods is much more difficult than driving a ride-hailing car. At least there are hundreds more hours to play.

Once you get tired of running long-distance buses and large trucks, there are also track races and rally races to run. There is even more no upper limit to this.

Moreover, the track races and rally races in *Safe and Civilized Driving* are different from other driving simulation games.

Other driving simulation games don't have enough groundwork and just force you to run, which is too unfriendly to novices.

But *Safe and Civilized Driving* is different. After hundreds of hours of honing in the previous stages, the basic driving skills are already very solid. At this time, using a beginner's tutorial to familiarize players with basic operations such as racing lines and drifting, and drifting in the training ground in circles or figure eights, it will be much easier to run track races or rally races.

At least there won't be a situation where the car is wrecked before completing the entire race.

In short, *Safe and Civilized Driving* has forced the difficulty curve of driving games to be smooth through a large number of restrictions in the early stage, so that the game experience after players really get into it has been greatly improved!

Especially for players with matching steering wheels, once they get into it, they will be unable to stop.

Zhang Yan secretly made up her mind to work overtime for another day tomorrow and get the big truck driver's license no matter what!

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January 18th, Friday.

Ye Zhizhou came to Tuwei Live and met Hu Xianbin, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

The two good comrades-in-arms from the first phase of the Suffering Travel met again, and there was a strange feeling of kinship.

"The function you want has been completed. Don't worry, the two game departments will definitely not favor one over the other!" Hu Xianbin said very proudly.

The two came to the entertainment room. There are two *Safe and Civilized Driving* simulators here, all of which are luxury packages with completely identical configurations.

The two sat in their seats and fastened their seat belts.

Then, Hu Xianbin started driving, while Ye Zhizhou put his hands down and didn't touch the steering wheel at all.

Hu Xianbin's driving skills are not very good, so he just drove around on city roads.

The function they are testing has nothing to do with driving skills: While Hu Xianbin is steering, the steering wheel in front of Ye Zhizhou is also turning in the same way!

In addition, the corner of the screen in front of Ye Zhizhou also shows the depth of Hu Xianbin's accelerator and brake pedals, gear shift operations, and so on.