Chapter 1422 The Driving School Boss Calls It an Industry Secret!

After someone came up with a relatively reliable guess, other netizens began to chime in.

"That's right, they must have obtained the IIHS collision data in advance and adjusted the strength of various structures in the game's vehicles to ensure that the results after the collision are consistent with reality. That's why we have this highly reproduced situation."

"Who knows, if the IIHS data becomes inaccurate in the future, Tenda might just crash the cars themselves! (Dog head emoji)"

"Sigh, I got excited for nothing. I thought there really was a black technology that could perfectly simulate reality."

"Your focus is obviously off! Whether or not there's black technology isn't important. The key is the purpose and meaning behind *Safe & Civilized Driving*'s actions!"

The fact that the IIHS collision results were so consistent with those in *Safe & Civilized Driving* surprised many players.

When many Passat owners initially questioned the collision results in the game, many players argued that it was just a game and couldn't be so precise. They said that some changes in the game data or minor bugs could lead to significant deviations in the collision results, and there was no need to be too concerned.

After all, "We have a realistic physics engine" was just a meme. No matter how realistic the physics engine was, it was still just a physics engine and could have some unexpected problems.

But now, the people who criticized *Safe & Civilized Driving* were dumbfounded, and the people who tried to excuse *Safe & Civilized Driving* with "game mechanics" or "game bugs" were also dumbfounded.

Did it need your help to excuse it?

No.

Who said games can't be rigorous? Tenda's games have always been this rigorous!

Clearly, the Shang Yang Games development team really treated car collisions as a core element during the development of *Safe & Civilized Driving*, investing a lot of effort and time, and achieving effects that were very close to reality.

Some players initially thought it was some kind of black technology that could perfectly reproduce reality in the virtual world, but then they realized that was impossible. Even if it could be reproduced, they would first have to know the strength of the steel in reality, right?

Now they finally understood that *Safe & Civilized Driving* had already cooperated with IIHS. The collision effects in the game were based on the actual collision effects!

And what interested players even more was why *Safe & Civilized Driving* had gone to so much trouble to do this?

It didn't seem like it was the core fun of the game?

Even if *Safe & Civilized Driving*, like other racing games, made the car damage very low or simply turned it off completely, players wouldn't find it strange. They might even be happier.

Some people said that this might be the producer's definition of the game *Safe & Civilized Driving*: Realism!

Everything had to be realistic, so of course the collision results of the vehicles had to be realistic as well.

But this explanation obviously couldn't completely convince everyone. Many people speculated that this design had other purposes.

In any case, after the IIHS collision results came out, they caused a huge uproar online!

That collision video had become a treasure of the automotive section of the Aili Island website, and the meme about "black luxury cars" instantly spread throughout the internet.

While various self-media outlets and up-loaders were reprinting and reporting on this incident, the content related to the game *Safe & Civilized Driving* also became a material they enjoyed talking about, and it spread widely online...

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January 22nd, Tuesday.

In the Thrill Hotel, in the experience store near the "Hummingbird Project" roller coaster.

"Come on, Mr. Xu, this way please."

Li Shi enthusiastically led a middle-aged man with thinning hair and a slightly plump figure to the VIP experience room inside the store.

This boss was named Xu Hu and was the owner of Hengyuan Driving School.

Hengyuan Driving School is currently the largest chain of driving schools in the country. It was founded in 2005, first in the Imperial Capital, and has now opened branches in major first-tier cities in the country. It has been developing very rapidly in recent years.

Of course, there is also a large branch of Hengyuan Driving School in Jingzhou.

Compared to other driving schools, Hengyuan Driving School has always pursued a boutique operation strategy, proposing concepts such as "friend-style teaching," "smiling service," and "quality first." It has gained a good reputation with high-quality differentiated services such as "learn first, pay later" and "one person, one car."

Of course, in driving schools, conflicts between students and instructors are inevitable due to the uneven level and different personalities of the driving school instructors, as well as the different driving talents of the students. But the key is whether the driving school can coordinate the relationship between the two well, and gradually reduce the occurrence of such friction by improving the level of service and teaching.

And at present, Hengyuan Driving School is doing a good job compared to other driving schools in China.

In addition, Hengyuan Driving School was also one of the first to propose intelligent management. While some smaller driving schools were still making students line up to wait for driving practice, Hengyuan Driving School had already completed the allocation and appointment functions for students through its own App, ensuring that students could practice alone in "one person, one car" after making an appointment.

Therefore, Hengyuan Driving School has become more popular among young people in recent years.

This experience store is the one opened by Che Rong, the boss of Xingniao Fitness. It contains some VR equipment for amusement parks and shopping malls, including driving simulators, VR shooting platforms, and so on.

After the *Safe & Civilized Driving* simulator was released, Che Rong naturally purchased a dozen deluxe versions of the simulator as soon as possible for tourists to experience.

Since the Hummingbird Project roller coaster became popular, the business of this experience store has been booming!

After all, tourists can wander around after taking a number on the spot. In addition to shopping and drinking coffee, playing in the experience store has become the best choice for many tourists.

Today, Che Rong already knew that Xu Hu was coming, so in order to talk business, he reserved a private room in the VIP hall.

Xu Hu entered the private room and saw the deluxe version of the *Safe & Civilized Driving* simulator at a glance.

Xu Hu sat on the g-force seat, while Li Shi was next to him, guiding him to experience the second and third subjects of the driving test in the game.

"Good Heavens!"

"This is much more advanced than the simulators our driving school bought!"

"Damn it, I've been tricked! Return! I want a refund!"

Xu Hu lived up to his name, and he spoke very directly.

As early as last year, Hengyuan Driving School had uniformly purchased a batch of driving simulators for all its branches. They were simpler than the large simulators in amusement parks and shopping malls, but they were expensive.

A small screen, combined with a driver's license test simulation software developed by the manufacturer, and coupled with parts such as a steering wheel and gear lever that resembled a real car, covered an area of about one square meter.

And this thing retailed for 16,800, and wholesaled for 13,800!

When Xu Hu bought it at the time, he felt that the wholesale price was quite cost-effective.

Because this simulator solved a very critical pain point for driving schools.

Hengyuan Driving School's rapid expansion period coincided with the "national driving learning" boom. As the number of cars in the country increased and the demand for using cars instead of walking increased, the number of people learning to drive also increased rapidly.

For these driving schools, they couldn't refuse the students who came to their door, right?

That was all hard-earned money, so of course they accepted everyone!

But as more students were accepted, a very serious problem arose: the venue and cars were not enough!

Because the driving school's venue was only so big, even if they could open branches and new venues, they couldn't be built in a short period of time. What's more, the driving school generally absorbed nearby students, and opening a branch might not necessarily be able to divert these students: they might just want to learn near their home and didn't want to run so far, right?

Many small driving schools completely disregarded their carrying capacity and just focused on enrolling students, resulting in overcrowding. Students were all lined up waiting for the car, waiting in line for two hours and getting in the car for five minutes. The students complained and the satisfaction level plummeted.

In order to solve this problem, Hengyuan Driving School first developed its own App for reservations. After the reservation, the students could learn to drive for an hour, and they didn't have to line up anymore. The satisfaction level increased somewhat.

But the fundamental problem had not been solved, which was that there were too many people and not enough cars!

In the past, it was queuing for two hours and driving for five minutes, but now it was different. It took a month to sign up, and it was hard to grab a class.

Although the App registration had been changed, reservations still had to be grabbed. It was okay during the day on weekdays, but in the evening or on weekends, the reserved courses were all red in an instant, and if you were slow, you couldn't grab them at all.

The fundamental problem was still not solved.

Therefore, Hengyuan Driving School came up with a new method, which was to purchase simulators!

They forcibly stipulated that all students must practice on the simulator for ten hours before officially getting in the car for training. At least they had to learn all the projects such as reversing and turning on the simulator, and they had to pass the simulation software test before they could get in the real car.

In this way, the students were diverted. New students went to the simulator first, and then waited to get in the real car after passing the simulator. Although the learning time became longer for the students, the queuing situation was greatly alleviated. After getting in the real car, because they had the basis of the simulator, they could get started faster, and the overall satisfaction was significantly improved.

Originally, Xu Hu thought that this batch of simulators was quite cost-effective, but now when he saw the *Safe & Civilized Driving* simulator, he realized that he had been tricked.

This was not the same level of thing at all!

What kind of garbage was the simulator he bought before? And they dared to ask for 13,000 for the wholesale price?

What was the configuration of the *Safe & Civilized Driving* simulator? Direct drive steering wheel, g-force seat, and the game specially developed by Tenda. Whether it was the hardware experience or the software experience, didn't it completely crush the previous simulator?

As a result, this one with the g-force seat was only selling for 9999!

Although it didn't come with a monitor, it was still much more cost-effective than the previous simulator.

What kind of broken monitor did the previous simulator have? He would think it was too much even for a thousand yuan.

So, how much was I cheated on with the previous batch of simulators?

Xu Hu couldn't help but start thinking about this question, feeling a bit more resentment on his thinning head.