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Reminds me of games like Densha de Go https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9LlMSMsgrc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9LlMSMsgrc

• hlandau 6y ago
  While I'm familiar with train simulators, from the related videos I just discovered a weird kind of one that's completely news to me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcNTQhT5cx8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcNTQhT5cx8 Rather than rendering in 3D, it's literally just a driver's eye video of a real train journey played at variable speed. Actually genius if you think about it - the linearity of a rail simulation makes it possible, and it's better than any renderer.
  • f430 6y ago
    wow that is impressive graphics for ps3. smooth, photorealistic.
    • Koshkin 6y ago
      It would have been impressive if it was PS2 (maybe). But for PS3? Not at all, it is/was pretty capable at the full HD resolution.
    • chacha2 6y ago
      It's a video.
      • f430 6y ago
        yeah seems like some people on HN aren't very happy about this oversight lmao downvoting all of my HN comments
  • softgrow 6y ago
    Taking a cab video and then syncing it with controls is a fairly old approach. The first example I've seen was from Ongakukan in 1995 (Win 95J) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Train_Simulator_series https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Train_Simulator_series). The video were 360x240 or similar and filled a CD. Quite realistic as long as you "play the game" and don't stop near a road near stations where there is road traffic that then stops too.