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why would you drive cars in video games ? I have little interrest in real life cars. Real cars pollute much more, cost a lot, you have to take care of them, p

why would you drive cars in video games ? I have little interrest in real life cars. Real cars pollute much more, cost a lot, you have to take care of them, pay attention not to crash them, and you can kill innocent families with them I don't habe the budget for a Lambo and modding a street car is illegal. And even if I could, I wouldn't have the interrest to spend a decade to build a racing car that I could just crash at any time. I don't want a miata because I have bicycles and friends. The plot around driving your own car is terrible. At least video games have a scenario I can see myself doing a heist to have fun with friends in GTA, but not in real life >Why would anyone take their hard earned money and purchase the sprite of a car and drive it around a video game More like why would anyone take their hard earned money and burn it at the petrol station, on sets of tires, and on endless mechaniscs. A video game is 60$, a Miata is 20.000$ And I already cycle around, so I won't just pollute and waste money for the track day

redroyal 3y ago
You’re still missing the point entirely. The purpose of a car is to take you from a to b. If you don’t need that service, you don’t need a car at all, and if you don’t need a car it’s doubly true you don’t need a virtual car even if it is cheaper. It’s not real they’re selling a fantasy. You’re trading a real burger for a photo of a burger. You can’t eat that.
- scotty79 3y ago
  The real world utility is spending time in pleasant manner. Virtual cars provide that exactly the same way as virtual anything.
- squeaky-clean 3y ago
  > The purpose of a car is to take you from a to b. If you don’t need that service, you don’t need a car at all It would take like 2 hours to walk across the GTA V map on foot north to south. > and if you don’t need a car it’s doubly true you don’t need a virtual car even if it is cheaper Wait, are you saying if I don't need a car in reality, I don't need a car in a game? I'm not the Hero of Time, so I guess I don't need any weapons when playing Zelda. I'm not a soldier, so I don't need guns in Battlefield.
  - redroyal 3y ago
    You make an excellent point. Why are you playing video games at all?
    - hinata08 3y ago
      You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words. how dare you ?
- hinata08 3y ago
  >If you don’t need that service, you don’t need a car at all You're repeating Marx's "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs" that's socialism > It’s not real they’re selling a fantasy. and yes, that's capitalism let me live in the 21st century of mass media and video games. I want that. I want to fill my existential void with consumption and video games. They're fun.
- wruza 3y ago
  Fantasy is a popular product for many reasons, especially for those who have inner fantasy response. Too bad you seem to completely lack one. Personally I’d fall into a heavy depression if the only thing I could enjoy about X was its physical property.

redroyal 3y ago

You’re still missing the point entirely. The purpose of a car is to take you from a to b. If you don’t need that service, you don’t need a car at all, and if you don’t need a car it’s doubly true you don’t need a virtual car even if it is cheaper. It’s not real they’re selling a fantasy. You’re trading a real burger for a photo of a burger. You can’t eat that.

scotty79 3y ago
The real world utility is spending time in pleasant manner. Virtual cars provide that exactly the same way as virtual anything.
squeaky-clean 3y ago
> The purpose of a car is to take you from a to b. If you don’t need that service, you don’t need a car at all It would take like 2 hours to walk across the GTA V map on foot north to south. > and if you don’t need a car it’s doubly true you don’t need a virtual car even if it is cheaper Wait, are you saying if I don't need a car in reality, I don't need a car in a game? I'm not the Hero of Time, so I guess I don't need any weapons when playing Zelda. I'm not a soldier, so I don't need guns in Battlefield.
- redroyal 3y ago
  You make an excellent point. Why are you playing video games at all?
  - hinata08 3y ago
    You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words. how dare you ?
hinata08 3y ago
>If you don’t need that service, you don’t need a car at all You're repeating Marx's "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs" that's socialism > It’s not real they’re selling a fantasy. and yes, that's capitalism let me live in the 21st century of mass media and video games. I want that. I want to fill my existential void with consumption and video games. They're fun.
wruza 3y ago
Fantasy is a popular product for many reasons, especially for those who have inner fantasy response. Too bad you seem to completely lack one. Personally I’d fall into a heavy depression if the only thing I could enjoy about X was its physical property.