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I would love a real world driving sim. I don’t really care for driving on race tracks, but real roads.

knodi123 2y ago
I've always said, a version of Grand Theft Auto, but with a real map of [your city], and with cops that enforce driving rules, would be a priceless tool for teaching young drivers. After I passed driver's ed, I still spent the next two years getting lost within a few miles of my house. But drop me in any alley in GTA5 and I can get to any other spot in a pretty short path (although I confess it often does involve dangerous jumps).
- wolpoli 2y ago
  Midtown Madness 1 & 2 are most similar to what you are looking for.
- dacryn 2y ago
  it's one of those things I'd do as a millionaire. Some people would buy boats, private planes, art, ... I would hire a team to replicate my child neighbourhood perfectly in a gran turismo or preferably GTA 5 engine lol. You'd get pretty far with a million USD in the modding community
  - KeplerBoy 2y ago
    Lol, if I were a millionaire I'd probably buy half a house somewhere kind of nice.
  - greggsy 2y ago
    You’d get flewced pretty quickly in any modding community.
- greggsy 2y ago
  They could live stream the local radio for the soundtrack.
- zarzavat 2y ago
  I made a basic version of this to help me pass the UK driving test, which is fairly difficult: 40 minutes of virtually error-free driving is required and the pass rate is 50%. It's 2.5D, I used a 3D engine but the graphics are just satellite imagery projected on to a terrain map.
- sandworm101 2y ago
  >> would be a priceless tool for teaching young drivers. And an amazing resource for organizing street racing or any other event where knowledge of average police response times might be useful. Playtesting exactly how one can best evade pursuing police on realworld streets would be very fun.
jillesvangurp 2y ago
American Truck simulator comes close. But something like that bootstrapped of open street maps could be awesome.
rjh29 2y ago
American Truck Simulator has 300 cities and it takes 3 hours to drive across the map in real time. It's probably the biggest world in a driving game.
- vultour 2y ago
  The cities (at least for ETS) are a miniature version with only a couple of streets and some landmarks (in larger cities). It doesn't really come close to reality.
tdalaa 2y ago
BeamNG comes remarkably close in experience, although not in real world. I would love to have MSFS world as a driving game like BeamNG.
two_handfuls 2y ago
Check out Euro Truck Simulator then, I hear it's very good.

I've always said, a version of Grand Theft Auto, but with a real map of [your city], and with cops that enforce driving rules, would be a priceless tool for teaching young drivers. After I passed driver's ed, I still spent the next two years getting lost within a few miles of my house. But drop me in any alley in GTA5 and I can get to any other spot in a pretty short path (although I confess it often does involve dangerous jumps).

wolpoli 2y ago
Midtown Madness 1 & 2 are most similar to what you are looking for.
dacryn 2y ago
it's one of those things I'd do as a millionaire. Some people would buy boats, private planes, art, ... I would hire a team to replicate my child neighbourhood perfectly in a gran turismo or preferably GTA 5 engine lol. You'd get pretty far with a million USD in the modding community
- KeplerBoy 2y ago
  Lol, if I were a millionaire I'd probably buy half a house somewhere kind of nice.
- greggsy 2y ago
  You’d get flewced pretty quickly in any modding community.
greggsy 2y ago
They could live stream the local radio for the soundtrack.
zarzavat 2y ago
I made a basic version of this to help me pass the UK driving test, which is fairly difficult: 40 minutes of virtually error-free driving is required and the pass rate is 50%. It's 2.5D, I used a 3D engine but the graphics are just satellite imagery projected on to a terrain map.
sandworm101 2y ago
>> would be a priceless tool for teaching young drivers. And an amazing resource for organizing street racing or any other event where knowledge of average police response times might be useful. Playtesting exactly how one can best evade pursuing police on realworld streets would be very fun.

jillesvangurp 2y ago

American Truck simulator comes close. But something like that bootstrapped of open street maps could be awesome.

rjh29 2y ago

American Truck Simulator has 300 cities and it takes 3 hours to drive across the map in real time. It's probably the biggest world in a driving game.

vultour 2y ago
The cities (at least for ETS) are a miniature version with only a couple of streets and some landmarks (in larger cities). It doesn't really come close to reality.

tdalaa 2y ago

BeamNG comes remarkably close in experience, although not in real world. I would love to have MSFS world as a driving game like BeamNG.

two_handfuls 2y ago

Check out Euro Truck Simulator then, I hear it's very good.