Rooster Teeth experiments with third-person driving in real life
by Griffin McElroy 
on Apr 7th 2010 12:00AM
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Posted: Apr 7th 2010 12:08AM sonicspike41 said
Hey, beto, here's a warning from me to you:
"First" is a banable (ban-able?) offense around here.
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"First" is a banable (ban-able?) offense around here.
Posted: Apr 7th 2010 12:24AM ThatStuffsLethal said
Ewww at the thought of someone being "banana'ed"...
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Posted: Apr 7th 2010 12:54AM Solar Jetman said
It's also banal-ably boring no matter where you are.
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Posted: Apr 7th 2010 12:07AM (Unverified) said
Cool idea but why did they use GTA4 as a reference? GTA4's camera is horrible for driving even in the game because it's way too close to the car. I remember I had to constantly flick the camera upwards with the right analog stick in order to see what was ahead on the road. I think they should have used Gran Turismo or Forza's fixed third person camera since it's a little bit higher and you can clearly see what lies ahead on the road.
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Posted: Apr 7th 2010 12:11AM WiredKnight said
You *can* change the camera view in GTA4. But one of the things that drew me into the game was using the really close view, and watching the road through the back and front windows. For some reason, seeing the whole car--inside and out--bouncing around made things seem much more lifelike.
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Posted: Apr 7th 2010 2:54AM WiredKnight said
Um, what? When did I say anything about hookers?
I was simply saying that I happen to like their camera set up. That's all.
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I was simply saying that I happen to like their camera set up. That's all.
Posted: Apr 7th 2010 2:54AM WiredKnight said
But I do also agree that the other camera settings aren't high enough.
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Posted: Apr 7th 2010 12:07AM sonicspike41 said
That's pretty cool. It'd be better if the camera was a little higher up (so you can see more of the road immediately in front of you) but it's still really cool.
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Posted: Apr 7th 2010 1:02AM Solar Jetman said
Yeah I hate having to hold the right stick "just so". But clearly they're going for GTA4 realism. :) I would love to try it.
Now that I think about it, I would absolutely use cockpit view for driving games that require precision (like real life), but I don't play any of those. I play driving games where you need to know who's on your bumper and exactly where to start your power drift.
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Now that I think about it, I would absolutely use cockpit view for driving games that require precision (like real life), but I don't play any of those. I play driving games where you need to know who's on your bumper and exactly where to start your power drift.
Posted: Apr 7th 2010 12:49AM Special Agent Steve said
Sorry, they left their warthog in their OTHER summer home.
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Posted: Apr 7th 2010 12:12AM R Planteer said
Camera really seems like it should have been higher up than it was, as I remember having a better view of the front of the car in GTA IV. Other than that though, in racing games and such I usually prefer driving in the windshield view myself.
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Posted: Apr 7th 2010 12:13AM ch3burashka said
Genius. Little do we know this is how people will drive in the future.
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Posted: Apr 7th 2010 12:26AM sonicspike41 said
I had to google VIKI. Can't believe I don't remember that name from the movie I, Robot.
I wouldn't mind having a central DPS/DMV computer that would direct all traffic. The only thing that would suck is the long waiting times to get anywhere with them.
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I wouldn't mind having a central DPS/DMV computer that would direct all traffic. The only thing that would suck is the long waiting times to get anywhere with them.
Posted: Apr 7th 2010 12:37AM sonicspike41 said
How about assisted driving? Just imagine a GPS that does everything in real time but can also help you avoid accidents by switching lanes/braking should it detect the vehicle in front of you suddenly stopped.
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Posted: Apr 7th 2010 1:15AM Radical Dylan said
only reason you enjoy driving is because you don't have to drive 2+ hours a day. I'd love for an auto driving system, that way i can sleep or do my work on the trip.
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Posted: Apr 7th 2010 8:24AM PoisonedAl said
I live in the UK, so we'd end up with Holy driving us.
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Posted: Apr 7th 2010 12:25AM Lord Minogue said
Lucky them to have a Canon 5D MKII handy; a setup like that costs at least $4000. I guess they couldn't find a cheaper camera with a wide angle lens...
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Posted: Apr 7th 2010 12:26AM (Unverified) said
Yeah it's true you could change the camera but once you started going very fast the camera would always go a bit lower. I also sometimes enjoyed using the camera you described because I could see the car details better but I had to move the camera too much.
Still my point was that the camera that they used in the experiment was fixed and taking that into consideration they should have placed it higher. It's still a cool experiment though.
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Still my point was that the camera that they used in the experiment was fixed and taking that into consideration they should have placed it higher. It's still a cool experiment though.
Posted: Apr 7th 2010 12:47AM ZGiSH said
The problem with this is that the camera is static. It makes it look like the environment is moving around the car instead of the car moving around the environment. In GTA4, the camera was dynamic and you could see your car swerving and such.
I'm pretty sure if there was a dynamic camera ( not sure how they would manage that ) it would be a lot easier to drive.
Good video and experiment though!
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I'm pretty sure if there was a dynamic camera ( not sure how they would manage that ) it would be a lot easier to drive.
Good video and experiment though!
Posted: Apr 7th 2010 1:52AM JBourne said
Great idea for an experiment. I imagine they would have had an easier time driving a smaller car with a better turning radius, but I understand that it would be more difficult to attach the camera without having access to a hitch. Maybe a Jeep Wrangler would make it simpler?
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Posted: Apr 7th 2010 4:41PM Levi Partridge said
A friend of mine once owned a Honda Accord with a trailer hitch.
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Posted: Apr 7th 2010 5:32AM technoKyle said
"Think of them as valets."
"Why do the valets need bats?"
"GO!"
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"Why do the valets need bats?"
"GO!"
Posted: Apr 7th 2010 6:55AM (Unverified) said
Why is a spambot biographying Aerosmith in two different languages in the comments of a videogame website?
Also, this video combined everything I love about Mythbusters, everything I love about Jackass, and added video games.
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Also, this video combined everything I love about Mythbusters, everything I love about Jackass, and added video games.
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