We have already spoken to you about eSports, and you now know that we are far from a simple arcade game for fun purposes only. Today the virtual matches the real and it is fairer to talk about real simulators rather than recreation. How far can we go in this area? It would seem that using the skills of controller experts would be very useful to test new ideas for changes to the sporting regulations. Explanation…
Le eSports will it soon supplant reality? We don't know, but it is already clear that it is so close that we are talking about it as real simulators. Such potential that it would be good to exploit to carry out tests with a view to changing the regulations.
An open-mindedness that Formula 1 put on the table. So, Pat symonds, one of the technical directors of the number one category, confided that it would be a shame not to take advantage of this great opportunity: “ what is difficult is the human aspect » confesses Symonds in the columns of motorsport.nextgen-auto.com. He illustrates his approach with a concrete case: “ one of the patterns we've seen is the formation of the starting grid currently used, which is an eight meter offset grid, we're studying to see if that's the right thing. »
« If you want to study the effect of a two-by-two grid, physics tells you that the cars would all start at the same start, and therefore arrive at the first corner in the same order. But that's not reality. We need to understand if we would have more exciting first laps, or if we would have a lot of accidents. We don't want to eliminate half the field in the first lap. The only way we can do this is by adding the human into the loop » adds the person concerned.
This human factor would reveal itself with simulator pilots, who are sometimes young pilots, sometimes experienced pilots, but also eSport pilots: “ what I hope for the end of the year is that we can use some of our best virtual drivers from eSports to test some of our ideas for sporting rule changes. " The revolution is on. MotoGP, which also has its experts in eSports can he be inspired by it?
