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[ChoosableOne]

His first console was Nintendo? He washed cars for 2 years to buy a PlayStation 1, and then had to sell it to buy a new helmet. His favorite racing game is Gran Turismo (I think there's a sponsorship deal involved, he also tried GT Sport if I remember correctly). He struggles like everyone else in The Driver tutorial. Nowadays, he plays Call of Duty and Fortnite(wow). I oddly feel happy when I see famous gamers lol.

 

[RoboFu]

I loovvvee GT.. always have since the first one. It's definitely a PlayStation staple.

But I wish to god everyday that we could get a new ridge racer or sega rally.

Make it RR type 5 and I could die a happy man.

 

[Unknown?]

Man the original Driver needs a remake!

 

[Guilty_AI]

I oddly feel happy when I see famous gamers lol.

Its too mainstream now. It's like finding out famous people read books or watch movies.

 

[Buggy Loop]

Strangely the guy doesn’t like sims and doesn’t practice in them at all, unlike Verstappen who actually asks the hotel to have good wifi bandwidth for iRacing.

Just to say he’s no sim buff. He likes a « game ». Doesn’t say anything else than that

 

[Raven117]

He is sponsered/consultant on GT. It’s usually on his cap.

He has to say that. In the end, I very much doubt he is much of a gamer…. Max on the other hand…. (And lando)… I mean, max travels with a sim kit so he can play Iracing in the hotel. He takes it ridiculously seriously.

 

[SkylineRKR]

Driver was fucking good. But that tutorial mission... I bet 90% of the gamers were legit stuck there. You had to be near perfect to progress. Still, gamers sucked it up. Not that they had any way to beg for a patch lol.

 

[ChoosableOne]

Its too mainstream now. It's like finding out famous people read books or watch movies.

I don't think it has become that popular yet.

Strangely the guy doesn’t like sims and doesn’t practice in them at all, unlike Verstappen who actually asks the hotel to have good wifi bandwidth for iRacing.

Just to say he’s no sim buff. He likes a « game ». Doesn’t say anything else than that

Verstappen's father was an F1 pilot; the guy was born into money, accustomed to such toys from childhood. On the other hand, we're talking about a kid who washed cars for 2 years just to get a PlayStation 1. Generational difference is also important, of course.

 

[Buggy Loop]

I don't think it has become that popular yet.

Verstappen's father was an F1 pilot; the guy was born into money, accustomed to such toys from childhood. On the other hand, we're talking about a kid who washed cars for 2 years just to get a PlayStation 1. Generational difference is also important, of course.

Verstappen was also born into a world where a beating and humiliation until he gets better was the routine. Quite the shithead father.

 

[Neff]

I can't take a man who sells a PlayStation and doesn't cite Ridge Racer as his favourite racing game seriously.

 

[Dr.Morris79]

Of course he'd say that, but he's never played the best..

 

[Dr. Claus]

Who?

 

[Goalus]

Not_sure_if_serious.gif

 

[*Nightwing]

“Sim racing hater loves Gran Turismo”

Sim racing Is Too Hard For Lewis Hamilton

You would think sim racing for Lewis Hamilton would be a piece of cake right? Well, it's not easy to justify the transition.

www.simrace247.com

Despite His Hate for Sim Racing, Lewis Hamilton Has Crafted One of the Toughest Challenges in the Genre

The seven-time F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton is a fan of video games, who even travels with consoles. However, he doesn't like Sim Racing.

thesportsrush.com

Why Hamilton’s not interested in sim racing - The Race

Six-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton is “not really interested” in sim racing as he finds it “completely different” to reality

www.the-race.com

 

[Little Chicken]

 

[Three]

Of course he'd say that, but he's never played the best..

I had the SNES version of Nigel Mansell's World Championship. Remember being blown away by the speech in the game

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

made with passion and Love

 

[Hero of Spielberg]

I mean GT is awesome, but didn’t Hamilton get paid to promote GT Sport … not like he’s going to say it’s shit

 

[amigastar]

 

[Black_Stride]

Cool.

 

[Unknown?]

I mean GT is awesome, but didn’t Hamilton get paid to promote GT Sport … not like he’s going to say it’s shit

He did but I don't believe he was paid to promote GT7.

 

[deriks]

GT is pretty awesome, and he's a pro, so he knows shit

I wonder if he ever played Forza too

 

[Hero of Spielberg]

He did but I don't believe he was paid to promote GT7.

He’s unlikely to can it in any event. Anyway, it doesn’t matter, just not a lot to be taken from a paid spokesperson endorsing the product

 

[ManaByte]

He is sponsered/consultant on GT. It’s usually on his cap.

He has to say that. In the end, I very much doubt he is much of a gamer…. Max on the other hand…. (And lando)… I mean, max travels with a sim kit so he can play Iracing in the hotel. He takes it ridiculously seriously.

 

[diffusionx]

I once read an article that interviewed a pro racer that said sim racing is like reality but with all the fun stuff removed.

 

[CoreyFlawless]

Of course he loves it. It’s not a sim

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

Guy who hates sim racers and is sponsored by GT, says he loves GT. Seems on brand, literally.

Also I’ll post Need for Speed 3: Hot Pursuit, since no one else has. Amazing racer.

 

[Days like these...]

Tl;Dr but he should try forza

 

[Three]

“Sim racing hater loves Gran Turismo”

Sim racing Is Too Hard For Lewis Hamilton

You would think sim racing for Lewis Hamilton would be a piece of cake right? Well, it's not easy to justify the transition.

www.simrace247.com

Despite His Hate for Sim Racing, Lewis Hamilton Has Crafted One of the Toughest Challenges in the Genre

The seven-time F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton is a fan of video games, who even travels with consoles. However, he doesn't like Sim Racing.

thesportsrush.com

Why Hamilton’s not interested in sim racing - The Race

Six-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton is “not really interested” in sim racing as he finds it “completely different” to reality

www.the-race.com

Bloody ridiculous to call him a "sim racing hater" from links all based on 1 interview where he said he doesn't spend much time in the Mercedes simulator because he can't feel the car. That doesn't mean he hates sim racing.

“I don’t find, personally, any benefit whatsoever doing the simulation thing.
But the actual fun, gaming side of things, when you get to play with friends and people online, that’s a fun stage.”

 

[EviLore]

I once read an article that interviewed a pro racer that said sim racing is like reality but with all the fun stuff removed.

The danger, g-forces, controlling a high performance machine, sense of speed… yes, more or less true.

 

[onQ123]

GT set the standard the only video game that I showed off to my granddad when I was young like " Look at these cars" lol


Looking back GT 1 on PS1 looks terrible now but coming from the Super Nintendo to PS1 that game looked amazing

 

[Unknown?]

GT set the standard the only video game that I showed off to my granddad when I was young like " Look at these cars" lol


Looking back GT 1 on PS1 looks terrible now but coming from the Super Nintendo to PS1 that game looked amazing

I remember showing my dad GT3 at a kiosk in Best Buy and his response was, "wow that looks better than real life!"

 

[onQ123]

I remember showing my dad GT3 at a kiosk in Best Buy and his response was, "wow that looks better than real life!"

Lol the new generation will never understand how amazing it was to watch the evaluation of video game graphics , like noticing physics in games for the 1st time when the Dreamcast came out & stuff moving in the background on Soul Calibur or seeing the eyes move around in Ready 2 Rumble, these were holy $h!+ moments for us but now it's nothing lol .

I hope that Next Gen make that big change going into Ray-Tracing.

 

[ChoosableOne]

The sponsorship certainly has an impact but Gran Turismo(1997-98) is one of the first popular sim racing games. Nowadays everyone calls it a sim-cade, but real/serious simulation games came much later than Gran Turismo (GTR was released in 2005). It's not surprising for an F1 driver who fondly remembers PlayStation 1 to love Gran Turismo(He was 13 years old when Gran Turismo came out).