Yeah, the car doesn't really slow down. Anyways, this has an insane amount of potential. Imagine the moral questions raised, when people spend hours committing violent crimes in a simulation with their neighbors.
Whoa, this is so cool because you can pick a real world location you're familiar with, and role play driving around, and you know you can reach any destination you imagine. It's going to be there. So fun.
It would be fun to add some multiplayer support via websocket just like Mozilla did with BrowserQuest. Maybe make it run on phones and take it with you when you actually drive.
Then we can simulate the traffic jam in Mountain View together!
reminds me someone had put together a way of entering directions into google maps, then seeing a 3D view of the step by step navigation. Anyone remember what the url was for that?
Eventually driving simulators should replace 80% of initial real-world driving instruction. It has the potential to be a lot safer, cheaper and environmentally friendly.
Not to mention that repetition-based practice of mind-muscle reflexes, like stick-shifting, could just as well be practiced in a fun context (like racing simulators).
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Although I will grant you that once you get up into the hills it's really rather nice.
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...and I'm not kidding
Then we can simulate the traffic jam in Mountain View together!
Not to mention that repetition-based practice of mind-muscle reflexes, like stick-shifting, could just as well be practiced in a fun context (like racing simulators).