In Soviet America, OutRun drives YOU

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In Soviet America, OutRun drives YOU

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The OutRun project by the UCI Institute for Software Research
Hertz has designed OutRun to de-simulate the driving component of a video game: where game simulations strive to be increasingly realistic (usually focused on graphics), this system pursues "real" driving through the game... OutRun explores the consequences of using only a computer model of the world as a navigation tool for driving.
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Wasn't there a Racket podcast on this? It sounds ridiculously familiar.
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Well, the YouTube video from the institution was put up earlier this year, but I don't know if this was in an RB podcast. (Does Racketboy post transcripts online?)
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Gaming accomplishments:
Nibbler (marathon): 251,169,160 / Nibbler (one life): 5,263,360 (WR)
Donkey Kong: 423,100 [L12-1] (150th place as of 2019-01-15)
Super Smash Bros. (N64): Ranked top 5 in Wisconsin from Q1 2016 to Q2 2017
Shrek SuperSlam: won largest tournament in game's history (Shrekfest 2018)

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Wow. Well I'll be schnookered, Dave got jump at the start of the project too!
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