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by whynotmaybe 36 days ago
W-A-S-D on a Dell keyboard wouldn't surprise me.
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joe_mamba 36 days ago
Hey, like so many others, I managed to beat NFS Underground 1 and 2, Most Wanted and Hot Pursuit using only the budget brand e-waste special keyboard, no analog controllers.

IIRC some of the top NFS players also used the keyboard instead of fancy racing syms.

So it's probably possible to control real life cars with a keyboard, provided they implement dedicated input filtering, PID controllers or Kalman filters, and throttle maps, instead of having a key press just be 100% gas/break.

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EA-3167 36 days ago
Unless you beat them without crashing once that’s not impressive in a real world context.

Life doesn’t have saves to reload.

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joe_mamba 36 days ago
You can't win internationally competitive racing games if you crash since your competition who doesn't crash will beat you.

So if they win competitions with a keyboard it means they can drive without crashing.

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whynotmaybe 36 days ago
Neither does mudrunner and snowrunner and I play with a keyboard.
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