Chapter 1455: A Surreal Car?

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

For example, there was no such thing as spending money to exchange for game currency. It also prohibited transactions between players.

Of course, there were pros and cons to this approach. The most obvious outcome was that apart from directly buying other people’s accounts, anyone who wanted to earn money in the game to buy a car had to earn money in the game themselves. They could not speed up this process by charging money or buying game coins from other players.

For some people, it might mean fairness; for others, it might be rigid, rigid, and unreasonable.

However, no matter what, the official platform did not seem to have the intention of changing this rule. Thus, players could only accept it.

Since there was no internal purchase service, it would most likely follow the model of traditional games: maintaining subsequent income by relying on downloadable content.

After all, the game itself was a one-off sale. The income would only decrease in the future. If the downloadable content was not charged, how would it support the cost of developing downloadable content?

“Hmm… Perhaps there is less content for this update. Tengda will be more generous.”

“Let me see what kind of updates there are…”

“Eh? There’s quite a lot of updates!”

Zhang Yan scanned the updates and found that there were a few rather heavy updates.

First of all, there were seven different new cars updated in the game. Among them, domestically-produced manufacturer Stamford’s new cars accounted for three of them. There were also some updates on high-speed roads, saving road sections, and competition maps.

Second, the game was officially released as a VR version. You would be able to experience it after connecting the Doubt VR glasses. However, the current version was not perfect. It was still in the midst of further optimization.

The game had also updated the support of the eye motion machine. This was good news for ordinary players.

The so-called eye motion machine was to track the movement of the player’s eyes. The data of the player’s eyes moving could further affect the game graphics. The game graphics would change wherever the player looked.

The reason why it was a good news for ordinary players was because it was a better alternative to the three screens.

Many people might have financial problems or space problems if they wanted to form three 2K screens. However, the price of the eye motion machine was much cheaper than three 2K screens.

However, driving games required better vision. For example, when driving a large truck, if there was only one screen, it would be difficult to look at the rear mirror and the instrument panel. The driving experience would be worse.

In other words, the game currently had three different experience models: The best effect was still three screens or an ultra-width fish screen because the display effect was the best and the field of vision was relatively wide. The second was VR. Even though the display effect would be worse and it would look a little mosaic-like, and some people might feel dizzy, the immersion was indeed very strong. Finally, there was the eye motion machine. If there was only one screen, there would be no need for both hands to leave the steering wheel and use the mouse to adjust the field of vision. You would be able to see the rear mirror if you moved your head.

Finally, he updated some Chinese New Year activities.

For example, there were some special decorations outside the car. There were also some mascots related to the Chinese New Year in the car. There were also some decorations related to the Chinese New Year on the road and in the building of the city.

It looked like these were all regular updates that had been arranged beforehand.

Tengda Games was doing very well in this aspect. It was very good at continuing its popularity.

Once a new game was released, most of the time, an update would be arranged in the short term to allow players to sense it clearly.

That way, players would feel like they were being valued. It would effectively increase players’ stickiness.

For example, some manufacturers did not make any moves for two to three months after the new game was released. They finally made a patch in the fourth month. In the end, players saw that they were all fixing bugs. At that time, they hid the game away and were not in the mood to play it.

“We can try the VR version someday, but the driving experience might not improve much. After all, the current VR glasses are still lacking in display technology. I can only hope that the Doubt VR glasses will be released as soon as possible.”

“The update should be on the car then.”

Zhang Yan flipped through it and realized that what was more interesting about this update was that there were three new models of Stamford. Two of them were car models that existed in reality. There was also a K1. It looked quite good, but she had never seen it online.

Struggle was considered a more famous brand in the country with a better reputation. Since ‘Safe and Civilized Driving’ had updated its car this time, it naturally meant that both parties had reached a strategic cooperation.

“Someone will definitely test Stamfords car, right? I wonder if we can continue to be called a ‘road tank’ in the game.” Zhang Yan could not help but tease.

“Road Tank” was a meme. It originated from the photos of many Stamford cars colliding with other cars. After colliding with various brands, Stamford’s cars performed well. The other party’s appearance was severely deformed, while Stamford’s car only had a slight depression.

Of course, he could not say that the safety of Stamford’s car crushed all his peers. However, the results of Stamford’s car in various collision tests were indeed not bad.

In the end, Zhang Yan glanced at the bullet screen comments and realized that the audience seemed to be focused on this new car model K1.

“F*ck, streamer, buy this K1 quickly. It’s too ridiculous! It’s simply an official cheat!”

“I’m so envious that the streamer still has so much savings. He can buy a car on the spot. I bought a new car because I was cheap previously. I can’t return it. Forget it, I’m going to move bricks!”

“With this car, we can use the Fully-Automated PC to farm money. I have a feeling that this game might become the world of studios in the future…”

“I think this is a little too much. ‘Safe and Civilized Driving’ is obviously a game that emphasizes authenticity, but it actually created such an unrealistic car for endorsement and sponsored partnerships?”

Zhang Yan was confused.

What were they talking about?

She opened the details page of the K1 car curiously and found that it was quite expensive. It had reached 450,000 yuan. However, after various parameters, it was written: “Under current laws and regulations, level L2 automatic driving”!

There were a total of five levels for automatic driving. At the moment, there were already many companies developing the technology for automatic driving both domestically and overseas. What’s more, there were already initial results.

A level one automatic driving was actually a very simple driving support. For example, it could detect when the car was about to hit and help the driver to brake. A level two automatic driving could assist in turning, accelerating, changing lanes, and other operations. However, it still required the driver to be in charge of most safety functions, environmental monitoring, and had to be prepared to control the car.

Level 3 automatic driving was more impressive. The car itself controlled all surveillance of the environment. This process could be through the pure visual plan of the camera, or through the joint detection of the camera and the laser radar. Normally, there was no need for humans to take over on the road below 37 miles per hour.

A level 4 automatic driving was highly automated. Cars would consciously change lanes, turn, confirm the traffic signal light, consciously use the turn signal, and so on. They could complete the complicated road conditions for a long distance without the driver’s intervention. On the other hand, a level 5 automatic driving did not need any driver. It could also complete the driving task under any harsh conditions. It was safer than human drivers.

At the moment, level five automatic driving was still the highest goal of this technology. It was also very difficult to achieve level four. As for level three automatic driving, some companies claimed to have achieved it. However, when they saw the description of level three automatic driving, they could guess that many people said that they were L3 automatic driving. There was room for exaggeration.

Thus, the current domestic law only supported automatic driving at L2 level. In other words, under any circumstances, the driver had to constantly observe the road and place his hands on the steering wheel to wait for orders. She had to ensure that she could immediately take over the car if something went wrong.

It would be a violation if her hands left the steering wheel.

The K1 model did not say what level of automatic driving it was exactly. It only highlighted that it reached L2 level automatic driving under current law. It was obviously a conservative saying.

The game did not explain this car was at which level.

Perhaps it was afraid that people would think that they were bragging?

However, no matter what, from the reaction of the bullet screen comments, this was definitely not an ordinary car. It seemed like the production team had given it some very excessive parameters in the game. It had even reached the level of “arousing public anger”.

Zhang Yan looked at her game balance and immediately bought it.

She could do whatever she wanted with savings!

However, this car that was priced at 450,000 yuan was indeed not cheap. It was tens of thousands more expensive than the first-tier branded car.

Zhang Yan had almost been squeezed dry by this car. She would not be able to run on the racing track anymore and could only continue to earn money.

She had just bought a new car after all and had to try it out even though large trucks and long distance cars could earn much faster. What’s more, Zhang Yan had not gone on a fixed race online for a long time. She actually missed it.

Here was to driving the new car on the road!