Hya my furfriends, I would like to post a public service announcement so that all can learn from me! <giggle>
I have a force feedback racing racing wheel with foot pedals, and a nice VR rig (Meta Quest 3). I also just recently got a very cool racing game that's absolutely realistic in the driving physics (Automobilista 2), and in the VR you're literally behind the wheel in full immersive spatial 3D VR of one of the many cars they have. I drive IRL and this game feels right at all speeds. Of course it's a racing game, but you have the mode to just drive around the track/countryside too. It's literally called a driving simulator, and it's right. The accuracy compared to actual driving with the wheel's feedback and the VR is phenomenal!
SO last night, I was having some extra wine and primo catnip and had an idea: Why not wait until I'm basically thrashed and sparkly and dizzy, and then sit down behind the wheel and go driving? In a nice and safe VR environment let's see just how bad a drunk driver I am!!! So after enjoying said wine and nip and chatting with a few good furfriends while letting the chemicals soak my silly brain (shoutout to you all, had a ball! <kisses>), I set a mental speed limit of 100kmh on straight roads and 60-80 for corners depending on the sharpness, loaded a track that's driving around a German countryside, finished my glass of wine, fired up some more catnip, and settled into the driver's seat!
(note: I cannot stress this enough, I would NEVER EVER even THINK to do this IRL!!! This is VR ONLY!!! ABSOLUTELY VIRTUAL!!!)
Now in real life this kind of driving is so easy it's a joke. In the game normally at these "slow" speeds this would also be a joke. Now I get to see for myself just how badly intoxication affects driving skills...and the results were exactly as you'd expect. My braking coming to corners was TOOOTally shot, constantly underestimating the distances. I'd try and drive straight alongside a row of pylons...and bowl them over in seconds as I swerved to the side. I'd even find myself driving on the empty clear road, get distracted for a few seconds looking around at the sights, forget where I was driving, and plow right into the wall or something else.
Actually, sidebar: it was FAR too easy to do that...personal distraction was surprisingly the worst effect! I was able to counter the dizziness mostly, I could even slow down to counter bad reflexes, I could try and focus on driving straight and mostly succeed if I tried. BUT the biggest "drunk driving" effect was sheer distraction...my mind would constantly wander as the world whipped past me, I'd be staring at the road blurring and find myself daydreaming before snapping out of it and remembering there's a corner approaching, or even looking at a mountainside, thinking "Wooow, I'd love to visit there someday. You know I bet they have special tours that..." and then remember I'm still driving the damn car and be surprised with the sudden loud WHAM as my vehicle plows into the wall. Highway hypnosis was constant...I'd forget where I was in the track, I'd forget I'm still accelerating and hear the engine revving higher and higher with no reaction from me as my loopy mind wandered away from driving. It was surreal!!
So what's the takeaway??? NEVER DRINK AND DRIVE!!! EVER!!! It doesn't matter how confident you think you are, your own brain will fight you and you'll kill yourself or someone else. Never judge your own abilities to drive either as you'll make too many errors. And most of all, remember a buzzing mind is a wandering one, and when you're driving you have one job...control the damn car!! Can't let your brain go to lala land but you'll find it impossible to stop yourself when high off your tits.
SO yeah, a fun night! A true VR experiment safely performed to experience something far too dangerous and stupid to attempt IRL. This is what VR's made for!!! Also, yeah...please learn from the kitty's VR experiment, and lock your keys away from you if you're gonna have fun with chemicals. The two don't mix unless it's VR.
I have a force feedback racing racing wheel with foot pedals, and a nice VR rig (Meta Quest 3). I also just recently got a very cool racing game that's absolutely realistic in the driving physics (Automobilista 2), and in the VR you're literally behind the wheel in full immersive spatial 3D VR of one of the many cars they have. I drive IRL and this game feels right at all speeds. Of course it's a racing game, but you have the mode to just drive around the track/countryside too. It's literally called a driving simulator, and it's right. The accuracy compared to actual driving with the wheel's feedback and the VR is phenomenal!
SO last night, I was having some extra wine and primo catnip and had an idea: Why not wait until I'm basically thrashed and sparkly and dizzy, and then sit down behind the wheel and go driving? In a nice and safe VR environment let's see just how bad a drunk driver I am!!! So after enjoying said wine and nip and chatting with a few good furfriends while letting the chemicals soak my silly brain (shoutout to you all, had a ball! <kisses>), I set a mental speed limit of 100kmh on straight roads and 60-80 for corners depending on the sharpness, loaded a track that's driving around a German countryside, finished my glass of wine, fired up some more catnip, and settled into the driver's seat!
(note: I cannot stress this enough, I would NEVER EVER even THINK to do this IRL!!! This is VR ONLY!!! ABSOLUTELY VIRTUAL!!!)
Now in real life this kind of driving is so easy it's a joke. In the game normally at these "slow" speeds this would also be a joke. Now I get to see for myself just how badly intoxication affects driving skills...and the results were exactly as you'd expect. My braking coming to corners was TOOOTally shot, constantly underestimating the distances. I'd try and drive straight alongside a row of pylons...and bowl them over in seconds as I swerved to the side. I'd even find myself driving on the empty clear road, get distracted for a few seconds looking around at the sights, forget where I was driving, and plow right into the wall or something else.
Actually, sidebar: it was FAR too easy to do that...personal distraction was surprisingly the worst effect! I was able to counter the dizziness mostly, I could even slow down to counter bad reflexes, I could try and focus on driving straight and mostly succeed if I tried. BUT the biggest "drunk driving" effect was sheer distraction...my mind would constantly wander as the world whipped past me, I'd be staring at the road blurring and find myself daydreaming before snapping out of it and remembering there's a corner approaching, or even looking at a mountainside, thinking "Wooow, I'd love to visit there someday. You know I bet they have special tours that..." and then remember I'm still driving the damn car and be surprised with the sudden loud WHAM as my vehicle plows into the wall. Highway hypnosis was constant...I'd forget where I was in the track, I'd forget I'm still accelerating and hear the engine revving higher and higher with no reaction from me as my loopy mind wandered away from driving. It was surreal!!
So what's the takeaway??? NEVER DRINK AND DRIVE!!! EVER!!! It doesn't matter how confident you think you are, your own brain will fight you and you'll kill yourself or someone else. Never judge your own abilities to drive either as you'll make too many errors. And most of all, remember a buzzing mind is a wandering one, and when you're driving you have one job...control the damn car!! Can't let your brain go to lala land but you'll find it impossible to stop yourself when high off your tits.
SO yeah, a fun night! A true VR experiment safely performed to experience something far too dangerous and stupid to attempt IRL. This is what VR's made for!!! Also, yeah...please learn from the kitty's VR experiment, and lock your keys away from you if you're gonna have fun with chemicals. The two don't mix unless it's VR.
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