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While I'm familiar with train simulators, from the related videos I just discovered a weird kind of one that's completely news to me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcNTQhT5cx8

Rather than rendering in 3D, it's literally just a driver's eye video of a real train journey played at variable speed. Actually genius if you think about it - the linearity of a rail simulation makes it possible, and it's better than any renderer.

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Taking a cab video and then syncing it with controls is a fairly old approach. The first example I've seen was from Ongakukan in 1995 (Win 95J) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Train_Simulator_series). The video were 360x240 or similar and filled a CD. Quite realistic as long as you "play the game" and don't stop near a road near stations where there is road traffic that then stops too.

wow that is impressive graphics for ps3.

smooth, photorealistic.

It would have been impressive if it was PS2 (maybe). But for PS3? Not at all, it is/was pretty capable at the full HD resolution.

It's a video.

yeah seems like some people on HN aren't very happy about this oversight lmao

downvoting all of my HN comments

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