Chapter 1456 An Unrealistic Car? (Bonus Chapter for Monthly Tickets!)

For example, there's no way to exchange real money for in-game currency, and player-to-player transactions are completely prohibited.

Of course, this approach has its pros and cons. One significant result is that anyone who wants to earn money in the game to buy a car, other than directly purchasing someone else's account, must earn it honestly within the game. They can't speed up the process by recharging or buying game currency from other players.

For some, it might mean fairness; for others, it might be rigid, inflexible, and impersonal.

But in any case, the developers don't seem to have any intention of changing this rule, so players can only accept it.

Since there are no in-app purchases, it probably follows the traditional game model: relying on DLC to maintain subsequent income.

After all, the game itself is a one-time purchase. After that, income will only decrease. If they develop DLC without charging, how can they support the cost of developing it?

"Well... maybe this update has less content, so Tenda is being generous and making it free."

"Let me see what the specific update content is..."

"Huh? This update has quite a lot of content!"

Zhang Yan glanced at the update log and found several significant updates.

First, the game updated seven different new cars, including three new cars from the domestic manufacturer Shitefu. It also updated some highway sections, provincial road sections, and race maps.

Second, the game officially launched a VR version, which can be experienced after connecting Doubt VR glasses. However, the current version is not perfect and is still being further optimized.

The game also updated support for eye trackers, which is good news for ordinary players.

An eye tracker tracks the player's eye movements. The player's eye movement data can further affect the game screen, so that where the player looks, the game screen turns to where they are looking.

The reason why this is good news for ordinary players is that it is a good alternative to a triple-screen setup.

For many people, setting up three 2K screens may present economic or space problems, but the price of an eye tracker is much cheaper than three 2K screens.

Driving games especially need a better field of vision. For example, when driving a large truck, it's difficult to see the rearview mirror and instrument panel with only one screen, which degrades the driving experience.

In other words, the game currently has three different experience modes: the best effect is still a triple-screen or ultra-wide fish screen because the display effect is the best and the field of view is relatively wide; the second is VR, although the display effect will be worse and there will be some mosaic-like feeling, and some people may feel dizzy, but the immersion is indeed very strong; and finally, there is the eye tracker. If there is only one screen, at least you don't have to take your hands off the steering wheel and use the mouse to adjust the field of view. You can see the rearview mirror by moving your head.

Finally, some Spring Festival events have been updated.

For example, there are some special paint jobs outside the car, and some Spring Festival-related mascot pendants inside the car. There are also some Spring Festival-related decorations on the roads and buildings in the city.

It seems that these are regular updates that have been arranged long ago.

Tenda Games does a great job of maintaining popularity.

After a new game is launched, in most cases, an update will be arranged in the short term, which can be clearly perceived by players.

In this way, players will feel valued, which can effectively enhance player stickiness.

Some manufacturers release a new game and then don't do anything for two or three months. In the fourth month, they finally update a patch, but when players take a look, they are all fixing bugs. At that time, they put the game aside and don't feel like playing it.

"I can try the VR version another day, but the driving experience may not be greatly improved. After all, the current VR glasses are still a bit lacking in display technology. I can only hope that Doubt VR glasses will release a new model soon."

"So the main focus of this update is on the cars."

Zhang Yan flipped through the update log and found that what was more noticeable this time was the update of three new Shitefu models, two of which were real-world models, and one k1, which looked pretty good, but had never been seen on the Internet before.

Shitefu is a relatively well-known and reputable brand in China. Since *Safe and Civilized Driving* has updated its cars, it naturally means that the two parties have reached a strategic cooperation.

"Someone will definitely do a collision test on Shitefu's cars, right? I wonder if it can continue the reputation of 'road tank' in the game." Zhang Yan couldn't help but joke.

"Road tank" is a meme that originated from the on-site photos of many Shitefu cars after colliding with other cars. After colliding with cars of various brands, Shitefu cars performed well. The appearance of the other party was seriously deformed, while the Shitefu car only had a slight dent.

Of course, it can't be said that the safety of Shitefu cars crushes all its peers, but the results of Shitefu cars in various collision tests are indeed not bad.

As a result, Zhang Yan glanced at the barrage and found that the audience's focus seemed to be on this new car with the model number k1.

"Damn, streamer, buy this k1 quickly, it's too outrageous! It's simply an official cheat!"

"I envy the streamer for having so much savings that you can directly buy a car. I accidentally bought a new car before and couldn't return it. I won't say anything else, I'm going to move bricks!"

"With this car, you can automatically hang up and earn money. I have a hunch that this game may become the world of studios in the future..."

"I feel like this is a bit too much. *Safe and Civilized Driving* is obviously a game that emphasizes realism, but in order to endorse and make money, they made such an unrealistic car?"

Zhang Yan was a little confused.

What are they talking about?

She curiously clicked on the detailed introduction page of the k1 car and found that its price was still quite high, reaching 450,000. However, after the various parameters, it was clearly written: "Under current laws and regulations, it reaches L2 level autonomous driving"!

Autonomous driving is divided into 5 levels. At present, many companies at home and abroad are developing autonomous driving technology, and it has already achieved initial results.

Level 1 autonomous driving is actually very simple driving assistance, such as helping the driver to brake urgently when it detects that a car is about to crash; Level 2 autonomous driving can assist in steering, acceleration, lane changes, and other operations, but the driver is still responsible for most safety functions and environmental monitoring, and must be ready to control the vehicle at any time.

Level 3 autonomous driving is more powerful. The car itself controls all monitoring of the environment. This process can be a pure vision solution through cameras, or it can be a joint detection through cameras and lidar. Generally speaking, manual intervention is not required on roads where the vehicle speed is less than 37 miles per hour.

Level 4 autonomous driving is highly automated. The vehicle will consciously change lanes, turn, confirm traffic lights, consciously use turn signals correctly, etc., and can independently handle complex road conditions for long distances without driver intervention; while Level 5 autonomous driving does not require any drivers, and can also complete driving tasks under any harsh conditions, and the safety is higher than that of human drivers.

As far as the current situation is concerned, Level 5 autonomous driving is still the highest goal of this technology, Level 4 is also uncertain, as for Level 3 autonomous driving, some companies claim to have reached it, but seeing the description of Level 3 autonomous driving, you can guess that many claims of L3 autonomous driving have moisture and ambiguity, and there is suspicion of bragging.

Therefore, current domestic laws only support L2 level autonomous driving, that is, under any circumstances, the driver must always observe the road surface and keep both hands on the steering wheel to ensure that they can immediately take over the vehicle at the first time when problems occur.

If you take your hands off the steering wheel, it is a violation.

The k1 model does not say what level of autonomous driving it is, but only marked a sentence, reaching L2 level autonomous driving under current laws. It can be seen that this is a relatively conservative statement.

The game does not explain what level this car is specifically.

Maybe they are afraid of being misunderstood for bragging?

But in any case, judging from the reaction of the barrage, this is definitely not an ordinary car. It seems that the production team has given it some excessive parameters in the game, and it has even reached the point of "arousing public outrage."

Zhang Yan glanced at her in-game balance and immediately bought it very arrogantly.

Having savings means being able to do whatever you want!

However, this car with a price of 450,000 is indeed not cheap, even tens of thousands more expensive than the volume-selling models of first-tier brand fuel vehicles.

Zhang Yan was almost drained of her savings by this car. Next, she can't run races and can only continue to work hard to earn money.

Although driving large trucks and long-distance buses earns money faster, after all, she just bought a new car and still wants to try it out. Moreover, Zhang Yan hasn't driven a ride-hailing car for a long time, and she actually misses it a little.

Driving the new car, on the road!