Parallel Parking scenario in EuroTruck 2

What is Euro Truck 2?

 

I can't help you on eurotruck, but you should know.
Parallel parking is used more than hardly. I parallel park at least once a month. Now you may never do it, but it happens quite often.
When you get a chance, practice every parking maneuver many times in a real truck. Because they will be used.

 

A video game.

 

A video game great. I got 200 hours in playing a trk driver video game. I'm an experienced driver now....
Lord help us all

 

You'll be surprise. Out in the east coast, rest areas are parallel parking. If you need to created your own parking in a truck stop, parallel parking.

Docks, sometimes parallel parking but I see that usually in ltl/local gigs

 

GTA 5 is the way to go. When someone hits your truck you can get out and beat his ### with a golf club lol.

 

I can do a barrel roll!

 

While I agree with you, don't count out video games just yet. It's been proving that video games have improved people's reaction times in real world situations.

http://www.rochester.edu/news/show.php?id=3679

Now I don't think video games will or should replace hands on training. But they are used more often these days to start training and open the eyes to prospective individuals.

They are a safe way to show a situation and not actually endanger anyone.

Navy seals have been playing video games as training for years now.

http://kotaku.com/5883105/forget-ca...itary-training-needs-a-different-kind-of-game

Surgeons use video games for training as well.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17309970

So what's the difference if old boy @Aarrons wants to play and learn via game?

I personally think it may help him. He can see how a truck articulates when doing this maneuver vs that maneuver. There's much to be taught in our particular field, and if he can get a grasp on the concept before he can even actually train. Then I say more power to him.

I don't know how Euro Truck compares to actual truck simulators, but it's just a tool he's using. Pilots do the same exact thing. They can do it from home on their couch.

Nothing replaces actually driving a semi in real life. Nothing! But a video game is a tool and Aarrons is using all the knowledge he can get his hands on to be a better driver.

As long as he can differentiate the difference between the game and real life, he'll do great.

Passing, I'm not knocking your opinion on video games for driving, i just wish to try and show you some knowledge that maybe you didn't know.

Salut

 

You want to learn to parallel park a semi using a video game? With all due respect go to school and learn it. I had to. You will use it more than you know. A lot of Ohio rest areas have parallel parking on each side. No pulling in if someone is in front of you.