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#GamingBytes: Learn driving while playing these video games

Written by Shuvrajit Das Biswas

Apr 01, 2020, 01:25 am 2 min read

In today's day and age, driving is a basic skill set that everyone should possess. However, before getting out on the road, try learning elemental driving on-screen. There are several excellent simulators that help people grasp the basics of driving, and road sense before they go out. This gives them confidence and they become better drivers. Check out four best driving games.

A realistic feel of driving in a city

City Car Driving provides one of the most immersive driving experiences. The developers give the players an option to drive in the city, the countryside or even take the car for a spin. The best part is the real-life traffic conditions, which this game emulates. This allows amateur drivers to get a taste of what driving on streets would feel like.

A serious game for serious drivers

iRacing is not a casual game. You need to pay a monthly fee to access the game. However, it is worth every penny since it is completely realistic. The cars are behaviorally and aesthetically accurate. Players can participate in tournaments. Some competitors might actually be professional racers looking to familiarize themselves with track layouts. Notably, it uses NASCAR Racing 2003's source code.

Mountain roads are the best to learn driving

Forza Horizon 2 is best known for its open world access and the wonderful graphics. It doesn't have the most realistic driving simulation, but the variety of cars and roads deliver a great experience. Most importantly, the small streets and mountain roads set an incredible challenge for new drivers. Practising there makes it easier for drivers to take their cars out in the city.

The roads do not get more real

Assetto Corsa is another rigidly structured simulator. This game is for those who seriously want to learn driving. The game has highly detailed cars, realistic driving experience, and accurately laser-scanned tracks. All of these together make for a driving experience, which is as good as being on the road. Try your hand at this game to master driving before you hit the streets.

The best way to get the realest feeling

Although these games will bring the most realistic driving experience to your screen, you can improve even more. Ditch the traditional mouse, keyboard combination for a gaming wheel and pedals. They provide a much more lifelike driving experience that will help you master the streets.

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‎Car Driving School Simulator on the App Store

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The most realistic and authentic driving simulator available! Learn the rules of the road, complete a variety of missions in multiple varied open world environments!

Driving School is back and even better - test your driving skills on these ultra-realistic streets!

We’ve taken one of our most popular games and:

- ENHANCED the user interface
- totally RE-IMAGINED the garage
- maintained the same AMAZING PLAY that makes this game a favorite!

Enjoy:

- A HUGE CAR COLLECTION: your choice of over 28 Awesome Cars
- REALISTIC TRAFFIC: cutting-edge AI brings the streets to life!
- DYNAMIC WEATHER: adapt to the changes on the road - quickly!
- ONLINE MULTIPLAYER: compete with people online
- SEASONAL EVENTS: let us surprise you!
- FREE DRIVE: explore the game’s world at your own pace
- FIRST PERSON MODE: optional camera view to increase your immersion!

Master the different challenges of roads around the world - drive in California, Canada, Aspen, Norway, Las Vegas, New York, Miami and Tokyo! (Wherever you are, consider taking on another driver from anywhere in the world with the multiplayer function. ) And there’s more to come!

We’ve said enough - here’s what our some of our players have to say, from the comment section:

This game is by far the best of all driving games.
- Mary J, speed demon

I'm having a wonderful time with the car driving school simulator, and often wondered if there was a driving app such as this, that would simulate what would be in a driver's manual. I think it makes perfect sense to learn and have fun too.. thanks a lot!
- Aldo Ray Drayden, ace racer

An absolutely amazing, fantastic game.
- Hooriay Gul, driving champ

We thank you all for taking the time to comment!

If you loved Driving School, you won’t believe Driving School 3.0. Now get ready to drive some awesome cars!

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Version 3.15.0

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Ratings and Reviews

21.3K Ratings

5 stars but needs to be on date and safe for kids.

I love this game. I play it everyday! But some issues that they have to fix in April 2020. This game is fun, has a lot of entertaining power. The game is good with a lot of controls, no bugs, and most of all, has the best cars in the game! The cars are so cool and looks super good driving down the road. But younger kids are going to be shocked with this issue. There are people walking in the sidewalk. If they accidentally press a turn button or turning the wheel, they will crash into the person and the person falls. If you rewind, it looks really unusual. So I think they should add these invisible barriers or something around the people or just remove them. So far, this game helps more kids learn the basics of driving. Second, the crashing. If you drive really fast you will lose a lot of points. Some kids are really sensitive to it. And the next reason is you need to follow the update. It is April 2020 not Christmas 2019. But so far this game helps good! I love it but some issues will be fixed. And to be game safe for kids. Thanks BoomBit for this pandemic to be not boring so kids can play this! Good Job!!! Edit: December 9, and I really hope the game has advanced. Great game!

Boombit car driving simulator

I think that this game can be help the younger learn how to drive and learn the basics. There’s also another hand to that it can be fun and challenging game you can do different maps and earn different cars and it’s very realistic. It’s a challange because you have to drive the speed limit you also have to use your turn singles and try not to bump into cars and don’t forget going at green and stoping at a red light. Thank you so much for putting out your game of boom it car drinking simulator. I enjoy it. Ok I was reading some of your reviews and there’s a lot out there and maybe you guys are just obsessed and don’t do anything else rather then play it so you may have everthing but maybe try doing other games they make and not just this one it’s a simulator not supposed to be a year long lasting game all you guys are saying is mean and ungrateful things that you probably don’t want to be said to you and you’ll probably say I don’t care what they say.. but it’s reality and you’ll have to stick with it sorry. Besides that thanks boombit team for making this awesome game that everyone can try.🤪🤗😃😝🙂🚘🚖🚍

Great! But plz fix😝

I just got this game, and it is pretty cool. I love it cause it's practically like simulation. The graphics are on point and I don't see any problem. But, the 1 star that I didn't put was the bad stuff. Or problems I should say. I just don't like how whenever u are driving, and a random person comes over and gets in the way and you have to start the WHOLE LEVEL over again. I was mad. But also, when your turning right, and another car is turning right, the opposite car decides that it wants to be first and goes when the light is red still. And the cars are practically trying to race you. They try to get in front of you, and when the speed limit is 35. The cars go fast then stop randomly which can cost you the level. And then when the speed limit is 55, the car goes slow as never before. The cars speed up if you try to cross then and I just don't like it. And when you get in a crash. Like when you crash into another car, the other car waits for u to move then they go. I could play this game all night with unlimited Lin's and keep playing the levels! Again GREAT game, but PLEASE fix these problems. Oh maybe you should add a unlimited coins thing in there for $4.99 a month! Okay bieeeeeeeeeeeeee😜😜

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This page contains the best Android games of the Driving Simulators genre, which you can download on Google Play for free and in Russian. Today in the gaming market you can find many different car driving simulators. At the same time, not all of them can boast of good graphics and realism.

Driving simulators are educational games for those who have already received a license to drive a car or are just planning to get a driver's license.

These games are designed specifically for self-training of novice drivers. Applications will be useful both for students of driving schools and for those who are just planning to start learning. With the help of a driving simulator for Android, you can understand the basic principles of driving a car, as well as prepare for a theoretical exam in the traffic police.

1. DRIVING SCHOOL

One of the best driving simulators for Android in which you will learn how to drive many different cars. Driving School boasts incredible levels that include cities, country roads, highways, deserts, mountains, and more.

In the game you will learn how to drive a classic gearbox (mechanics) with clutch shift or use an automatic gearbox (automatic). Use the virtual steering wheel or other control options that suit your needs and interests. Get more knowledge about traffic rules with this new driving simulator. Show your driving skills and get your driving license now.

Features and Benefits:

• 100+ cars.
• 15+ detailed maps.
• 80+ levels.
• Smooth and realistic controls.
• Multiplayer modes.
• Realistic damage system.
• Gamepad support.
• Online rating of players.

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2. CAR SIMULATOR

Another good driving simulator in Russian with which you can feel like driving a car. Ride your car around the city with your friends and explore the city. The game has online racing missions (multiplayer mode) where you can compete with other players, defeat them and earn more money.

During the game, do not accelerate too fast, drive carefully so as not to crash it. Beware of the traffic police, for violation of traffic rules you face a fine. Pay attention to interactive tips and don't forget to fill up your car with gasoline at the gas station.

Features and Benefits:

• Daily bonuses.
• First person control.
• Fully detailed car models.
• A wide variety of car tuning.
• Interactive gas station.
• Fun missions in quest and arcade style.
• Additional missions in multiplayer mode.

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3. DRIVING SIMULATOR VAZ 2108

Play the most realistic driving simulator VAZ 2108! At your disposal is a huge Russian countryside and off-road, in which you have to go from a beginner to a professional in your field. Enjoy modern graphics and effects. Also, thanks to advanced physics, your car will deform from impacts and will feel differently on sand or asphalt.

Race with local drivers, learn to park, conquer off-road, drift or plunge into the intriguing events of the game in the story mode. The game will delight you with a huge variety of modes. Thanks to a huge selection of styles and a choice of car colors, you can create your own unique style.

Features & Benefits:

• 6 Radio Game Radio
• Smooth and natural handling.
• Multiplayer and free modes.
• Spectacular damage system.
• Online ranking of leaders and awards.
• Realistic weather conditions and engine sounds.

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4. TRUCK SIMULATOR: EUROPE

Run your own business that keeps growing even when you complete your truck deliveries. Become the king of the road by playing Truck Simulator: Europe. The game provides an unparalleled driving experience that put it in the position of the most popular truck driving simulator in Europe.

A large number of settings will allow you to customize the control of the car from the most simple to the most complex and realistic. The game has a change of day and night, so you can ride at any time of the day.

Features and Benefits:

• Nice graphics.
• Realistic interiors.
• Change of time of day and weather.
• 9 modern trucks to choose from.
• 60+ levels.
• More than 25 languages ​​supported.

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5. CAR SIMULATOR 2

Try another realistic car driving simulator 2022. In this part you will find a new open world, more than 20 new cars and amazing gameplay. Playing online allows you to play with live players from around the globe, win and earn money to buy new cars, tuning, garages and houses.

Drive cars around the city with your friends, upgrade your cars, participate and win racing races, explore the big city and become the best.

Features and Benefits:

• Online and single player modes.
• Daily bonuses and tasks.
• First and third person controls.
• Car interior 3D.
• Beautiful physics and sound effects.
• Various missions.
• Dynamic change of time of day.

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6. CAR DRIVING SCHOOL SIMULATOR

Get behind the wheel and start your training around the city in the most realistic car simulator for Android. This is a game that not only tests your driving skills, but also requires full attention to traffic rules. While driving, you will need to pay attention to signs, traffic lights, and remember to turn on the turn signals and use the windshield wipers when necessary.

The latest developer update changed the very structure of the game. Now you can not unlock the whole map and do not complete all the tasks, but immediately choose the option of the tasks you like. In addition, the add-on has completely new features, such as: a new map "Tokyo", which is open for fast driving, and now a free movement mode has become available in the simulator.

Features and Benefits:

• 26 unique cars.
• Convenient operation.
• Multiplayer online mode.
• Multiple cameras, including first person view.
• 100% free game.

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7. RACING SIMULATOR: RUSSIAN CARS

Simulator of street racing on Russian cars. You can choose from both classic cars of a Russian manufacturer, as well as more powerful modern models. Cars have their own technical characteristics and real engine sounds. Car models have a detailed body and interior with a working dashboard, which gives a feeling of full presence and realism from racing.

The app offers 4 unique tracks with different weather conditions, road sizes and number of lanes. The choice of any time of day is available, which will dynamically change in real time. The abundance of settings will allow you to choose the degree of realism of the physics of the car, in which you will need to show your skills and driving skills. Record video replays of your favorite gaming moments and share them on social networks. You can edit recorded video replays and voice them using your gadget's camera and microphone.

Features and Benefits:

• Modern beautiful graphics.
• Realistic physics.
• Change of day and night in real time.
• Detailed cars.
• Four pistes with different weather conditions.
• View from the 1st person or from the salon.

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8. DRIVING AND PARKING SCHOOL

Developer Games2win, with over 5 million downloads and a rating of 4.3, presents another cool car driving simulator. Take full responsibility for your new car and hit the road.

Use a driving simulator, follow the rules and traffic signs, master difficult parking spaces (parallel parking, reverse parking, parking between two vehicles, parking in a garage, etc.). Practice your driving in realistic extreme weather conditions.

Features and Benefits:

• More than 100 kinds of cars.
• 280 levels.
• 7 exciting chapters.
• Day and night free driving mode.
• Extreme weather conditions - fog and rain, hail, frost, etc.
• Convenient control technology.
• Available in 8 languages, including Russian.

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9. DRIVING SIMULATOR ZIL 130

Quite a realistic driving simulator of the legendary truck of the times of the USSR - ZIL 130. Feel the power of the tractor and go the way from a novice truck driver. Build your career, participate in races, learn how to park and hitch a trailer, conquer off-road terrain, perform maneuvers on the move, climb mountain peaks, overcoming difficult obstacles.

The game will surprise you with a huge selection of different modes. Complete a number of tasks and become a hardened trucker. You will have to drive between cities and villages, park, take part in races, deliver certain goods along mountain serpentines, country roads and city streets.

Features and Benefits:

• Realistic gameplay with changing weather and time of day.
• Advanced damage visualization.
• 90+ types of cargo.
• Large selection of styles, upgrades, upgrades and accessories.
• Game radio with the ability to play your own music.

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10. CAR SCHOOL DRIVER SIMULATOR 2019

Try another cool driving simulator in which you have to drive a car and follow all the road signs. Don't make wrong turns, follow the signs, fasten your seatbelt - this is your only chance to become a good driver.

Enjoy driving at different levels with loads of useful material to learn. 150 levels with over 80 unique road signs to explore and master. You can get real driving lessons in virtual driving school and improve your real driving skills.

Features and Benefits:

• 80+ traffic signs.
• 150 levels.
• 3 different camera types.
• Realistic mechanics.
• 135+ different cars.
• Eight languages.

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Which driving simulator for Android do you use? Share your opinion by leaving a comment at the bottom of the page, perhaps your message will be useful and help other users make a choice.

Driving Simulator Games - It Works!

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I bought a car and on the same day arranged a sale on the ad site: I'll give away a three-pedal steering wheel and 4 games as a gift to the first caller. He takes up a lot of space, never played much. Or relatives are buzzing in their ears - "you have already grown out of toys." And under the windows, finally, she is waiting - the real one. However, dear car enthusiasts, it is with the purchase of a car that the time comes for car simulators. Why?

The fact is that playing driving simulators with a steering wheel can really give the necessary driving skills to a novice driver and the basics of sports driving to those who want to drive briskly. And the main benefit is not even that you will learn to drive your car a little better and begin to understand the car in principle. Reinforced concrete "profit" - the acquired skills will save your car from significant wear and tear while you are trying to learn at least something.

Getting rid of fear

Most novice drivers, whose experience is less than 3 years, have already been lucky enough to practice on a simulator in driving schools. 80% of the feedback on the results of these classes: “The lessons are useless, I want to drive the “dvenashka” rather, because I did not come to play on the computer.” In fact, the idea of ​​installing car simulators in schools for beginner car destroyers can be called successful. Helps overcome feelings of fear. In this case, not just from driving, but fear of the instructor's remarks, fear of making a mistake in front of other road users. On the car simulator, you can start, drive and stop for the first time. At the same time, without risking the life of the instructor and the safety of his car.

After graduating from a driving school, approximately 50% of graduates remain without a car and drive again after 1-3 years. By that time, they have to relearn the basics. In such cases, it is advised to drive a car only at an early or very late time to the uninhabited streets and train there until you lose your pulse. "Rides", as a rule, happen once a week, therefore they are ineffective. In order not to forget what you did on the road from training to training, you can practice at home with a steering wheel.

Confident driving skills

Drivers who think they are good enough drivers can also find a lot to gain from learning to drive. It will help them look at driving in extreme situations from a different perspective and learn how to drive a car in a sporty way. After all, sports driving is not an aggressive driving style and a constant desire to arrive first. First of all, it is the ability to drive as safely as possible.

Playing with the steering wheel, you will be able to master the technique of steering, work with pedals, get basic skills to extinguish drifts and acquire the ability to choose a reasonable speed limit. This is an opportunity to understand the structure of the car, learn to focus on the sound, excluding other factors.

If it is not possible to test your car on a special track, you can get acquainted with its features in the game by choosing a car with similar characteristics, and if you are lucky, then an exact computer copy of your iron horse.

Agree also that not all of us know what our own car hides under the hood and what processes make it move. The technical characteristics of the car and the physics of its operation, as a rule, are given a lot of attention in most computer simulators.

A small illustration “from life” to all of the above: “A friend of mine has been playing simulators since the age of 16. He recently got his license. He has no driving experience yet. But, nevertheless, I called him on the ice for the company. And what do you think I saw? Correct skills. And the next weekend I called a man with 5 years of experience. He had never ridden on ice before either. And he didn’t have any skills at all, I’m not sure that he would have coped with a skid on the track or another unforeseen situation. There are a lot of examples when “sofa specialists” go to the track in their new car and demonstrate their skills and the best times in their class, leaving behind drivers with many years of experience. How do they do it?

Simulators in brief

The answer to the last question is that they play the “right” games. The most famous, of course, is Gran Turismo. This is a whole series of racing games for Sony PlayStation game consoles. It is considered one of the most realistic in terms of driving simulation. You can choose a standard car for training, or you can independently understand the possibilities of tuning it. And evaluate how the behavior of the car on the track changes from the settings you choose. In addition, Gran Turismo is praised for its realistic sound. So, for example, choosing a manual transmission for training, after a while you will start shifting gears by ear, once and for all getting rid of the habit of looking out on the tidy “it's time to go there already or not”.

For those who like to complicate everything, including their learning process, as well as for those who want to thoroughly study the structure of the car and delve into physics, there is another great option - Live for Speed. The game is famous for the even higher realism of the simulation of the car park. The suspension of cars in it bends and breaks, each blow can be critical for you, so thoughtless driving and endless exits from the track are not a good option for LFS. In addition, here you are introduced to the physics of wheel adhesion to the road. Tire temperatures change, and you have to control many more factors to predict the behavior of the car and take the lead.

In the previous two simulators for training, the player is offered an asphalt track. But you will probably want to try other road surfaces as well. For example, to feel all the delights of driving on gravel. The Richard Burns Rally simulator is perfect for this. Rally is a type of motorsport competition, participation in which will be most useful in everyday life. If only because the rally stages take place on public roads, on which you will definitely go to the country or take your friends to relax in nature.

Which steering wheel to choose

Let's say you thoroughly studied the entire range of games and chose the best option for yourself. It's time to say a few words about the steering wheels. Everyone is faced with a choice: to buy a cheap Chinese steering wheel or spend quite a tangible amount for the pocket "to achieve maximum realism."

In this matter, everyone must decide for himself what he wants to achieve by doing driving simulators with a steering wheel. The first option is to buy (or get it off the shelf) a cheap Chinese steering wheel with pedals. It doesn't matter which one. Why it will come in handy: driving in the game will become more logical and predictable. Due to the pedals, the player will be able to dose the gas and brake, for example, learn to avoid slipping and blocking the wheels. This skill will be useful on the in-game racing track so as not to lose precious seconds. And in life it will teach you to avoid increased wear of rubber.

The main problem of the Chinese steering wheel is the longest getting used to and, as a rule, a complete lack of feedback. Particular attention should be paid to the pedals. Often they are made according to the principle of buttons (there is contact / no contact). Such a steering wheel, most likely, will be useless for practical exercises.

Realism and pleasure will help to achieve a much less budgetary and, by the way, one of the most popular Logitech g27. Six-speed gearbox, clutch, dual-motor force feedback and 9 rotation angle00 degrees (that is, 2.5 turns from one extreme position to another) - you can practice taxiing technique. It's not cheap, but for the money you get a steering wheel, gear lever and pedals made of stainless steel and leather, and, they say, the effect of being in a real car cabin.

And the third, the most expensive of the listed and the rarest option for the Russian market - Thrustmaster 300 or something similar. The steering wheel, so to speak, is for the sophisticated. Pleasant to the touch and massive, it, among other things, will give the owner the feeling of a quality product. Thrustmaster 300 is controversial. For fragile girls, for example, the tight pedaling, which buyers often sin on, will seem tiring. But some believe that it is this steering wheel that brings the simulator closer to maximum realism.

What is the result?

"Householding" is a correct and serious topic. Of course, only if you treat the game not as entertainment, but as a real workout, analyze game processes and correlate them with what is happening on the road when you drive your car. Click on play? Time to step on the gas in virtual reality.

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