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Professional gaming is the world where players make a salary by playing games for a professional eSport organization. The professional gaming scene is built upon tournament managing organizations like TheCGS, ESWC, WCG and their sponsors.
Realism is where a game attempts to accurately mimic real life through gameplay mechanics and visuals. For example, realistic shooters, such as Operation Flashpoint, Full Spectrum Warrior, or Brothers in Arms, typically focus upon squad tactics, i.e. suppressive fire and flanking.
Games that make records. Often records like most played game, or critically acclaimed. There have been gaming records since the says of Pong and the Magnavox Oddysey.
Rev Matching is done when performing a downshift with a manual transmission to match the engines revs to the new gear being shifted into. Rev Matching is often also referred to as ''heel-toe'' shifting (Using the toes to brake while increasing rev with the same foot using the heel).
Roadblocks are used to prevent the transit in that road. They're used in videogames either to prevent the player to go in that direction or as a challenge the player must overcome.
Rubber Band AI is an infamous hidden feature in racing games that allows computer-controlled opponents to catch up no matter how far behind they are. It is intended to keep challenging the player, but can also give AI opponents an unfair advantage.
Getting extra stuff on a new game from a previous game save on the player's system.
While screenshots were possible in many games using third-party programs, many games have official use for screenshots. Whether that be being able to take them, and have them uploaded to the internet or your hard drive, or have them serve in game purposes.
No point in gathering coins, gold, gil, money, or whatever if you can't buy anything with it.
Games that for some reason or another, include a slip cover. Usually Collectors Editions or first run games.
Microsoft new concept of turning every TV into a smart TV via hardware you already own.
The Spike Video Game Awards recognized the best games of 2009.
Sometimes, you want to play games with a real person who's sitting right next to you. These games have you covered.
In auto racing, standing starts have the cars or go-karts stationary in the starting grid as the race begins. To commence racing in a standing start, a set of red lights is needed before the green one goes off to start the race.
A grid that is organized for the start of the race in rows of 2, 3 or more. Very useful for standing starts in various racing titles.
Not to be confused with just any metal case, SteelBook is a brand of metal packaging for disc-based media.
Illegal auto racing taking place on public roads.
The option to display dialog and other information with text on screen.
A system of time keeping that divides the day not into hours or minutes, but 1000 equally-timed parts called ".beats".
A game mechanic that lets players pause and rewind the action in order to correct a mistake or change a path.
Players compete against the clock to secure the fastest time possible. This is often added to racing games for extra replay value and typically requires a higher degree of skill.
The 2009 Tokyo Game Show (TGS) took place between 24-27 September at the Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Tokyo. The theme for the show was 'Game, it's so energetic!'
Touge is a Japanese style of one-on-one racing where the "chaser" or second place, has to pass the lead without touching them. Touge races are always performed on narrow winding roads, and the race is composed of two rounds, up the mountain and down the mountain.
A key component of an automobile.
A term for a car handling condition in which during cornering the circular path of the vehicle's motion is of a greater radius than the circle indicated by the direction its wheels are pointed. Understeer occurs predominantly in front-wheel drive vehicles when the front tires lose traction.
Extra objects, characters, or content in a game that can only be accessed after completing a certain task such as completing the game, or by using cheat codes.
The ability, through purchasing, winning, unlocking, or other means, to change your vehicle (usually for the better). Changes can be alterations to original vehicle or a completely new vehicle.
User Generated Content describes any content the end user produces to add onto the content given by the developer. User Generated Content has grown in popularity, with LittleBigPlanet, Forza Motorsport 3, ModNation Racers and Spore being great examples.
The building/editing of vehicles, mechs, and the like.
Due to damage or other events, vehicles become harder to handle or drive slower.
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