![]() Todd says his early experiences of Ride on the Edge 3 at its highest difficulty setting were mostly of crashing – something that left him “with a big smile on my face” because he was being punished for not riding realistically enough. Improvements to the game’s handling model has also increased the realism level. The best and easiest tool that you have is getting the game and playing it.” It’s not ideal, but it’s a lot easier than trying to do that from America or Australia. It’s not as easy, especially for some European riders or worldwide riders coming to the TT for the first time and they don’t have the facility… I can just jump on a ferry or jump on a flight and go and do a load of laps around the course. “I push it to everybody and say ‘look, this is an awesome tool you have here’. “I’ve been involved a lot with newcomers more and more because I’m one of the most recent to the TT,” he notes. For him, his TT debut “100%” would have been tougher than what it was without his virtual experience and feels the game “helps you to be much faster as well as safer when you go there as a newcomer”. Todd does a lot of work with newcomers and constantly urges them to get the TT game as part of their homework. That helps get your bearings, but there’s only so much one can learn driving at 30mph on the left-hand side of a public road. Newcomers face a strict learning process to gain entry to the TT, a lot of which involves spending hours and hours circulating the course in a car. But Ride on the Edge 3 has accurately recreated every bump, jump, dip in the road and undulation change on the real course. Several PlayStation 2 titles offered riders the chance to at least understand what direction the circuit goes in. I don’t know how they’ve done that they’ve done a fantastic job.” And because I know my gearing pattern, what gear I’m in for what corner, and then I use that in the game and transfers over. It’s seriously impressive to see that, to see my reference points in the game and use them. Take it from Todd: “The reference points are all there, the walls are the right colour, the fences and the trees and everything, the road markings even. ![]() He thinks the game could make approaching the TT safer for newcomersĭon’t take our word for it, though. Todd in virtual form in TT Isle of Man: Ride on the Edge 3. Not only was it seen as a relevant form of home therapy for people struggling during those dark days, the popular Esports scene went to new heights as it proved to be the only sporting competition on offer for many months. I didn’t feel like I’d been away.”Īttitudes towards gaming have changed massively since the pandemic. And the first night of practice, I was fastest, and I can only say what’s that down to? It’s keeping on top of that knowledge and playing the game. Honestly, I just played the game a lot during COVID to keep it fresh and I think I’m one of – if not the most recent rider at the TT – so I should have been towards the back. “And it was for a lot of people who’d been going for longer than that. “I thought in my mind I was going to feel like I would be back to it being my first time there,” he adds when talking about returning to last year’s TT. I didn’t feel like I’d been away" Davey Todd "The first night of practice, I was fastest, and I can only say what’s that down to? It’s keeping on top of that knowledge and playing the game.
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