This Is Not a Bug but a Game Feature-Chapter 197 - 144: You Need a Driver’s License to Play Games? (Part 2)
"Bald Programmer 08"
"Single Planner Wang 14"
The test accounts he and his friends received already had nicknames set up early on.
Xu Liang didn’t have much to complain about these silly nicknames full of bot vibes. After all, they were official accounts, and as long as you could play, who cares what they’re called?
Besides.
The biggest perk of these test accounts is that almost all in-game currency is maxed out at 9,990,000.
It’s like playing a cracked version; buy any car you want, it’s incredibly awesome!
As soon as he entered the game, Xu Liang saw a really basic garage page with only one of Huazi’s Smart Drive electric cars.
This should be the beginner’s vehicle.
Glancing at his friend’s computer screen, he found they also had Huazi’s Smart Drive car.
Did Huazi pay up or what?
The two had no interest in this beginner car. Since it’s a racing game and they have endless game coins, the first thing to do is definitely to buy a good car.
The map is accessed with the M key.
Skillfully opening the map, then teleporting to "Tianba Auto Trade" company.
Tianba Auto Trade, as the officially designated sole legitimate car purchase channel, indeed had a variety of models!
Arranged alphabetically from A-Z by brand, players can choose their favorite brand to buy vehicles or choose based on price.
You can also choose new energy, SUVs, sedans, microvans, pickups...
"Ah! There’s no sports car?"
After searching the car selection page for a while, Xu Liang was shocked to find no sports cars he fancied.
Not to mention sports cars.
There’s not even a luxury car in the million-dollar range; the most expensive car didn’t exceed 500,000.
What the heck!
For Xu Liang, a rich second-generation, when has he ever seen such a bizarre racing game? Without sports and luxury cars, how do you even choose?
He doesn’t get it!
In reality, he’s never driven a car priced under a million. He’s a bit flamboyant and thinks cars below a million aren’t even cars.
"What car did you get?"
Xu Liang, at a loss, decided to refer to his friend’s choice since he truly doesn’t understand cars and has no idea how to choose these commuter and family cars.
"Di’s electric car!"
His friend chose a king of new energy models and laughed: "I’ve driven this car, under 500,000 it feels okay, what about you?"
"I’ll go with the same as you."
Since he couldn’t tell the pros and cons, Xu Liang decided to follow his friend; whatever he bought, he’d buy too.
"This game sucks, making us drive these crappy cars..."
After making the purchase, Xu Liang still complained: "What kind of racing game doesn’t let players drive luxury and sports cars? All these simple commuter and family cars, they really thought of this."
"It’s not so bad!"
His friend wasn’t as indignant as Xu Liang; he actually felt that after getting tired of sports and luxury cars, playing a game where you can only drive simple commuter cars had a fresh charm.
This mindset had nothing to do with him being a rich second-generation.
It’s purely because other racing games are full of luxury and sports cars; you get tired of even looking at them. After so much rich food, a light vegetable dish occasionally hits the spot.
In fact, besides buying Di’s electric car, he also bought a legendary Wuling.
He genuinely hadn’t seen anything like it in other games and had long wanted to experience racing with a legendary car.
Tianba Auto Trade is very professional.
Soon after they made the payment, the new cars were delivered to the garage.
With the cars they liked, it was time to experience the key gameplay of the racing game by signing up for a speed race!
That’s what Xu Liang thought too.
There are many race signup spots on the map; just go there to sign up for races, each with different rewards, and some have "single/multiplayer" difficulty options.
"Registration failed!"
Seeing the registration failed message on the screen, Xu Liang wondered: "I don’t have the qualification to compete? What’s going on?"
"Neither do I!"
His friend said, then suddenly started analyzing the situation. Since there was no beginner’s guide, neither of them knew what the exact problem was.
After trying for a while, they finally figured out what was wrong: they hadn’t acquired a "driving license"!
Xu Liang: "..."
Genius design!
He never imagined that playing a dumb racing game would mean facing the first challenge of earning a driving license.
The game designer who thought of this must have had a twisted sense of humor, forcing everyone to relive the pain of getting a license in the game?
Without a license, you can’t register for races.
It’s not just a problem for races; without a license, players can’t even properly drive around.
So they decided to get one!
Heading to Tianba Driving School and tapping the driving license exam, Xu Liang soon entered a dungeon area.
The first test: [Road Traffic Safety Laws, Regulations, and Related Knowledge Exam]!
There are ten questions in total, answering six correctly is passing.
The questions are randomly selected from a real question pool, tricky but not as over-the-top as real-world exams, after all only ten questions are there, and getting six correct is enough.
These questions were not a challenge for Xu Liang.
He breezed through the first section and quickly entered the second section’s simulated driving test phase.
Reverse parking, S-turn, parallel parking, right-angle turn, uphill start...
"Outrageous!"
Seeing these familiar exam items, Xu Liang was left stunned.
This game is really bizarrely abstract, he’s never seen a racing game that includes such things.
But don’t say...
Playing reverse parking in the game was indeed a unique experience, too fresh! Even though he passed in one go, he couldn’t resist taking another test.
Does anyone get this?
If only real-world driving tests could be as easy as in the game! Especially reverse parking, using an overhead view is just too satisfying.
"Actually, it’s quite fun."
His friend joked: "The difficulty isn’t high, with the overhead view and all, could anyone really fail this?"
"Part three is a bit different!"
Hearing this, his friend grew interested: "What do you mean? Part three differs from real life?"
"It’s different!"
Xu Liang shook his head, staring at the "Please wait for the retake" prompt on the screen.
What kind of part three is that?
The third section in the game actually simulates a real race scenario. Only by winning first place can it be considered passed; otherwise, a retake is necessary.
Overall, the difficulty is very low.
The main issue was he didn’t realize why there were traffic lights, lane-jumping bicycles, and old man carts during the race? And even needing to yield to pedestrians?
What?!
The first time around, he failed to notice the traffic light, accidentally ran a red light, got penalized 10 seconds, and then failed.
This special mechanic left him baffled.
It’s his first time seeing the need to stop for traffic lights in a racing game; normally, isn’t it just straightforward speeding ahead?
Also...
Lane-jumpers are just despicable!
Getting cut off even while playing a racing game, he really learned something new. Plus, the lane-jumping in this game was incredibly thrilling.
These AI drivers, their manners suck!
Xu Liang almost felt like cursing; who designed these AIs with such poor manners, always squeezing into any gap?
Lane-cutting was one thing.
But have you ever seen an AI driver honking madly from behind, or even sticking their head out the window to shout at you?
Their manners are just too touching!
He’s played so many games, but the AIs in "Speeding Frenzy" are the worst-behaved group he’s ever seen, perfectly portraying rogue drivers.
"Hahaha!"
Xu Liang was almost driven crazy by the AI, but after his friend experienced part three, he just smiled.
"Interesting, really interesting."
"These AIs are too amusing; if you didn’t tell me they were AIs, I would’ve thought they were players!"
The way they drove was just too smart. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖
The AIs even knew to start getting ready when the red light countdown only had a few seconds left, seizing every moment, leaving him amazed.
