Chapter 1421 Could They Really Be This Similar?

Evening.

Zhang Yan finished her day of work, ate a simple dinner after returning home, and then came to the computer again, ready to drive.

Before, many people on the internet questioned, having driven all day to and from work, why continue driving in the game when you get home at night? How addicted can you be!

Now Zhang Yan can confidently reply to them: This addicted!

Of course, although you have to concentrate on driving in "Safe and Civilized Driving," Zhang Yan feels that driving in reality is labor, while driving in the game is entertainment.

Although this may seem a little unbelievable to some people, players who have truly experienced the fun of "Safe and Civilized Driving" feel the same way as Zhang Yan.

"I'll drive a passenger bus today, and then I can work hard to get on the racetrack tomorrow!"

Zhang Yan took the time to get a passenger bus driver's license, and her driving experience with large trucks helped her a lot.

Seriously, driving a long-distance passenger bus has a very different kind of fun compared to driving a large truck.

The fun of driving a large truck mainly lies in controlling the trailer behind. Because large trucks want to carry more goods, the trailer behind will become longer and longer. How to turn or reverse with such a long trailer is definitely a technical job.

If there is an operational error, bumping into a telephone pole or a fire hydrant while turning is fine; at most, you'll just have to pay compensation. But if you get stuck while turning on a mountain road, you're done for. The rescue service in the game isn't cheap.

But the longer the trailer behind, the more goods you carry, and the stronger the sense of accomplishment when you deliver the goods to the destination!

On the other hand, long-distance passenger buses have a different kind of fun; you can fully utilize the functions of the control panel included in the package.

Unlike large trucks, which only transport goods between two points and don't need to stop along the way, long-distance passenger buses have many stops along the route for passengers to get on and off. For example, on a one-hour trip, a batch of passengers will get on and off every ten minutes or so.

At this time, operations such as stopping and opening the doors must be completed by the player.

In addition, large trucks only need to focus on the driver himself, but long-distance passenger buses have to pay attention to everyone on the bus.

In addition to stopping and opening the doors at stops, players must also pay attention to the situation inside the bus, adjust the temperature of the air conditioner, and may encounter emergencies such as passengers pressing the stop button. At this time, you have to find a suitable place to stop. In addition, you have to switch the movies played in the bus according to the age composition of the passengers.

For example, if most of the people in the car are elderly, or most are children, the movies to be played will naturally be different.

Because the evaluation rules for passenger buses and trucks in the game are different, driving a truck just requires delivering the goods to the destination. Fines are imposed for vehicle damage or violations along the way, and the faster you deliver the goods, the sooner you can start the next order.

But for passenger buses, it's not enough just to get the passengers to their destination. In addition to vehicle damage and violations, there is also passenger satisfaction. Only when passenger satisfaction is relatively high can you get a relatively generous reward.

Factors such as travel time, whether or not you promptly responded to passengers' urgent requests, whether the temperature in the car is suitable, whether the driving is smooth, and whether the movies in the car meet the passengers' preferences will all affect passenger satisfaction, which in turn affects the final income.

At first, Zhang Yan was very uncomfortable and felt that this was simply a bunch of troublemakers!

They were safely taken to their destination, but their evaluation was lowered because the movie didn't suit their tastes and the air conditioner temperature was too low, which led to a reduction in the final income. It was simply outrageous!

But after running a few trips, Zhang Yan felt that this design was not bad, adding some challenges to her long-distance bus driving.

Moreover, every time she perfectly handles various emergencies and gets high satisfaction, watching the money earned on this trip directly increase by 20%, 30%, or even more, this feeling is just too good.

After several days of continuous live streaming, the number of people in Zhang Yan's live broadcast room also rose, reaching tens of thousands.

You have to know, this is the real number of people on Rabbit Tail Live, tens of thousands of real people, which is a completely different concept from the inflated tens of thousands of popularity on other platforms.

The barrage also became noticeably denser.

"Good lord, the last time I came to see you, you were still driving a Passat. It's only been a few days and you're already driving a passenger bus?"

"It's a visible improvement in driving skills! Heaven rewards hard work, a model for female drivers!"

"I remember the first day of the live broadcast, good lord, the novice tutorial had a series of collisions, and then driving the Passat crashed again. I just want to know how many sisters the protagonist has to consume like this."

"Don't criticize unnecessarily, the streamer has performed very well. There have been zero accidents in the past two days."

"Watching the streamer drive a long-distance truck gives me a very reassuring feeling for some reason. I suggest playing a song, a crosstalk, or an audiobook if you're bored. That's what you call enjoyment."

"Has the streamer seen the IIHS crash test? It's a perfect reproduction! If you haven't seen it, go watch it. The Passat thing really wasn't your fault!"

Seeing the barrage praising her driving skills, Zhang Yan couldn't help but feel a little proud.

Of course, she was not arrogant or complacent, knowing that these viewers were all unintentionally lowering their standards because she was a female streamer and a female driver. If a male streamer drove like her, he certainly wouldn't get so much praise.

So, she still has to continue working hard and continue improving her driving skills!

Zhang Yan decided that when she gets tired of driving long-distance passenger buses and has saved enough money, she will try to get a racing license and systematically learn professional knowledge such as drifting, racing lines, and downshifting rev-matching.

Because a true car god must be honed on the track, and the most profitable place in "Safe and Civilized Driving" is also on the track.

Long-distance passenger buses and trucks all make money by doing jobs. Although the specific income will fluctuate, the upper limit is there.

Only track races and rally races, when won, will have high bonuses and sponsorships, which is where you can really make big money!

If it were other streamers, they might be complacent at this point, thinking that driving a taxi, long-distance passenger bus, and truck every day is not bad, and muddling along is fine. After all, the learning cost of racing is too high, and they don't know how much hard work it will take to make a name for themselves.

But Zhang Yan's mind is very clear, not dizzy from these praises, but chooses to continue moving forward.

However, the last message caught Zhang Yan's attention.

"The IIHS crash test results are out?"

After finishing this long trip, Zhang Yan didn't start the next task, but found the IIHS crash test video on the Ailidao website.

Before, she had such a bad crash in the Passat, so she searched online, and it seemed that there was a lot of controversy about this matter.

Many people think that the Passat shouldn't perform so poorly!

At that time, Zhang Yan crashed into a large truck, and the rear of the large truck in the game has crash barriers, so this was a very standard 25% offset collision. But the result was such a poor score, which is really unacceptable.

So many people say that "Safe and Civilized Driving" is obviously slandering.

Some people even said that it may be because the manufacturer refused when they initially sought authorization to buy the car, so they casually slandered it in the game.

An important basis for these supporters is that the US version of the Passat has already been tested, and the result was all excellent.

Even if the domestic joint venture version of the car is downgraded, it is impossible to downgrade it to this point, right?

There was a lot of noise on the internet for a whole weekend, and today the IIHS crash test results are finally out!

Zhang Yan clicked on the video to view it.

25% offset collision, wheel collapse, A-pillar bending, cockpit intrusion, steering wheel deflection, the airbag perfectly escaped to the passenger seat, avoiding the dummy's head, and letting the dummy's head have a close encounter with the car body...

After watching this video, Zhang Yan was stunned.

"This... isn't this really a death replay from the game? It's exactly the same!"

At this moment, it was exactly like that moment.

Zhang Yan couldn't help but want to ask: Could they really be this similar?

Of course, it is definitely impossible for all the details to be completely consistent, but it is incredibly similar in some key issues, such as the degree of bending of the A-pillar, the degree of intrusion of the front wheel into the cockpit, and the steering wheel drift.

Looking at the barrage and comments in this video, it was clear that they had completely exploded.

"Damn, it's simply a world-famous painting!"

"A-pillar folding technology! Super large energy-absorbing zone! Safe rear row! The sheet metal of the doors remains motionless!"

"I'm dumbfounded. Can it really be downgraded to this point?"

"The US version is all excellent! But the domestic joint venture version directly has two of IIHS's worst records? The only model in history with a 'poor' score for head and neck injury, the only sedan in history with a 'poor' score in frontal collision? What the hell! Are you here to break records?"

"Breaking records in reverse, awesome!"

"This magical steering wheel and airbag drift, the driver's head and neck are completely unprotected. This is only because IIHS's lowest rating is 'poor.' In reality, this thing would explode your head!"

"Airbag: You're such a noob that you can crash like this, you deserve to die. I'm out of here, going to protect the passenger seat!"

"I'm directly calling 'Safe and Civilized Driving' genius. Is there a great prophet in there? Can this be predicted?"

"It's said that this game uses a very realistic physics engine? Unlike other racing games, it models each structure and component of the car separately and simulates physical effects, so the performance of each car after a collision is different."

"That's not right, how did it know the strength of each structure of the new Passat in reality?"

"Could it be that they paid out of their own pockets to crash all these cars?"

"I think Tenda is capable of doing such a thing."

"That's not the case. After all, they are busy developing games. The crash test is a relatively professional field that Tenda has not yet ventured into. It is said that the data in 'Safe and Civilized Driving' was obtained after cooperating with IIHS internally. After all, this data will be released to the public sooner or later."