Go to a road trip without moving from your sofa. This is the project that thousands of people around the world have launched more. As 404Media reports, several Internet users have embarked on “Enter Road-Trip”, a road travel simulator throughout the United States.
Everything takes place on Google Street View. When the game starts, the user is sitting silently in his car in front of a Google screenshot. And, every 10 seconds, players are invited to vote to choose which route will take the car.
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The address that obtains the greatest number of votes is selected, and the car will move a few meters, from screenshot in screen capture. Internet users can also vote to hide or change the radio station.
At this time, the car is visiting the island of Thompson, in front of the center of the city of Boston. Internet users can discover lagoons and large forest forests to the slow and quiet rhythm of the radio. In total, the vehicle has traveled 851 miles since May 6, almost 1,400 kilometers.
“People wanted to go to Woonsockt because it was a strange name. And then we argued to find out if we went to New York or Maine. And Maine won,” said a player. But on the Discord server, accessible from a game window, the queen confusion. “Who tries to change music?” Ask a user. “I can’t believe we return to this path,” adds another.
At the moment, Internet users seem to have a common goal: to join Canada and cross the 50 US states. But they fight to find a way to escape the island.
As expected, the progression of the virtual road by road is slow. You already have to agree with the players who tend to return to their steps. Then, there are many screenshots on Google Street View. Therefore, the movements are small. And the car does not drive only 5 km/hour. According to the moderators of the discord of the game, it would probably take almost ten months to reach Las Vegas from Maine.
Going to Alaska is also quite complex. “Google Street View works by taking several photos and assembling them. In certain areas of the roads that lead to Alaska, there are holes in the available photos and, therefore, we would block ourselves if we take these roads,” said the discord of frequent questions.
Source: BFM TV
