Is a PS2 game any good to learn a track?

Off-topic
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I’ve been resting at home trying to recover from some flu in the last few days, I’m still a bit raugh but I would say that from tomorrow I could be back on the road!

I just saw an old edition of TopGear where they were trying to see if they could match the time they were doing on a PS2 game on the actual track with the actual car, well they didn’t for about 15 secs, ie a professional driver probably can.

I was wandering: could a PS2 game be good way to learn some of the features of a track so that when one go there he is kind of familiar with it?

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yeah…course it is…

you can practise riding round fast as ya like waving ya light sabre at everyone too !!

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I can even crash as many bikes as I like!

One of my friends told me that Valentino Rossi during an interview after a win was asked if he tried the track before that weekend. He replied: “Yes, on the PS2”

BTW, I could not resist, I got SBK07 so that I get many tracks here in the UK + Misano in Italy where I’m going this summer.

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Just turned on the telly and F1 bombing around Monaco reminds me that I know this track and Laguna Seca inside out from Grand Turismo.

Never played a decent bike game, although Super Hang-on gets an honourable mention from back in the day.