WELCOME TO THE ARCADE Do you love to rush home from school leap into the driver’s seat and zoom around the tracks In order to become an amazing racing gamer you need impressive driving skills and quick reflexes and you can’t be afraid of a crash or two This gaming guide will help you improve your racing skills and leave others eating your dust So what are we waiting for Let’s get your game on Hey speed racer I’m going to practice my racing skills here in the Arcade for a while before I hit the racetrack Want to join me 4
To begin with a video game is an electronic game A player uses a device to make stuff happen on a screen That screen can be on a television or personal computer PC but you can also play games on smartphones handheld gaming devices and tablets You will need a console to play on your television screen There are many types of video games such as action-adventure puzzle racing and building games No matter what your interests are there is a video game for you On your marks get set INTO THE ARCADE Player One Ready ARCADE 5
DATA FILE RACING GAMES LOADING DATA LEVEL ONE WHAT IS A RACING GAME Racing games are competitive games where players control a vehicle such as a car motorbike or even a spaceship and take part in a race The race can either be against opponents or other use pedals and controls just like in a real car Racing games can be played at home on a PC or console or in public arcades where games can include real motorbikes or realistic car seats players against the player’s own best performance or against the computer The aim is to win the race There are various levels of difficulty In some games players only need to steer In more complicated games players circuit START FINISH TRACK opponent PLAYER VEHICLE 6
pos lap time LOADING DATA LEVEL TWO TYPES OF RACING GAMES RACING SIMULATOR Simulator games have very realistic graphics They try to give the player the feeling that they are really driving These games are often used by professional racing drivers for practice ACTION-ARCADE RACING GAMES These games are less realistic featuring fantasy worlds or giving the cars powers that they wouldn’t have in real life For example games such as Mario Kart have speed boosts bombs and flying cars KART RACER These games are similar to cartoons They often feature popular characters and crazy tracks Sometimes the characters have weapons or traps First-Person RACER In first-person racers the player views the game from inside the car as if really driving Third-Person RACER In third-person racers the player views the action of the game from outside the vehicle POSITION INDICATOR LAPS TO GO LAP TIME 7
