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Racing games lead to higher aggression
By Adam Hartley

More than sports titles and first person shooters claim scientists
Racing games lead to higher levels of aggression in players than shooters claim scientists

Scientists from Huddersfield University claim that racing games cause more aggression in players than other genres such as shooters and sports titles.

Dr Simon Goodson and Sarah Pearson monitored 30 people's heart rate, breathing, brain activity and so on as they were playing three Xbox 360 games - Project Gotham Racing, an unnamed first-person shooter and "a 3D table tennis game".

PGR was found to cause the greatest change in heart rate and brain activity, while the unnamed FPS caused the least. (Of course, it could simply be the case that the unnamed FPS was simply not a very good game, while Bizarre's mighty Project Gotham is sure to get anybody's heart racing!)

"Previous researchers have made sweeping generalisations about the nature of videogames. This study is one of the first to use one of the latest games consoles that have a much higher level of realism," claimed the researchers.

"Surprisingly the results showed that the driving game made participants more agitated and aggressive than the game with graphic violence. Given the high levels of realism in modern games a re-evaluation of the relationship between videogames and violence is needed."

The findings will be discussed at the British Psychological Society Annual Conference, in Brighton this month.

This is true, I get alot angrier when I get passed while racing, or lose a race compared to if I get killed in a FPS, or if I loose a round online.

i don't know about this really? i could care less if i lose at a racing game

If there's one game I ever got wound up with, it would have to be Gran Turismo...

62 laps into a race, you spin out, leaving you 30 seconds behind.... I've broke some pads playing that. But I'm an adult nowdays, til GT5 comes out anyway

The NdN Kid wrote:i don't know about this really? i could care less if i lose at a racing game

What?? If your not first your last

I get especially mad in games like need for speed when your leading a whole race by miles, then you hit a car or something, and everyone catches up, then 10 feet away from the finish line some guy uses his nitrous, and passes you and wins.

Say in COD, if I get killed, whatever, either I respawn (online) or the screen goes blurry shows a quote, then I respawn (single player) So I dont really care if I die in those games...

Wow really I get crazy in cod 4 if I am on a streak and get killed by some kid that just throws a random grenade in the air. Oh and then I automatically respawn in front of someone on the other team.

racing games are definatley the worst,
was playing need for speed undercover recently and was leading a race for 3 laps then on the last stretch right on the finish line i hit a car head on and finished last,
that wound me up a bit but then i restarted the race and exacly the same happened again.
the game is now snapped and in the bin.
lol