Do racing games negatively affect driving habits?

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Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

Yes they are. "Training" in the technical sense IS modifying or changing someones thought process, behavior, habits or motor skills through instruction.

But those three paragraphs don't! At least not the way you presented those examples... those are more cases of either someone playing a game and learning about a possible interest they might have not known about before, or someone who's already geared that way just doing something related to his interests.

besides the question was "Do racing sims negatively effect driving habits?" NOT "Do racing sims influence skill?"

Also by motor skill I meant something like:

a learned sequence of movements that combine to produce a smooth, efficient action in order to master a particular task

(from the wikipedia)
or, How you do something, not necessarily How good you are at doing it (although I suppose the quoted description could make it sound like the latter)

Anyway just wanted to clarify that... Carry on...