{"id":27134,"date":"2024-02-14T10:16:35","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T01:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=27134"},"modified":"2024-02-14T10:16:37","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T01:16:37","slug":"202040214-27134","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/202040214-27134\/","title":{"rendered":"Cities Skylines player in Japan recreates driving license test course in-game\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Getting your car driving license can be nerve-racking as there\u2019s so much you must remember to do correctly on the day of the test. A Japanese X user recently came up with a novel way of remembering the many twists and turns of their driving school\u2019s test course- by recreating it in <strong>Cities: Skylines<\/strong> (using mods). This interesting idea prompted other users to share their experiences of learning to drive in Japan.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The process of learning to drive a car and getting your license varies from country to country. Japan is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zuto.com\/driving-tests-around-the-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">considered to be one of the more difficult countries<\/a> to learn to drive in and those who want to get their license must attend a driving school. In addition to the theory test and clocking up the mandatory hours of driving practice, the final practical test is conducted on a course at the school. Although an instructor gives directions during the final exam, examinees must remember the course layout and the maneuvers they need to perform to pass.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u8eca\u6821\u306e\u691c\u5b9a\u306e\u30b3\u30fc\u30b9\u899a\u3048\u3089\u308c\u306a\u3059\u304e\u3066\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u3067\u8eca\u6821\u4f5c\u3063\u3066\u7df4\u7fd2\u3057\u3066\u308b <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ArxuJx6Kho\">pic.twitter.com\/ArxuJx6Kho<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u304f\u306f\u26f0\ufe0f\ud83c\udf4e (@kuhakuha_211) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kuhakuha_211\/status\/1755219103273611629?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 7, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>Post translation: <\/em><\/strong><em>I can\u2019t remember the driving school\u2019s test course, so I made it in the game so I can practice.<\/em>\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/sumireyosida\/status\/1755584052973994228?s=20\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>Post translation: <\/em><\/strong><em>During the licensing examination, the instructor will tell you where to go. But before that, there is a practice run without the instructor where you must drive around the test course by yourself. You must memorize it as there is no-one to guide you.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Cities: Skylines is an open-ended city building simulator and it seems that X user <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kuhakuha_211\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">kuhakuha_211<\/a> put a lot of effort into using it to create their driving test conditions. In addition to the course layout, they also added a training car.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u6559\u7fd2\u8eca\u306f\u3053\u3061\u3089\u3067\u3059\u301c<br>\u3061\u306a\u307f\u306b\u30ea\u30a2\u30eb\u3067\u79c1\u304c\u904b\u8ee2\u3059\u308b\u306e\u306f\u30db\u30f3\u30c0\u306e\u30b0\u30ec\u30a4\u30b9\u3067\u3059 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xVfSQyZjx1\">pic.twitter.com\/xVfSQyZjx1<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u304f\u306f\u26f0\ufe0f\ud83c\udf4e (@kuhakuha_211) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kuhakuha_211\/status\/1755538107636847024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>Post translation:<\/em><\/strong><em> Please make your training car like this.<\/em><br><strong><em>OP&#8217;s response: <\/em><\/strong><em>Here is the training car. I drive a Honda Grace in real life.<\/em>\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Commenters were impressed by the recreation, with some adding their own memories of learning to drive.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"541\" height=\"101\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 541px) 100vw, 541px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/202040214-27134-001.png\" alt=\"Japanese driving test practice with tomica toy cars comment\" class=\"wp-image-27137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/202040214-27134-001.png 541w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/202040214-27134-001-380x71.png 380w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>Post translation: <\/em><\/strong><em>Amazing.\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0<br><em>This is in a different league to me- I couldn\u2019t remember the course so I used Tomica toy cars to simulate it.<\/em>\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u30ef\u30a4\u3082\u5927\u5b66\u751f\u306e\u6642\u3001\u59ea\u6d5c\u30c9\u30e9\u30a4\u30d3\u30f3\u30b0\u30b9\u30af\u30fc\u30eb\u306e\u8def\u4e0a\u6559\u7fd2\u306e\u30eb\u30fc\u30c8\u3092Google Map\u3067\u767b\u9332\u3057\u3066\u3001\u30b9\u30c8\u30ea\u30fc\u30c8\u30d3\u30e5\u30fc\u3067\u79fb\u52d5\u3057\u306a\u304c\u3089\u3001\u4e00\u6642\u505c\u6b62\u306e\u5834\u6240\u3068\u304b\u8eca\u7dda\u6570\u3092\u982d\u306b\u53e9\u304d\u8fbc\u3093\u3067\u305f\u306a\u2026\uff08\u771f\u9762\u76ee\uff09 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WeM0u2XWjp\">https:\/\/t.co\/WeM0u2XWjp<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lmZRCotpQr\">pic.twitter.com\/lmZRCotpQr<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Kei (@ke_sagan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ke_sagan\/status\/1755526703391392012?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>Post translation: <\/em><\/strong><em>When I was a university student, I saved Meinohama Driving School&#8217;s course on Google Maps. I used Street View to move around the route while keeping track of where to stop and the number of lanes in my head&#8230; (seriously).<\/em>\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u3069\u308c\u3060\u3051\u7df4\u7fd2\u3057\u3066\u3082\u4ffa\u307f\u305f\u3044\u307f\u300c\u306f\u3044\u6b21\u306f\u53f3\u6298\u300d\u3067\u5de6\u6298\u3059\u308b\u30681\u767a\u30a2\u30a6\u30c8\u3060\u304b\u3089\u6c17\u3092\u4ed8\u3051\u3066 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hXzIpAI82C\">https:\/\/t.co\/hXzIpAI82C<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u3086\u304d\u3043\u30fc (@oryo_dechi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/oryo_dechi\/status\/1755562490363338945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>Post translation: <\/em><\/strong><em>No matter how much you practice, if you do what I did and turn left when they tell you to turn right, you\u2019ll be disqualified in an instant, so be careful.<\/em>\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hopefully, all this effort will pay off and the original poster will pass their test. Have you ever used a game to help you remember something non-game related, and did it work?\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cities: Skylines player impresses Japanese social media users with a detailed recreation of their driving school&#8217;s exam course, prompting people to share memories of getting their license in Japan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":27147,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-27134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cities Skylines player in Japan recreates driving license test course in-game\u00a0 - AUTOMATON WEST<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Cities: Skylines player impresses Japanese social media users with a detailed recreation of their driving school&#039;s exam course, prompting people to share memories of getting their license in Japan.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/202040214-27134\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cities Skylines player in Japan recreates driving license test course in-game\u00a0 - 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