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Vehicle simulation game

genre of video games which attempt to provide the player with a realistic interpretation of operating various kinds of vehicles (automobiles, aircraft, watercraft, spacecraft, military vehicles, etc)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 7, 2026
Entity authorityQ578868
Source-derived summary

Vehicle simulation games are a genre of video games which attempt to provide the player with a realistic interpretation of operating various kinds of vehicles. This includes automobiles, aircraft, watercraft, spacecraft, military vehicles, and a variety of other vehicles. The main challenge is to master driving and steering the vehicle from the perspective of the pilot or driver, with most games adding another challenge such as racing or fighting rival vehicles. Games are often divided based on realism, with some games including more realistic physics and challenges such as fuel management.

Definition

Vehicle simulation games allow players to drive or fly a vehicle. This vehicle can resemble a real one, or a vehicle from the game designer's imagination. This includes vehicles in the air, on the ground, over water, or even in space. Different vehicle simulations can involve a variety of goals, including racing, combat, or simply the experience of driving a vehicle. These games normally allow the player to experience action from the visual perspective of the pilot or driver. This definition includes a wide range of vehicles, including aircraft, spacecraft, boats, cars, trucks, motorcycles, and so on.

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“Vehicle simulation game” enters the record as genre of video games which attempt to provide the player with a realistic interpretation of operating various kinds of vehicles (automobiles, aircraft, watercraft, spacecraft, military vehicles, etc). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Vehicle, simulation and game can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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This entry incorporates text from Vehicle simulation game” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.