We tried Glasgow's VR racing centre for a fun glimpse into the future of gaming - Glasgow Live

Gaming and racing fans would beryllium good advised to caput on to the Gallowgate, with VR Simulators offering an experience they'll surely enjoy.

One of lone 2 VR Simulators venues successful the UK (the different is successful Leeds), aspiring Lewis Hamiltons and Fernando Alonsos conscionable request to look retired for the neon greenish signage fronted building, wherever wrong you'll beryllium greeted by a acceptable up that wouldn't look retired of spot successful films similar Ready Player One oregon the Matrix.

Taking racing games to the adjacent level, determination are pods dotted each astir the room, with ample screens showing the enactment arsenic it happens.

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Offering the "latest improvement successful virtual world simulators", players are fixed a little chat done astir what to expect, with proposal connected everything you request to instrumentality portion by the team.

As our archetypal radical got settled into their seats, the headsets were past placed connected their heads earlier they got to take their car for the archetypal way (there are implicit 185 real-life cars and 85 real-life circuits), which was a ten-minute league connected a simulated Knockhill.

Watching the action, from the sidelines, you tin bask the racing connected the screens and perceive successful connected the accustomed "trash talk" that players tin prosecute successful arsenic they contention astir the track.

When it came to our turn, it was unthinkable to enactment the headset connected and bask however existent the acquisition felt, with question seating further enhancing the feeling that you’re truly retired determination connected the track. The added upwind procreation software, which matches the simulated speeds portion enhancing the fun, had the added payment of keeping you chill arsenic you navigate the twists and crook of the circuit.

It's beauteous awesome seeing your arms and adjacent your feet look successful a racing suit arsenic you look down oregon to the broadside portion driving.

There were a batch of crashes and swearing implicit the headset but it was each portion of the amusive arsenic we raced astir the way trying to instrumentality rod position.

Apparently, astir 1 successful 15 radical mightiness acquisition what they telephone VR sickness, with the encephalon being fooled but the assemblage taking clip to drawback up, it tin beryllium disorientating. The adjuvant squad were connected manus to explicate it tin beryllium lessened by moving your caput with the question of the way (so moving your eyes to look wherever you are going) and taking 1 of their escaped ginger biscuits that seemingly assistance with nausea.

Only 1 of our radical felt the effects, but with the assistance of the biscuits, a decently priced tin of foodstuff from down the antagonistic and immoderate caller air, they were capable to instrumentality portion successful the 2nd contention easy capable – though they yet decided to contention utilizing the surface alternatively of the headset successful their last people which was besides an option.

The 2nd league was a 15-minute rally astir a picturesque Highland municipality earlier the existent contention - the last 20-minute Grand Prix utilizing F1 cars to spot who could grounds the fastest thigh and triumph the wide rubric of champion driver.

Open each time until 9 p.m. (10 p.m. connected Saturdays) prices commencement from £15 per idiosyncratic for azygous sprint taster sessions and spell up to £37.50 for afloat Grand Prix events (what we did).

Overall, it's large amusive and a bully acquisition for birthdays, stag/hen dos, kids' parties oregon adjacent squad bonding sessions – and determination is adjacent a podium for the apical 3 players to airs connected for that all-important winning photograph.

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