LA 2018: This Gaming Pod is the City Car We Need
A cylindrical simulator rig on show at the 2018 LA Auto Show has got us thinking
This Acura NSX GT3 gaming pod will have a lot more visitors this weekend when the public comes to the show. But for now it sits by its lonesome, with only the backpack and trash bin for company.
But, unoccupied and unattended, one could look at the geometric purity and urban scale of the thing and imagine it as a cool little city car. It reminds us of L’oeuf Electrique, that prowled the streets of Paris in the 1940s.
Replace the TV monitor with a windscreen and place some wheels at the corners and you’ve got a cylindrical Twizy. Plus, the great seat and game console controls could make city commutes a new type of gaming experience, albeit a lot slower than the GT3 car…