BMW's Big Outdoor Driving Game Stuck in First Gear

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People seem to like this South African effort for the BMW 1 Series that lets consumers play a racing game with cars projected on outdoor boards and buildings. Well, I'm waving the yellow flag on this one. Though it's being hailed as a fun bit of brand interaction, it seems like the players are interacting more with Samsung Galaxies (used as steering wheels) than BMW cars. (Maybe those tablets are the ultimate driving machines!) The whole thing plays like an outsized arcade game that distances folks from the experience of driving a BMW on real roads under normal circumstances.

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