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- i'm matpat. [tires screeching] and this is "game lab." oh, god. what have i gotten myselfinto today? [static] [typing, clicking] for the last five years, i've made a name for myself overanalyzing video games
using real-world science and math, but now i'm taking it to the next level by throwing some ofthe world's most popular gamers into the scenarios we play through every day. will the games stack up to reality? and are gamers as good in real life as they are on-screen? welcome to "game lab." [rock music]
♪ ♪ this is insane! car soccer. car soccer! can you tell i'm excited? because today, we're atthe irwindale speedway to simulate real-worldcar soccer, like you playin "rocket league." but you can't play soccerall alone, right?
lucky for me,i have just the opponent. [dramatic music] working on that car?- yeah. i just got my creeperhere with me. - wait, is this reallya creeper? - this is actually a creeper. you can't take the "minecraft"out of the creeper, but you can take the creeperout of the "minecraft." - [laughing]that's awesome.
i knew i picked the right guy. all right, so you mindif i remove you a little bit from "minecraft"and play some "rocket league" for a little bit? - i think i can handlethe real world for a day or so. - that just means thatit's time to go train. - yeah, let's do it.- yeah, let's do it. despite launching a little over a year ago,
"rocket league" was such an immediate smash hit, not just in the u.s., but across the globe, that literally two months after release, it was already classified as an official esport. but seriously, is it any wonder? combine the world's most popular sport and the world's most popular vehicle, sprinkle in some rocket boosters, a futuristic setting,
and festive, decorative hats, and you have yourself a high-energy party game. with matchups ranging from one v. one to four v. four, the game really shines in its physics. from rocketing up walls, to flying across the field, to ramming into each other head-on, there are no red cards, so you can do some incredible stunts.
so no, while i may not be strapping rockets to the hood of what i'm gonna be riding around in today, we are partneringwith precisionracecar drivers, who are gonna teach us ball control and stunt maneuvering using real cars and a really big soccer ball. my insurance provider is not at all happy about today's episode. jordan, i'd liketo introduce you to ryan--
ryan from l.a. racing. he's a precisiondriving instructor. - how's it going, guys?- good. - you've been drivingfor how long, at this point? - since i was four years old. - how do you reachthe pedals when you're four? - oh, it's easy whendad's pushing you. i'm just kidding.i'm just kidding. - you're drivinga little hot wheel
or little power wheel car? - no, go-carts, quarter midgets,and stuff like that. - is car soccer a real thing? let's just get it on the tableright off the bat. - car soccer is a real thing. we host a couple of events throughout the year called night of destruction. auto soccer's actually right in line with this type of redneck racing.
- now, in "rocket league,"you can actually fly up in the airwith jet packs. are we doing that today too? - that's gonna beslightly difficult. no, we're gonna tryto keep it on the ground. - okay. - all four tires on the groundare ideal. - no jet packs today?- no jet packs today. they're probably $50 carsat most.
- oh.- wow. - $50 car?- wait, that can run? - should i be concernedabout my safety when i'm hopping intoa $50 car and getting ready to driveinto another $50 car? - yeah, today we're notgonna hit anybody. we're--we're tryingto stay contact-free. - trying to. - contact isan inherent part of the game.
- yeah. - so i believe there will besome inadvertent contact. - is there a best placeon the car to hit the ball? like, in the game,a lot of moves are done with kind of, like,the tail end, right? so i'm, like--i'm coming in, i'm sweeping around, and i-- i kind of pull, like,a last-minute, like, turn. i don't know anyof the language, by the way,
so teach me everythingthat you can, so i don't look likean utter idiot. - you're apparently way betterat "rocket league" than i am, because i am all just about... - head on?- straight on. - yeah, i mean--and thoseare the two moves, right? you can either hit the ball head on, or you can, like, drive up to it and, like, swerveat the last minute,
and it's, like, boom--and hitting it with the back endof my car, right? good idea, bad idea? - we're gonna be playing withsome advanced driving techniques later on, on the track--e-brake techniques, so-- - and by e-brake,you mean emergency brake? - emergency brake, yes.hand brakes. - just so we're onthe same page. - all of these cars havehand brakes in them.
let's say you're headingin the opposite direction of the field and the ball. you need to turn aroundreal quick. the fastest way to do thatis yank that e-brake. - well, sir,it was nice knowing you. - yeah, i'll see youin a fiery ball out there. - yeah, sounds good. i look forward to seeingyour withered ashes out there. - [laughing]oh, god.
- i already seethe title for this video. it's like, "youtube red seriesgoes wrong: "'rocket league' irl fails,"something like that. awesome, yay.- good stuff. - so in order to preventthat from happening, how about we get in some carsand start practicing this stuff before we start throwing inballs and things? - how about fire suits first?- and wear some helmets. - yeah, yes.- fire suits and helmets.
- perfect.- great. all right, ryan, so beforewe take off, what move are you teaching me? - it's called a feint. - a feint, okay. - so before we go in,we're gonna turn to the right. the car is gonna settle over onto the left. - uh-huh. - as soon as we turn to the left, it's gonna start to transition back over.- okay.
- as soon as it startsto transition back over, that's when we're gonnagrab the e-brake. - and it's gonna cause the car to go into a slide, and then you're gonna pretty much need to pick up the power right away. we're gonna stay in first gear for this one. - four cylinders away! [laughing] holy crap!
oh![laughing] [sighs]all right. well, let's--let's take a minute, get out of the car,and talk about this, shall we? - no, let's trya little more drifting. - or, or--no. or he wants to go again.okay. that's fine. what are the odds of medoing this correctly
on the first time? - let's wing it.let's see what-- - [laughing] let's just do it.- let's see what you got. let's see what you got. - that is the mottoof "game lab": "just do it." [tires squealing] okay, so it's--- right turn. - right.- e-brake, e-brake!
right there.- [grunts] i did successfully activatethe windshield wipers. - yes, you did.hit it. aim for the cone. - damn it, the windshieldwipers are still on. right turn.- right, left--let off! [tires screeching]full throttle! - yeah, there it is! that was close-ish.- that was it.
- whoo![laughing] i am sweating bullets. that was great. let's give jordan a try. see how good he does. - we're good to go?doing this thing? - let's do it. - and we're off! - aim straight at the cone--full throttle.
turn right.left. e-brake.off the gas. [tires screeching]close. - okay.- turn right. left.[tires screeching] full throttle. - how was that, man?- pretty awesome. - analyze our performance. - it wasn't bad.
you could see it just takesgetting used to. - it felt like i was, like,"okay, turn right." and now all of a sudden,it's like, "turn leftand pull the handle and--" you know, and turn leftand let go of the throttle. it was, like--i was like an octopus trying to do, like,six different things at the same timeand failing at all of them. - you have to become familiarwith the car.
if you everything right,it should be easy. - this is so insane. i'm not used to this. i'm the guy who's, like, inside the linesall of the time. so driving around in a placewhere it's like, "free for all,free for all!" no. i'm so uncomfortablewith this whole concept.
it is wild. [engine revving]- here we go. - hustle it, hustle it,hustle it. full throttle.come on, come on. don't worry aboutknocking over those cones. come on, get tighterto the cones. you're leaving too much roombetween you and those cones. - there's too much room?what? i don't know whatyou're telling me.
- all right, guys, you gotto be way more aggressive. you're driving miss daisy. - what about--what about the, uh... the weavey--the weavey driving? - the slalom?- the slalom. how was that? - a little less than spectacularin the slalom. - [laughing]no? so we could've been a little bitfaster with our--our slalom.
could've been a little bitmore firm with our e-brake. - i think most important is,you got comfortable in the cars. you tossed the cars around,you got comfortable, and you're gonna be a wholedifferent animal come race time. - so i think the onlyadded wrinkle to this whole equationis the fact that now, not onlyis the car moving, but now we're having to dealwith a moving ball. - i don't know how welli see myself
making that pan out. but, um, you know,i'm open to trying it. - good.- yeah. - because we're aboutto do that. let's do it! - shall we?- hop on in. that's your first challenge.- right. - see if you can get in the car. - yeah, this dooris chained shut.
look at me, with all duegrace and speed. - you're like a nascardriver here. you're looking professional. - i make this look good. where are the keys?keys are in it. there we go.[engine turns over] let's do it.- ooh. - listen to that puppy roar. let's handle some balls.
[engine revving] whoo! [exciting music] [laughing]where'd the ball go? - not bad.- not terrible. - no, not bad at all. - it's gonna hit the cameraman. brave in the face of duty. "rocket league"!hit the ball.
argh!stop it. get--get over. - we're hopeless.- yeah, this is gonna be tricky. - we're--this is gonnabe hopeless when the actual game happens. - [laughing] - he's using his hand.did you see that? pushing--- illegal maneuver. hand ball.
- this isn't real soccer. i can touch the ball, right? - how "rocket league"would work, usually, if you're doing, like,a two-on-two, you would get one personto try to stay back, help when the ball goestoo far behind-- kick it back upto the first person. there we go.yeah! there it is.go, go.
- right there.- you're on the hood. [horn wails] - oh, god, we're so damn close. - what gear?- don't matter. - e-brake! - [laughing]- oh, almost! - well, i tried forthe e-brake turn. that didn't work out too well. - that's actually pretty trueto the game,
where people will just, like,aim for the back end of it and just whiff every time. - matpat went a little bittoo quickly last time. i don't see the goal right now. - that's it.- there you go. - that's it. - i don't see the goal,but i think we might have it. - whoo! [horn blasting]
- that was it! [clapping] i guess it just goes to showthat i'm not as comfortable handling balls as jordan is. all right, boys,these are the rules: three-car teams,five-minute sessions. at the end of the five minutes,if we're tied, we're gonna go doa sudden death. coin toss is gonnastart the kickoff.
you ready?who wants to call it? - am i calling it? - uh, yeah, you--guest can call. - okay, uh, heads. - tails.- yeah, kickoff! oh, man.- i got something for you, mat. in case you catch on fire. - [laughing] yeah?- yeah. - that's gonna be so effective.- that's it.
- i'm glad to save thatthe money we saved on the cars has gone to the car safety. - all right, guys. let's go to the carsand start this up. - all right.- okeydokey. - let's do this.- here, you're gonna need this for the sick burni'm gonna deliver onto you. - okay, thanks, mat.- yeah. no problem, buddy.that's real.
- this is really notgonna help at all. actually, no, this willbe fine for your burns, 'cause they're tiny. - they're, like, second degree. - they're, like,little sparks here and there. - [laughing]- actually, no, that's me. i'm captainsparklez. - i'm locked out of my car.we have a problem. [intense music]
this is by farone of the most absurd things i've ever done in my life. may the best man win. oh, my god. we are all--- oh, my god. - we are all literallygoing to die. - we gota collision. there goesno contact. - oh![laughing]
- i can't see shit. when it goes out of bounds,we're just going for it? oh, nice.nice pass. - i'm going for it.why not? it's the only chance thatwe have to hit the ball in, like, a safefashion, honestly. screw that.cone! screw you, cone! - oh, wait.oh, shit!
- [laughing]my god. - coming right betweenyou guys. - go, go! go blue team! go blue team, go! - this isso much carnage. - [laughing]oh, no! - oh, my god! - look what's goingon with him!
so much smoke. go, go this way, ball. this way, this way! - they're, like, shovingeach other and stuff. - there we go, blue team! i like that the ball'sjust getting caught in people's front endsand then--oh, my god. yes!yes! [horn blasts]we got a point!
[engines revving]whoo-hoo! - don't whiff, don't whiff,don't whiff, don't whiff. yeah!nailed it! - i'm thoroughly impressed. - oh, no, good one. - oh, god.- [laughing] - argh! it's goingout of bounds. - stop it.stop it!
- no, out of the way.- no. - don't yousteal it from me. - stop it. - it's my time.- stop it. [laughing]stop it. do you believe in magicand a young witch's heart? - not your magic. lock it.yeah, there it is! now we're ata standstill here.
- come on, you got it.- oh, no! [horn blasts]yes! [men shouting] damn it! - i think that'sthe best case scenario, right there, whenthe frickin' thing gets caught up on you. [engines revving] - argh!- almost, but not quite.
i worked hard. [laughing]my--oh, my god. oh, all right. god dang it.[crash] oh, damn it, that was--i just--oh, damn it. check your rear endmirrors, friends. go, go!oh, damn! that's such bs.that is such-- [fabric tearing][laughter]
- i don't think that was a goal. it went back short. [tires screeching]- yeah! man down--ball.ball down. medic.ball down. everyone take a knee.take a knee, guys. that was insanity. that was simultaneouslythe coolest and most terrifying thingi have ever done in my life.
all right, we only gotone ball left. suddendeath! oh!- perf, perf. - oh.really going in on this thing. - it's stuck on his car.good one, good one. ball is out of bounds, let's get it in bounds. whip it back around here. [engines revving]oh, no! - oh, wow.- oh, my god.
that was literally a head-oncollision right now. [crash] oh, my gosh, he's pushing the-- what the hell just happened? - ugh! - no!oh, dang it. [engines revving]oh, no, oh, no. - there you go. there you go. - there it is.there it is.
don't you-- - nope, mat's notgetting through. - i'm trying to makemy way through here. back away, jordan. - uh-uh.uh-uh. - give it up.give it up. - one of you--they're-- you're about to pop the ball. - give it up.yeah, there it is. yeah, magic!- oh, no.
- magic! whoo![crash] [horn blasting] [cheers and applause] i don't have a horn, but i'm honking my hornin victory! silent horn! whoo-hoo! look, where'd it go? oh, my god.[laughing]
oh, jesus. hey, my hat's still on. your hat's on too.- so is mine. - that's awesome.- beautiful. something just fell offwhen i closed the door, though. - i can't believe that. i have no ideawhen this happened. i have no idea. [crash]dear lord!
although in retrospect,now that i look at this, i am terrified. look at the--like,this is inches from where i was sitting. there was, like--if ryantold us one thing, it's, like, "don't hitthe driver's side door." there you go. seriously, i have no ideahow we survived this. - an incredible experience.- hey!
- oh, here we--- first and second place. - ah! [laughing]- second place. - is this the grille off ofmy teammate's car? - maybe, possibly.i cannot confirm for sure. - but this isfirst place trophy. - yes!- i can confirm that. - wow.- that is glorious. - wow, thank you.so how'd we do? - you did excellent.
i was actually really impressed. i didn't think you'd be ableto control the ball that well. i thought that it'd do morepopping than moving forward. - yeah.- but i think that was perfect. i don't think it could'vegone any better. - you know, i thinkthat it's different than playing "rocket league." that's for sure. i, uh...i think it's actuallya little easier, actually,
to, like, target the ball here, 'cause you only have twodimensions to play around with, whereas in "rocket league,"you have three. - so i think to put the sealon today's events, when it comes to "rocket league" versus real-lifeprecision driving, there's a lotof interesting parallels. first off, one of the thingsthat you don't think of when you're playing the gameis field of vision.
so as you're approachingthat ball in real life, it is taking up your entirefield of vision. you don't see other cars coming at you from the other end. you don't really see anything around you. you no longer see the goal. and the same would be truein "rocket league." it's not somethingyou have to deal with, because of that third-person perspective. but it's an interesting thing to think about
were you actuallyplaying the game in real life. so i think that's definitelyworth calling out. one of the things you see people use a lot in "rocket league"is the kind of-- the feint move--the drift move that slams the car into the side of the ball. and here, it works really wellin real life. what you get is similar to real-life soccer. the front of the car is almostlike you're kicking the ball
with your laces, right? you'll go high, and you'll get a lot of distance, but you don't geta lot of control. whereas if you kick the ballwith the side of your foot, or in this case,the side of the car, you're actually havinga lot more control and a lot more abilityto place the ball where you want it to go. so it's a give-and-take thing.
when you try to gofor that slide move, a lot of times,you're gonna miss. and guess what happensin "rocket league"? a lot of people go for that glory move and end up failing hard. and that's the biggestthing of all, right, is safety. in "rocket league," it's like, "i'm gonna crashinto everyone,"
and i'm gonna explode, and that's fine. i don't care. i'm just gonna re-spawn. in real life,there is no re-spawning. that's why you alwaysbuckle your seat belt and drive defensively. - yolo.- yeah. or you just yolo. ugh! so i think thatabout puts a wrap
on our "rocket league"experiment for the day. ryan, what do you doat the end of a race? what, uh...what is kind of, like, your victory lap, as it were? - the only thing you can doafter you win a race: victory doughnuts. - whoo!- victory doughnuts? - let's do it.- victory doughnuts. they're mandatory.- i may not have won.
but i'm gonna do doughnuts. - i think that thereare three cars that are still operational, so let's burn through it, man.