{"id":2860,"date":"2016-11-26T12:05:04","date_gmt":"2016-11-26T11:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.learning-by-gaming.net\/?p=2860"},"modified":"2016-11-26T12:05:04","modified_gmt":"2016-11-26T11:05:04","slug":"finding-of-the-week-193","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.learning-by-gaming.net\/?p=2860","title":{"rendered":"Finding of the week #193"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Between Frustration and Excitement<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>During my ongoing literature review I often discover interesting facts about things I&#8217;ve never thought about. Sometimes I can connect these facts with my own observations: The result is mostly a completely new idea why things are as they are. Maybe these ideas are new to you, too. Therefore I&#8217;ll share my new science based knowledge with you!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This week: This time, I think about my struggle of constantly having issues during virtual races and the motivational effects of the game that keep me going despite my negative experiences.<\/p>\n<p>Since I joined the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conelanders.com\" target=\"_blank\">Conelanders Assetto Corsa League<\/a>, things have not worked out so well for me. Aside from a few top-10 finishes, I never had a race I was really content with. The reasons for this are quite simple but yet very complex.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ocQDl8JK2SY?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The probably main problem was that I rarely had the chance to spend a high amount of time practicing the race tracks which resulted in a huge disadvantage concerning the overall pace. Most of the time, I was, depending on the track, 3 &#8211; 8 seconds slower than the fast drivers. In addition, the lack of practice increased the chances of making a mistake or being overtaken by another car. Furthermore, my slower pace was also problematic when I lost contact with a group of cars due to an incident as I was not able to catch up with them again.<\/p>\n<p>The other main reason for my mediocre results was the high amount of race incidents I was involved in. During the majority of the races I was spun out at least once by another driver who tried to overtake me at a place where it is not possible or in a way that was just too aggressive. Being spun out not only broke my concentration but also resulted in a huge loss of time and, due to my lack of speed, to a loss of contact with the other drivers. As soon as I was spun out during a race, the chances for a decent finish were ruined already.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, I was frequently frustrated after a race weekend as I rarely managed to complete my personal goal of having a clean race which then could easily have resulted in a top-10 finish. As a result of this, I often was questioning myself if I should not stop participating in those races.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cJMDYShw73I?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>However, as participating in such a Conelanders race as well as driving a virtual race car in general always resulted in me playing at the very edge of my skill level, I was all the time motivated to compete in the next race despite all the negative experiences I made during the previous race again. As soon as I calmed down and overcame the frustration caused by the last race, I accepted the challenge of racing anew.<\/p>\n<p>As a conclusion, the struggle between frustration and excitement is a prime example for the motivational effects of flow. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.assettocorsa.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Assetto Corsa<\/a> as well as the Conelanders League provide me with a clear goal, new (or better the same as I never exhausted one) challenges and a constant feedback. In addition, the activity of racing exactly matches my personal skill level thus resulting in me being completely immersed in the gameplay.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the motivational effects start to decline as I constantly encounter the same issues over and over again. Although flow has a huge motivational effect, it can not overcome a constant stream of disappointments and needs to be backed up with some successes. Hopefully, this will happen in the next race &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; challenge accepted!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Between Frustration and Excitement During my ongoing literature review I often discover interesting facts about things I&#8217;ve never thought about. Sometimes I can connect these facts with my own observations: The result is mostly a completely new idea why things &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.learning-by-gaming.net\/?p=2860\">Weiterlesen <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-finding-of-the-week","category-gaming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.learning-by-gaming.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.learning-by-gaming.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.learning-by-gaming.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.learning-by-gaming.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.learning-by-gaming.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2860"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/blog.learning-by-gaming.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2866,"href":"http:\/\/blog.learning-by-gaming.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2860\/revisions\/2866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.learning-by-gaming.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.learning-by-gaming.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.learning-by-gaming.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}