Video Game Analysis:

How it compares

 

From all the data collected, there are distinct lines where the physics in TF2 also match with physics in rea life. 

 

Now there are two parts when we compare it to real life.

Firstly, do the actually physics and calculation follow the laws of physics

And if they do follow the laws, is it actually realistic and achievable in real life?

By looking at the graph below we can see how close the game world is to the real world. Most projectiles and almost all mechanics in the game do in fact follow the laws of phsics. Because of this we are able to you kinematic, forces, and energy equations. The only projectile that was subjected to gravity were the rockets that would infinitely go straight, but that would proves newton's first law: any object in motion will stay in motion unless acted on by an external force.

 

Why would developers design this? Well in real-life, we soldier shoot rockets that go at high speeds, we can barely see any arc in the projectile, let alone actually see the projectile in motion. Thus the video game designers must have programmed it to go straight as it would be easier to aim without arc. But for other projectiles, we are use to seeing those projectiles in real-life arc. When someone throws a grenade in the air, we can actually see it fall and explode. Other projectiles that are subjected to gravity such as arrows and baseballs are have noticable curves, that are slow enough to track.  Video game designers are trying to make it look real-life which actually makes it easier to aim and navigate. 

 

Below are the speeds of the different projectiles: Reality, tracker, and from the wiki. As you can see, there are smaller %deviation between tracker and the wiki information. This means, that the game does indeed follow most laws of physic as tracker uses kinemactics equations to find speed. However, in comparision to real-life, it is a bit different. The % deviation is way higher and so, to conclude, the video game world, does follow most of the laws of phyiscs of kinemactic and other energy laws as well, however, compare to real-life, the values are not as realistic.