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Drive, Speed and Narrative in the Soundscapes of Racing Games

Collins, Karen
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Dockwray, Ruth
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University of Waterloo; University of Chester
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2017-05-31
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This chapter argues that racing games are situated in a space between reality and fantasy: a cinematic realism, or “cine-real". At the heart of the auditory cine-realism is a use of sound and music to both fill a gap left by the lack of sensory information presented to the player, and as part of a narrative device. The authors also argue that the narrative use of music and sound in racing games is one of the key features that distinguishes racing games from straight simulations.
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Collins, K. & Dockwray, R. (2017). Drive, Speed and Narrative in the Soundscapes of Racing Games. In M. Mera, R. Sadoff, B. Winters (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Screen Music and Sound. Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge.
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9781138855342
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