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Dan Simmons looks at a technology that promises gamers the chance to compete against real sportsmen in real events.

Real Time Race has been developing a system that will enable players, for instance, to race drivers in a live Formula 1 competition.

A lap of the circuit would be recorded, using the firm's technology, just before the race starts so their video track would match up to the one on TV.