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ELI5: How am I able to cross seemingly vast distances in video games in only a few minutes of real time driving/riding? (GTA, Red Dead Redemption, etc). How do they achieve that illusion?
gpt
You can move slightly faster in the game and still feel like your going at a reasonable speed due to visual effects that happen IRL that show us speed. 
GTA is an example where the game play effect's this. If you drove according to speed limits and traffic it would take you a lot longer than normal in GTA.