oliver rowland is a formula e driver for nissan and has installed this huge rig in his home.fessional steering wheel, pedals and a seat that reacts to the simulation. but could this ever match up to the feeling of a real race car? i've been spending probably six, seven hours on the simulator a day, so you get pretty tired. you tend to get worse towards the end of days. i think the general feeling is the graphics, the tracks, everything's actually very close. of course you don't get the cues or the feeling of the car, so you rely more on visual things, which takes you a bit more getting used to, but i think i am actually extremely impressed with what we've been sent. it's notjust the professional races who get to take part. on the weekend, there is a separate racejust for gamers, and the winner gets to drive around the track in a real live formula e gen2 car. now, if you want to take part in the race on the weekend, you first have to set a really, really good lap time in order to qualify. so i'm going to give it a go. and they've sent me one of these to try it in! it's very ea

oliver rowland is a formula e driver for nissan and has installed this huge rig in his home.ssional steering wheel, pedals and a seat that reacts to the stimulation. —— simulation. but could this ever match up to the feeling of a real race car? i've been spending probably six, seven hours on the simulator a day, so you get pretty tired. you tend to get worse towards the end of days. i think the general feeling is the graphics, the tracks, everything's actually very close. of course you don't get the cues or the feeling of the car, so you rely more on visual things, which takes you a bit more getting used to, but i think i am actually extremely impressed with what we've been sent. but it's notjust the professional races who get to take part. on the weekend, there is a separate racejust for gamers, and the winner gets to drive around the track in a real, live, formula e gen2 car. now, if you want to take part in the race on the weekend, you first have to set a really, really good lap time in order to qualify. so i'm going to give it a go. and they've sent me one of these to try

britain's oliver rowland lies fourth in the standings after finishing second for nissan, the audi ofame third. you can watch the final round from 4—20 today on the red button and the bbc sport website. that's all the sport for now. many thanks. the head of the world bank has described the global economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic as a "catastrophe." speaking to the bbc, david malpass predicted the economic fallout could last for a decade and would adversely affet the world's poorest. our global trade correspondent darshini david has more. from the shutdown of factories in wuhan at the start of the year, to the closure of major tourism spots in venice and beyond, covid—19 and the measures taken to curb its spread have pushed the global economy sharply into reverse and those who can least afford it are paying the heaviest price. the poor around the world are in an unequal situation. they are getting hit harder. people in the poorer countries are being not only unemployed but unable to get any work, even in the informal sector, and that is going to have consequences for

oliver rowland is a formula e driver for nissan and has this huge rig in his home. don't get the cues or the feeling of the car, so you rely more on visual things, which takes you a bit longer to get used to, but i think i am actually extremely impressed with what we've been sent. it's notjust professional races who get to take part. on the weekend, there is a separate racejust for gamers, and the winner gets to drive around the track in a real live formula e gen2 car. now, if you want to take part in the race on the weekend, you first have to set a really, really good lap time in order to qualify. so i'm going to give it a go. and they've sent me one of these to try it in! it's very easy to lose control, or even have the wheel whack on your knuckles if you lose your grip. it's not moving properly. i broke — how did i break a fake car? but after several tries, i set a pretty decent time, or so i thought — i came dead last — which isn't surprising, as these gamers are the real deal. they spend an hour after hour training and intensely studying the mechanics, not only