However, as the years have elapsed, the realism and modelling has improved to such an extent that it can be hard to distinguish between a real and a virtual horse race in a betting shop. When virtual racing first arrived on our computer screens, the visual quality of the computerised action wasn’t exactly the best. The premise behind virtual racing is to provide computer-generated horse racing action to keep customers occupied and engaged during periods when there is no real horse racing to have a flutter on. In recent years, virtual horse racing has become something of a phenomenon in high-street betting shops and as part of the iGaming industry.
Virtual horse racing has even taken hold in the Far East