Abstract
Associations with player performance in traditional field-based sports and video games have been observed with specific cognitive abilities and personality traits. The present study investigated whether such connections can be used to predict performance in hybrid genre video games that include game mechanics from multiple traditional games. The focus of the present was on the hybrid genre car-soccer game, Rocket League. The gameplay shares some aspects of traditional soccer and video games along with unique mechanics. Psychological traits that have been observed to correlate with performance in these traditional games were hypothesized to be associated with better Rocket League performance. In the present study, participants greater in mental rotation ability and number processing tended to have higher performance. Evidence from detailed match metrics indicated that they more effectively navigated and maneuvered around the car-soccer arena. Connections with personality traits suggested that player openness and neuroticism affected offensive–defensive metrics, likely via team dynamics. Variations in associations with match metrics indicated that different car-soccer gameplay actions relied upon different psychological abilities. This research suggests that psychological predictors of performance in traditional sports may predict performance in hybrid video games that share game mechanics.
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