Patent ID: 7744451

Claim:
A system for assisting a player to control speed of a racer along a path in a video game, the system comprising: a speed determination module that determines the speed of the racer on the path; a target speed calculator that calculates a target speed for each of a plurality of locations on a suggested driving line alone the path; a suggested speed indicator computing module that generates a suggested speed indicator corresponding to each of the plurality of locations on the suggested driving line along the path, based on the determined speed of the racer on the path and the calculated target speed for the location on the suggested driving line along the path, wherein the suggested speed indicators indicate suggested levels of acceleration and deceleration and are selected from a plurality of progressive levels of acceleration indicators and a plurality of progressive levels of deceleration indicators; and a display interface that communicates graphics information for displaying the suggested speed indicators on the suggested driving line in front of the racer.