How Bullets Work in Video Games

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"Video gaming is basically a giant bag of tricks designed to simulate the real-life environments around us. As such, developers have had to create methods of simulating ideas like weapons fire and hit effects. There are two main methods for doing this — hitscanning and projectile ballistics."

https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/303785-how-bullets-work-in-video-games