One thing that real gas pumps have is variable flow control. Once you get to the last 10 cents you can ease up on handle and gas will trickle in at a much slower rate. Also, if you stop a few cents short you can “pulse” it a couple times.
You must be fun at parties.
> I shoot for an exact number of liters
Checks out.
But, you've got my curiosity... what deep truth about "reality" is exposed by Gas Pump Golf?
No one did that, here, though. However, your responses _have_ been demeaning and reductive.
For non US players with little knowledge of the history of prices of petrol in the US, it's a fun way of seeing how it changed (and how incredibly cheap it still is). But that's probably not what they were trying to point out.
Update: I think it's also interesting to see the different approach to filling up your tank. Why do you shoot for an exact number of liters? I've only had to do that with two strokes engines, so I know how much oil I need to add for the correct mixture. Otherwise it's either a full tank or a certain amount of money to avoid getting small coins back (if I pay cash).
The gamer's motivation: most pumps I see have 3 digits past the decimal. Exact dollar amounts are easy-mode, exact volumes are hard-mode.
I think it provides a real-world feel for how gas prices have changed over the decade, which is a neat value add for a 4 minute game.
People do that, but I feel most of these cents worth of fuel will be just left in hose instead of flowing out...