I was racing in iracing, and folks in there would go ballistic if you happened to have the racing line and didn’t pull out of it to let them pass you, or if you happen to hit a curb, lose a bit of speed and cause them to bump your car or some thing. Got tired of the constant accusations and nasty attitudes there. Once I got up Into the higher classes of racing though, that calmed down a bit, but still, it just was constant pressure to be perfect. I dunno how the real drivers in f1 and the like deal with the constant pressure- kudos to,them for being able to- especialy to max, who seems so calm. O matter what (hamilton on the other hand has a babysitter to calm hi. Down and console him if he doesnt win- uggh.)
the anxiety got so bad I just basically left except for a race here and there, and now,I only race the ones where the drivers ‘class,license’ isn’t on the line- a lot more fun that way.
Reactor is a pretty cool Sim, but u fortu ately not enough players race it, but the ai racing is pretty fun though- its free too if I remember right. (Haven’t played in in ages- got into Iracing)
They c.aimthe Sims are so good “realisticall” that a person could go to an actual track and know most every bump and corner and grip situation before they even get on the track if they played the track enough in the Sims. A Sim racer who was pretty young but really good driver, was invited to test a real car on a track, and the fella riding with him said he had it nailed in short order. The kid said his Sim racing really prepared him for what tl expect o. The track.
I’ve heard of that happening several times over the years. Some did just as you said, but never made anything of it (marketability I presume). There have been a number of pro racers that have done sim races on Forza over the years (can’t remember names as I haven’t played in a long time) and those races were “invite only” events to the people that had a good rep in-game.