Guys, just want to read you opinion about the general realism of our beloved sims - a thing I think about now for quite some time. Reason is the ongoing discussion on "Sim A's physics are better than B's".
Imagine you can do lap times around 3:58 on LeMans in your favorite sim in a GTE. How realistic would it be to assume you can do a similar lap time in a real GTE (not that we can try it, anyway
)
My point of view: No way. At least I would be completely overwhelmed with this task and I guess would be more than happy to get out alive.
Reasons why I think so:
- If playing a sim would be enough of a training, then everybody could drive a high performance race car
- In reality we would be a lot more cautious. Whatever realism VR may bring, everybody knows & feels it's not the real thing.
- The real G-forces would test our overall fitness (at least mine) - I guess those forces would at least "distract me". Same goes for vibrations etc.
If I would be right with my assumptions above, a sim's physic's "realism" would be a lot overestimated.
What's your opinion?
Imagine you can do lap times around 3:58 on LeMans in your favorite sim in a GTE. How realistic would it be to assume you can do a similar lap time in a real GTE (not that we can try it, anyway
)My point of view: No way. At least I would be completely overwhelmed with this task and I guess would be more than happy to get out alive.
Reasons why I think so:
- If playing a sim would be enough of a training, then everybody could drive a high performance race car
- In reality we would be a lot more cautious. Whatever realism VR may bring, everybody knows & feels it's not the real thing.
- The real G-forces would test our overall fitness (at least mine
) - I guess those forces would at least "distract me". Same goes for vibrations etc.If I would be right with my assumptions above, a sim's physic's "realism" would be a lot overestimated.
What's your opinion?
