Don't get me wrong, I love sim racing and there is definitely a place for sim racing competition, but it's really no comparison to the real thing in my mind bec

Don't get me wrong, I love sim racing and there is definitely a place for sim racing competition, but it's really no comparison to the real thing in my mind because of the high stakes contribution to the competition by hundreds of engineers, not just 1 driver.. the outcome is different teams really have different personalities and those personalities show through in the performance of their car, team, etc. through randomness of mechanical performance/failures, pit stop strategy/execution, team strategy/execution, and so many more dimensions than you will get in a sim competition. As the great Murray Walker said, "anything can happen in F1, and it usually does"