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Its the shear physical impact on the driver - I recall seeing drivers having difficulty at the end of the race getting out of the car.
by C1sc0cat 7y ago
Its the shear physical impact on the driver - I recall seeing drivers having difficulty at the end of the race getting out of the car.
- sjm-lbm 7y agoThis is correct - Top Gear did a test years ago where they put a very good sim racer in a real race car (https://www.topgear.com/car-news/gaming/geek-rebooted https://www.topgear.com/car-news/gaming/geek-rebooted). TLDR: he did OK, but was nowhere up to the physical challenge of staying in that car for full race distance. And, for the record, that car won't be on the same planet as an F1 car in terms of physical forces put on a driver.
- lozaning 7y agoI've heard that nascar drivers can lose up to 8 pounds in sweat over the course of a race. The constant forces on your body for that long have to take a physical toll on your body.
- lttlrck 7y agoAn hour of karting did that to me...