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Professional drivers destroy in simulations like racing.com

by Jaxkr 7y ago

JshWright 7y ago
Professional drivers that also spend a lot of time sim racing, that is... The same is true in this series. Drivers like Max Verstappen and Lando Norris (among the best drivers in the world) so very well, but they also spend a lot of their free time playing these games. Other world class drivers (Hamilton, Vettel, etc), likely wouldn't do anywhere near as well. Obviously there is some overlap in the skills required, but at the end of the day, experience gaming is going to help more than more experience in a real car.
- AmericanChopper 7y ago
  Hamilton’s done a few exhibition sim races, and generally does very well in them. The skills translate much better from track to sim than they do the other way around. If you watch the break and throttle pressure on these streams, it’s obvious that the professional racers are much better. They do things like trail breaking, and managing engine power a lot more competently and consistently than the sim enthusiasts. I’d imagine the main obstacle would be getting used to the different feedback sources. It’s also worth noting that most F1 drivers (I don’t really know about other motorsports) do at least some sim training. Kimi is the only current driver I know of who’s said he doesn’t use the sim.
  - JshWright 7y ago
    Yeah, 100% agree that real experience translates to gaming experience better than gaming experience would translate to a real car. The sims that the teams run (especially the top teams) are significantly more advanced than a CodeMasters game and fancy steering wheel...
    - AmericanChopper 7y ago
      Not sure what the teams use these days, as they seem to have become more secretive about it as the technology has gotten better. But I’ve seen some of the commercial products that have the enormous surround screen, moving chassis, and thing attached to the helmet to simulate force on the neck. I’d imagine the better off teams have facilities like that. The software would certainly be better than the CodeMaster game, but I can’t imagine it being that much better than iRacing (apart from being more customised to the current tracks/cars).
  - netsharc 7y ago
    I follow Kimi on Instagram and he's posted a story where he's at home sitting in a simulator, with his son on his lap. (Kimi was doing throttle and brake, and gear changes, while his son was turning the wheel.) So he does own one for playing.
    - AmericanChopper 7y ago
      I just checked this on google, and it turns out he did at least some sim training/testing with Ferrari. I just remember a lot of the interviews/press conferences where he talks about how much he hates them. Not sure if they can still manage to get him in one at work though. https://www.crash.net/f1/news/187198/1/kimi-learns-nothing-using-simulators https://www.crash.net/f1/news/187198/1/kimi-learns-nothing-u...

Professional drivers destroy in simulations like racing.com

by Jaxkr 7y ago

Professional drivers destroy in simulations like racing.com

Professional drivers that also spend a lot of time sim racing, that is... The same is true in this series. Drivers like Max Verstappen and Lando Norris (among the best drivers in the world) so very well, but they also spend a lot of their free time playing these games. Other world class drivers (Hamilton, Vettel, etc), likely wouldn't do anywhere near as well. Obviously there is some overlap in the skills required, but at the end of the day, experience gaming is going to help more than more experience in a real car.

AmericanChopper 7y ago
Hamilton’s done a few exhibition sim races, and generally does very well in them. The skills translate much better from track to sim than they do the other way around. If you watch the break and throttle pressure on these streams, it’s obvious that the professional racers are much better. They do things like trail breaking, and managing engine power a lot more competently and consistently than the sim enthusiasts. I’d imagine the main obstacle would be getting used to the different feedback sources. It’s also worth noting that most F1 drivers (I don’t really know about other motorsports) do at least some sim training. Kimi is the only current driver I know of who’s said he doesn’t use the sim.
- JshWright 7y ago
  Yeah, 100% agree that real experience translates to gaming experience better than gaming experience would translate to a real car. The sims that the teams run (especially the top teams) are significantly more advanced than a CodeMasters game and fancy steering wheel...
  - AmericanChopper 7y ago
    Not sure what the teams use these days, as they seem to have become more secretive about it as the technology has gotten better. But I’ve seen some of the commercial products that have the enormous surround screen, moving chassis, and thing attached to the helmet to simulate force on the neck. I’d imagine the better off teams have facilities like that. The software would certainly be better than the CodeMaster game, but I can’t imagine it being that much better than iRacing (apart from being more customised to the current tracks/cars).
- netsharc 7y ago
  I follow Kimi on Instagram and he's posted a story where he's at home sitting in a simulator, with his son on his lap. (Kimi was doing throttle and brake, and gear changes, while his son was turning the wheel.) So he does own one for playing.
  - AmericanChopper 7y ago
    I just checked this on google, and it turns out he did at least some sim training/testing with Ferrari. I just remember a lot of the interviews/press conferences where he talks about how much he hates them. Not sure if they can still manage to get him in one at work though. https://www.crash.net/f1/news/187198/1/kimi-learns-nothing-using-simulators https://www.crash.net/f1/news/187198/1/kimi-learns-nothing-u...