Your comment speaks to whether someone who enjoys racing an actual car would enjoy the simulation. But in the context of sports-as-trillion-dollar-entertainmen

Your comment speaks to whether someone who enjoys racing an actual car would enjoy the simulation. But in the context of sports-as-trillion-dollar-entertainment-businesses, what is interesting here is not whether simulated racing is the same as racing IRL for competitors, but the degree to which it is the same for spectators. Your comment still stands, though!