Is Sim Racing REALISTIC Enough For Professional Drivers? [TECH TALK]

Racing simulators are becoming more popular in the home and, if you're lucky, office, but are they good enough on a professional level without an endless budget?

Jota Sport WEC LMP2 Race Engineer Tomoki Takahashi runs us through some of the advantages a simulator setup offers, the limitations and why a motion platform can be more hindrance than help without a blank cheque book.

Discussed is a direct comparison between two drivers at the same event, one who practised on the simulator beforehand, the other who couldn't, how the race engineer and data engineer treat simulated sessions the same as physical practice sessions, which interesting can lead to better results when it comes to quick decisions on car setups and track conditions come race day.

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