Fascinating, detailed comparison of Real v Simulated (rF1) car -- full data analysis comparison from a race engineer. Credit to the Radicals Racing Team (https://www.facebook.com/RadicalsOnline) http://drracing.wordpress.com/2014/01/03/how-close-is-close-enough/#comment-69
Just finished reading this linked from another forum and came over here and see it posted. But "Take a bow ISI"? Tim you guys haven't had any new content or updates since last year!! What gives?!?! lol
Very nice article. However still some will say that the best F3 simracers with rF2 could not succeed in real life. Simulation matches reality only for physical parameters? enviado mediante tapatalk
It is very simple, real world racing requires very good physical stamina. It doesn't matter how good you are targeting apexes if you can't cope with the g-forces. When you get tired physically, you become less precise and can't keep up with the speed. Playing games and real world just doesn't always translate.
It's not a given to be fair, some would not even fit in the cockpit. Young and fit? I see no reason why after some training they could not, but old and unfit? Don't care how good a sim racer you are, you will never survive more than a lap or two. I unfortunately am in the second category, sure I could probably fit in the cockpit but the G-forces would be the end of me. Amazing to see just how close those comparisons were though.
I am not sure if just regular training would do it, racing requires quite specific strengths. Mainly neck and hand stamina, in some cases leg stamina as well. Best training is plainly doing racing, driving lap after lap. Most drivers start very young, they grow and train into the sport. But then again some racing series's are less demanding, while Formula cars and Formula boats are the most demanding, stuff like Drag Racing and Offroad Trial racing fall into other spectrum.
I think getting fit (barring any medical issues) is primary with this sport. I don't think age has much to do with it unless you're hitting late 60's or something. Even then it's case by case basis.
The graphs provide a good comparison; you can see how close the values are. Divulging the actual values, which may be sensitive data, wouldn't gain anything.
