The visuals look REALLY stunning, probably the best looking night race I've ever seen. That's just how it is, a bigger studio, bigger budget, better graphics. Every simulator has something to offer over another: some have graphics, some have physics, some have audio, some have all laser-scanned tracks, some have a good selection of licensed cars. Why not play them all?
The whine is annoying yeah but not something related to sound quality as people complain, plus this whine is present in many cars IRL, you just need to take a look about where the microphone is, some will get this sound louder than others.
Past gen IndyCar in iRacing had the gear whine on external cameras and I always found it ridiculous because it could not be heard on the real car, nobody complained anyway
Sure its related to quality! Its totally digital-artificial! Heard better tranny sounds in 1000 other sim-cars.
But, whatever,- you seem to have your carved-in-stone-opinion and nothing comes between this....