You say that like you need to have the final say on a topic rather than contribute to a productive dialogue. You can't just shut down a debate by doing that.
Have any developers of racing games ever used the term "simcade"? I genuinely don't know. As far as I'm aware it's only a community thing. Maybe Project CARS did for their 3rd game, but I believe both Forza Motorsport & Gran Turismo present themselves as realistic driving games.
Again to what degree they achieve this is a matter of public & individual opinion, but that's what they aim to be. Some would even say behaviours in physics for other titles are unrealistic, like iRacing's driving-on-ice tyre physics.
Aha thats true about iracing and they're not doing much to improve it...but it's still a simulation.
Gt7 is a simcade because:
Tire temps in this game are nothing to even worry about, two corners in and you're golden. Where as something like acc, lmu or iracing where it can take multiple laps to get them up to temp. Learning to push on cold tires is a great skill set.
-In gt7 we can't even change tyre pressure. (we can in forza motorsport but it's hilarious)
-Track temperature is irrelevant and unavailable.
-PIT strategy is reduced to when to PIT. No access to fuel amount you start with, break changes, etc.
-No qualifying in offline races.
-Fuel amount you have seems to have no impact on the balance of a car.
Unlike an iracing, for example, where the vehicle will be much faster but more dangerous.
I remember an endurance race in a Porsche gt3 with very little fuel left, the rear end was very light and therefore the front end very playful.
And most importantly.
You can't honk your horn.
But that's fine Gran Turismo is a console game first. It is designed so that everyday people can have fun, there is nothing wrong with that.
