It turns out that they are... because they are being compared, by this.
That's a false equivalence, and both a very common one and very a surprising one considering where it's coming from.
There are differences of course. In sim racing you don't use your ass and your middle ear, there's a difference in physicality (no sim racer has ever needed their neck), and your field of vision is affected (although I find racing helmets harder to see through than VR, so maybe it's affected for the better!), but generally speaking the range of motions required for sim racing and real racing are similar.
I'm not sure I've ever seen anyone net a banger in FIFA with the same range of motions that Mo Salah uses to do the same in the real world.
I didn't call any of those drivers sucky either, and you quoted me not doing it.
As I said, I'm going to postpone having a strong opinion on this until I see the magnitude of the points involved.
Last edited: Jan 22, 2021