gnomesayin
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iRacing is built on top of the software code used by legendary game developer Papyrus to make its racing (NASCAR and others) PC games from the mid '90s into the early '00s. Those games were classified as "sims" within the PC gaming market, meaning that the general emphasis was on realism over fun.
They were still games. iRacing is still a gaming service. In terms of the quality of the simulation, it's impressive but still lacking some essential elements that make auto racing on a physical race track what it is. Sim racing is a different beast. The reason all of these events put on by racing series during the shutdown are invitationals is that if they were opened up to the public for open qualification, few of the star drivers would make the field. It requires different experience.
They were still games. iRacing is still a gaming service. In terms of the quality of the simulation, it's impressive but still lacking some essential elements that make auto racing on a physical race track what it is. Sim racing is a different beast. The reason all of these events put on by racing series during the shutdown are invitationals is that if they were opened up to the public for open qualification, few of the star drivers would make the field. It requires different experience.