I guess, I am the only active member here who have experience in real racing. I was a motocross racer since I was 14 until 19. I've competed in many motocross/dirttrack races. I also raced in auto sprint rally. Only once, then I decide to back to motorcycle, car racing was too expensive.
Okay, I never won any race, but I know how the real racing is. So, let me tell a fact, racing games are not same like real racing. There's no fear in racing game. But in real racing, the biggest challenge of the racer is control his fear. Don't believe a racer who says "I have no fear", he must be lie.
In racing game if you get accident, nothing will happen to you. But in real racing? just imagine what will happen if you get an accident. My racing career was ended by accident. In racing games, you can do techniques that actually impossible to do in real racing.
In racing game, your body will not feel any effect. In real racing, you can feel effect of acceleration, deceleration, turning, or jump. That's in auto rally. In motocross, you need to have good stamina to race. I always lost weight 3-5 kilograms after every motocross event.
And there are many other differences. So, don't ever thinking racing in video games is same like racing in the real world.
