Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-31600610-20190829230631/@comment-27504831-20190904081702

Sergent Pepper wrote: Spizzlo wrote: I said drivers won't be coming from RR3 because it's a mobile game, and not exactly realistic. That doesn't mean they aren't using the program to find drivers. I think you're underestimating how good modern sims are at unvcovering talent. Max Verstappen and Lando Norris have both said that they think sim racing has made them better drivers. If it was all about money and advertising, why are they using rFactor 2 for the final, a relatively less known and niche sim, and not GT Sport or Forza? I might be wrong, but I think esports will become a genuine path into the future to find racing drivers. I don't think I made my point clear. I'm not disrespecting in any way sims game nor I'm saying that they're useless. I mean, I didn't even say what is my personal idea about sims..

What I am saying is that Mclaren (*they*, not me) don't care who win. The main prove of this, is that the whole competition is (really) bad designed if the aim was to find the best player, but is quite well designed if the aim was advertising.

The fact that Verstappen, Norris, Thor or whoever think anything about sims change that in any way? No, because they don't run the Mclaren marketing department. That's it.. Ok I think there is some confusion here. The competition takes place using different games, not just RR3. If it was just RR3, I would agree 100%, it's a bad design. But if you qualify playing rFactor 2, iRacing, or Project Cars 2, it's an even playing field because everyone gets the same car. And I would bet the final winner is someone who qualified through one of those games. RR3 is probably only included because mobile games have a massive player base. So it is designed to find the best driver, but of course advertising is a part of it also.