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From Paradigm Shift Coaching:
BENEFITS OF SIM TRAINING
Having access to daily visual cue training is just one of the benefits of sim racing however. Even if a driver had nearly unlimited access to a real world track, I would still recommend sim training because it allows you to do things that are impractical or simply impossible in real life. For example, what if you want to work on your oversteer control? Most track organizers get pretty upset if you start spinning out on every other corner. In a simulator however, you can easily and quickly set up a car to be incredibly loose and then have unlimited tires to practice with on your own personal skidpad.
One of the least obvious, but probably most important aspects of sim training is the ability to set static conditions to accurately track your progress. Once you reach the skill level where you are searching for fractions of a second, it can be quite difficult in real life to gauge where the time differences are coming from. Am I half a second quicker today because I'm doing something better or is it the tires, track, weather, or any number of other variables? While most modern sims allow you to set varied weather and track states, they also allow you to set static conditions if you wish and they provide you with an absolutely identical car every time. My Spec Racer Ford was a "spec" car where driver skill and setup are emphasized, but eliminating all variations between cars in real life is simply impossible. Sim racing provides the only true spec racing where any improvement in your times can be traced directly to some aspect of your driving.
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