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And yet, Verstappen plays them all the time and is also world class in sims. Maybe there are more similarities than you think.
Verstappen is aa bad example. He races F1 to finance his sim passion. Hamilton was very outspoken that he dislikes the sim that it doesn't really make you a better F1 driver. F1 drivers are good at motorsport because they've been driving in motorsport since they were 5 years old so they built decades of muscle memory on the real deal learning to feel the car with their butts, not because they play the sim all day, ot…
I really like Hamilton and somewhat dislike Verstappen but I think Hamilton is wrong here. Of course physical practice is better, but surely there are some worthy drivers with access to sims but not karting at a competitive level that may be found by sim racing. Plus one can do both, and plenty of F1 drivers claim sims make them better.