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ehnto 4 days ago

Totally anecdotal, but you see in Sim Racing versus Real Racing, the best sim racers are very regimented and analytical, and whilst it's mostly true of Real Racing, the confluence of death, consequence and mechanical failure lends some advantage to "characters" that can ride their waves better than others.

In both, it's way more interesting to watch a bunch of less talented people with personality and style duke it out, than it is to watch perfect, best of the best execution go toe to toe.

borroka 4 days ago | parent [-]

In the end, apart from the nerdiest among us, we don't watch sports because we want to see technical perfection or tactical precision. We watch them to be moved by a narrative, by the "hero" that is about to be defeated but finds a way out, for the creative solution that has rarely, or never, been tried before.

That's why we look at a short video of an unbelievable Forward 3½ Somersault combined with a Pike dive, and we say to ourselves, "that's great", before quickly switching to look again, for the 100th time, at a less technically impressive but more emotionally charged goal scored by our favorite team 25 years ago.

I rarely watch sports nowadays, also because it is difficult to get really into a team or an individual when they are younger than you are and make millions.