Part 8: How to become a 'not terrible' sim rally driver
Last week I was due to take the wheel of a V8 mustang and experience its brutal power around Hampton Downs. But as my old man says : ‘life has a funny habit of getting in the way of your plans...’ Phase two of Rally Quest 2020 was, like everything else, put on indefinite hold due to... you know what. So, in the meantime I have, like everyone else, been finding ways to cope with lockdown and battle with boredom. Thankfully my hobby, sim racing*, is almost tailor-made for an isolation scenario. It’s an entertaining way to spend long hours by yourself indoors. There’s always more to learn, more time to gain and you can always sense your progression, no matter how glacially slow it can be. Your competitors take it seriously enough that it feels like it means something when you do well. It can be fun, frustrating and often genuinely exhilarating. *Sim racing, is the emerging esport of simulated motoracing. Most F1 teams now also have a dedicated sim racing team and during this lockdo...