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tannat
11th September 2007, 20:57
Silly notion? Perhaps not..

I feel our fun little pasttime requires as high a degree of hand-eye coordinaiton as golf (with perhaps a touch less physical exertion).

Your thoughts...

Brown, Jon Brow
11th September 2007, 21:12
or darts

luvracin
11th September 2007, 22:32
I once put a heart rate monitor(the one i use at the gym) on when I played racing games on my x-box. My HR barely moved past my normal HR for sitting watching TV.

However, I did the same thing when kart racing and my HR jumped to 150+.

Penske_ALMS
12th September 2007, 01:32
Fun little hobby, maybe. Sport? Nah.

janneppi
12th September 2007, 10:44
It all depends on the level of force feedback in steering wheels, doesn't it? ;)
Put it to a high level and play for two hours, it feels like you've been shoveling dirt for ten minutes.

johnny shell
12th September 2007, 14:23
Ernest Hemingway said the only true sports are bull fighting, mountain climbing, & auto racing. Everything else is just a game.

I see his logic.

so, I would therefore classify sim racing as a game.

but if golf is a sport then so is this ;)

jso1985
13th September 2007, 00:25
if poker is a sport nowadays, then staring at birds should be too...

and of course sim gaming