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    Quote Originally Posted by airshifter View Post
    But even with the talent luck plays a big part as well. Look how many drivers moved at the wrong time and the team rebounded, or the team they were heading to tanked suddenly in comparison to others.

    As for the whole GOAT thing, really the only thing we can compare is drivers in equal machinery. And often they shuffle enough that it's rare to see the very top drivers in equal machinery. Over time they might spend a season or two together, but usually it doesn't last long. And if you do compare the drivers on the same team, often the "greatest" suddenly is proven to be "greatest" only when teamed with lesser drivers. The ones that are really on top fare just as well when put up against the best at the same team.
    Unfortunately, that is an impossible way of determining greatness. In any equipment-based competition, competitors would use different equipment of various degrees of performance. This is usually due to poor choices or a lack of adequate funding. The level of funding available to competitors mostly translates to perceived talent by the backers of the competitor. Even among those with the best equipment, one individual always stands out and dominates his category. And he is respected and revered for his achievement. That has always been the nature of competition through the ages. And that is also how the world we live in works. Where some with advanced technology, sophisticated military might and wealth dominate and undermine others with lesser in comparison. You would not hear anyone saying if you give every nation the same technology, military capability and the same wealth, then we would be able to determine which is really the greatest nation ever.

    While that is clearly nonsensical, it is clear that competitors that succeed do so because they have inherent exceptional talent, a judgement that is calculated to ensure success and an ability to deliver exceptional performances when the opportunity to shine presents itself. That is the common attribute of the greatest in whatever equipment-based sport there is. But you would not know this as you have not achieved anything of that stature else you would not say these things. There is luck and there is pure genius, l hope one day you can see the difference.
    Last edited by Nitrodaze; 29th March 2023 at 08:11.
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