[Michal Ringes]

There is not much difference in speed i think, if you can drive real car and use clutch and shiftstick then you should have no problem in sim The only problem in sim is no mechanical feedback and lack of precission compared to normal car unless you get some really expensive equipment, the feeling of moving piece of plastic without any force or feeling anything when shifting is just horrible. As to clutch my pedals are only 2 so no clutch, its prety big disadvantage on starts, some cars are not so bad but with some you will be loosing a lot on race starts (either too low revs or too much wheel spin). As to immersion the only thing that really makes big difference in my eyes is VR, and it will make you faster because all the time you can see your oponents, you can race them very close, you have much better judgement of distances, you can brake by distance feel not some marker and overall you just are in the car