Typically, when game developers (cowards) combine arcade and simulation racing, they try to bring together the most palatable aspects of both ends of that spectrum to cast the largest net possible; realistic physics- but not so real that you can't play bumper cars, lots of cars to choose from, dials and knobs to tune to your preference, different game modes and activities to play, all with the essential goal of alienating no one. Noted genius Yu Suzuki decided to take a different approach and combine the least appealing aspects of both ends of the spectrum, for the smallest number of freaks possible; a handful of tracks, no real game modes besides race and practice, strict time limits, vicious AI opponents, and a single car- so realistic that you'll be a qualified driver if you can even finish a whole race without needing to restart once. (Also a tasteful serif font UI that Japanese game developers loved so much around the turn of the millenium)

"simcade" is a term i see applied to the like of poly's gran turismo series of games. this is the opposite, a "cadesim" or "arulator". the only time i've played this in the cab, i for some reason, decided to play without any of the assists, without any experience driving a manual transmission at the time.

i didnt make it past the first checkpoint. that experience gave me the courage to inevitably stall at a red light and get yelled at by drivers of pickup trucks that require a stepladder to enter with absolutely zero signs of use around the bed and tailgate. this, however did not prepare me for said truck's bumber getting around 350cm away from my trunk (or bonnet for the briish ppl reading) in the middle of that intersection as i panicked to turn my key and hit the ignition switch. i later looked up as they passed me and saw that the driver of that truck was on their phone, unsurprisingly. if you're operating a motor vehicle, you better be off your goddamn rectangle. put it away. having it mounted on your dash does not count. "but they put ipads on the dashboards now", yeah they do and they should have never fucking done so. the f355 does not have a big touchscreen rectangle in the middle of the dash, but unlike the 250 gto it has a spedometer. if you're driving and your mind is on anything but the road, the machine you're operating and your surroundings, you are not driving adequately. and this is why transgender is like ferrari.