Real cars?, well, I've owned tons, trackday'ed a few, been driving for the best part of 20 years, owned, and trackday'd motorbikes too, also done a fair bit of karting over the years.
Toyed with the idea of racing numerous times, but finances get in the way, infact, I was taking a serious look at entering a racing series next year, got as far as quotes to prepare some cars, but still deciding if I can afford it.
Glass half empty?, maybe, but after 5 years, and countless buckets of polish later, GT5 should be the definitive next gen racer, and its not, its quite a long way from it, considering a game released over a year ago does the racing part better.
Its just an opinion, don't get bent out of shape by it, like I won't get bent out of shape if you think its the best thing since sliced bread.