Nah, it's forces view that cuts out 2 seconds...

On a pro level, racing is a sport for low weight drivers. Less height means less weight which is the most important base along with talent. You could have lots talent but if you're tall and consequently heavier you can forget pro level competition. Petrov being the exception because of money talks crap.
With that in mind, racing cars are designed for short guys as is our default guy in LFS: ~180 cm i believe. Ofcourse the view may look strange if you put a giraffe neck on him - because of specific car design.

@smove
Scary accurate Nice job Rico

I've always thought the LFS drivers position was pretty good tbh.

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Less height means less weight

Are you sure about this? Really fat people arn't generally very tall..

Big boned, big boned
Yeah I'm sure in regarding the point i made. Fatties aren't even in the equation here. When was the last time you saw Danny de Vitto racing