My co-worker once said. If you have a piece of poop, and you polish it all day long. At the end of the day it is still a piece of poop.
Funny story: My boss wanted us to buff and wax some of our work vans. I refused because my paticular van was primer grey with dark grey spray painted sections and even some duct tape over a few holes. That is when my friend said that nugget.
Back to the subject: Sim racing games for me are about the racing first. Out of many races so far on GTP I have yet to really enjoy my rivals. Online is ruthless and very inconsistent. And dare to say I hate the Ai worse than LFS...Thats saying alot because LFS's AI are pretty bad.