Rallycross driver Scott Speed banned from racing game due to reckless driving

Modern racing sims are investing a lot of resources to render their mechanics as close to reality so that the fans would have an immersive experience.

Unlike real life, in racing sims, you’ll encounter not only over-competitive human opponents but raging/trolling ones as well. The surprise here is the raging player’s professional background.

Scott Speed is kind of a motorsport wonder kid. In 2006 he had his Formula 1 breakthrough, at Red Bull Racing, being the first American driver to compete in a Grand Prix for the first time in 13 years (after Michael Andretti in 1993).

After being replaced by Sebastian Vettel, he switched to NASCAR, then IndyCar, before starting in the Rallycross championship, where he kicks ass every year since 2015. But, as the clip below shows, he (literally) kicks ass in iRacing as well. Or at least he tries to.

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IIRC, the guy is a bit of a douche…

Yep a big one from all the stories I have read.