> you should be anticipating as much as possible before it happens, leaving mental bandwidth left over for reacting to the unexpected.Exactly. That's why I said Ayrton had that reaction time - he was anticipating with his spines, the car was felt in the vertebrae. In the bones. This is the only way you could drive at those speeds. This is why one simulator will ALWAYS have a lag, and not be accurate (you could have a rig with 8 1080ti in SLI, and hydraulics and so on, that's nothing compared to the real thing). This phenomenon was first discovered when planes introduced fly-by-wire technology. There was a delay between the command and the hydraulic movement, it amplified all the small errors and the pilot had to overcompensate with deadly consequences. In aviation it's called PIO (pilot induced oscillation), it almost crashed the first NASA Shuttle, and the F22 raptor at the first manual landing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot-induced_oscillation That's why all the aerobatic planes have manual, actual wires from steel, not digital controls. No lag - and instant feedback all the time. (pic related -s ometimes I fly some Extras 300, btw).
But to come back ontopic, here's a legend you all could learn from:
"The duel with Gilles is something Ill never forget, my greatest souvenir in racing.He beat me in France, yes, says Arnoux, but it didnt worry me. I knew Id been beaten by the best driver in the world"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDfRD9QnU34 