When I was a kid, I was amazed by this one guy’s HO Scale slot car racing track in his basement. I thought it was the coolest thing ever. My son got old enough and we put together a nice HO Scale racetrack. It had buildings and trees and lights and people. I came home from work after we finished it and he was playing Mario Cart on his game system. He wasn’t the least bit interested in that race track. Now, he can drive a Ferrari through Paris on his game system. The make believe world is fancier and more exciting than the real world, and you earn points.
Even F1 drivers (the highest paid, arguably best race drivers in the world) train using video games. The “simulator” aspect of them is that good. Plus seat time on-track is really expensive. Supplement that and learn a new track using computer sims? It’s a no-brainier.