Having grown up with Indycar Racing, I will readily handle fairly crappy graphics, as long as the physics are the best that are around. In recent times, most significantly the advent of Steam, the old problem of developers choosing either graphics or physics no longer applies. Developers aren't limited by the space available on the disk that they are selling in a store.
Now, profitability is the primary concern. Eye candy packed with crap physics (Gran Turismo) and lots of stupid modifications are going to sell best. Teenagers buy the most games.
For those of us who are true sim junkies, we get bugs, ok-ish graphics and no goddamn rain (assetto corsa). Totally and utterly worth it. Especially when they compensate the limitations of their platform with 70th anniversary Ferrari DLC's that include cars like the 250 GTO. The way that thing floats around high speed stuff is glorious.
I will take bugs and crap graphics all day long for a game that nails the feel of cross-ply tires.
hahaha, cant be more on ur side,fully agree.