>>715078798 (OP)because racing media is shit and most don't have a connection to cars
no one is going to want to play a racing game when fast and furious is boring and not even about racing. there's been a few good racing movies but they're not going to convince anyone to play forza or something.
the games are too complex, there's nothing arcadelike that a non driver can pick up, race, feel good about themselves and enjoy. that doesn't exist.
im an older end of zoomer. i remember playing need for speed, racing games with vehicle combat, watching fast and furious when my older brother had it on, playing forza with my dad.
if i was 8 nowadays, id never get to experience that. racing would be foreign to me.