If that was the case they'd simply take the top eSports drivers from all the leaderboards in various games and sims and drop them into Formula One tests. Or any car tests for that matter. There must be a good reason why that doesn't happen. There are some rare exceptions, but given the millions of people on these leaderboards, you'd think if they were as easy to drive as computer games then the series would be filled with gamers.
The irony here being is that it was JV who wanted joypad controls in his cars and had
BAR rig up a gokart with a joypad, lol.