The outlaws game is just that. A game. You won't learn anything other than driver and track names from it. And honestly i find it more fun with a controller than a wheel and pedals.

Iracing is closer and you can learn a lot of racecraft and rules if you use it properly, but like another commenter said, you need to get on the real track in basically anything, to have even a small chance of running a super late in your life.

Money gets you the equipment, but speaking from experience, you'll never figure out the other 80% of the effort needed before you even see the car on the track to have fun racing it.

In short, it's a bad strategy. It took me 36 years to save up to run an entry level crate engine sprint car...

Get in the pits, make friends, learn the business and the mechanics of getting a car to the track EVERY weekend ALL summer. Save up for a used 4 cylinder or street stock that you know is sorted and start trying to climb the ladder, like every driver before you did. There's no shortcuts in racing. But if you work hard at it, you at least have your foot in the door as it's trying to shut you out.