How seriously should the game's naval physics be taken?

Does the game model structural effects such as barbette-related hull stress?

Its physics engine appears to produce similar effects, which makes the design exercise useful, though it is not claimed as an exact real-world simulation.

An audience prompt asks whether the game represents the structural effects just described for barbettes and hulls. The physics engine has received enough development that similar effects seem plausible, so the design exercise proceeds as though it were real. The comparison remains cautious and does not claim that every naval-architecture consequence is reproduced exactly. This distinction separates the historical design principles being illustrated from the limits of a game model.