This is exactly right.
The Bar is essentially a worthless memory cram of obscure facts and laws, 98% of which you’ll dump and never think of again.
The LSAT, on the other hand, seems to be a pretty good approximation of how you are asked to think in law school/practice.
Non lawyers will never fully internalize this. But most lawyers will.
I don't think too many lawyers, whether they pass the test on attempt one or not, think too highly of the bar exam as an assessment of competence.
And I'm not just saying that because as a tutor of the test, the test is my nemesis or something. As a counter-example, I think quite highly of the LSAT, and I teach that one, too.