Does anyone bother watching any more? I watched about 5 mins of the last round as I happened to catch it on TV and was bored almost immediately.
Watching them pile out of the pits just now trying to tame massive understeer with squealing front tyres on a circuit which looks like an abandoned multi-storey carpark doesn’t exactly create a lot of excitement.
I meant the Formula e organizers. Attracting dirty dino dervs into a ulez is extreme off message.
Also, watching the practice I notice a distinct lack of pride flags. Formula e has wasted a unique marketing opportunity, a way to raise its profile in a way the other Formulas couldn't. Part of it is how it presents itself; it wants to normalize ev usage, and focus on the close racing of the cars rather than what propels them, but using the full Formula e detracts from that because the emphasis falls on the e rather than the Formula. Formula 1, Formula 2, Formula Ford, all avoid that by abbreviating; F1, F2, FF. If e follow the same - erm - formula, they have Fe. In London. It's elementary.
I still think the solution to this which may have some real world merit (you know, that thing all racing teams bleat on about) would be to have a grid of robo cars going full batshit crazy. Without the driver which needs over half the cars weight as crash structures you can have a lightweight car which is actually fast. It will be interesting to see how their AI develops.
Mito Man wrote: Sun Jul 30, 2023 1:41 pm
I still think the solution to this which may have some real world merit (you know, that thing all racing teams bleat on about) would be to have a grid of robo cars going full batshit crazy. Without the driver which needs over half the cars weight as crash structures you can have a lightweight car which is actually fast. It will be interesting to see how their AI develops.
might as well just do that in a computer simulation though.
Mito Man wrote: Sun Jul 30, 2023 1:41 pm
I still think the solution to this which may have some real world merit (you know, that thing all racing teams bleat on about) would be to have a grid of robo cars going full batshit crazy. Without the driver which needs over half the cars weight as crash structures you can have a lightweight car which is actually fast. It will be interesting to see how their AI develops.
might as well just do that in a computer simulation though.
Computer sims are easy though, they’ve had AI driving in computer games since the first racing game. Current robot racing cars have currently gone this far
