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Apparently it’s in London this weekend. Who knew?

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 thought this thread was going to follow forum convention. Who knew it was still going?

If they really want to reduce emissions surely it’s best to scrap it?

So close I should go and watch it, would they let me in in a ~20 yr old derv.?
Will they leave the barriers up so we can go karting afterwards??

Yes, you just pay £12.50 online and Khan pulls a tree out his arse to plant in one of London’s parks to offset your dirty diesel.

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.

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Do they still do fan boost? When I found out you get more power for most likes on socials I decided it wasn’t racing and wouldn’t watch it.

Iirc there was one race last year almost nobody finished cos they ran out of power allocation.

I watched the start of the race today. It was indoors with music, lights, lasers and smoke. FFS.

They totally overdid the smoke, so everyone was held on the start line til it cleared - for teh safeties.

I don’t think I made it past the first lap. Why is it so dull?

Because a race car needs some drama, it has none.

Electric drag racing, no drama.

Model S pikes peak, no drama.

Acceleration without drama is just not as much fun.

Dave!

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.

Rich B wrote: Sun Jul 30, 2023 6:13 pm

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

V8Granite wrote: Sun Jul 30, 2023 1:35 pm Because a race car needs some drama, it has none.

Electric drag racing, no drama.

Model S pikes peak, no drama.

Acceleration without drama is just not as much fun.

Dave!

And to prove that rule, and as I've posted in the 'your fleet' thread, the opposite is true

A good car can feel involving and special at modest speeds