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Normal racing involves a fair bit of collision, too. There are at least a few teams out there with working robots. The racetrack is a much more controlled env
by joshu 11y ago
Normal racing involves a fair bit of collision, too.
There are at least a few teams out there with working robots.
The racetrack is a much more controlled environment than the street, and there is a great deal more safety set up.
- Animats 11y agoAlso, this particular raceway is in an isolated area.[1] There's lots of open space if anything goes badly wrong. [1] https://goo.gl/maps/1oTTBJNGEjL2 https://goo.gl/maps/1oTTBJNGEjL2
- joshu 11y agoBeyond that it's actually Thunderhill West, which is the smaller track to the west. In that photo, it doesn't even exist except as a bunch of dirt trails.
- joshu 11y agoEdit: I think parent means that the wrecking is what people are watching for? There's not a lot of spectators in club racing. This isn't for spectators anyway.
- nxzero 11y agoExactly, race clubs are for racing, not wrecking. Mainstream racing is designed to entertain the fan(antic)s - and they watch the races for the wrecks.
- nl 11y agoAre you from the US? Most non-US race series (F1, MotoGP etc) don't have lots of crashes. When they do occur they tend to be annoying for spectators because they occur somewhere else on the track and they interrupt the racing.
- elsurudo 11y agoNot to mention that despite being "exciting", most people would probably prefer they didn't happen, as when they do occur, they can be fatal. I'm talking mostly about F1 here, as that is how I personally feel. I mean, when a crash occurs, naturally I do want to see it, but it can be an exiting race without crashes...
- nxzero 11y agoGood points, though... Some of the best known, and as a result watched races are the ones that had wrecks; my opinion. Personally, I don't watch races, and do either street racing, long distance, or bad weather driving; which is it say that I don't care for race tracks personally.