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I'd like to know more specifics on how the cars communicate with each other – is the event more a choreographed show than an actual race? I follow motor sports

I'd like to know more specifics on how the cars communicate with each other – is the event more a choreographed show than an actual race? I follow motor sports to an extent, but don't feel too enthused about watching computers race each other (no matter if on track, or virtually), but it would further diminish the “racing” part of it if the machines actually told each other what they were up to next. A more humane way of driving might be more spectacular.

Swizec 10y ago
Hopefully it's on te level of what drivers already do. If you see someone is taking you on the inside, you don't close them off in a way to deliberately cause a crash. Basic politeness. If they communicate so it's all a choreographed dance, then that's stupid and the sport is nigh unwatchable. There's a reason "best crashes" videos are a whole genre on Youtube. The danger makes motosport interesting.
- goatforce5 10y ago
  > you don't close them off in a way to deliberately cause a crash. Basic politeness. Typically the rules of racing will say you don't block faster cars or deliberately drive dangerously, etc. e.g. Forumla 1 says: https://www.formula1.com/en/championship/inside-f1/rules-regs/Licenses_driving_protocol_and_penalties.html https://www.formula1.com/en/championship/inside-f1/rules-reg... But yes, this Roborace thing seems pointless unless the cars are made by different teams and have different software, etc.
  - caconym_ 10y ago
    Apparently that's how it's going to work: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2016/08/meet-devbot-a-self-driving-electric-racing-car/ https://arstechnica.com/cars/2016/08/meet-devbot-a-self-driv...
dkokelley 10y ago
My guess is that the "communication" is fairly basic (e.g. position, speed, acceleration - nothing a human driver couldn't observe), rather than information about strategies (e.g. "I am going to attempt to overtake on the inside at the next turn"). Done right, I could see this event being quite spectacular. Vehicles could take bigger risks, and reap bigger rewards (and bigger crashes).

Swizec 10y ago

Hopefully it's on te level of what drivers already do. If you see someone is taking you on the inside, you don't close them off in a way to deliberately cause a crash. Basic politeness. If they communicate so it's all a choreographed dance, then that's stupid and the sport is nigh unwatchable. There's a reason "best crashes" videos are a whole genre on Youtube. The danger makes motosport interesting.

goatforce5 10y ago
> you don't close them off in a way to deliberately cause a crash. Basic politeness. Typically the rules of racing will say you don't block faster cars or deliberately drive dangerously, etc. e.g. Forumla 1 says: https://www.formula1.com/en/championship/inside-f1/rules-regs/Licenses_driving_protocol_and_penalties.html https://www.formula1.com/en/championship/inside-f1/rules-reg... But yes, this Roborace thing seems pointless unless the cars are made by different teams and have different software, etc.
- caconym_ 10y ago
  Apparently that's how it's going to work: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2016/08/meet-devbot-a-self-driving-electric-racing-car/ https://arstechnica.com/cars/2016/08/meet-devbot-a-self-driv...

dkokelley 10y ago

My guess is that the "communication" is fairly basic (e.g. position, speed, acceleration - nothing a human driver couldn't observe), rather than information about strategies (e.g. "I am going to attempt to overtake on the inside at the next turn"). Done right, I could see this event being quite spectacular. Vehicles could take bigger risks, and reap bigger rewards (and bigger crashes).