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Formula E fascinates me by taking cues from video games and translating them into their races: (quoting their web site) Introduced for the 2018/19 season was A

Formula E fascinates me by taking cues from video games and translating them into their races: (quoting their web site) Introduced for the 2018/19 season was ATTACK MODE, which lets every driver pick up an extra hit of power at their own risk. To fire up ATTACK MODE, drivers will need to arm their car, drive off the racing line, and through the Activation Zone. As a reward for taking a slower line through the corner, they’ll be able to collect an extra 30kW of power. Drivers that secure the extra speed, can use it for a few laps when they want to race harder, giving them the edge to keep ahead of the competition. On top of that, there's FANBOOST - your chance to impact the race. The five drivers who receive the highly-acclaimed FANBOOST – as voted for by you, the fans - are awarded a significant burst of power, which they can deploy in a five-second window during the second half of the race. You can vote to FANBOOST your favourite driver in the week prior to, and leading up to 15 minutes into, each race.

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routerl 4y ago
Attack mode I find really interesting, from a racecraft (and yeah, also from a game design) perspective, since it actually presents a choice with real tradeoffs: the driver has to completely sacrifice a corner, choosing to take the longest/slowest line through that corner, in order to gain a temporary boost in engine wattage, which they can strategically deploy later on. Very cool. Fan boost is... uninteresting. It's bringing elements from game shows, not video games, and rewards the drivers who spend the most time and effort on influencer behavior. This is excusable, I suppose, for the sake of increasing the sport's profile. But it definitely doesn't help make the racing any better or more entertaining for people who are racing fans, rather than fans of a specific driver.
mrcartmeneses 4y ago
I’m probably being really negative but that is probably why I’ve never been interested in FE despite being a huge motorsport fan who also weirdly is very anti-car in my daily life. FE just seems so silly and contrived.
- monk_e_boy 4y ago
  The few races I watched were just silly. The tracks were so narrow and had too many 90 degree turns, it was just painful to watch. No flow. Nothing interesting happening.
  - sph 4y ago
    That's a problem of electric technology not being good enough to have a Formula E race at Spa or Monza that lasts more than a few laps. But I think that's the goal of the series, and they're slowly moving closer and closer to that goal. I'm not watching yet, but I'm optimistic about its future.

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routerl 4y ago

Attack mode I find really interesting, from a racecraft (and yeah, also from a game design) perspective, since it actually presents a choice with real tradeoffs: the driver has to completely sacrifice a corner, choosing to take the longest/slowest line through that corner, in order to gain a temporary boost in engine wattage, which they can strategically deploy later on. Very cool. Fan boost is... uninteresting. It's bringing elements from game shows, not video games, and rewards the drivers who spend the most time and effort on influencer behavior. This is excusable, I suppose, for the sake of increasing the sport's profile. But it definitely doesn't help make the racing any better or more entertaining for people who are racing fans, rather than fans of a specific driver.

mrcartmeneses 4y ago

I’m probably being really negative but that is probably why I’ve never been interested in FE despite being a huge motorsport fan who also weirdly is very anti-car in my daily life. FE just seems so silly and contrived.

monk_e_boy 4y ago
The few races I watched were just silly. The tracks were so narrow and had too many 90 degree turns, it was just painful to watch. No flow. Nothing interesting happening.
- sph 4y ago
  That's a problem of electric technology not being good enough to have a Formula E race at Spa or Monza that lasts more than a few laps. But I think that's the goal of the series, and they're slowly moving closer and closer to that goal. I'm not watching yet, but I'm optimistic about its future.