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> Surely the difference is that F1 is a sport, and Monster Trucks are entertainment ? Not better, just different. There is a middle ground, called super truck,

> Surely the difference is that F1 is a sport, and Monster Trucks are entertainment ? Not better, just different. There is a middle ground, called super truck, which is (predictably, and perfectly) most popular in Australia that is about both spectacle and sport. It's an intensive race (requiring the shutdown of urban areas, like F1) but it also seems like pure uninhibited childish joy, ala monster truck. I would not be surprised if in 10 years it is a staple of childish fun in the US. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkiV59cdR3M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkiV59cdR3M

defrost 3y ago
That looks like a watered down overly cleaned up sanitized asphalt city version of the tamer sections of the Black Diamond Kalgoorlie Desert Race (or Finke Desert Race). https://youtu.be/V5R7Tfa4Vyo?t=339 https://youtu.be/V5R7Tfa4Vyo?t=339
- kubectl_h 3y ago
  There is no doubt that it's co-opting baja or rally, but it's bringing the sport and suspensions (so to speak) to non-arid places. It's almost a manifestation of Excitebike but with 3000lbs baja trucks on F1 tracks. I love it, personally.
  - defrost 3y ago
    Each to their own, in the Kimberley and later the Pilbara I used to ride a dirt bike 30km to high school every morning, same back in the afternoon. The early attachment to off road sticks with you :)
    - kubectl_h 3y ago
      > Each to their own, > I used to ride a dirt bike 30km to high school every morning I true bogan. I appreciate that.
      - defrost 3y ago
        I appreciate the typo, although Asimov's title would be I, True Bogan. As for myself, sure, save for small details such as having all my teeth, a degree or three, a few million SLOC of geophysics code, and back end credits for a few S&P modules and other odds and sods about the web.
Washuu 3y ago
Stadium Trucks has been a thing in the USA for a long time. I don't know if Stadium Super Trucks would be considered a direct descended of it, but they are very similar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXnwYG0R3rc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXnwYG0R3rc

defrost 3y ago

That looks like a watered down overly cleaned up sanitized asphalt city version of the tamer sections of the Black Diamond Kalgoorlie Desert Race (or Finke Desert Race). https://youtu.be/V5R7Tfa4Vyo?t=339 https://youtu.be/V5R7Tfa4Vyo?t=339

kubectl_h 3y ago
There is no doubt that it's co-opting baja or rally, but it's bringing the sport and suspensions (so to speak) to non-arid places. It's almost a manifestation of Excitebike but with 3000lbs baja trucks on F1 tracks. I love it, personally.
- defrost 3y ago
  Each to their own, in the Kimberley and later the Pilbara I used to ride a dirt bike 30km to high school every morning, same back in the afternoon. The early attachment to off road sticks with you :)
  - kubectl_h 3y ago
    > Each to their own, > I used to ride a dirt bike 30km to high school every morning I true bogan. I appreciate that.
    - defrost 3y ago
      I appreciate the typo, although Asimov's title would be I, True Bogan. As for myself, sure, save for small details such as having all my teeth, a degree or three, a few million SLOC of geophysics code, and back end credits for a few S&P modules and other odds and sods about the web.

Washuu 3y ago

Stadium Trucks has been a thing in the USA for a long time. I don't know if Stadium Super Trucks would be considered a direct descended of it, but they are very similar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXnwYG0R3rc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXnwYG0R3rc