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In general the driver's perspective has always seemed underused to me. In F1 at least (where the cars are insanely stiff), unless there are overtakes in progres
by bjackman 10mo ago
In general the driver's perspective has always seemed underused to me. In F1 at least (where the cars are insanely stiff), unless there are overtakes in progress, watching from the trackside cameras just looks like cars driving round a track. Whereas from the driver's view you can see the car reacting to the track and the driver reacting to the car.
People complain a lot that the TV coverage spends too long on the driver's girlfriends. For me I think it spends too long looking at the cars (from the outside)!
I guess part of this is just that the image quality from onboards is not so sleek. But if it was up to me I think like 60-70% of the airtime would be from onboard.
- temp0826 10mo agoSounds like a killer app for VR- observing from the driver's perspective, being able to switch to whoever you want. How many cameras are in those cars I wonder?
- Someone 10mo agoIf you have an Apple Vision Pro, you can. See https://www.lapz.io/ https://www.lapz.io/, https://www.forbes.com/sites/barrycollins/2024/10/02/this-incredible-f1-app-is-the-best-reason-yet-to-buy-a-vision-pro/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/barrycollins/2024/10/02/this-in..., https://youtube.com/watch?v=Z9OlYcfLmTY https://youtube.com/watch?v=Z9OlYcfLmTY
- bjackman 10mo agoThey have a lot of cameras and they offer a paid service where you can stream from any driver's onboard. Unfortunately this is out of sync with the main broadcast which kinda kills its value for me... I think VR would make most people sick as it's a very bumpy view.
- jabl 10mo agoI once got free tickets to a race (DTM, German touring cars), and to be honest I don't know why people go to them. You saw a small section of the track, and occasionally cars whizzed by. No idea who was in the lead, who was behind, or what was happening in the race in general. Much better to watch on TV.
- bjackman 10mo agoYeah I've never had any urge to go in person at all! Also, F1 is EXTREMELY expensive to watch in person at most of the venues. (I assume most other motorsports are at least cheap to spectate).
- GJim 10mo ago> unless there are overtakes in progress I don't think F1 cars have overtaken each other since the 1990's. If you want to see overtaking, stick to watching the Superbikes instead.
- bramhaag 10mo agoThe poor advertisers don't get great exposure from the helmet cam shots, so we mostly get the boring, wide-angled shots instead on the broadcast.
- bjackman 10mo agoThey get fantastic exposure from the other onboard cameras though! The one by the air intake is the best view for spectating and probably one of the best for advertisers too.