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when its no longer entertaining
by polymatter 13y ago
when its no longer entertaining
- 7952 13y agoI would argue that it was more entertaining before it was made safe through technological advancements. It would be interesting to see a series that used self driving cars that could take more risks.
- sanskritabelt 13y agoIf it's entertaining because of the risks to the participants, that's not sport, it's blood sport.
- 001sky 13y agoSelf driving cars doesn't sound like a sport, tho.
- brey 13y agoan entirely remote controlled (as opposed to autonomous) car race could be fun to watch - can go much faster, risks of huge crashes are acceptable (or desirable...)
- emhs 13y agoE.g. the Robert Downey Jr movie where he controls a fighting robot. Bigger and nastier risks allowed than human boxing. I still haven't seen that, though...
- pilsetnieks 13y agoThat's Hugh Jackman, the movie's called "Real Steel". Not to confuse with the Robert Downey Jr. movie series where he controls a fighting robot that he occasionally is inside of.
- emhs 13y agoThis is what I get for commenting about movies I haven't seen yet.
- schwap 13y agoI actually think that would be extremely difficult. I think that such cars -- even with less restrictions -- would actually be slower than F1 cars around the same track. My theory is that so much of driving (especially at the F1 level) is about feeling what's going on. That just doesn't translate to a remote control.
- specialist 13y agoHave you seen the robot soccer competitions?
- ericcumbee 13y agoI would really be interested to see a self driving car at Le Mans as a Garage 53 Project.
- zalew 13y ago> It would be interesting to see a series that used self driving cars how exactly would that be interesting?
- eitland 13y agoIn the same way as other robot competitions.
- goostavos 13y agoPerhaps it is because I'm from the generation that thinks watching tool assisted speed runs of video games is a good leisure activity, but I would actually watch F1 if the humans were removed and it was a battle of wits between engineers and automated systems. It sounds awesome.
- minikites 13y agoI would like to see full size remote controlled cars, that way you could cheer for wrecks without injuries. Maybe include some Spyhunter style weapons (oil slicks) like a hybrid Nascar / Battlebots event.
- sneak 13y agoBattlebots, scaled up and at high speed? Where do I sign up?!
- kansface 13y agoAn optimal strategy may be to wreck the other cars. This would be a great (if not an expensive sport).
- wtvanhest 13y agoFor those that enjoy bicycle racing, check out motorcycle racing. For those that like gocart racing, check out NASCAR (seriously, check it out if you haven't). The number of fans that want to see the top technology vastly outnumber the number of fans that want to see the more limited tech. At this point, most of the limitations are for safety. It seems like a good idea to allow innovation if it is available to all athletes. I don't for example want one F-1 team to have a patent on traction control and restrict all others from using it.
- bullsbarry 13y agoNASCAR is a terrible example in this case. I'm not what you would call a huge fan of the sport, but I did work for the organization for a while and the racing itself is very much not "top technology". In fact, many would say the appeal is in the restrictions placed on the technology allowed for the teams.
- scott_s 13y agoCheck out America's Cup. The boat designs are now far different than what they were decades ago - and I don't think they have design restrictions.
- antimagic 13y agoThe America's Cup has very strict design restrictions. For example, in the latest edition, they weren't expecting catamarans to be able to foil because they had disallowed moving parts on the control surfaces. The Kiwis realised that you could actually move the entire control surface to get the desired control. It was awkward, which is why they had so much trouble actually controlling the foiling. Anyway, yes, there are a lot of design restrictions in America's Cup yacht design.
- scott_s 13y agoThat surprises me - I would have thought they would have disallowed the catamaran entirely. It's a radically different design. Are the restrictions for safety, or to cap some kind of performance?
- gadders 13y agoI think that stopped being true of F1 20+ years ago when people could actually overtake and stuff.