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@nerthos I should be excited it's Baku, but F1 this year has been unwatchable for me.
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nerthos@shitposter.world
@thatbrickster How so? I've had fun with it
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@nerthos FIA regulations. Messy start. Avoidable crashes. F1 cars being slower than F2 ones on certain circuits. Drivers clearly disgruntled in interviews about the Mario Kart rules to encourage overtakes. It's not a sport, it's a spectacle, in its current form.
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>+0.1 difference between first and second place
Man this was weird
Man this was weird
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@thatbrickster @nerthos i think i halfway agree. it’s been difficult to watch the cars superclip on long flat-out sections throughout the season. i think they rushed the hybrid tech in order to appeal to the new manufacturers, and because f1 isn’t a spec series, we have a billion disappointing retirements every race as well. it feels like an identity crisis for the series. and i’m glad they’re bringing back the v8 engines… but by 2030? seriously?
that being said, the classic shenanigans haven’t gone anywhere, so it’s been a lot of fun regardless. i’ve also started watching formula e because the tickets are actually affordable ($50 grandstands) and i can go to the miami and austin races in person without shelling out $1k like i did at f1 miami
that being said, the classic shenanigans haven’t gone anywhere, so it’s been a lot of fun regardless. i’ve also started watching formula e because the tickets are actually affordable ($50 grandstands) and i can go to the miami and austin races in person without shelling out $1k like i did at f1 miami
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@zonk @thatbrickster I have an opposite opinion, the tech disaster this year has been has made it more exciting.
For like 15 years races were super consistent and entirely defined by "which team has best car" (looking at you Hamilton, you fraud) with only medium influence from pilot skill except for rare cases like Verstappen, and you can see it perfectly with how badly the McClarens are doing this year compared to their dominance last year.
This year the team tech balances change every few weeks and you never know in a month who'll be scoring and who won't, and it made it so much more fun.
For like 15 years races were super consistent and entirely defined by "which team has best car" (looking at you Hamilton, you fraud) with only medium influence from pilot skill except for rare cases like Verstappen, and you can see it perfectly with how badly the McClarens are doing this year compared to their dominance last year.
This year the team tech balances change every few weeks and you never know in a month who'll be scoring and who won't, and it made it so much more fun.
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@nerthos @thatbrickster that is true. the drivers have to be a lot more scrappy, as do the teams. i guess i just miss the big v8 lol
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@zonk @thatbrickster I prefer combustion to electric too but it was just plain boring. What's the point to watch 20 races and in 19 of them it's just the same two guys of the same team swapping 1º and 2º?
Antonelli is kinda doing that now but to a much lesser degree and he had some genuinely exciting wins like when he started last so it's more justified.
Antonelli is kinda doing that now but to a much lesser degree and he had some genuinely exciting wins like when he started last so it's more justified.
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@nerthos @thatbrickster ye, the new format is definitely chaosmaxxing. turns out liberty media knew exactly what they were doing all along???
also i will shill formula e because it’s a plain joy to watch as well. everything happens on 1 day (practice, quali, the race itself), and the street racing format and a few new circuits every year keeps it spicy. i thought the fully electric format would make it lame to watch, but it’s been nothing but a joy
also i will shill formula e because it’s a plain joy to watch as well. everything happens on 1 day (practice, quali, the race itself), and the street racing format and a few new circuits every year keeps it spicy. i thought the fully electric format would make it lame to watch, but it’s been nothing but a joy
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Snacks
snacks
@zonk @thatbrickster @nerthos i thought formula e was basically like bicycle races with everyone just trying to draft as much as possible
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MISSIFLIPPI TRUTHER 
coolbean@brain.worm.pink
@snacks @thatbrickster @nerthos @zonk last time i paid it any mind there was like this weird audience voting thing where one of the cars literally got a temporary boost so this is the first time ive heard anything good about the format
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nerthos@shitposter.world
@zonk @thatbrickster Electric street cars are a retarded and homosexual concept. Electric race cars is the proper application of the technology.
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@coolbean @thatbrickster @nerthos @zonk fanboost was also really retarded stuff yeah. But they got rid of that iirc
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MISSIFLIPPI TRUTHER
coolbean@brain.worm.pink
@nerthos @thatbrickster @snacks @zonk ur a fucking genius
the worst part is its almost definitely possible
i kinda wanna try it with a little rc car that could be funny
the worst part is its almost definitely possible
i kinda wanna try it with a little rc car that could be funny
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nerthos@shitposter.world
@coolbean @thatbrickster @snacks @zonk Thank you thank you, I try
There's that scale model chernobyl interactive game with RC cars driven through a web browser already, so the leap from that to a twitch plays pokemon style control is not hard.
Throttle up, throttle down, brake, and left/right turns on RC cars that run on a predetermined circuit on their own (because full manual control would be impossible with the delays)
There's that scale model chernobyl interactive game with RC cars driven through a web browser already, so the leap from that to a twitch plays pokemon style control is not hard.
Throttle up, throttle down, brake, and left/right turns on RC cars that run on a predetermined circuit on their own (because full manual control would be impossible with the delays)
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coolbean@brain.worm.pink
@nerthos @thatbrickster @snacks @zonk i was thinking uhhh, numbers 1-9 followed by l or r to give you gradual turning too just to make it *almost* achievable. similar situation for throttle i guess that could be t
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coolbean@brain.worm.pink
@nerthos @snacks @thatbrickster @zonk "you want us to do audience participation? uh sure ok i guess"
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nerthos@shitposter.world
@coolbean @thatbrickster @snacks @zonk Throttle on a scale with 10% increments would be very reasonable, some videogames already do that.
Sounds pretty good tbh
Sounds pretty good tbh
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