I
LIVE in the United States, and I'm still struggling to find even highlights of this race.
(i usually only watch highlights, not full races) .... Finding footage of this race here where it's happening is
RIDICULOUSLY difficult, let me tell you
.... not even the official website
From what I'm reading, I somewhat cringe at watching it.
However, being American, I must point out that perhaps the incident level is cultural -- drivers and teams not-with-standing
As @
Richard Eriksson said:
Also, the conspiracy theorists may lean towards the differences in driver standards may be by choice, crashes are big entertainment for Joe Average and yellow flags sell beer and tools (commercials). So action is what producers like...
I mean, this is the home of NASCAR, where crashes are expected, and we say, "If you ain't rubbin', you ain't racin'."
Now, I'm not saying I subscribe to this, but I would kinda like to compare it to our expectations in our online racing.
It seems to me that we're actually looking for races with fewer incidents than those that professional drivers generally run ... I can't think of a race I've watched where there weren't incidents.
Again i quote Richard:
...
A bit like public online racing in the glory days of rFactor or Race07, actually ...
(ALERT! ... perhaps the following is ranty)
I guess there's two things I'd like to mention in relation to this.
First is the standards we hold ourselves to in online racing. It's an excellent thing!! Respect foremost, plus the realization that, not actually being in real cars, we can only push the edge so far.
However, I sometimes wonder if actual
racing suffers a bit from people being .. dare I say .. 'too' polite? .. Especially in relation to ceding position in corners.
Second .. The level of and concern about safety in modern racing.
Is it going
too far these days? Prohibiting technologies that push the edge of the edge in favor of "safer" racing? .. i mean, isn't the edge of the edge where true, deep racing really happens?
Now, no one wants to see anyone die pursuing ... well ..
anything!
BUT! Our safety technologies these days are such that ridiculous crashes are more than survivable, they're often no more than minor injuries!!!
So why not LET the technologies back in? Give the drivers the tools and let THEM judge the edge?
^^ Ranty, sorry
Point being, is it
really a bad thing if incidents are occurring? Doesn't that mean the drivers are
really pushing the limit and gettin down to gritty racing?
Maybe I'm just more 'American' than I realize, but I enjoy teeth-baring battles as much as I enjoy gentlemanly battles
Is this the serie that was advertised as the endurance cup of the americas? Horrible driving standards and a lot of very dangerous incidents by especially the "bronze" drivers..
I find myself in the position of
ONCE AGAIN apologizing for my country Bram.
However, please consider my points above. Initial events of series are often the most chaotic.
