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Another awesome race, FE continues to deliver
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That was pretty good. gently caress the haters.
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Mar 17, 2018 21:10
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What’re the easiest ways for me to catch a race replay in the US?
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Mar 18, 2018 17:14
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It's on FS1 in like 6 minutes actually Alternately, VPN into Singapore and get it on YouTube from the formula e channel
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Mar 18, 2018 17:25
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Or wait a week for them to put it on the official Youtube.
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Mar 18, 2018 18:38
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Holy poo poo that move from Evans in T13 e: jev is the master of the pruett fade e2: that was a really good race MazeOfTzeentch fucked around with this message at 03:39 on Mar 19, 2018 |
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Mar 19, 2018 03:32
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quote:Ten cars roll onto the racetrack and take up their positions at the start. No rumbling engines disturb the silence. The signal turns green. Five cars race clockwise around the track while the other five make their laps in the opposite direction. The electrically powered motors propel the cars to speeds of up to 320 kilometers per hour before they meet at an extremely tight corner halfway round the track. At this point, the two sets of five cars are racing head on toward each other. But the dreaded prospect of a massive pile-up doesn’t materialize. Elegantly dodging each other, the racers avoid collision at breathtaking speeds by mere millimeters. What sounds like utter madness may be a very real possibility for the not-too-distant future. That’s because the race cars are self-driving—no human sits behind the wheel. At least that’s the vision for Roborace in Banbury, a town 120 kilometers northwest of London. Russian businessman Denis Sverdlov established the company with finance from his Kinetik investment fund, which is valued at USD 500 million. http://www.audi-magazine.com/technology/464-racing-algorithms Holy moley.
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Apr 3, 2018 18:00
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I look forward to the inevitable fiery crash the first time they try this in real life.
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Apr 4, 2018 00:25
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So they've finally fixed the two-cars Chinese fire drill nonsense so I guess I can get into Formula-E now. Although if they keep calling the races "E-Prees" then I may not. This sounds loving baller. I really love the idea of hyper-efficient perfect racing machines.
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Apr 4, 2018 18:49
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They're absolutely gonna keep calling them e-prees and the fanboost isn't going anywhere either afaik.
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Apr 4, 2018 23:42
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Schlesische posted:They're absolutely gonna keep calling them e-prees and the fanboost isn't going anywhere either afaik. Fanboost is weird but doesn't turn me off as much as the Chinese fire-drills did. For whatever reason  And I guess I can just mute the announcers since they're not great anyways.
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Apr 5, 2018 00:21
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I think fanboost is at least "ok" because it's not something that has a huge effect and forcing drivers to give a poo poo about the paying customer is not the worst move any motorsport can make.
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Apr 5, 2018 10:59
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Yeah I was all against our when I first started watching but the reality is, it's hardly ever used and even more rarely makes a huge difference. The window for using fan boost is so narrow (second car, before 50%) and the energy constraints that the drivers are running to means that they rarely hit the button, and even if they do, the car has to be set up for it before the race, so if you gently caress your quali car, chances are you're driving your fanboost car at the start of the race where it can't be used. It's still dumb but it's not actively harmful to the racing imo
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Apr 5, 2018 13:49
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It's a single use push to pass basically.
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Apr 5, 2018 14:26
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Rome today, track seems decent. There's even an area where cars are getting almost airborne.
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Apr 14, 2018 08:48
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Track is tight as gently caress, people hitting the wall all over the place in quali. E: Da Costa just rammed Lopez in the pits. njsykora fucked around with this message at 11:32 on Apr 14, 2018 |
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Apr 14, 2018 11:28
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What in the hell is with the shortcut on the grid formation? Alex Lynn is having one of the worst weekends of any driver I can remember CactusWeasle fucked around with this message at 15:07 on Apr 14, 2018 |
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Apr 14, 2018 15:04
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This track is... Actually good?
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Apr 14, 2018 15:15
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ICYMI, Porsche and Mercedes have been officially given a slot in the 2019-20 Formula E season. That gives us Audi, DS (Peugeot-Citreon), Jaguar, Mahindra, NIO (???), Penske (yep, they're apparently making their own electric drive train) and Venturi (???) as drive train manufacturers, with Nissan taking over Renault’s slot, BMW, Mercedes and Porsche coming in all new by 19-20. "Season 6" looks pretty tasty lads and ladettes.
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Apr 14, 2018 15:32
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Holy lol that pileup
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Apr 14, 2018 15:34
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Poor Felix, that was a great lead battle
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Apr 14, 2018 15:46
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Penske I think will be partnering with Dragon, I've seen Penske EV on the back of their race suits this weekend. Meanwhile Evans is driving the choo choo train.
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Apr 14, 2018 15:57
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njsykora posted:Penske I think will be partnering with Dragon, I've seen Penske EV on the back of their race suits this weekend. Penske are Dragon's partner. Andretti is partnering BMW.
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Apr 14, 2018 16:04
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That was awesome
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Apr 14, 2018 16:04
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Fun times at the end there.
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Apr 14, 2018 16:06
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I can't get enough of are Dan
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This one needs to happen a few more times, that's a fantastic street circuit, and a great race
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Apr 14, 2018 16:06
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Shoutout to the dude in the crowd who's folded down the fingers on one of those big hands and is giving everyone a giant middle finger.
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Apr 14, 2018 16:24
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I thought they were down to 1 car now but looks like they had 2 cars in Rome? E: Is that for the next season which starts later in the year or something? How do the seasons work in this sport lmao Zaphod42 fucked around with this message at 23:36 on Apr 14, 2018 |
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Apr 14, 2018 23:32
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Zaphod42 posted:I thought they were down to 1 car now but looks like they had 2 cars in Rome? The next season starts in October/November I think, that's when we switch to the new car.
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Apr 15, 2018 08:00
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Zaphod42 posted:I thought they were down to 1 car now but looks like they had 2 cars in Rome? Yeah, Formula E runs through the winter, seasons end around July and start again towards the end of the year.
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Apr 15, 2018 13:36
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Dudley posted:Yeah, Formula E runs through the winter, seasons end around July and start again towards the end of the year. Yeah I think I knew that and forgot.
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Apr 15, 2018 16:17
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Paris today. Piquet has already crashed 2 cars 
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Apr 28, 2018 11:35
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FE looking to actually turn the racing into Mario Kart (or F-Zero, if you prefer): https://www.autosport.com/fe/news/135645/formula-e-evaluating-mariokart-race-format loving hell, guys. I know it's just an idea at this point and I understand that they want to spice things up when there are no pit stops, but I don't think boost pads are what the racing needs.
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Apr 28, 2018 11:49
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Dangit, Ma
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Apr 28, 2018 15:06
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Doc Morbid posted:FE looking to actually turn the racing into Mario Kart (or F-Zero, if you prefer): https://www.autosport.com/fe/news/135645/formula-e-evaluating-mariokart-race-format Yeah boost pads and weirdo shortcut paths would be really strange. That's a dramatic idea, compared to like... why not just copy F1 and have multiple tire compounds and require you to pit at least once if they miss having pit stops?
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Apr 28, 2018 16:22
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Slowdown area aside though, this is all stuff that already exists in other series. It's also not stuff FE needs since that stuff is generally introduced as a response to overtaking being too difficult due to aero wake, and the Gen2 car's aero increase is all focused under the car where it doesn't really produce that much wake.
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Apr 28, 2018 17:47
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Zaphod42 posted:Yeah boost pads and weirdo shortcut paths would be really strange. That's a dramatic idea, compared to like... why not just copy F1 and have multiple tire compounds and require you to pit at least once if they miss having pit stops? Formula E runs hard as gently caress all weather tires with one set per car per weekend with one spare per set because they don't want to be seen as wasting rubber, be green, etc Also pushes street tire compound tech further, from the tech transfer angle
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Apr 28, 2018 18:01
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Felipe Massa has signed for Venturi for 3 years  https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/44131389
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May 15, 2018 19:04
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Massa's going to clean up
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Has Venturi won a race yet?
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