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1. jrflo · 1791166844 · focus · HN ↗

   A question for someone who knows more about F1: Is this firmware shared by all cars? Or some local server at the track the cars connect to? Why is F1 able to control individual cars like this? The article is very light on details as to what exactly is going on...

   1. fishgoesblub · 1791167034 · focus · HN ↗

      The FIA has this software to stop teams from creating a form of traction control (which has been banned for a good while now)

      1. para_parolu · 1791167413 · focus · HN ↗

         Why? To increase chances of crashes that produces more views?

         1. stackghost · 1791168107 · focus · HN ↗

            The entire purpose of traction control is to reduce the driver skill required when cornering and braking. This is why traction control is omnipresent in consumer vehicles, because the vast majority of road drivers are awful.

            FIA bans traction control so as to place more emphasis on driver skill.

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