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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. markus92 · 1791167150 · focus · HN ↗

      They all run the same ECU and the same firmware on it, yeah. Teams can control some parameters though. It's to stop any kind of traction control.

      1. jrflo · 1791172346 · focus · HN ↗

         Wow, crazy that all cars have to run the same firmware (sans parameter tweaking). I thought as an outsider to the sport that F1 was all about engineering the best possible car and putting the best possible driver in the seat, but the control systems engineer in me is sad that they're all stuck with the same control algorithms.

         1. octoberfranklin · 1791176273 · focus · HN ↗

            They want them to engineer everything except the things that replace driver skill.

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