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Powerless F1 drivers frustrated by Bahrain F1 software glitch

178 points · 112 comments · llm_nerd

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?
    johannes1234321 · 1791168043 · focus · HN ↗
    I am not big in F1, but my understanding is that the primary goal is to have the driver be more relevant over the car/firmware producers.
    hidroto · 1791173522 · focus · HN ↗
    Then why not have standardised vehicles and have the driver be the only variable?
    scott_w · 1791179944 · focus · HN ↗
    Because that’s also not desirable all the time either. There are lots of one make series out there but they can be pretty mixed in how fun they are to watch. I was at Croft a few weeks ago and the BTCC rounds were incredible, close racing with overtakes and near miss crashes.
    The Porsche GT and GT Sprint Cups (911 and Cayman respectively) were a lot more like a procession where the faster drivers quickly ordered themselves and drove away from the rest of the grid. Granted there were fewer cars starting, which didn’t help, but it still didn’t make for exciting viewing.

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