<story><title>Formula 1 e-sports now more exciting than the real thing</title><url>https://arstechnica.com/cars/2017/11/formula-1-esports-now-more-exciting-than-the-real-thing-and-thats-a-problem/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>justin66</author><text>&amp;gt; Indeed, so boring was the final race of the season (and to be honest, the two that preceded it)&lt;p&gt;Abu Dhabi is a boring racetrack that makes passing quite difficult, but if you could not find something interesting about the Brazil race (Ricciardo started at 14th and made his way up to 6th and Hamilton started &lt;i&gt;on the pit lane&lt;/i&gt; and clawed his way up to 4th) or the Mexico race (won by Verstappen, a 20 year old guy who was not driving a Mercedes or Ferrari, with a &lt;i&gt;19 second margin over the 2nd place Mercedes,&lt;/i&gt; which has been dominant and is a much better car), it&amp;#x27;s possible you&amp;#x27;re just not an F1 fan.&lt;p&gt;That&amp;#x27;s fine, and it probably points to a good audience for the &amp;quot;e-sports&amp;quot; racing. Maybe some of those guys will convert to being F1 fans, maybe some of them won&amp;#x27;t, but it is not an expensive experiment for F1 to run. Pretty much all they have to do is push this while not embarrassing themselves too badly with the fans of motor racing who couldn&amp;#x27;t care less about e-sports. (who knows? The loud reaction among fans to the F1 logo change might indicate that they&amp;#x27;re all insane anyway, so it is impossible to predict)</text></comment>
<story><title>Formula 1 e-sports now more exciting than the real thing</title><url>https://arstechnica.com/cars/2017/11/formula-1-esports-now-more-exciting-than-the-real-thing-and-thats-a-problem/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>munchbunny</author><text>When it comes to racing, the new push into e-sports is really exciting to me because it adds a huge element of accessibility. Cars are expensive, and actually owning a car that you take on the track is expensive and time consuming, but with a racing wheel, a PC&amp;#x2F;console, and a VR headset, you can get a pretty visceral and convincing facsimile of a high performance car.&lt;p&gt;The first time I tried racing in VR (in Dirt Rally), I had the brilliant idea of using a Group B car. On a flat screen, it just feels really fast and requires intense focus. In VR, you really feel like you&amp;#x27;re sitting on a rocket and the car is trying to kill you.</text></comment>