I used to watch NASCAR with my dad as a kid (and play racing sims). There’s a lot of fuel, tire management, and drafting effects involved, so they actually don’t go all out at all times. It’s actually kinda interesting from a strategic perspective; just not interesting to watch, IMO.
Yeah. I don’t shit on NASCAR because of the skill involved. It actually does take a lot of skill. There’s a lot of strategy too. But, for the audience, you’re watching cars going around an oval at a fairly constant speed. Almost none of these skill and strategy decisions are visible to the audience. The driver may know when they move out of position and are no longer drafting the car in front of them effectively, but I’m sure 99% of the audience can’t tell.
You do realize there are racing series where cars have to brake hard, accelerate hard, turn both right and left. Plus, you don’t have to give up on the deeper stuff like tire strategy, drafting, etc. All that is still part of the sport, but you get the addition of regular exciting things you get to actually watch.
Heard stuff like F1 kinda sucks to watch in person because you just see a small portion of the track. Idk, I’ve never seen that or NASCAR in person. Have seen a couple Sprint car races which was kinda cool (tractor pulls and destruction derby’s too).
I haven’t watched a race in person, but I know someone who works for one of the F1 teams. He says that you see more if you watch on TV because you can’t see the entire circuit, but you can’t really understand the speed and power of the cars if you only watch on TV. The best compromise is to find a great spot at the circuit where you can see the cars braking hard and turning, but where you can also see a screen that shows action at other parts of the circuit. Unfortunately, the people who run the circuits know that’s the best place to watch and the best experience, so you have to pay a huge amount for that. If you just get a general admission type ticket, you’re probably going to have to watch somewhere where you can only see the cars zoom past, without any TV screen to tell you the state of the race.
I used to watch NASCAR with my dad as a kid (and play racing sims). There’s a lot of fuel, tire management, and drafting effects involved, so they actually don’t go all out at all times. It’s actually kinda interesting from a strategic perspective; just not interesting to watch, IMO.
Yeah. I don’t shit on NASCAR because of the skill involved. It actually does take a lot of skill. There’s a lot of strategy too. But, for the audience, you’re watching cars going around an oval at a fairly constant speed. Almost none of these skill and strategy decisions are visible to the audience. The driver may know when they move out of position and are no longer drafting the car in front of them effectively, but I’m sure 99% of the audience can’t tell.
You do realize there are racing series where cars have to brake hard, accelerate hard, turn both right and left. Plus, you don’t have to give up on the deeper stuff like tire strategy, drafting, etc. All that is still part of the sport, but you get the addition of regular exciting things you get to actually watch.
Heard stuff like F1 kinda sucks to watch in person because you just see a small portion of the track. Idk, I’ve never seen that or NASCAR in person. Have seen a couple Sprint car races which was kinda cool (tractor pulls and destruction derby’s too).
I haven’t watched a race in person, but I know someone who works for one of the F1 teams. He says that you see more if you watch on TV because you can’t see the entire circuit, but you can’t really understand the speed and power of the cars if you only watch on TV. The best compromise is to find a great spot at the circuit where you can see the cars braking hard and turning, but where you can also see a screen that shows action at other parts of the circuit. Unfortunately, the people who run the circuits know that’s the best place to watch and the best experience, so you have to pay a huge amount for that. If you just get a general admission type ticket, you’re probably going to have to watch somewhere where you can only see the cars zoom past, without any TV screen to tell you the state of the race.