[dotBen]

Yes, and if you are an actual motorsport fan creating a 'mario kart boost' mode makes your sport look dumb.

At least the way F1 does KERS is more controlled and logical (maximum amount of charge = maximum amount of additional horsepower you can deploy per lap)

[tempestn]

DRS is a bit more of a parallel since when you're allowed to use it is completely artificial to create competition. But still in that case it's at least all decided on the track. Having drivers get a boost based on fan voting is stupid and does indeed cost the sport credibility.

[rrix2]

everyone has the same additional power allocation and everyone has to go through attack mode twice in a race -- it's a strategic call of when you want to use the additional power, and when you can stand to lose a second or two going far off the optimal line to activate it. this is essentially similar to the overtake system in indycar or super formula. it's certainly not much worse than DRS.

now, the "fanboost" which gave certain drivers (almost always the same handful for years one end) an additional "push to pass" option based on social media voting -- that shit sucked. it's also gone next season.

[dotBen]

Yes I assumed we were talking about fan boost. Glad to hear it's going/gone, I don't follow FE closely enough to have known it's been discontinued.

[_ea1k]

Oh, I thought he was talking about fan boost. That was such a terrible idea, I'm glad it is gone.

[Apocryphon]

Motorsports are drifting towards inevitable real-life F-Zero and Wipeout style electric hovercar racing. Don’t fight the future.

[notThrowingAway]

What I wouldn't give to see a Redline-style race in real life

[thereddaikon]

I'm not sure what you mean by that. Do you mean super un safe cross country races? Its called rallying.

Do you mean impractically long drag races where lol turns out I wasn't flooring it and now I'm really flooring it? That aspect of redline doesn't make any sense.

Or maybe just the competitors build their own cars and anything goes? I could get behind that. Racing seemed more pure back when it was dudes who built their own cars in their own garage.

[notThrowingAway]

Sorry for the confusion, I was referring to a movie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redline_(2009_film)

[Apocryphon]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/328460/Redline/

[tester89]

There's also a film by the same name about racing, so there might be some confusion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redline_(2009_film).

[birracerveza]

Well, it's still that. But now the dudes have a crapton of money.