- 3,019
- Essex
True, although Monaco seems a lot smoother...
The Le Mans General Discussion Thread
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True, although Monaco seems a lot smoother...
- 24,553
- Frankfort, KY
- GTP_FoolKiller
- FoolKiller1979
When did I express enthusiasm for Mobile? I use a home connection via my XBox.Trying to watch this on mobile and unsurprisingly, its crappy
I will never understand FK's enthusiasm for this,
And I've repeatedly said there will be growing pains. And commercials: did you pay extra to watch? Despite what current college-aged kids claim the Internet does not translate to free. And your streaming feed won't give way to reruns if the race goes past 9pm. Also, I haven't been home all day and have to leave again soon. I don't have time to watch it today. I will watch it in its entirety tomorrow. Broadcast does not give you that opportunity unless they make it on demand later.
The technology isn't 100% yet and there will be issues. But the world is slowly choosing digital over radio, streaming music, radio shows are becoming podcasts, TV and movies are becoming huge industries in streaming, and TV producers find the most profit in paying a random shmoe $5,000 an episode to let cameras invade their lives. To suggest endurance racing, which has never fit current broadcast models well, can be done better in an online model, where the usual constraints don't apply, is not crazy.
And if the problem is your ISP or host server, how is that a fault of the model? That's like saying a cable/satellite provider disputing a contract is a failure of cable as a whole. Time Warner Cable customers are missing the last season of Dexter. That's Time Warner/CBS's issue, not cable as a whole. And I've had my fair share of a lost satellite feed between the network and my local affiliate. They doesn't mean network TV is a failure.
- 3,915
- California
- gdwest1
Oh absolutely. I'm sure the Principality gets significantly less traffic, and also knows they need to keep the surface in Tip-top shape to keep getting the race back.
Plus, Monaco has a pretty decent tax-base, and very few roads...
- 3,915
- California
- gdwest1
"At a higher speed the wreck would have been more serious"
Really? You don't say...
Really? You don't say...
- 3,915
- California
- gdwest1
Theres train lines ON THE TRACK? Thats just silly. We may as well just set it up like a GRC track if thats what we're doing...
- 35,467
- Addison,Texas
- GTP_RACECAR
I meant for streaming races, though I didn't do a good job making that clear.
When I said that, I didn't mean it as an insult.
Don't know if that's aimed at me, but nowhere am I saying it should be free. I'm just saying outside of the differences you point out, its not that different from TV at the moment due to times and commercial breaks (though right off, I do at least get to avoid ads for Tv shows I don't care for).
I mention that as someone who had U-Verse and unfortunately, whenever the internet went so did the satellite. And it didn't do this once, it did this many times. It got to the point where it was simply unbearable and since then, my Family went back to Dish (though for some reason ,we kept AT&T's Internet and oddly, it rarely ever stops). I'm simply frustrated by the complicity of said model and I hate the fact that I can't enjoy without one thing little thing going wrong or something else.
- 3,915
- California
- gdwest1
Dear lord. Can we just start the race?
- 3,915
- California
- gdwest1
Oh for god's sake. Again?
Someone nailed the wall on lap one after the 2nd attempt to start...
Someone nailed the wall on lap one after the 2nd attempt to start...
- 3,915
- California
- gdwest1
2nd lucky break for the BMW...
- 5,551
- Controls set for heart of sun
- GTP_RogerTheHors
Meanwhile in South America...
#1 Audi on pole in Sao Paulo.
#1 Audi on pole in Sao Paulo.
- 3,019
- Essex
Roger the Horse
👍 should be a good race tomorrow. Especially in GT.
- 35,467
- Addison,Texas
- GTP_RACECAR
- 658
I'm not a fan of street circuits full-stop
- 22,551
- Arizona
- HamiltonMP427
Why any of you bother to watch Baltimore is beyond me, we've seen how crappy it is from years past with ALMS and IZOD, they never go well.
- 658
Franchitti a relative of Dario?
- 21,261
- United States
Brother.
Also, I wasn't watching the race. The twitter updates were enough to be entertained.
- 44,185
- Blackburn
- Furinkazen_54
Got to admit I lol'd at Corvette leading the OVERALL race for the last part I caught.
- 3,019
- Essex
Go on youtube and search 2013 alms baltimore. I would link it but I'm on my phone.
I know you'll find the first start on there at least.
I know you'll find the first start on there at least.
- 5,551
- Controls set for heart of sun
- GTP_RogerTheHors
And I'm just sitting here thinking this:
"There were rail tracks... On the racing track... Rail tracks... Racing Track... Rail... Racing... ... ... ... ... Oh god.... There's an Indy Car race there today as well..."
"There were rail tracks... On the racing track... Rail tracks... Racing Track... Rail... Racing... ... ... ... ... Oh god.... There's an Indy Car race there today as well..."
- 44,185
- Blackburn
- Furinkazen_54
Green in Sau Paulo, McNish leads Lap 1.
#92 Porsche loses a tyre early on.
#92 Porsche loses a tyre early on.
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- 7,068
- UK
Tyre off the rim on no.92, possibly from contact.
McNish leads LMP1 by 3.5secs
Mike Conway in the G.Drive leads LMP2 by 3secs
Knohn Racing has a 3minute stop and go for changing an engine post qualifying
Bruni leads GTE Pro by a second from Pedro Lamy
Thiim leads GTE Am by a second from Ruberti.
Stream is back.
McNish leads LMP1 by 3.5secs
Mike Conway in the G.Drive leads LMP2 by 3secs
Knohn Racing has a 3minute stop and go for changing an engine post qualifying
Bruni leads GTE Pro by a second from Pedro Lamy
Thiim leads GTE Am by a second from Ruberti.
Stream is back.
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