The last racing movie that I saw was that F1 movie that is actually funded by the Formula 1 corporation and in that movie the protagonist cheats on track creating deliberate yellow and red flags so his team mate can gain positions. Weird how F1 management thought that it was a good idea to make the audience root for the cheating team.
Also racing movies that focus on the racing are boring as fuck. And I say this as someone who watches LeMan 24 Hours. Like for example the movie Rush that focusses on the characters where the racing was just a backstory was miles better than F1 the Movie.
A lot of the heavily commercialized track racing is more strategy than it is skill. Sure it takes skill, not goingnto argue that, but the cheating, loophole-bending, and weird strategy are just way too much.
It’s the reason I prefer rally, if I had to choose. Not only is it just far better driving, in my opinion, but the strategy comes down more to timing your repairs well then anything devious*. The least fair thing I’ve seen is that when you do your qualifying you get to choose your starting position, so on dirt courses you go last to let others clean the track and on snow you go first so you don’t get stuck in their tracks. Could probably change it so that
*’ I am 100% certain there are examples of manufacturers doing weird shit with their cars, obviously.
The last racing movie that I saw was that F1 movie that is actually funded by the Formula 1 corporation and in that movie the protagonist cheats on track creating deliberate yellow and red flags so his team mate can gain positions. Weird how F1 management thought that it was a good idea to make the audience root for the cheating team.
Also racing movies that focus on the racing are boring as fuck. And I say this as someone who watches LeMan 24 Hours. Like for example the movie Rush that focusses on the characters where the racing was just a backstory was miles better than F1 the Movie.
A lot of the heavily commercialized track racing is more strategy than it is skill. Sure it takes skill, not goingnto argue that, but the cheating, loophole-bending, and weird strategy are just way too much.
It’s the reason I prefer rally, if I had to choose. Not only is it just far better driving, in my opinion, but the strategy comes down more to timing your repairs well then anything devious*. The least fair thing I’ve seen is that when you do your qualifying you get to choose your starting position, so on dirt courses you go last to let others clean the track and on snow you go first so you don’t get stuck in their tracks. Could probably change it so that
*’ I am 100% certain there are examples of manufacturers doing weird shit with their cars, obviously.
The F1 movie was the exact same plot as Stallone’s Driven. F1 kicked Stallone out after seeing the plot so he made an IndyCar movie instead.
You might not be aware of the Crashgate, then!
https://youtu.be/FucA1KBp_4k
I’m aware of it. It’s just weird that the official F1 movie made by F1 Management celebrates cheaters