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Re:Formula E to feature autonomous car racing by kayoone on Saturday November 28, 2015 @04:41AM (#10640625)
> Some might say it's not much of a sport anyway, but it seems popular

Yeah, that is another argument. Not many people understand that driving a F1 car is hugely physically challenging though and drivers need to be in top shape. Us mere mortals would be exhausted after 2 laps and could not hold our head straight for even one high speed corner.

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Re:Formula E to feature autonomous car racing by semi-extrinsic on Saturday November 28, 2015 @04:51AM (#10640645)
Never mind that we wouldn't have the technique and balls to be able to drive around one high speed corner.

Watch Richard Hammond, who's spent more time than 99.9% of us driving fast cars round racetracks, spend an entire day and not getting it quite right: https://youtu.be/EGUZJVY-sHo

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Re:Formula E to feature autonomous car racing by ricardobeat on Saturday November 28, 2015 @08:01AM (#10640945)
Exactly. Anyone who has driven a go-kart in an open track knows how incredibly tough and exhausting that is already, I can't even imagine scaling those forces to 300km/h+.
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