Agreed on all counts, ha.
It’s funny, because the racing part of the Extreme E shit was ok… So if it was just that, without all the other bullshit on top, I actually wouldn’t care too much.
However, because it is made purely for television, we can’t even escape that. Can’t go and watch in person. Can’t switch to a different broadcaster’s coverage. Utter, utter bullshit…
Formula E I could respect more, as you say, if they just had better tracks. Like, ok, fine, have your street circuits (because the cars are slow), but for god’s sake put them somewhere actually interesting, with decent scenery, not fucking South Brooklyn and East London where you can’t even see the landmarks in the background… /rant
On the females bit - you know, I actually don’t mind that so much, wherein the drivers are decent at what they do… But that notably only applies to some of them, and not, despite the size of her ego, bloody Catie Mullins…
As long as they are good enough drivers, I don’t really care. Though the quota IS dumb, and the forty-second changeover is utterly absurd (there has to be a better way of doing that)… But yeah, maybe it’s because Molly Taylor is the only Aus in the series - I don’t really mind that aspect, ha.
Though I do agree that the female commentator was horrific. On that much we are in full agreement, lol.
The whole thing is just… Surreal, frankly. And that’s coming from someone who grew up watching Targa races in person (and Dakar on TV, before the Saudi blood money got that one, too)…
Agreed on all counts, ha.
It’s funny, because the racing part of the Extreme E shit was ok… So if it was just that, without all the other bullshit on top, I actually wouldn’t care too much.
However, because it is made purely for television, we can’t even escape that. Can’t go and watch in person. Can’t switch to a different broadcaster’s coverage. Utter, utter bullshit…
Formula E I could respect more, as you say, if they just had better tracks. Like, ok, fine, have your street circuits (because the cars are slow), but for god’s sake put them somewhere actually interesting, with decent scenery, not fucking South Brooklyn and East London where you can’t even see the landmarks in the background… /rant
On the females bit - you know, I actually don’t mind that so much, wherein the drivers are decent at what they do… But that notably only applies to some of them, and not, despite the size of her ego, bloody Catie Mullins…
As long as they are good enough drivers, I don’t really care. Though the quota IS dumb, and the forty-second changeover is utterly absurd (there has to be a better way of doing that)… But yeah, maybe it’s because Molly Taylor is the only Aus in the series - I don’t really mind that aspect, ha.
Though I do agree that the female commentator was horrific. On that much we are in full agreement, lol.
The whole thing is just… Surreal, frankly. And that’s coming from someone who grew up watching Targa races in person…