Formula Drift Utah | The People's Review
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
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You're wrong abut the: "it comes down to Irwindale" part, James is already the champion, it's more likely hell freezes shut, than James not showing up on the line in top 32 lol
6:29 I’ve thought about this a bit, and I think one way to remedy this could be to have drivers give a schedule of which rounds they PLAN on missing before the season even starts. For example, we knew Vaughn was only doing two rounds, we know Forrest is going to spend a couple months in Hawaii each year, we knew Kearney was only doing west coast (well…not even that).
Then for every KNOWN absence, try to secure an out-of-series, surprise wildcard driver similar to Drift Masters. Finding an out-of-series driver with enough skill and a car that will pass FD tech will be few and far between, I know. Most of them are on different continents.
So if that doesn’t work out, then schedule one of the top ProSpec drivers (could be top 8/top 16 from the previous season/round, whatever) to take their slot for that round. I’m sure you’ll find AT LEAST one driver willing to fill the wildcard slot.
Now for the UNPLANNED absences, I think that can be remedied as well. Simply create a waitlist of ProSpec drivers willing and able to travel to a Pro round, should a driver drop out, say, a week in advance.
And so that it doesn’t seem like FD is playing favorites, they could assemble a list of “waitlist” drivers, then randomize the priority order of the list.
Then if the wildcard advances into battle and would qualify for the next round, then give that driver the option to run that Pro round. If they refuse, then shift the bracket up a step so there’s no bye run in top 32.
FD if you happen to be reading this, then make this the one change for next season: NO MORE TOP 32 BYE RUNS (except for mechanical failure or family emergency or something)
Have every Pro driver report with FD one/two weeks in advance of a round whether they INTEND to be at that round, THEN make the bracket. Then preferably, fill the seeding bracket with wildcards. But if nothing else, at least shift the bracket up so that Top 32 is always full.
If you read all that, thanks.
The format for PS using Seeding is less about viewership and more about time. We never know what viewership will look like, we only know if something is boring to us, and Qualifying was. You need something that can work at every applicable venue for a PRO/PS weekend. 4+ hours of practice for each series in aggregate + 2 lap, 48 driver PS Qual session + PRO seeding won’t fit, even at tracks with long possible days and lights, like NJ. No ATL, def no SLC (No lights)
Also, it’s pretty certain that Odi did not hit James. Odi angles up as James is slowing to avoid going off track and the two fronts get very close. From the angle of the front of the cars, it’s looks like there MIGHT be front to front contact, but from drone 1 and drone 2, there always appears to remain a gap. Secondly, we have James saying he wasn’t hit and also data off the cars not registering any perturbations consistent with a tap to hit that we always see in post event checks. I think they got that one right at least according to the majority of views and data points. Another solid vid
Qualifying has worked before. Why wouldn’t it work now?
qualifying is boring bc the bottom half of the field sucks in FD. this isnt a problem in drift masters . you know whats more boring ? watching battles that dont mean anything except its a particiption event for the bottom tier of drivers of FD who get knocked out in t32 anyways
11:18 According to the judges, who apparently have more camera angles, there was no contact. And I gotta say, when I watched the slowmo I don’t think there was contact either. Even if there was, James was going off track no matter what.
@@jeremycook5836 yea, looked back at it, could honestly go either way. I mean it’s a pretty tough call.
@@brandongardner404 idk, James’ correction looked pretty wonky, not sure if it was too much clutch kick or what that was. That shouldn’t happen in the middle of a long zone, I think that’s mainly what lost it for him, regardless of going off. Especially compared to Odi’s lead.
@@jeremycook5836 yeaaaa you right you right. I honestly don’t know due to the inconsistencies of things ya know lol
James itself said that it was his mistake after that battle
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Bill Wurtz.
@@tosemcriatividade6449 Bill Wurtz.
I think you’re shitting on the prospec drivers a little too much. Most of them have won/podiumed regional proam championships. Everyone is pretty capable of throwing down good battles.
Personally, it is fair criticism when half the prospec drivers didnt keep it on the road for their seeding bracket. Granted, Utah is on high elevation, they grip the cars up way too much for what they are used to or capable of driving with. You are allowed to be critical of that without it being shitting on people, is at least what I think.
@@tinyrisu5966Fair criticism yes, but there are a lot of factors involved in Prospec drivers going off. Car issues and setup are the main reasons these drivers incomplete. I’d say solidly 70-80% of the time not skill related.
The grip statement basically comes down to setup. There are a group of top competitors in Prospec who have the right suspension and alignment settings to be fast but still have the car push through the grip nicely. The others do not have the right setup, so they need to run a much lower psi to still be competitive
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