by Shano » Mon Mar 12, 2012 4:32 am
That there is what made the old time racing such a great entertainment - the cars so clearly on the edge, all body roll and oversteer, drivers hanging onto the steering wheel and sawing away at it. Modern cars are way faster and more competent, so are the drivers in a different way, and the spectating can be good too - but they've lost that sense that something is about to go badly wrong at any second.
That there is what made the old time racing such a great entertainment - the cars so clearly on the edge, all body roll and oversteer, drivers hanging onto the steering wheel and sawing away at it. Modern cars are way faster and more competent, so are the drivers in a different way, and the spectating can be good too - but they've lost that sense that something is about to go badly wrong at any second.