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First of all, thanks a lot to every who responded. Really interesting feedback, useful too.
I will summarise your responses below, but of the 200-odd replies, the overall mood was very positive, people enjoying it who didn& #39;t expect to.
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I will summarise your responses below, but of the 200-odd replies, the overall mood was very positive, people enjoying it who didn& #39;t expect to.
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I tried to sort the 202 replies I got to this into several different categories (the categories I used in the question were badly phrased, unfortunately).
108 replies were positive, saying they enjoyed it. A couple more said they missed it, but enjoyed the 1st race
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108 replies were positive, saying they enjoyed it. A couple more said they missed it, but enjoyed the 1st race
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The main positive point mentioned in the replies was the banter between the riders, and being able to see them interact / see their faces. 40 people explicitly mentioned this.
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Several people expressed surprise to see how competitive riders were, even at this.
That shouldn& #39;t really be a surprise. It gives you an insight into how driven these athletes are. Winning is the only thing that matters, even in unimportant things like computer games
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That shouldn& #39;t really be a surprise. It gives you an insight into how driven these athletes are. Winning is the only thing that matters, even in unimportant things like computer games
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45 people said they had no interest in watching eSports. Nearly all of those didn& #39;t watch the first race either.
28 people said they didn& #39;t watch the second race, but they weren& #39;t all negative about the racing. Opportunity to watch the race was a factor too
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28 people said they didn& #39;t watch the second race, but they weren& #39;t all negative about the racing. Opportunity to watch the race was a factor too
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One reason people enjoyed the 2nd race more was because it was longer than the first, so was better.
Another important factor was that people& #39;s favourite riders were taking part (or in a couple of cases, were missed because they weren& #39;t).
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Another important factor was that people& #39;s favourite riders were taking part (or in a couple of cases, were missed because they weren& #39;t).
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12 people said the event wasn& #39;t done right. Most of them said the game wasn& #39;t realistic enough, which they felt devalued the racing. Several negative comparisons with car sim racing (iracing) which is much more realistic.
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A couple of people commented that the main race screen was too small, with all the riders& #39; headshots around it. That seems fixable by the TV director.
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So, overall, I would say the reception of the racing was positive, but almost everyone said it was only a stopgap measure until we get real racing. Nobody would swap the real racing for this.
Highlights the importance of personalities for sport, that was mentioned a lot
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Highlights the importance of personalities for sport, that was mentioned a lot
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For the record, I didn& #39;t watch it (and probably won& #39;t). I have no interest in watching, but happy others get pleasure from it. Each to his own.
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Addendum:
Clear from the replies that motorcycle racing is much more difficult to simulate than cars. I suspect that eSports are much more of a threat to F1 than they are to MotoGP because of this.
Clear from the replies that motorcycle racing is much more difficult to simulate than cars. I suspect that eSports are much more of a threat to F1 than they are to MotoGP because of this.
