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Originally Posted by CarfanLUFC
I've always found motorsport one the few sports that is actually better on TV than being in attendance. Once the novelty of being there wears off you realise how little you actually see compared to the TV.
Apart from short oval racing of course  |
Well, if a 2D image, terrible sound , only watching stuff which TV companies actually show , seeing only what the director decides to show you ,with the added distraction of being in your living room and 'y'know, not actually being there? , is your thing , then fine. And if you think that enjoyment of the sport is confined to the fight for the top few places , and that wandering around the paddock , talking to people and watching cars being worked on is not for you that is fine too .
The visceral hit you get by , for example , standing feet away from a Top Fuel dragster, an F1 car at full belt , a NASCAR brute thundering past at 190mph or a pack of ducking and diving F3 cars at the first corner is not something which TV can even remotely convey .
Having watched live motorsport since 1968 in UK , Europe and the USA the novelty has yet to wear off for me ...