VirusType2
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Formula 1 this year allows teams to retrofit their cars with energy recovery systems that store that power to be used as a sort of nitro shot. A boost that lasts only a few seconds per lap.
However, it adds weight to the car that they have to lug around ever turn and carry onto every straight. Another con is that it can break down, and it sometimes does, costing the driver the race.
The reason I liked it at the beginning of the season was because it promised more opportunities for cars to pass each other, making for a more exciting and unpredictable race.
However it hasn't turned out like that.
Cars with KERS are slower all around, but use the boost to prevent better, faster cars from passing them.
They can use it before the first corner at the start of a race to get out in front of a couple guys and slow them all up. From there, they simply use it to prevent passing.
It's difficult to wrap it all up like that because it plays out differently for every track. But I'm starting to think it should be all cars in the field with it or none. But then again this adds more strategy.
If you can't figure out, I don't blame you. Right now, I don't like it at all.
However, it adds weight to the car that they have to lug around ever turn and carry onto every straight. Another con is that it can break down, and it sometimes does, costing the driver the race.
The reason I liked it at the beginning of the season was because it promised more opportunities for cars to pass each other, making for a more exciting and unpredictable race.
However it hasn't turned out like that.
Cars with KERS are slower all around, but use the boost to prevent better, faster cars from passing them.
They can use it before the first corner at the start of a race to get out in front of a couple guys and slow them all up. From there, they simply use it to prevent passing.
It's difficult to wrap it all up like that because it plays out differently for every track. But I'm starting to think it should be all cars in the field with it or none. But then again this adds more strategy.
If you can't figure out, I don't blame you. Right now, I don't like it at all.