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18th July 2022, 05:49 #2531
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#8 Ott Tänak - Martin Järveoja #8
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18th July 2022, 11:14 #2532
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18th July 2022, 11:36 #2533
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Another issue is the ERC events now being covered by the same people and commentators. It all getting much too samey.
Previously we had Chris Rawes who did it with Julian Porter and they were great on radio and the odd live YT stage and I miss that different way and feel.
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18th July 2022, 18:49 #2534
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19th July 2022, 07:11 #2535
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I've thought about this a lot over the last couple of months / events. Is WRC All Live really worth it?
How many people actually sit and watch it for the whole weekend? As in, every second it's online?
How many people find out what they need to find out about an event from it (as opposed to on social media)?
How much of what is being broadcast is truly interesting, breathtaking, spectacular stuff (as a proportion of the time it's on-air)?
How much do people enjoy seeing and hearing the same talking heads saying basically the same things event after event?
Is it really worth forcing events to follow an itinerary and timetable that suits being 'All Live', to the detriment of practically every person actually involved in the event? Are so many people watching it that it makes sense for crews to be in their cars for 12-14 hours some days just to do around 120 competitive km? That's before we even speak about the utterly mental hours some mechanics / engineers have to do...
Does watching hours of (mostly) pretty ordinary onboard footage with hardly anything happening, Julian Porter chatting over the top of it, and 1/100 stage end 'interviews' being of any interest at all, give us any more than rally radio and an hourly highlights / catch-up show would do?
Don't get me wrong. I like it, and I'm sad enough to have it running from dawn til dusk during events, regardless of my apathy toward the commentary team. I can understand the value it has for teams too, to be able to see in real time how their cars / crews are performing.
But... is what we have in 2022 any better than in 2012, or 2002, or even 1992?
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19th July 2022, 08:08 #2536
And now imagine that all of this is being produced for ERC as well. That is overkill IMHO. And just like you, I have All Live running basically all day on my TV.
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19th July 2022, 08:46 #2537
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You said it all
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19th July 2022, 09:14 #2538
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19th July 2022, 09:47 #2539
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I am one of those who try to have WRC+ in the background as long as possible during the rally days. But after watching Estonia, just partly, i could not get out of the feeling that it all starts to look boring, predictable, even artificial. I also think thag WRC+ is annoying since day one, e.g. results and driver comments I am checking only via E-Wrc app.
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19th July 2022, 11:07 #2540
Wet conditions. Portuguese Autosport brought something to the table... the WRC2 crews are using a WRC spec tyre that is harder than the spec Meeke and other CPR runners are using.
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