2022 ERC News & Rumours

[WRCStan]

Does anyone here seriously thought this years free coverage (on Youtube) was good? (Eurosport is a paid channel)

I generally enjoyed it, but I wouldn't have paid for it. I'm not expecting to see 'action' and it's a good way to dip into the rally with people who know their subject and present it naturally. I can also do something else whilst watching if I want. Wouldn't going live with the Youtube channels give two-minute gaps of dead air between seconds of a passing car? I'm happy to accept waiting until after the rally these days to see action highlights and these channels obviously work well because they can cut a few days into a few minutes. Truth is, the quality of highlights isn't compromised whilst sometimes AllLive footage makes my eyes hurt when it's kilometre after kilometre of blocky, stalling, pixels. This is the technical limit of being live rather than any other factor.

The question to throw back is what do people want from 'live', unless it's the technical limits like cameras the full length of every stage and guaranteed comms links. What do the local semi-pros do better? To answer my own question I'd like to choose who I ride onboard with. Is that unfeasible?

[Jarek Z]

I generally enjoyed it, but I wouldn't have paid for it.

I have never paid for watching rallying on TV. Am I a bad rally fan?