Hey, yeah I get your points.
Was just expecting a different focus with the video primarily being shared along the esport side of things.There's nothing wrong with the video itself, but you could argue that the video accidently shows perfectly why all that blurring of real and simracing has so far never been to the advantage of simracing. no matter how good the game is, you just can't compete with the real thing, its ridiculous sound and the sensation that comes with it or the car defeating your eyes' expectation of physics through eau rouge.
I know there haven't been any promises from SRO to the competing teams, yet when I crunch the numbers, the teams invested a lot into the series with all their travelling and bringing drivers to the events. It's a bit disappointing to have more or less nothing from SRO that would make sense sharing through our socials. Because why would we with our brands invisible in all of this.
all this, though, isn't a problem of the video, but of the series in general. it's just reflected in that nonetheless very good video.
I can understand that RD has an interest for sharing useful content through their website for their investment into this and also SRO and Kunos have their own perspective on this.
Just as a team making the PRO part of the competition what it is, at some point I have to tell my supervisor where the money went and why. And it's very difficult to see a ROI in sharing a video showing mainly the real cars with very different sponsors than those who eventually gave us the money to be there and compete. Their evaluation of this when making a decision to join a 2nd season is unlikely to be positive.
There are just too many competing interests that are not aligned. Its the same in all sports, but esport organizers have to geat their head around that. All partners have to see benefit or they are out. iRacing is moving into a great direction lately while they have been hesitant for years. They finally listen to the teams and make contracts about the commercial side of things.
Organizers just have to decide if they want to do just gaming or esport.
Looking forward to seeing you all at Nürburgring!
Hi Nils,
I was trying to do something a bit different with this video. For the previous rounds Chris has done a fantastic job of creating highlights videos and I thought that there is a bit of duplication of work and there's probably only so much people will want to see the same thing.
Also this site is about Motorsport too and the the story for me that weekend was just how epic Spa is and the real world race was amazing too. So to try and blur the lines a bit I thought it would be good to show the eSports arena and the similarities between the two disciplines.
Also you were there too and there's surely only so many shots you can get inside that big tent
