Formula One

[Slicerer]

i am opening this thread as a discussion for all F1 related topics such as different cars, grands prix, drivers, teams, FIA, anything F1 related. I am also using this thread to see how many fanatics we have.

Happy Racing from California!
-teh_$L!cerer

[SnowLeopard]

Seeing your poll just now made me start wondering how beneficial to MindArk it might be to use Formula 1 to advertise.
It would be overkill I think to become a full-season sponsor, but if they really want to make a big splash, they could do a one-race deal.
Maximum exposure (and cost) would be similar to what was done for Star Wars a few years ago... but I think going subtle might get better returns; for the first race of the season, have entropiauniverse.com written on the rear-wing of one of the team's cars.
Another idea might be to do something at the Chinese grandprix, which might just coincide perfectly with the all the CRD stuff.

[Slicerer]

well i get ur point about the website on the rear wing (example honda). But i believe MA would want to showcase their game in the form of an actual picture ad, not just some web address. I mean i was looking at the back of the Honda thinking,"wth is www.myhondaearthdream.com". And usually i would never go onto a site i dont know about for the fear of bad material inside.

And i dont think its ever happened that a game was advertised on the car. Wait, i forgot, 2004 Pescarolo C60 Judd had Gran Turismo on it. It was also all over the trackside signs at Le Mans 2004. So i guess it could be possible if EU was a really popular game that everyone wanted. Because im sure the GT series was a well trusted games series. But then again, who watches Le Mans.

I also remember seeing an ad for the Xbox 360 on the Peugeot Le Mans car last year. But that's Microsoft, and they have tons of money to mooch off of.

And i highly doubt either Ron Dennis, Bernie Eccelstone, or Jean Todt having ever heard of an MMO called Entropia Universe. Im sure they most likely dont have an Xfire, or if they are even interested in games today, or yesterday, like Pac Man. Ok maybe Pong, but im sure theyre too old for this.

Then again, most of the F1 engineers are big geeks if you take a look at them. They probably play Counter Strike : Source or anything like that. Oh and that would also mean that they would have an Xfire, where the adds for EU show up. I mean thats how i came to this game.

And it probably is a good reason why some of the cars suck hard (ie the Honda engineers are playing too much World of Warcraft).

But im even wondering where Mind Ark gets all this money to build and run the game. I know SWG and WoW make $$$ because players have to subscribe. But this game is free so i am clueless as to how MA makes money.

Anyways, could be good idea though snow_masterer.

Happy Racing!!
-teh_$L!cerer

[matopos bushman]

Serious F1 fan here. Am a tifosi of scudero ...

What part of Socal are you in?

BM

[aridash]

F1 despite being the pinnicale of motor racing is actually quite dull, as demostrated by the fact that the politics surrounding team espionage and in team conflicts made last season the most interesting for years.

World Rally Championship is the reall daddy, everyday cars thrashed to hell and back.

[safara]

Tifosi here

Ever sinse Jody Schecter won the championship in 1979.

But I agree with aridash - WRC is awesome stuff.

[jim_T]

What can I say...

Like it, dang those cars are fast!

[Cinni]

I'm one of the TWO that chose Nascar HAHA~

That's ok though. F1 is a bore to me!

[RazorFire]

Used to love it 20 years ago when I was a kid, the days of Senna, Prost, Mansell and Piquet were great times. Last 5-10 years I lost interest since it became so hard to overtake and is too much about the vehicle technology rather than the driver skill now.

However, Lewis Hamilton doing so well last year may mean I take a bit more notice this year

[Slicerer]

hehe total Scuderia fan here (well the 2008 looks pretty good). Well lets hope that without TC that there will be more battles (and crashes too).

I also noticed how a number of people here obviously don't know what there missing out on.

@bushmeister= eh north of LA is all the info ill tell you rite now.

@aridash= WRC!?!? those guys are nuts!!!! Seriously, i would never have the balls to drive a sedan at full speed on the edge of a cliff. Though i am sorry to hear of the loss of Colin McRae (did i spell that right?). You have to commend those guys for their skills.