In-car cameras

VaDirt

VaDirt

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Tick me off!

Three cars going at it, a forth car right behind, and what do we see for minute after crucial minute during the last part of todays race? Nothing but the hood of another car. The in-car camera was great invention and great for replays and things like that, but when there are multiple cars racing for the lead, please show us the race. :angry:
 
This is something that I've been complaining about for years, directors artistic shots. Just like so many shows, the director wants to show the audience instead of what is going on in front of them. As far as I can remember, it was ABC that really started this sort of thing, showing the wives of the leaders late in the Indy 500 races. NASCAR races also had this sort of treatment. Remember Joe Nemechek's mother? :rolleyes: I've always felt that the directors would do their best to impress other driectors and the press in what they put up on screen. It doesn't matter that the people who are watching for the sport of it really want to see the sport, it's those who monitor the broadcast that are most important.

I thought about this yesterday while I was at Martinsville watching the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour race. If this race had been on TV, most people would have rated it probably as a five or lower and that is because the cameras would have been trained on the front two or three that didn't have much changes throughout the entire race. But back in the pack, even as few as fith through tenth, the action was hot and heavy all race long, and further back, it was dog eat dog and great action.

I don't expect any of the coverage to change ever.
 
Buckaroo, The races are always better live in person.

I went to Old Dominion Speedway and watched the 200 lap feature and 25 lap sprint-car feature last night. The racing wasn't edge of your seat every lap like Talladega, but it was solid. I froze my ass off, but I never once got up out of my seat to get a cup of hot coffee either.
 
See, I don't have a problem with those shots. To me, it showed what it was like to be the leader with two guys behind you trying to take the lead. And it showed how each of them were getting into the corners, how hard they were or were not driving it in. I like to watch the driving aspect of racing as much as the side-by-side action.
 
MRM said:
See, I don't have a problem with those shots. To me, it showed what it was like to be the leader with two guys behind you trying to take the lead. And it showed how each of them were getting into the corners, how hard they were or were not driving it in. I like to watch the driving aspect of racing as much as the side-by-side action.
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But again, this stuff's great for replays, or for post race analyis, but during the race, I'd like to see the race. Can't tell you how many times we heard "and there goes Edwards up high" while all we see is the hood of Biffle's car.
 
VaDirt said:
But again, this stuff's great for replays, or for post race analyis, but during the race, I'd like to see the race. Can't tell you how many times we heard "and there goes Edwards up high" while all we see is the hood of Biffle's car.
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I agree. I would rather watch the racing. Save the incar for replays or when nothing on the track is going on.
 
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