I think, as with many unpopular opinions, the unpopular part is rooted in the unnecessary comparison and nothing more.
It's a lazy way to craft an unpopular opinion imo.
That said RC racing looks cool. Definitely has elements of racing at a macro scale, kind of like playing Motorsports Manager versus playing iRacing.
Hell, even marbles are more fun to watch imo: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6wjQ1_icRUg
Love me some Marbleympics. The level of production quality they have for racing marbles is insane to me. Ended up buying a Ducks hoody to support my team.
DCR is genuinely fun to watch as well. It's everything a kid with matchbox cars did, but with hilarious "professional" commentary. Also the track is always fucking amazing.
Sim racing can be a lot of fun to watch too - actual F1 and NASCAR stars often comment in them. Imonve heard a driver call Cubans Barrichello a rookie during the warm up lap!
waaay more exiting
One overtake in the whole race, looks about the same to me 🤷🏼♂️
I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. I think it's the shorter race duration and the smaller track that makes it easy to take in all the action. In real races, super fast cars on long tracks look slow on video.
Races are interesting. Hell marble races are better than NASCAR
Off road RC looks great. Crazy jumps and tons of people required to shove the cars back onto the track https://youtu.be/fn02DjC0gok?si=OlAQyvkI90aBSRlt
Dunno, seems about just as exciting. It's still just cars going in a circle.
IT'S AN OVAL RANDY. AN OVAL. HOW MANY TIMES I GOTTA REPEAT MYSELF.
As someone whose preferred position to watch car racing would be lying on the road, I disagree. At least a normal race might have a crash or something, that was not interesting at all.
The marble racing on the other hand, absolutely.
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