for the zero.5 people that actually care:
http://www.dailysportscar.com/2019/04/13/what-is-in-store-for-super-gt-fans-abroad-this-weekend.html
when it rains, it pours:
three week wait for SuperGT races until they are uploaded?
Come on … granted, i didn’t catch too many races live, but still tuned in to roundabout 30% of them when live, and watched the rest during the next few days.
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Like, what’s it with those ideas?
DTM lost me two years ago when they tried the same thing, they stopped providing english live streams/recaps and cracked down on uploaders. Since i couldn’t be bothered to watch a procession of 12 cars with the subpar german commentary on analogue TV, haven’t watched anything from them aside from a 2017 recap.
When the WEC did the same, launching their paywall-watching service, cracking down on uploaders and uploading the races the week before the next race is due, they’ve also curbed my interest enough that i sometimes force myself to go out of my way to watch the 40 minute recap they upload for each race sometime inbetween races. That’s correct, if i have anything better to watch or do, i do that instead. And, with a field that’s often mediocre at best, why would i want to catch up on e.g. the 1000km race of Sebring when i can watch the IMSA 12h version live, with a more classly field, more action, and then catch up on what i missed, because i care about it more since i am invested in it when it happens?
It’s like they don’t understand what makes their product great, and as soon as they do, they destroy it by making it as inconvenient to access as possible.
And another example:
Guess what, WTCR did the same thing, paywall or crappy commentary on TV, cracking down on people uploading the races a few days later - once again, the same thing happened - lost interest, sometimes watched an half-hour supercut they provided weeks later. By chance, watched one of the three races they had last weekend, since i stumbled over an illegal uploader they seemingly didn’t find fast enough - but i don’t feel like trying to stay on top of it, even if they’d be more lenient, because i got interested and am following other series in the mean time.
So the tl;dr version boils down to:
People get interested in series X, because they can watch it conveniently (and live) instead of Y, which is behind a paywall. Someone starts to notice that Y gets more viewers, up with the paywall! People move on to watching Z, X and Y struggle with declining audiences, try to "innovate" with short recaps, but people hardly care - rinse&repeat.
At least it seems that super taiyku is good with streaming, might check that out soon, and maybe even super formula if that’s really going to be live.
real question tho:
what racing are you guys watching, if anything, and how?
