FIA Formula One 2018 |OT| Halo: Racing Evolved

Easy Rider · Feb 27, 2018

Sure we can, I dislike the new font . The "a" sticks like a sore thumb.

edit: I'm not over the halo yet though. I thought I was getting used to it looking at still pictures but video from yesterday reminded me I have a long way to go.

Overdoziz · Feb 27, 2018

Yeah, the text in that video was pretty hard to follow.

xrnzaaas · Feb 27, 2018

Just imagine how horrible will the new intro be, rip to this masterpiece:

Deleted member 9182 · Feb 27, 2018

Yeah, the new font for Formula 1 needs A LOT of refinement for it to work. Definitely not pleasing to the eye.

Maximus Odinson · Feb 27, 2018

Dan said:
https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/134555/first-details-of-f1-tv-shakeup-revealed

Music during the race. This deal is getting worse all the time!

sixclix · Feb 27, 2018

"From a graphics standpoint we will have a brand-new package - putting them in a local language and also putting 'mph' in countries that use miles per hour."

Are they f***ing kidding me? I hope that isn't show on the international broadcast. Mph is seriously stupid.

*edit* Reread it, I now believe it's for local broadcasts (& track broadcasts) only

Xando · Feb 27, 2018

Dan said:
https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/134555/first-details-of-f1-tv-shakeup-revealed

No UK for the streaming service has me worried i'll be geoblocked from watching races when i'm in london for work.

Liberty pls

Dan · Feb 27, 2018

Xando said:
No UK for the streaming service has me worried i'll be geoblocked from watching races when i'm in london for work.

Liberty pls

I would imagine they're cosying up to Sky with that arrangement.

Bouniter · Feb 27, 2018

Maximus Odinson said:
Music during the race. This deal is getting worse all the time!

This is a joke right that's a stupi.... *Reads Article* Mmmmhhhmmmmmm what? why?

Also as it's my first post in here the Halo looks fucking terrible, that new font is dire and why has no one fired Crofty yet. Sweet now that's out of my system.

ODD · Feb 27, 2018

sixclix said:
Bacardi group made an announcement today. They will not continue their Martini sponsorship with Williams...
Welp, that's not very unsurprising seeing Martini wanted a 24+ y/o old driver.
...
I'll take off my tinfoil hat now.

Immediately or they'll be still using the Martini livery this season?

zeknurn said:
Never. It has taken them four year and for someone else to come in and show how to build a working power unit. Pathetic.

I'm kiddin, I'm kiddin. ;3

Dan · Feb 27, 2018

DD Power said:
Immediately or they'll be still using the Martini livery this season?

They are in Martini livery this season, which means they have an agreement for the 2018 season.

They will not continue beyond this year.

RoKKeR · Feb 27, 2018

The steaming service mentioned in that article about TV, is that going to be a subscription or something?

And bummer about Williams losing the Martini sponsorship... still such a solid livery. Such a shame how that team just couldn't keep pace, last year was a total flop.

ODD · Feb 27, 2018

Dan said:
They are in Martini livery this season, which means they have an agreement for the 2018 season.

They will not continue beyond this year.

That was a silly question. :P
But it's weird seeing this announcement before the start of the season and not at the end of it. Thanks!

Spades · Feb 27, 2018

The replies from Polish fans on Twitter to anything posted about Williams and/or Sergey, who are obsessed with Kubica are, quite frankly, really embarrassing. I bet Robert himself cringes if he ever sees them. Very sad state of affairs.

KdotIX · Feb 27, 2018

I had a Sky rep call me yesterday evening asking if I would be interested in taking a Sky TV subscription along with my Broadband package (only have broadband and nothing else at the moment). I simply replied:

"No, I have no interest whatsoever in watching broadcast TV, I only like to watch sporting events live and even then, if I can avoid watching them on Sky, I will."

The guy, baffled by my response, then proceeded to coax me into taking out SkyQ with the Sports package and F1 channel and I said:

"No thank you, I find Sky Sports TV packages to be absurdly priced and I look forward to when Formula 1 launches its own on demand service online in the UK. Until then, I will continue to pick and choose what I watch and when I want to watch it."

The guy said thank you and goodbye.

Liberty cannot launch their service in the UK fast enough.

Big Takeover · Feb 27, 2018

Has anyone heard a peep about who've they've hired for the on air talent for the streaming service?

Theorry · Feb 27, 2018

Big Takeover said:
Has anyone heard a peep about who've they've hired for the on air talent for the streaming service?

Probably Buxton. He said he had something new.

Lazlow · Feb 27, 2018

Big Takeover said:
Has anyone heard a peep about who've they've hired for the on air talent for the streaming service?

I'd be very surprised if it isn't the Sky coverage and their presenters.

Wax Free Vanilla · Feb 27, 2018

McLaren getting burnt by an under powered Renault

ODD · Feb 27, 2018

Spades said:
The replies from Polish fans on Twitter to anything posted about Williams and/or Sergey, who are obsessed with Kubica are, quite frankly, really embarrassing. I bet Robert himself cringes if he ever sees them. Very sad state of affairs.

Stupid people, man. They're everywhere... :(

ODD · Feb 27, 2018

KdotIX said:
I had a Sky rep call me yesterday evening asking if I would be interested in taking a Sky TV subscription along with my Broadband package (only have broadband and nothing else at the moment). I simply replied:

"No, I have no interest whatsoever in watching broadcast TV, I only like to watch sporting events live and even then, if I can avoid watching them on Sky, I will."

The guy, baffled by my response, then proceeded to coax me into taking out SkyQ with the Sports package and F1 channel and I said:

"No thank you, I find Sky Sports TV packages to be absurdly priced and I look forward to when Formula 1 launches its own on demand service online in the UK. Until then, I will continue to pick and choose what I watch and when I want to watch it."

The guy said thank you and goodbye.

Liberty cannot launch their service in the UK fast enough.

I feel bad for these people, honestly. :(

But yeah, Sky can f*ck off.

Big Takeover · Feb 27, 2018

Theorry said:
Probably Buxton. He said he had something new.

Oh, he did? Good for him if that's the case.

Lazlow I'm not expecting just a streamed version of existing TV coverage, but who knows. To say details have been thin would be an understatement.

Theorry · Feb 27, 2018

Big Takeover said:
Oh, he did? Good for him if that's the case.

Lazlow I'm not expecting just a streamed version of existing TV coverage, but who knows. To say details have been thin would be an understatement.

Lazlow · Feb 27, 2018

Big Takeover said:
Oh, he did? Good for him if that's the case.

Lazlow I'm not expecting just a streamed version of existing TV coverage, but who knows. To say details have been thin would be an understatement.

True. I'm expecting Sky due to the way it's farmed out to the various other providers of coverage.

DBT85 · Feb 27, 2018

KdotIX said:
I had a Sky rep call me yesterday evening asking if I would be interested in taking a Sky TV subscription along with my Broadband package (only have broadband and nothing else at the moment). I simply replied:

"No, I have no interest whatsoever in watching broadcast TV, I only like to watch sporting events live and even then, if I can avoid watching them on Sky, I will."

The guy, baffled by my response, then proceeded to coax me into taking out SkyQ with the Sports package and F1 channel and I said:

"No thank you, I find Sky Sports TV packages to be absurdly priced and I look forward to when Formula 1 launches its own on demand service online in the UK. Until then, I will continue to pick and choose what I watch and when I want to watch it."

The guy said thank you and goodbye.

Liberty cannot launch their service in the UK fast enough.

Should have blagged a decent discount. They'll knock 50% off in a heartbeat usually.

chuckddd · Feb 27, 2018

KdotIX · Feb 27, 2018

DD Power said:
I feel bad for these people, honestly. :(

But yeah, Sky can f*ck off.

DBT85 said:
Should have blagged a decent discount. They'll knock 50% off in a heartbeat usually.

Totally get the guy is just doing his job, he probably laments getting people like me telling him that they have no need for Sky and that they're expensive. It's not so much me venting at the guy, its more that I'm fully aware that calls like these are recorded and its just my feedback to Sky.

Personally speaking, I don't think Sky is worth it even with 50% off, we hardly watch any TV apart from shows/films on Netflix or amazon prime. Even then NowTV has me covered.

chadskin · Feb 27, 2018

Renault is not exactly sending reassuring signals: Renault considering strategic grid penalties

HighspeedRefleX · Feb 27, 2018

I don't expect much from this upcoming season. Ferrari will claim that they can possibly compete with the merc's but so did they last year and the year before that and before that but luckily the leaders aren't everything in F1

What I do know is that Azerbaijan 2017 was a little ray of light for F1. It was so good it could have been scripted. Plenty of racing and risky maneuvers, crashes(without injuries), head on head direct competition not just trough undercuts,exciting end phase everything you want to see. Easily the most entertaining race of the last few years and for me one of the best live sport events till now.

Dan · Feb 27, 2018

chuckddd said:

Well played, Stoff. Well played.

Psychotext · Feb 27, 2018

Wow, so they apparently had some snow there!

Theorry · Feb 27, 2018

AlsoZ · Feb 27, 2018

The possibility to watch the onboard of any driver anytime sounds amazing. And that price is lower than I expected.

Psychotext · Feb 27, 2018

I hope that works with VPN, because for that price I'm all over it.

Kalor · Feb 27, 2018

That price is way better than I thought they would go for. Too bad they aren't launching in the UK.

Olaf · Feb 27, 2018

Theorry said:

F1 archive even in the cheaper subscription? Megaton.

Qronicle · Feb 27, 2018

Nice, Belgium is in there. For that price I'll certainly give it a go.

Theorry · Feb 27, 2018

They say two dozen markets. But only list a few. Bit annoying. Give us a full list.

chuckddd · Feb 27, 2018

Theorry said:

That preview video is terrible. It keeps showing the drivers side by side at different races.

AlsoZ · Feb 27, 2018

I just hope the technical side is taken care of by capable people. Wouldn't want the service to have streaming issues all the time because of overloaded servers or something.

Aiii · Feb 27, 2018

Theorry said:
They say two dozen markets. But only list a few. Bit annoying. Give us a full list.

If NL was in it, it would be have been listed. The "most of Latin America" make up the non-named ones.

DieH@rd · Feb 27, 2018

There is no chance that my country [Serbia] will be covered anytime soon. :-/ I wonder will they use IP blocking...

dubc · Feb 27, 2018

Psychotext said:
I hope that works with VPN, because for that price I'm all over it.

haha, was thinking the same thing

Dan · Feb 27, 2018

I suspect the list of launch territories will be the lower end of the lucrative TV markets.

I do wonder if they have 4k streaming on tap here or if they have classic races going back to the 1960s.

Xando · Feb 27, 2018

Wow. Price is way lower than expected.

I'll take if if i won't have to watch RTL.

KdotIX · Feb 27, 2018

Good price, way lower than I was expecting. The service looks good! I'm intruiged by this:

"A less expensive, non-live subscription tier, F1 TV Access will provide live race timing data and radio commentary, as well as extended highlights of each session from the race weekend. It will also be underscored by unprecedented access to archive video content from the amazing historic archive owned by Formula 1. F1 TV Access will be available on a near-global basis at launch, to complement F1 TV Pro."

Wondering if the archive access will come to the UK, at least...

unicornKnight · Feb 27, 2018

I have hopes for Greece, its still in free tv , crap full of ad breaks, its baffling seeing you guys hate so much skyf1, its a hundred times better than what we have here

xrnzaaas · Feb 27, 2018

C'mon add Poland to the list, Kubica's fans will be all over it. ;)

Overdoziz · Feb 27, 2018

8-12 dollars per month would be great.
You know, if it was available here.

mute · Feb 27, 2018

That sounds better than expected.

Going to be difficult now deciding between just going with this or getting in on YoutubeTV before the price increase.

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