Pushing forward, together. ๐ช
@MB_Whitelilac will be supporting the drivers this weekend in an engineering role for the first time. Good luck, Manu. ๐
Many people never understood F1 Esports and what it meant for many of us.
I came from a family with a poor background and I was never able to showcase my talent due to money - F1 Esports changed that and that was always my main starting motivation. Showing what I can do to one day race in real life.
There was always a show and politics aspect like in any sport nowadays, but it didnโt dominate the fact that at heart it was a competition.
I feel like ever since a time in 2021, we are drifting more and more away from what we once were.
All of this really makes you question as a driver, if this is what you fell in love with.
Put yourself in the shoes of the drivers: since 2021 there has been major exploits being used within the competition (car physics changing (60fps)), over the course of 2021 and 2022 cheating became a massive topic as it was too easy on the game and until today there is still no proper anti-cheat. Not just those things, but the cars ever since 2021 were not 100% equal and until today we still believe car setups donโt work identical on each car, so there are differences (not on the FOM multiplayer car).
This year we were all excited after the pandemic and during it we were always racing online. We were set to go back to LAN bigger than ever, longer season, bigger events. And what was the outcome?
No communication, leaving us in the dark not knowing what we are actually practicing for. You could blame us for this, but there are drivers that quit school, uni, other commitments - focused on this and were maybe damaging their social and family life + relationships because of attempting to achieve their unrealistic crazy dreams that most people wonโt understand. Just to hear at the first raceday in Sweden that it is not on? Just to hear one day before going the second event that the event isnโt going ahead either, whilst we literally have no clue why it came to this outcome?
Iโm very disappointed and I wish the sport I love so much would do the right thing.
To all of the boys and girls that work backstage, in a team, as a driver, engineer or whatever role you have, being affected by this - you are amazing and Iโm sorry for all of us.
Long a** post, but had to get my thoughts on here. ๐ซถ