How to make F1 look fast again 

Those cameras placed in the curbs with the cars going over them are just perfect. It is just scary to watch and I love it

My dude, you NAILED IT! Absolutely spot on. I can only hope F1 is paying attention...

Quality video this!

Also, the low cameras when they are coming towards you on a straight make it feel like they are going 50

damn that was quality

Another issue: vibration/shakey cam. The cameras today seem to have better padding/damping, so the video is smoother.

Totally agree. Modern onboards are so much more boring to watch than they used to be.

there was a shot last year when Sainz was speeding down the straight away at Bahrain. It was filmed by a mostly stationary camera. It was the first time in 2 years of watching F1 that I went "holy crap theyre gong fast, id shit myself at that speed" Ireally hope they work on these things, stop making it look SO perfectly cinematic.

ngl: I was confused when I realized that this was your only video you've made so far. Great content.

Been crying out for static cameras for years. Even if it only makes up 2-5% of the total viewership time, it would make a HUGE difference. Especially at the likes of key moments such as the start of the race. Take Suzuka for example, put a static camera half way between turn 1 and 2 up in the stands so you can get a full view of the race start - grid, first turn and then into start of the S's. Turn 1 is where a lot of overtakes happen as well, absolute dive-bombs down there. People wouldn't know what hit em' and it would give you a better view of the race, and feel like you're actually there sitting in the stands.

I really miss the thermal image cameras from 2013 too, being able to see the warm spots on the tires was fascinating

Another reason why the 360" cam makes it look faster is because it's closer to the ground. That's why I really like the nose cam for example. Also I'd much rather see way more Onboard even in the current format. It's just so much more exciting than the "always perfectly centered" Cam from 100m away.

"F1 needs to do something before people fall asleep" *Cries in American*

So that’s why when you set fov bigger on games you feel like you are moving faster

Fully agree. I've done some research on this and i found the exact same effects. When in games the wide FOV is bad, you as a driver need 1:1 when it comes to visual feedback, things can't look further away from one angle and closer on the other. In games large FOV extends the appearance of straights, it also makes very easy to hit braking markers. But, turning in is more difficult and the road appears to be much narrower, making it hard to position yourself correctly But.. in replays.. things change. Once you are not in control, not in the moment, it looks slower than it did from the cockpit view, at flat projection. Increasing FOV and decreasing stability, increasing the length of the shutter and running at 25FPS (can be interpolated to 60Hz) increases motion blur. The so called "sports mode", fast shutter speeds and high framerate is not always the best choice. Things that move very fast should have motion blur to separate them from things that are not moving fast in relation to the camera.

3:43 FYI: The 360 degree camera cannot be used live as it is recorded to an SD card on the car, and not hooked up to any broadcast systems. Everything else in this video is ace though, well done 🙂

2:29 I’m just now realizing how fast they are going into Eau Rouge and Radillon. Gosh😳

In addition to the issues you correctly pointed out, I also think the stabilisation is so strong on the on-board cameras, that it removes the raw bumps and shakes a little too much. In addition, I wonder if the higher framerate actually makes the footage look a bit to smooth too; with the background lacking motion blur. Great video.

"F1 races will always be boring" Imola GP: "is that a challenge I hear?"

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3:00 imagine mounting cameras in the chicane curb like at spa

Commenting for the RU-vid algorithm since I think this is such an important topic that I have thought of, and said before, but never seen discussed publicly

This seems like a very simple solution that can easily be added/changed to the broadcast, rather than changing the race format/regulation. Love those static camera shots

I think F1 shoots/broadcasts at a higher frame rate as well. If over the normal 24 frames per second, you get a smoother look but it also eliminates the natural motion blur which makes the cars look slower.

2:15 had me dying lol, this is some top tier shit

The old onboards are shaking, the cars were quirky, now it feels like they are on rails and go by 120 km/h

the new one looks so stable too the shakiness of the old footage makes it seem more raw too

The 360 cam truly shows the immense speed and tight walls that is often taken for granted

nice edit and really interesting analysis. Great video. The static camera shots from fans look absolutely insane, we need at least this from time to time in the live broadcast. One can only hope Formula1 takes notice. Great video mate.

after seeing the racing drone footage of AlphaTauri I believe that could be one of the best ways to capture future races. Its fast however youre still moving with the cars so its easy to see everything thats going on with the cars and the drones themselves and bring a new level of excitement along. The only thing i could say negatively about it is that i could see the older generation especially complaining about the motion of the drone and could cause some people to have some motion sickness, but as long as drone footage is an option and not being forced to watch the whole race with then i dont see why not.

Thank you very much. You speak right out of my soul, actually I have questioned this many times already and thought about it the same way, but I also find the vibrations on the older cameras so much more expressive about the speed of those cars. I mean modern onboard cameras are always so soft, like the car is barely moving on track, but in fact it is quite bumpy, so please give us this feeling on the TV as well. We want to see the raw speed of F1 cars, not a softer version of it. I think that's the reason why most people don't really like the V6 against the V8, V10 or V12, because it sounds a lot softer and less dramatic than the old engines used to and I guess this is were the excitement goes for many people

They're starting to improve it slowly, like the new gyroscopic stabilized outboard camera, holy fffff is that so good to watch especially on non straight, curving parts of the track

Nice point of view, and it totally makes sense to have still shots so you can see the speed of the car passing by instead of having it sit still on the frame

The other thing that makes the old onboards look more real, organic and gritty that you missed: The cars weren't fat back then. They were small and light. They twitched and you could see it both laterally when breaking traction, and vertically when riding kerbs. Today's F1 cars are far too big and heavy; they have been ruined by the V6H and its battery pack.

Yeah, you are totally right! My wife didn't understood at first why I do watch F1 racing on TV, because she thought that those cars are slow and just driving around a "circle". I don't blame her for that! So I showed her older footage, onbard footage with speed-graphics, compare videos like (regular BMW vs. F1 car) and the old, but mighty "Speed Comparison: GT vs. F1"-video, which show the speeds at best - at least in my opinion! She got it and enjoys the races now, but always complains about how slow that looks on TV. We were about to attend a real F1 race, but Corona stopped our plan. But we'll do it hopefully next year! Those cares are fast as hell and the corner-speeds are incredible! You can't believe it, if you haven't seen those cars racing live! ... So: See you at the track! :)

Yes! So much yes. The 'Quake Pro' moment shook me awake; often when I watch a vid with that much FOV, it seems so fast that I wonder how someone can even play at that speed. I also think smaller cars would make the static shots look better. For some reason, the drive Alonso did in his old Renault at Abu Dhabi last year looked so so fast, yet the laptime was much slower. A small car doing 150 through a corner looks much quicker than a large car doing 200 through the same corner.

The smaller more nimble cars from the 2000’s always looked way faster to me. The cars of today look like they’re on rails, the cars out of the 2000’s literally looked like they were flying on the track

I really liked this video and how you presented it 1: you explained what makes f1 cars not look slower despite being faster 2: you offered a very nice easy solution 3: you were totally objectively in sharing your point of view 4: you werent toxic at ll unlike a lot of the current f1 fanbase who complain about the sport just because Edit: 5: lets not forget the pure *quality* of this video

This is spot on mate! Audience (static) cams especially show really how freaking fast these things are in real life! F1 broadcast today is primarily focused on sponsor promotion and it's killing the thrill of watching honestly.

Mate, u stated the problem, showed what caused it, gave a solution and even tried out some examples, explained it in an informative and entertaining way. Thumbs up and a subscriber you've gained. well done, i wish to see more in the future!

Dude this guy needs to make more videos like this cuz...that was perfecto

This is definitely what F1 needs. The cars are faster than ever before, but nowadays they seem like computer simulations, boring to watch.

I actually like what they've done this year with the drivers eye view. All the shaking makes it look like they are constantly about to crash, which really makes it exciting to watch

This needs to happen! Not only in motorsports but other sports as well, ie Cycling, athletics, speed skating and alpine skiing. give the viewer the sernse of speed and make it relatable to something "normal". Great Video!

The motion blur on the 360 degree camera feels as if I was seeing the track through the eyes of the driver.

the modern onbord cameras are too stable imo. Even the game has more shake to it when going over a curb

This was really good; congratulations. I hope you continue to produce content!

This, this is the quality content that makes me subscribe to a channel even if it's just the first video uploaded, in the hope that there will be more videos of such quality!

Ich würde behaupten das in der Kanalinfo gesetzte Ziel wurde bereits erreicht :D Würde mich trotzdem freuen mehr Videos von dir zusehen !

I'm sure there are already comments about this, but a higher frame rate will also make it much easier and exciting to watch! They announced this past week that F1TV will be in 50 FPS this season, compared to their current 30, which is a great move! Really excited to see it in a higher frame rate this season!

I have been thinking about this for so long! Its amazing how slow the cars can look on TV. I would happily watch them going around the track alone if I could sense their real speed.

The way he speaks while obviously having a smile on his face, nice to hear. quality production 👌

wow i was sure you would have like 200k subs atleast. And its the first video. Great job man

Ich hoffe, dass du dich doch noch beschließt hier öfters Videos zu bringen. Das Video war echt sehr qualitativ und informativ.

I love the static camera shot at down at the start eu rouge wich they use in gt races. I would love to see that in F1 more often

Here and subscribed since first video Can’t wait to be a part of this ride

How have i only seen this now... this was TOP quality mate

My thought exactly even in moto gp they never show static cameras for you to get a real sense of the speed.

Very quality vid mate! Enjoyed, subbed and looking for more!

Great vid well written and executed! More than earned a sub and looking forward to more insights!

the cars always looked fastest for me when the cameramen would lose track of them. i remember so many bad laps that were made exciting just because of that happening.

Mate I spend months making videos and fail to get past 2k views yet you started your channel a month ago and blow up instantly? You must be doing something right! Great video, hope you can make something of this in the future!

Great video. Awesome edited. Hope we will see more from your channel

Gutes Video! Schade, dass nichts mehr kommt... Viel Erfolg mit dem Studium✌️

Great video man! You're going to be at 10,000 subscribers before you know it with this quality of content :)

This’s pretty much it, you cracked the code my bro

I was thinking about this a lot recently. Video sums it up really well. Thankyou. Hope it gets picked up!

Bravo! I wanted to add that there are only two senses that appeal to the viewer on TV; sight and sound. The other way to give the sense of speed is the sound of the cars. Your ears also play a part in the way your brain processes the speed of an object. I'm sure we've all seen (or heard) that video of the Mazda 747B flying down the straight. The F1 cars of old injected the pedal movements of the driver directly into your brain. You could hear the modulation and all out power of the cars which helped to display the absolute wow factor those cars had. Thank you for coming to my Ted-talk

Wow, richtig geiles Video! Mach bitte weiter so! :)

The larger cars also move less over the course of a lap, example, if the track is 6m wide and the car is 2m wide you move less than if the car is 1.7m wide, movement in the 2000s era was brutal at times visually. There's so many things that make them look slow these days, another is the cameras stability, basically eating all the bumps.

Wider angle is not the only thing different on the older onboard cams though, the cameras also progressed a lot in optics/sensor stabilization, so the footage looks smoother. You could already see this difference in image stability between the onboard cams of the mid-90s and those of the mid-00s, even though they used approximately the same angle.

Good take on the issue. Another reason it looked grittier in the olden days is image stabilization. The Montoya shot didn't have any and the vibrations made it feel more direct and a bit scarier. With perfectly stabilized images, you feel like you're on rails which does not help the immersion at all.

How to make F1 interesting again: 1. Bring back Maldonado 2. Give extra points for dangerous driving 3. Let some AH 64 Apache gunships fly along during a race and fire some misiles at cars 4. Change the driving direction during a race mutiple times so clockwise and then counterclockwise 5. Allow pitcrew to walk in other pits and pick a fight.

I think NASCAR has this sort of feeling right, where many of their on board cameras are shaking and give a real sense of instability in the drive, and may shots that they cut too regularly shake heavily as the cars drive by.

Looking forward to more quality videos mate! Subbed!

Great quality! My compliments, keep doing such good jobs!

You made some good points. I also think that they should use onboard cameras more often during the race, at least 50% of the race should be with onboard cameras, and in races like monaco it could be 80% onboard.

This is an outstanding suggestion. Wider views provide much greater speed sensation. Additionally, F1 broadcasts should ramp up their use of visor cams with wider fields. Show the race from the driver's view more often, with more immersion. The technology is there, they just need to start exploiting it.

didnt even thought about this. great video, im new in F1 so this really puts into perspective. Btw that Tyler1 audio clip in 2:17killed me 😂

hey, that camera pan that makes it look fast also shows MORE sponsors, its a WIN-WIN for everyone I guess! Great vid!

Sound. Sound makes things appear faster and more powerful. There is a reason why car manufacturers have sound-engineers and why F1 fans love the V8 engines.

the amount of times i've fallen asleep during a race...

Finnally YT algorythm is doing sum fine work, masterpiece video friend! luv to see it ;)

What a great video my man. Stunning job and you are spot on.

Man dropped one video and got 400k views. God tier video btw

I love how you can hear that he is german (as a german), really nice quality video

Thank you for this. I think they need to occasionally cut to a static camera at some high speed corners, so that we get to see the car on rails.

i love that in the end you didnt say ''as insane as possible'' because that simply not needed. it is absolutly bonkers how fast those cars fly around the circuit so it cant be that hard to make it look ''as insane as it truly is'' awesome video dude!

0:43 is that the f1 2002 ps2 game soundtrack?

We need to get as much attention as possible on this Video to make the F1 Broadcasters consider this! Send it to every F1 Person that you know on Twitter and co.

Dude I had this exact thought especially when F1 started using the drone shot on the Brooklands corner at silver stone instead of cutting to different angles/cameras, it made them look so slow when they just followed them continuously

Nice Video! I went on your channel to look for more haha, I hope to see more good content soon.

I'm sure bigger FOV would be nice, also because we can simply see more of whats going on. However, I think the reason why old footage is perceived as faster is mainly due to less smoothness (it's just bumpier, no image stabilization) and lower fps

Yep I've definitely fallen asleep during races, exciting and non-exciting simply because the camera makes my daily economy car look faster than F1..... As a cinematographer, I have no idea what these F1 guys are doing with such amazing equipment. Awesome Video though!

Awesome work! You make a lot of very smart and well articulated points. There is not doubt, more field of view makes the car appear to be traveling faster. Same concept with VR in simracing, it feels faster even though it isn't

You just created a realy good video. the views on your first video speak for themselves. Simply said: great work. Keep up the good quality

That was a nice video :)

Wow, really good video, informative, and actually interesting..

Great video and explanation. I've been to 7 US F1 GP's and watching these cars is amazing! But you are correct, the current camera work on tv is boring as hell. I watch the first few laps before the train starts and then I doze off. I've also been to 25 Indy 500's and watching a car run close to 240 is amazing, but watching on tv when they show the straight it looks like the cars are going 40mph and is boring. So, yes you are correct, both F1 and Indy need more static cameras to show just how fast these cars are running. Keep up the great work!

Great video man! Never really thought about it this way! Awesome editing too! Subbed!😊