[zinxq]

The human is starting to look like the weakest link.

For such a closed track (known route to the centimeter, guaranteed no obstacles, etc) - a Self-Driving version of this could do it a good deal faster.

[orbital-decay]

>The human is starting to look like the weakest link.

Human is a weakest link since 80s. That's the entire reason Group B has been cancelled and F-1 regulated into oblivion.

[hef19898]

It took WRC all of two years to be faster than Group B. Turned out focusing on suspension and handling improved performance more than pure performance. That being said, Group B was just awesome and crazy. And not just because of the cars or the drivers, spectators were just as crazy, as were officials with their utter disregard for safety.

[nwienert]

AI plays better chess but no one watches them in tournaments.

[rolivercoffee]

There was a driverless series in development https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roborace

Unfortunatly it looks like it might have floundered

[killingtime74]

There is no point without a human, what's the difference between that and a bullet/missile?

[tshaddox]

You could still have human operators. Competitive drone racing is pretty neat.

[luma]

You would think that to be true, but I don't know that any serious attempts (of which several have been made, see RoboRace et al) have yet bested a human driver.

[Rastonbury]

Yeah I'd like to see that one day on regular tracks, a true mechanical and AI engineering arms race. Though I think it would be too expensive