Highspeed Etoile Episode 5 Discussion

While I had some fears over how Monaco was gonna be done (I noticed the Hairpin on the OP), it wasn't that bad, and at least they kept the naming rights with the city, although the streets did feel way too wide at some points.

I do however still feel sad about EP2's Bahrein, I mean, "somewhere in the Middle East", just like here it was a very faithful recreation until the of the track, they even had the side roads that to IRL alternate layouts (examples: 2020 Sakhir GP, the outer loop | 2010 Bahrein GP, endurance layout) only to go on a totally different direction, felt like they lost the license to the circuit during production.

While being an F1 fan has me nitpick these points, it's been quite nice to shut off my brain and watch some racing anime, and I'm gonna keep going even if I will distract myself comparing a track to its IRL counterpart, I just hope the genre doesn't die again.

While I had some fears over how Monaco was gonna be done (I noticed the Hairpin on the OP), it wasn't that bad, and at least they kept the naming rights with the city, although the streets did feel way too wide at some points.

I do however still feel sad about EP2's Bahrein, I mean, "somewhere in the Middle East", just like here it was a very faithful recreation until the of the track, they even had the side roads that to IRL alternate layouts (examples: 2020 Sakhir GP, the outer loop | 2010 Bahrein GP, endurance layout) only to go on a totally different direction, felt like they lost the license to the circuit during production.

While being an F1 fan has me nitpick these points, it's been quite nice to shut off my brain and watch some racing anime, and I'm gonna keep going even if I will distract myself comparing a track to its IRL counterpart, I just hope the genre doesn't die again.

not too bad, kinda entertaining, but the score keeps going down. I dont know anything about racing so can someone explain pls

A complete mess to anyone who understands racing at all, but the entertainment is really up there! Good animation, great character designs and 1 extra point for using Monaco!

A lot of comments above this address most issues with this anime vs. real racing of any kind. NO racing formula ever would allow a rookie with no knowledge of the rules onto a track with elite professionals. There’s such thing as local, national and international race licenses at different levels that have to be acquired to prove competence and knowledge of rules and etiquette. And a rookie who has to be tutored by an AI in the final race of the season? Ridiculous! People at the top end of racing spend years going through lower formulas to fine tune their skills before reaching the top level. Someone whose car control is so poor they can’t control wheel spin even finishing a race is unlikely, and they would need more pitstops and be several laps down in last.
Plus the real world circuits used so far are way wider than real life, not possible to move hotels, shops, a swimming pool and a harbour back 6 feet from the track even 50 years in the future.
There’s lots more technical detail around the basic physics of how the cornering speeds can never be that high due to human limitations etc.
But I only said that in passing before saying I really enjoy the characters and art style and just ignore the silly stuff cos it’s still great fun.

@Rinkitori31 People are taking it too seriously, expecting realism instead of just letting go and having fun. There were even 2 negative reviews after only 2 episodes... Sure it's not an awesome show, but it is fun. Just kinda sucks that those boring people are dragging down the score.

Look mom, they're talking about me!

I find it hilarious you're calling ME the boring one when my main complaint of the show is that it is itself boring.

At the point of my review the show was both too dull to elicit any form of suspense and too serious to actually be a funny comedy. The last two episodes were better than the first three, but there really is no 'fun' to be had for like 80 to 90% of this episode. The funniest part for me was them inventing fake names for the corners in Monaco, which more than likely wasn't even supposed to be funny.

@L01MK If it was really so boring then why are you still watching it much less taking the time to read forum discussions for it? Half of your review is just criticising the show for being unrealistic on the racing part. Yet you're still watching so there must be some redeeming value that you're not mentioning.

A lot of comments above this address most issues with this anime vs. real racing of any kind. NO racing formula ever would allow a rookie with no knowledge of the rules onto a track with elite professionals. There’s such thing as local, national and international race licenses at different levels that have to be acquired to prove competence and knowledge of rules and etiquette. And a rookie who has to be tutored by an AI in the final race of the season? Ridiculous! People at the top end of racing spend years going through lower formulas to fine tune their skills before reaching the top level. Someone whose car control is so poor they can’t control wheel spin even finishing a race is unlikely, and they would need more pitstops and be several laps down in last.
Plus the real world circuits used so far are way wider than real life, not possible to move hotels, shops, a swimming pool and a harbour back 6 feet from the track even 50 years in the future.
There’s lots more technical detail around the basic physics of how the cornering speeds can never be that high due to human limitations etc.
But I only said that in passing before saying I really enjoy the characters and art style and just ignore the silly stuff cos it’s still great fun.