Could a computer drive an F1 car around a track faster than Hamilton?

gord said:
Wait one guy suggests 10 mill and we are all branded? Harsh.
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No, there was a full stop and a second point.

1) I think you lot underestimate the difference.... as a general point to those that think it's easy because computers can do EVERYTHING

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2) I don't think £10M would get close....
 
There's a video on Microsoft's Channel9 site with a chap called Brian Beckman on how simulating car physics is way harder than plane physics. Saw it a while ago.

That's pure simulation obviously, so no physical sensing/reacting in the mix.
 
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Spyhop said:
There's a video on Microsoft's Channel9 site with a chap called Brian Beckman on how simulating car physics is way harder than plane physics. Saw it a while ago.
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Vast difference as I said above. No one today has got close to a system to make a road car totally and consistently drive from A to B at pace in all conditions and when you take and F1 car and the ultimate limits lap after lap you add a level of complexity that simply isn't possible today, but I feel sure in the future they'd get there but not today. Also it assumes a consistency in how you measure conditions and this is not possible as each driver will interpret those conditions differently and that interpretation may vary lap after lap too.

VERY VERY difficult.
 
I don't think the level of complexity is beyond what we are technically capable of today - it is however an entirely pointless endeavour for the most part so the people with the skills to do it and the people with the money to fund it just aren't there because no one actually cares.
 
I don't think the hardware is the issue, its imparting the human knowledge that makes it nigh on impossible, you try speaking with a GP driver on what makes him quick, even the telemetry won't tell you how, just where and a few traces on some of the key elements.
 
Of course it's possible. The question is if anyone would front the huge sums of cash for a relatively pointless venture. Probably not, no.
 
Silly question. The answer is of course yes - it just hasn't been done yet, probably because there is virtually no need. Of course it would take a huge amount of programming etc to make it happen, but that isn't the question - we know that the required programming could be done.

As an alternative - could a human be flown better by a human or a computer? We all know the answer is the latter - a human cannot stand a chance. If they were to try, they'd have to have so many input systems for so many variables that it just simply would not be possible to control them all, let alone react.

An F1 car is the same. If the computer was to have a go, why on earth would it have a wheel to steer?
 
Yes. Absolutely possible.

Would require the Y1 + Y2 combination of GPS along with some ground based GPS transmitters but yes, possible.

If we can get a Aircraft to autopilot 6000nm and land (Without using Cat III autoland - JUST GPS) without any human intervention then getting a little F1 car around a track is completely possible too.

Just no-one is going to do it :p
 
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