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Ever seen what real life F1 car steering “wheels” look like?

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They aren’t meant for public roads, just like Teslas.

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Oh absolutely not. Just mentioning it in reference to the way the KITT yoke looks.

TBF KITT could self drive just fine so he didn’t need a very functional “wheel” heh.

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I think that’s why Tesla designed it this way. They were relying too much on self driving and not a human driving it.

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Those are way more sensitive so there is no need to turn hand over hand. The downside is that that sensitivity can be really hard to handle at high speeds.

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Couldn’t the sensitivity be adjusted based on the speed? Doing a hard turn during high speed is a very bad idea anyways.

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Yes it could and that is what Lexus is doing.

https://youtu.be/agMrewRJTow?si=_M55DbNd3I4uUvMu

But Tesla is not doing that, so there you still have to turn hand over hand even though you don’t have a round wheel.

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You mean those extremely dangerous, highly specialized cars that require a trained athlete to drive?

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Not sure why you got down voted so much. Yeah those “wheels” look horrible. But I guess they are professional drivers. And all those buttons and knobs!!?

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Likely assumed I was defending the musk mobile rather than just making conversation. I spose I should have been more explicit.

F1 racing is a way different type of driving than “normal” driving. Less need for lots of turning the wheel quickly and more need for controlling car features.

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