Stupid or not, the fact is, that without experimentations like KERS in racing, we may not have turbochargers, 4WD, anti-lock brakes or even windshield wipers in our automobiles.

Heck, without racing we might not even drive petrol powered automobiles. And when oil ends to exist on the earth, without racing and new experiments our future automobiles would be much worse.

Quote from evilpimp :

If a 2009 F1 car is introduced in the game then yes.
Other then that no.

Anything else would be out of place in a simulation.

we dont even get news at all so KERS should be the last thing to add now.

I don't think we'll have it in S2. Maybe in S3, but I'm not sure we'll have it in LFS ever.

Quote from boosterfire :

It sounds too much like the "push to pass" button they had in CART or Champ Car (can't remember when).

...and they also have it in A1GP.