The camera software worked great. I knew it was coming up from the stcc-boards but I was surprised how well it actually worked. The visual quality and framerate was perfect. The car position overlay is awesome.
Some feedback I can think of at the moment:
- Perhaps you can improve the position overlay by putting two cars that are alongside in the same position while their position is undeterminable. That stops the position overlay from flicking around and announcing false position changes.
- Add an indicator to the position overlay to signify the car that is being looked at, if a specific car is in focus. That'll help the viewer to identify what end of the field he's looking at. I personally got mixed up a couple of times during the show.
- Onboard cameras are a good filler. Instead of watching two cars driving behind each other for laps and laps and laps show some bumper-cam or rear-view footage to make things more interesting. If interesting stuff is happening onboard cams don't work (unless you look at AussieV8 moving onboard cams).
- Try some static cameras that don't focus on a specific car. Just a static camera on the inside of a turn that shows the field as it streams past. Very much like the curb-cams they have on some circuits. Again, that works as a filler.
- Add more information to the button interface. What is the split between the viewed cars? For internet broadcasting it wouldn't be sensible to view laptimes or other more sophisticated data because it's too hard to read, but you can view it to the commentators so they can filter out the important bits and read them out for the viewers.
- You did a great job commentating. You always managed to stick with what happened on screen. In round 7 you and Tristan got lost in a conversation a couple of times while everybody else was busy watching the most awesome racing-action ever recorded. This was a lot better in round 9.
- That said, you definitely need a second commentator. You didn't miss out on anything and did as good as you possibly could, but a conversation of the commentators makes the viewing experience a lot better. Don't hesitate though to stop a conversation at the end of the syllable you were just saying if anything worth noting happens on screen. There's nothing worse than watching a race and have the commentators talk about something else.
- Pre-show and after-show were a bit lacking this round. Most noticably there was a lot of complete silence while you had to talk the viewers through everything. How about showing some replays from quali or something like that to have something happen?
- The name death-wall was over-dramatic. "He's in the wall" is specific enough, and it doesn't make me smirk.
- Last point: Get the whip from the drawer. Driver discipline was lacking. I thought my defending against Vierumäki was bad driving, but some of what we saw on the broadcast really just wasn't on.
We had better races before, but the broadcast was fantastic.
Vain
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Oh, and the camera-tool can be tricked into viewing a certain car during the SC phase by excessive weaving. I was in focus a lot because my tyres were at optimum temperature when the SC was called and I was the one who weaved the most. I need to keep that in mind once I have sponsors to statisfy.