Combat racing concept and historical notes
The video explains what combat racing is and how it is known today
To fully explain the concept of "Combat Racing", it is necessary to understand why speed is fascinating.
In reality, the basic concept is relatively simple, but it can be misunderstood.
INDEX
Humans have always been fascinated by the idea of overcoming their limits and becoming fast.
Throughout history, man has studied and built various tools to realize this desire, because speed in some people, causes a deep and intense feeling of pleasure.
Extreme racing stimulates escape instincts, linked to the ancestral spirit of survival: this tension, associated with the sense of risk, produces adrenaline, which causes an exhilarating sense of well-being.
On a more physical level, the senses become sharper, hearing becomes more sensitive, visual concentration increases.
At high speed everything becomes more difficult and more beautiful, and the sensation is of priceless strength and power.
The combination of different factors such as the search for adrenaline, the desire to explore extraordinary dimensions, overcome one's limits and the sense of power, encourage man to seek new innovative methods to go faster and faster.
Since its birth, sport has always been an expression of art and power, releasing pleasure and gratification for those who practice and for those who observe.
Speed racing in particular, evolves in symbiosis with technology.
The more a society advances technologically, the more there will be a demand to increase speed.
Today, speed racing falls into the category of motorsport.
Motor racing is certainly to be defined as a niche sport. There may be many reasons, both cultural and emotional, but there is only one reason that is at the top of the causes... motor speed sports are expensive and it is sadly logical that not everyone can practice them, since the first cause of barrier is money.
The new concepts of speed sports push for a huge reduction in costs and therefore, to radically change the direction of the sports market. Technologies such as drones and remote-controlled devices, allow the sports racing market to expand. They hypothetically offer more space for spectacularizations aimed at the concept of the strength and power of speed. This without a shadow of a doubt, thanks to the remote control of the vehicle.
If a driver were in the cockpit of any sports vehicle, one could not fully concentrate on speed.
In fact, for this reason Combat Racing is recognized and shown as a type of video game, since it makes the scenic devastation of the speed race possible.
That said, defining Combat Racing as a type of video game is wrong, because in reality it is found in extreme sports disciplines that have always distinguished themselves in historical eras, but with different names. In fact, Combat Racing can be seen as a survival sports discipline tending towards the extreme.
“I was so fast that I could get out of bed, cross the room, flip the switch and go back to bed, before the lights went out.”
Muhammad Ali
Introduction
Philosophy and historical notes
Survive
Even before cities were born, there were already races.
Challenging a teammate, an enemy, yourself... it doesn't matter, as long as there is adrenaline.
Racing is and will always be present in the sport of humanity, regardless of future contexts.
Running with your own body or by vehicles will always be the sporting symbol that man wants to improve, find the limit and in turn overcome it.
There have been many types of speed races up to now, some disciplines have become the basis of Olympic sport, such as the 100 meters. Others, however, have developed and then lost based on the historical-cultural context, such as for example races with chariots pulled by horses.
In fact, in Ancient Rome, two, three or four-horse chariots (biga, triga and quadriga) are often mentioned.
These were chariots for military, triumphal and religious use, but they were also used for competitions of a competitive-sporting nature. This sport is a great example to understand what Combat Racing is.
It was common for gladiators who participated in these games to hit each other and divert their opponent towards an obstacle, in order to knock him out. The level of violence was chosen based on the rules of the race.
It is clear that technological innovation has made this type of vehicle obsolete and no longer makes sense on the
market today. Technologies, laws and ways of life have changed, so a show like this nowadays would be aberrant from all points of view.
Combat Racing can therefore be defined as the description of a spectacular feat in a certain period of time, but using the subjective emotional perception of the protagonist.
It is a way of telling the epic nature of the unexpected, of diversity and surprise.
Technology is a practical means with which the story can be told, but it is not the main means.
Imagination linked to the will and knowledge of the individual can be defined as a truly necessary means.
Combat Racing is a metaphor for life itself and every historical era has its own.
Everyone faces a Combat Racing, and the choices that are made define the person.
In the face of life's adversities, the concept of right and wrong or light and darkness falls.
A Gladiator can choose to win, sacrificing companions and reaping enemies. He can choose to go against his master and lose his life, rather than take it from others. He can choose not to be noticed and arrive in the middle of the participants, not making a name for himself, but without dying.
Combat Racing is survival and everyone who participates in it tells a different story.
Speed can be in a well-placed gesture, a maneuver done at the right time or a lucky opportunity, born from the mistakes of others.
The scenario is limitless, it can be an organized track, a gaming table or an improvised show.
Combat Racing is this.
Current examples
Film - videogames
Today, Combat Racing can easily be found in many different products.
Being a very emotional concept, the products that include Combat Racing are strongly linked to physical and audio-visual experiences.
The creative world of cinematography and publishing has given the opportunity to publicize the spectacularization
of this way of telling that is Combat Racing.
Since this concept goes well in this era with explosions and plays of light, it is easier to create a product where there is a speed race and a fight with modern weapons.
The things in common that all these products have are:
• dynamism,
• speed of execution,
• timed race,
• emotional flow.
Normally, if you had all the time you needed in a crisis situation, the so-called "challenges" that destabilize, creating different moods one after the other, would not exist.
As a result, Combat Racing will include a story where there is a lot of dynamism (most of the time crazy) and there will be a desire to get out of it as soon as possible by increasing the speed.
10 Cinematic examples with vehicles
1. Days of Thunder (1990)
2. Fast & Furious (2001)
3. Herbie Fully Loaded (2005)
4. Cars (2006)
5. Speed Racer (2008)
6. Death Race (2008)
7. Rush (2013)
8. Need for Speed (2014)
9. Fast as the Wind (2016)
10. Race of Glory - Audi vs Lancia (2024)
10 Cinematic examples without vehicles
1. Rambo (1982)
2. Die hard (1988)
3. The Descent (2005)
4. A Perfect Getaway (2009)
5. Freerunner (2011)
6. Hunger Games (2012)
7. Brick Mansions (2014)
8. Tracers (2015)
9. The Hunt (2020)
10. The Desperate Hour (2021)
10 Videogame examples with vehicles
1. Death Race (1976)
2. Super Mario Kart (1992)
3. F-Zero X (1998)
4. Rollcage (1999)
5. Cel Damage (2001)
6. Jak X (2005)
7. Redout (2016)
8. Fast RMX (2017)
9. Grip (2018)
10. Ace Antigravity Combat Racing (2023)
10 Videogame Examples Without Vehicles
1. Sonic the Hedgehog (1991)
2. Crash Bandicot (1996)
3. Rayman M (2001)
4. Rachet & Clank (2002)
5. Guitar Hero (2005)
6. Dead Space (2008)
7. Jetpack Joyride (2011)
8. Geometry Dash (2013)
9. Dragon Ball Fighterz (2018)
10. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018)
Summary
Combat Racing is a way of telling a recognized challenge, with a personal narrative.
It can be in any context, but not in all actions.
Sport manages to convey more easily than others the effort needed to create a Combat Racing because in sport
there is the physical and mental will to improve. Combat Racing questions the depths of the human soul.
It can also be seen as a survival sport tending towards the extreme.
Today, thanks to technology, it is found to be more explanatory through simulators such as video games.
C.R. is characterized by:
• speed of execution,
• dynamism of actions and thoughts,
• flow of emotions that overwhelms mental clarity,
• time trial.
This narrative leverages the society in which each person lives, becoming entertainment for those who do not suffer it.
People face a Combat Racing when there is a truly important reason in their lives.
There is usually a constraint in participating, but free will always allows you to choose your actions.
Combat Racing is that force of nature that is there and persists... it teaches you to never give up.
Conclusion
Sport is the demonstration that the human being has not given up.
It goes hand in hand with technology and is the measure of the health of human society.
The more time passes, the more specific disciplines for each part of the body will increase.
Ophthalmic and neurological sports have the historical possibility of developing, with the metaverse.
Radio-controlled vehicles will be increasingly present in the lives of human beings, in all sectors.
The possibility of breaking down barriers such as disability, will greatly encourage this sport and it will be increasingly appreciated. Although the implications are unpredictable, it is already possible to imagine that, thanks to the Metaverse, radio-controlled racing will have a long life and will be one of the motor sports most easily convertible in the next technological era.
These vehicles demonstrate great survival in a flexible economy and are the evolution of motorsports.
A new era of sports entertainment is heralded, capable of being present in every home.
They are vehicles that everyone can afford and this will allow the evolution and diffusion of many types of disciplines related to Combat Racing.
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