Chapter 258 AI Selection
At this time, in Ferrari’s team channel, Carlo and Okita Kai were constantly urging the team’s software engineers to grant some basic permissions to the AI. They saw Xiao Hao After their performance, the two also realized that if in this level of competition, even the most basic acceleration must be confirmed at all levels, then why should they compete with others.
“But, Carlo, if you give the AI too much authority, the probability of the car losing control will also be greatly increased.”
“Anyway, there is the underlying code that protects the driver’s life. , Even if it loses control, there will be no danger," Okita Hai said while controlling the car to speed up.
“The purpose of that guy developing AI is to assist drivers to better break through their own limits, rather than to impose layers of restrictions here!” Carlo also urged.
"Listen to them!" Ferrari's technical team leader said at this time. Compared with other teams, their family's performance pressure is greater. With Wofa's long-standing tradition of palace fighting, if they are in this game If they don't perform well in the first GPX game, which is of great significance, they will probably go to the WGP next door to report after a while. In his position, there will be a lot of people watching from behind.
After accelerating at full speed, Xiao Hao’s Charge ran a lap speed of 1.01.532 on the second lap, which was nearly three times faster than the previous F1 record of 1.32.573 on this track. One percent, and looking at the whirlwind charge's posture, this speed seems to be able to increase.
Following them are Carlo and Okitakai. Although Pegasus, which has liberated most of its AI authority, is currently difficult to catch up with Tornado Charge, which has the upper hand, it is still a little behind in terms of lap speed. Not slow, the lap times on the second lap stayed at 1.01.625 and 1.01.644.
Nie Ming’s Aurora, which is slightly slower, has a current lap time of 1.01.
Looking at the lap times that were significantly improved compared to the previous F1 record, Li Bing couldn't help but sigh: "This is really a new era of formula racing. The competition has just begun. Previously on this track , the lap record that has not been broken in several years has such a huge improvement.”
"And, looking at the performance of the drivers, they seem to still have some energy left." Brother Ran said.
“The lap times of the two Mercedes-AMG cars have also reached the 1.01 mark one after another. Who can be the first driver to break one minute?” Li Bing asked curiously.
"Haojun, in that lap just now, on the super long straight line after T13, your acceleration after exiting the corner was a bit not decisive enough. At that position, without anyone interfering, with your skills and speed It can be faster." Magrum's voice sounded in the cockpit of Tornado Charge, "At the same time, on the continuous turns from T1 to T4, the speed loss caused by braking was a bit too large. , you can try to slow down a little, and I will remind you if you reach the limit."
"Okay! Just run into one minute for the next lap!" Xiao Hao said excitedly, stepping on the accelerator. A new round of acceleration has begun.
“This kid is really energetic.” Lin Dai, who currently ranks 14th in lap time rankings, smiled after seeing the data sent back by Silvery. He was here for 15 minutes, but In the qualifying session, where he only had the fastest lap, Lin Tie was not in a hurry and slowly increased the speed of the Tai Chi Dragon.
After going in and out of the Zero Realm during this period, Lin Bo also discovered a pattern, that is, the condition he needs to enter that state is that the acceleration and speed are both at a relatively high level. If the acceleration is low, even if the speed is Having reached a relatively high state, you will not be forcibly pulled into that realm.
Mihail also adopts the same strategy as him. In the current lap time ranking of Mercedes-AMG, Hijikata Rei’s No. 2 car is in fifth place, while Mihail’s lap time is 13th. At 15, which is the area that enters the edge of Q2, even the car is not very far from Lin Shao's Tai Chi Dragon.
Xiao Hao successfully broke through the one-minute mark on the third lap, and the top five riders followed closely behind.
At the same time, Magnum also reviewed his problems in the previous lap. Just when Xiao Hao was about to continue to speed up, Xiao Lie suddenly signaled on the team channel that Xiao Hao could return to the pit area.
"Magnum and I can still run." Xiao Hao didn't really want to go back, and he just felt like running.
"Your lap time is already enough to enter Q2, there is no need to take risks and continue to improve." Xiaolie said, "If you want to compete for the pole position, you must ensure the condition of the car before Q3."
"Okay." Xiaohao nodded, turned around and drove into the maintenance area.
At this time, the drivers who had reached the one-minute mark also ended their Q1 races and entered the pit area one after another.
After Lin Tie also ran a lap time of 1.00.132 on the ninth lap, he also drove the Tai Chi Dragon into the pit area.
Soon, the 15-minute race time for Q1 has passed, and the lap times of each driver have been released. The top eight drivers have all broken into the one-minute mark, and Lin Bo and Mihail respectively Entering Q2 ranked 11th and 12th.
"We can see that two drivers from some of the old and powerful F1 teams have entered Q2. However, the Tai Chi Dragon that we were all looking forward to did not seem to start in the first round of qualifying. Neither the Tai Chi Dragon's iconic thrusters nor the Lifting Turn that relied on airflow to negotiate corners were used," said Ran Ge.
“After all, qualifying only counts one lap time, and the results of each round will not be carried over to the next round. It is indeed a bit too early to start in the first round.” Li Bing said.
“However, in this round, we can already see many characteristics of each car.”
“DRS’s No. 2 car adopts the appearance of the car that was used in the first WGP. The Cyclone Charge left a very deep impression on people. At the same time, the performance characteristics of the car also restored the mini racing car known as the Burning Bullet. The explosive power and speed in a straight line are extremely excellent, but in corners, compared to Considering the cornering skills of the car that is the worst among all GP racing cars, although this car's performance in corners seems a little difficult to control because it accelerates too hard in a straight line and enters corners too fast, but in Xingma With the driving skills of Howe, a talented driver who set a record for the F2 season championship, this problem can be completely ignored.”
“And Ferrari’s two Pegasus also performed extremely well. At the start of the race, I don’t know why I was a step slower than the Tornado Charge, but I quickly picked up the speed. The technology that was once banned by the F1 organizing committee due to safety was reappeared on the CF car. , the speed of the car became extremely astonishing. It is worth mentioning that the original lap record of this track was held by the seniors of their team. Whether they can regain this record in this game also depends on Very exciting.”
"As the only two cars among the eight cars that broke the one-minute mark that are not from the former F1 team, apart from the Tornado Charge, the Aurora's performance is also very eye-catching."
"This car's performance The driver, Nie Ming, who was once one of the four top chargers in WGP and later rose to prominence in European touring car racing, did not show any discomfort after coming to the field of formula racing. He was surprised by the cooperation with AI. You have to be able to do it with ease.”
What the commentators didn’t know was that in the Arctic Fox team’s maintenance area, Nie Ming had already started arguing with his AI.
"You have to play a confirmation in three seconds. Do you think I am mentally retarded?"
Aurora is also very aggrieved. If this guy hadn't made too many mistakes during training, Does his authority have so little?
"Coach, please give Aurora some permission. Otherwise, if you run with your hands tied, how can you be the opponent of other teams?" Nie Ming was going numb after running for several laps. Sometimes he wanted to choose a path to target him when cornering. For a route with an 80% success rate, the AI has to ask him to confirm it. Who can bear this!
"Okay." Vatanen thought for a moment and agreed to Nie Ming's request. After all, their other driver's Q1 ranking was 17th and he was already out of the next race. Nie Ming is the only one left.
"Okay, now it's no problem!" Nie Ming said eagerly, finally he could confidently and boldly compete with Xiao Hao. At 14:20, the Q2 qualifying time starts.
Xiao Hao and Nie Ming stepped on the accelerator and rushed out almost at the same time. When the others saw this, they simply gave up 10 seconds to these two people. Anyway, Qualifying is all about lap times.
"It's bad!" In the DRS maintenance area, everyone slapped their foreheads after seeing the Aurora and the Tornado Charge fighting at the beginning.
Based on their experience back then, once these two met, any tactics or arrangements would be basically a piece of waste paper.
"Haha, you want to overtake me? It's impossible! Magnum, let's go!" Sure enough, after seeing the Aurora chasing after him, Xiao Hao directly stepped on the accelerator to the bottom, charging at the speed of a whirlwind A sudden surge.
“I won’t lose to you!” Nie Ming also started to speed up.
"Hey! The second round of qualifying is so intense? There is a story between the two!" Fei Ge said with a smile.
"That's not the case!" Li Bing said, "These two people had a fierce battle for the title of the fastest in the world several years ago. That's good, that is, the one sitting in the DRS pit area did not join in. Otherwise, the situation will only become more lively."
"The two of them have reached the T1 curve, but don't you want to slow down? This is a continuous curve!"
"Mr. Nie Ming! , entering the curve ahead at the current speed, the chance of passing is only 50%, please slow down." Aurora's voice sounded in Nie Ming's ears.
“Stop blabbering!” Nie Ming yelled, without stopping the movements of his hands, intending to continue to maintain this speed through this curve.
"Haojun, the probability of passing the curve at the current speed is 53%. However, if you cannot get rid of your opponent when cornering at the current speed, it is recommended to increase the speed by 10%. With Haojun's technology, speed up It will only reduce the probability by 5%, so it’s worth trying.” After analyzing it, Magnum gave a completely different response than Aurora.
"What are you talking about! Let's go!" Xiao Hao laughed and stepped on the accelerator to accelerate.
The two entered the corners one after another. On the continuous curves from T1 to T4, the two cars were as fast as lightning. However, the completely different AI choices of the two cars made them separate at this moment. Win or lose.
Although the Cyclone Charge performed extremely thrillingly on the curve, it finally passed the curve, but the Aurora ran off the track at the third curve and entered the emergency braking buffer zone.
“Haha, I won!” Xiao Hao laughed and continued to accelerate.
Inside the Aurora, which had stopped, Nie Ming hammered the steering wheel unwillingly.
The warning given by the Aurora before entering the bend still affected him, making him less decisive in maneuvering around the bend. It was just such a slight difference that caused him to lose directly.
The Aurora also became the first car to break out of the track in the history of GPX.
“The Aurora lost control and flew off the track.” Li Bing said regretfully, “Fortunately, it seems that neither the driver nor the vehicle suffered much damage. It should not affect tomorrow’s race. Aurora’s starting position can only be ranked at the bottom of Q2, fifteenth place.”
Tornado Charge ran a lap time of 59.255 on the first lap, and it looks like it can do better in the future. Keep improving.
At this time, Mihail also started to exert his strength and ran a lap speed of 57.225 on the third lap. Although the record was quickly refreshed to 57.136 by the Cyclone Charge, this speed was already It is enough to illustrate the strength of Mihail, the young genius of F1.
As for Lin, he was the first to drive the car into the pit area after improving his lap time to 59.862 on the fifth lap.
The Q2 qualifying competition came to an end soon. Xiao Hao still maintained the first ranking, but Lin Dai regretted that he failed to enter the Q3 competition with the 11th pick.
After the repairs are completed, the Q3 competition is about to begin. Different from the first two rounds of qualifying, the requirements of Q3 are more stringent. The Q3 competition requires that the parts and fuel quantities of participating vehicles are exactly the same. The queen's start to the main match is the same, and there is a weigh-in before the start of the match.
Although the energy source of DRS is electric energy and there is no need to worry too much about this aspect, most of the current GPX teams still use the fuel of F1 racing cars as energy source.
After the start of Q3, all the players who were still on the field became serious. The pole position in the first GPX race is of great significance, and almost all drivers want to compete for it.
"Ferrari broke into 55 seconds! Mercedes followed closely! Have you started to get serious?" Li Bing was excited as he looked at the constantly updated lap times. For a racing commentator, what else is there? What could be more enjoyable than this?
Soon, one after another drivers withdrew from the pole position competition, mainly because the two people currently at the top of the queue seemed to be on top of each other, constantly setting new results.
"Tornado Charge, 54.872! He can be faster! Mustang! 54.869!"
Xiao Hao and Carlo kept improving the lap record, lap after lap, the two Everyone seems to be determined to win this pole position.
“There’s really nothing we can do against these two people.” After Mihail ran a score of 54.961, he thought about it and felt that it was not worthwhile to turn over his trump card for the pole position, so he simply withdrew from the competition. , watching the two of them continue to perform.
However, after seeing Hijikata Rei following him back to the maintenance area, Mihail smiled and said: "You can continue if you still want to run."
"It's not necessary, if that guy doesn't participate , even getting this pole position is meaningless." After taking off his helmet, Hijikata glanced at the direction of the DRS pit area and gritted his teeth.
(End of this chapter)