Akamia wrote:Handling would be a good place to start. There’s definitely a point where speed alone will do more harm than good; worthless and, moreso, absolutely dangerous if the driver can’t even control the car properly, unless the track is a straightaway.
Aye, there are numerous ways that this can be approached.
Driver safety might be another one. We might win, but there may be a 10% risk of death to the driver. Perhaps we could invest in systems to prevent this.
Another way that I think is actually analogous to the subject at hand is the economic point of view.
If it costs us $100 million to win the race, could we win it just as comfortably spending $70 million? Perhaps we could streamline certain parts of the process to achieve very nearly the same results (a tiny fraction of a loss in our overwhelming speed) but also cost us less in the process.
This is an intriguing part of this Brave New World, because wars can potentially be won before a shot is fired if you can take down their defense systems electronically. You need a lot less ammunition if they can't fire back.