This is not how you drive a machine!

Chapter 72: Some things need to be explained in a separate chapter (please read it later)
The first thing that everyone is confused about is the rules of the competition.

Mecha girls can use skills on the field, so why can't they collide?
Because the speed of the mecha girl is too fast, when a collision occurs, two lives can be lost if one is not careful.

The S race organizers must ensure the safety of the drivers as the first priority, and fairness as the second priority. They cannot turn the race into a killing competition. That's why this rule is in place.

In addition, from the author's point of view, without these rules, the event would likely become a demolition derby.

I don't need to consider whether the skills are suitable or not.

I just need to kill my opponent or knock him off the track, and I win.

If there were no safety guidelines, it would be a bit silly for me to write that the opponent missed the opportunity to not crash, or that the protagonist did not crash, so I banned it directly.

(This is also the reason why underground competitions are strictly prohibited in this world, and the sentencing is on par with murder and trafficking in controlled drugs. The casualty rate is too high, and there are too many incidental crimes.)

Therefore, many mecha girls with high-risk skills were also banned (in fact, most of them were sent to the Mounted Police Brigade).

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But the event lacks entertainment value because of the lack of skilled racing.

So the event team came up with the following regulations (actually they were based on the F1 regulations. Even the people who saw the hundreds of F1 rules were numb, and many of them were the result of people’s deaths).

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50. All gate techniques must have solutions. As mentioned in the city chase in Chapter , every gate technique has a solution, except for the gate techniques of synchronization rate and mental energy (these two do not endanger life).

There are many ways to solve the problem, such as "stepping on the brakes hard", "reducing the speed by half", "releasing the first skill", etc.

The robot itself has a built-in secondary tire inflation system. Braking for a flat tire will only slow the vehicle down, but will not cause the robot to lose control and be unable to reach a repair station.

These will slow the car down but will not kill the driver unless the driver is operating illegally.

Therefore, it is allowed to gain a speed advantage through gate skills, but there are still a lot of regulations that prohibit mecha girls from using skills at specific times.

For example, in the maintenance lane (the passive skill of the Jackdaw does not count), or in the starting grid.

Second, a crash is a serious violation at any time, but not in special circumstances, that is, when the driver cannot avoid it.

For example, if the tire of the car in front suddenly falls off and the car behind does not have time to dodge and crashes into it, this is not considered a violation.

But if the front car's tire falls off and the rear car has room to avoid but still hits it, this is a serious violation.

As long as the race team believes that you have room to avoid, or can avoid a collision, but you still crash, it is a serious violation.

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Explanation of Chiyue's "actor" behavior.

First of all, I have to say that I have watched a lot of racing competitions, and this kind of gameplay of using rules to block opponents is not rare, but it can only be said to be commonplace.

(It's all so dark, the filming of "Speeding Life 2" is quite conservative. The director gave the competition team a middle finger back then.)

When I was designing the plot, I thought if I didn't include this, I'd be criticized for not understanding the game...

But I didn’t expect that after writing it, I would be scolded for not understanding the game (555).

I have laid the groundwork for this worldview in over 40 chapters, all of which show how chaotic the playing field is. As for fairness... these bastards won't talk to you about fairness.

Under capital operation, everyone wants to win "steadily".

So here comes the protagonist, with his unparalleled driving skills, to rectify the atmosphere in the racing field!

Zhou Yun couldn't stand this kind of behavior. He knew there were ways to mess with them, and it would be fun later on!

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Then explain in detail Chiyue’s illegal operations.

First, the driver of Chiyue No. 2 was "forced" to occupy the maintenance lane. As soon as he drove out, "the tail wing fell off and the tire fell off", so he had no choice but to occupy the exit for emergency repairs.

The race crew (who knew Chiyue was acting) couldn't tell if the car was truly broken and could only let it go. They still gave the driver 12 seconds to repair the car (a penalty applies if the time is exceeded), and the driver retired again.

When I read it for the first time, some people didn't realize it and thought they were repairing their cars directly at the exit...

So I changed the previous text and added a few more sentences.

Second, Chiyue No. 3 acted like an actor. He pretended that he was knocked off the track by Zhou Yun, so the race team gave a penalty.

The penalty made by the race team this time was actually the first time they saw Zhou Yun's running style. A collision occurred and they didn't know how to judge it, so they used the traditional method to punish him.

If this happens again a second time, the race will be suspended with a red flag and special measures will be taken (I originally wanted to write this in the last two chapters, because the race team needs time to study, but the pace is too fast, so I changed it to the previous chapter)
(Which is also a good thing, in case the readers of the previous article are too frustrated, so I’ll take a break.)
In addition, the competition team may be biased, but they are really not biased towards Chi Yue (because he was transferred from another place and is not familiar with the locals at all, so the competition team is fair, everyone can rest assured).

Moreover, the previous chapter also explained with the plot that if the other party plays this, Zhou Yun can also play it back.

But the protagonist disdains to use such means.

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I saw some readers asking, among the three drivers, is it okay to sacrifice two to block Zhou Yun and get rid of the protagonist by crashing or blocking the track?

Actually, it doesn’t work.

If you think about it carefully, you will know that with a 30-point qualifying standard, each driver has 10 points of pressure, and only 5 points are given for finishing the race.

What to do with the remaining 5 points?
One is the ranking, but only the top 13 will get points (25 points for the first place, 23 points for the second place, and 1 points will be reduced for each subsequent place, and only 2 point will be left for the 13th place)

There are a total of 16 teams and 16 main drivers.

This ranking is almost full. If you are not sure that No. 1 can get a high score, it would be quite stupid to arbitrarily deprive your own driver of points.

Even if the No. 1 driver can score high points, it is important to ensure that all three drivers are on the field so that they can compete for the team championship.

The second is personal performance, which is the bonus points Zhou Yun won.

This is actually very difficult to achieve, so the teams are looking to team bonuses to ensure that the team can advance.

For example, skill coordination gets 1 point, excellent teammates get 1 point... and so on, while the team bonus requires that 3 drivers must be present.

This rule limits the possibility of a team gaining points by sacrificing teammates.

This is also the reason why Chiyue chose to "act" as if it was knocked off the track instead of choosing a more intense method.

(Unless they are crazy and the team doesn't want to advance!)

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Here, I want to say sorry.

My idea is that I will not write any settings that are not used in the current plot, because if I write them, it will slow down the pace.

(And with over 5 words and over 1 competition rules, it’s impossible to finish them all [crying and laughing])
So many things were not written in full, and I used some of them as needed, which caused some misunderstandings among readers. I am really sorry.

Sorry everyone.

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Finally, let’s talk about the track issue.

I wrote in Chapter 14 that the Xiaoyunshan Circuit is essentially a mountain road (actually, it is a modified mountain road). It is very slippery and is actually a kind of rally track.

On my original drawing of the track, there were several sections of scattered gravel roads in the second half of the track, but they were barely depicted.

Because it's not used in the plot! No matter how you write it, the racing system of Xiaoyunshan Circuit is just running laps.

Just write the running laps...

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Finally, thank you all very much for your support. I’m begging you to read my novel. Thank you all!
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