How did I become an F1 driver?

Chapter 587 571: Interesting little toys

After Qin Miao's simulation began, Steven went behind the monitoring screen. Naturally, he saw the whole process of the AI ​​torpedoing Qin Miao right after it started on the track.

To be honest, after Qin Miao was torpedoed, everyone in the simulator department stopped.

On the one hand, they didn't expect that the AI ​​would torpedo Qin Miao. On the other hand, Qin Miao lost the championship in the Austrian Grand Prix a few days ago because of Verstappen's torpedo, and now he was torpedoed again on the simulator. Isn't this a slap in the face to Qin Miao?
So everyone was a little silent for a while.

This collision did not bring out Qin Miao's PTSD, he was just speechless.

"Can you explain to me why I had a better start than him and was about to overtake him, but he just ran straight into me?"

After Qin Miao said this, everyone in Mercedes-Benz's simulator department got busy again. Some checked the simulator, some looked at the data, and some even directly opened the source code of the AI ​​to check if there was anything wrong with the AI's defensive logic.

Looking at Steven who was walking towards him, Qin Miao complained: "It seems that this AI is quite jealous, even more so than Verstappen..."

Steven: …

After Qin Miao finished speaking, all the staff in the Mercedes-Benz team simulator department paused for a moment.

Then, I didn't know who started it, but everyone burst into laughter.

The laughter seemed to turn on some kind of switch, and the other staff members in the simulator department started laughing too.

Thinking about the last race when Verstappen knocked Qin Miao off the track, and considering the behavior of the AI ​​during the practice test, it was hard not to laugh along with Qin Miao's words.

Of course, although they were laughing, everyone did not forget their own jobs and started to check the AI.

More than ten minutes later, Steven found Qin Miao who was eating bear biscuits.

"The AI's behavior is not a logical problem, it's simply because you reacted too quickly that one time."

Qin Miao chewed the bear biscuit in his mouth and asked curiously: "What? Did the AI ​​think I was cheating and executed justice on me?"

"That's not the case." Steven explained: "The data we gave the AI ​​to practice was based on the real-time race data of you and Hamilton on the track this year, in which the reaction speed of both of you at the start was never less than 0.2 seconds.

But your starting reaction speed this time is 0.15 seconds.

AI has never encountered such a situation before. One wrong step led to another. And because it started off badly, all the subsequent logic of the AI ​​was messed up.”

"I broke it for him?" Qin Miao was a little surprised. Why was the blame put on him?

"No, strictly speaking, it's our fault for not considering it carefully." Steven said, "Just wait a moment, we can make some minor adjustments and start over."

Without much adjustment, Steven had someone check the equipment. After making sure that there was no damage to the simulator, Qin Miao started again.

This time, Qin Miao's reaction speed returned to his average level. He stepped on the accelerator 0.31 seconds after the red light went out.

Qin Miao's starting speed is still faster than the AI's, but this time the AI ​​did not torpedo Qin Miao.

Instead, after starting, he gradually squeezed towards Qin Miao in the inside.

Qin Miao felt the pressure brought to him by the opponent on the simulator.

To be honest, Qin Miao was quite surprised by the AI's defense.

Because Qin Miao was too familiar with the opponent's defensive style.

It's so aggressive that it looks like it will knock you off the track, but it also leaves you some room. Whether you can overtake it depends entirely on your personal driving skills and courageous defensive style. This is entirely Qin Miao's own operating habit.

Facing this kind of defense for the first time, Qin Miao couldn't help but become interested.

Because Qin Miao rarely feels this kind of pressure from defenders on the track.

After all, the F1 arena is not like F2, where everyone drives standard cars.

Most of the time, what F1 competes more about is actually the R&D capabilities of each team, with the driver's ability coming second.

Therefore, after entering F1, Qin Miao rarely had the opportunity to fight with his opponents on the track. The fight with Leclerc for most of a lap last week was a rare and enjoyable fight, but it was only half a lap.

And today, Qin Miao had the rare experience of the fight he had been looking forward to.

After all, the performance of the car driven by this AI is the same as that driven by Qin Miao.

Then more than ten minutes later, when Qin Miao was feeling interesting, he was hit by AI again.

This was a minor scrape, but the consequences were serious because it was a high-speed collision.

It’s quite interesting to say that the place where Qin Miao collided with the AI ​​was exactly the 51G turn.

With a slight touch, Qin Miao's racing car, which was running at high speed and in extreme condition, flew out directly.

After Qin Miao's car hit the guardrail and stopped completely, a prompt of -200 million US dollars appeared on the screen.

It happened again and again. After being hit for the second time, Qin Miao looked up and gave Steven a questioning look.

Brother, is your AI reliable?
Steven stood up a little embarrassedly and explained to Qin Miao: "This time it's not a bug. It hit you because you put too much pressure on it. The internal logic of the AI ​​was strained by the high pressure you gave it. At that moment, the computer had to handle too many processes, which caused the threads to be blocked. The processor couldn't handle it and it was stuck, which eventually led to this collision."

Qin Miao was even more surprised: "How could our fleet's server be so good and still have a processor thread jam?"

Steven explained: "AI's logical thinking actually takes up a lot of processor power."

After he finished speaking, Steven stroked his chin and thought for a while, then suddenly an idea came to his mind: "I will write a report right now and apply for a budget from Toto again to buy another batch of servers!"

Qin Miao's mouth twitched. Is this what you came here for?

Of course, despite being torpedoed twice by the AI ​​on the track, Qin Miao had to admit that this AI was quite fun.

After getting off the simulator, Qin Miao asked, "Has Hamilton tried it? What does he think of this AI?"

Steven was rummaging through his desk while saying, "I invited him, but Lewis is currently negotiating with the team about next year's driver contract and has no time to come to us, so you are the first one to test this AI."

……

In the afternoon, Qin Miao watched the replay of his fight with the AI ​​and found that there were no mistakes in his offensive moves. He then practiced alone on the simulator at the Silverstone Circuit for a while. He played with the AI ​​for more than half an hour before leaving get off work, but after that, Qin Miao lost interest in the AI.

It is true that this AI has some good stuff, but ultimately it is still a bit too crude.

There are many bugs, and they are all malicious bugs.

During this half hour, because Qin Miao fought against him for too long, or he had never seen Qin Miao's offensive moves, he would lose control on the track and torpedo Qin Miao on the track.

And this happened not once or twice, but three times.

On average, it happens every 10 minutes. Who can stand this?

Qin Miao finally understood why this AI was still just an experiment.

But overall it was fun.

In the afternoon, Qin Miao carried out his normal work according to the arrangements of the fleet.

It was a sunny morning at Silverstone Circuit on Thursday.

At this time, the streets and shops of Brackley and Silverstone Circuit are full of F1 elements.

Some have posters of drivers or teams on the glass, while others have F1 peripherals hanging on the doors and windows.

Qin Miao sat in his car and couldn't help but feel emotional when looking at the scenes on both sides of the street as he headed to the Silverstone Circuit. This is the foundation of a veteran racing powerhouse.

When Qin Miao returned to the team's home, he went to the cafeteria to get some food as usual.

Then, in the conference room on the second floor of the team house, we ate while listening to Franky's report.

Before every race weekend, Franky would tell Qin Miao what improvements the FIA ​​had made for today's Grand Prix, whether the track had been adjusted, or if there was anything that needed special attention:

"Because this Grand Prix weekend is our home race and Hamilton's nationality, the team hopes that you can attend more media events with Hamilton on Thursday. Of course, you know, this is just a request from the team, not an order. If you don't want to go, you don't have to go."

Qin Miao nodded: "I will go, just send me the itinerary when the time comes."

"Okay." Franky nodded, and then continued: "Then, the team's original rear wing upgrade this week was cancelled because it was inconsistent with the simulator data, but the gearbox housing upgrade and front and rear suspension optimization will continue to be applied."

Qin Miao clicked his tongue. To be honest, he was looking forward to this rear wing upgrade. At least in the simulation of the team simulator, after the application of this rear wing, although there was not much improvement in the overall performance of the car, it increased the tuning range of the car.

That is, the tuning settings of some components of the car can be more aggressive, and while this tuning changes the characteristics of the car, it will not make the car more difficult to control or lose a lot of speed.

But since the team was already prepared to cancel, Qin Miao, as a driver, could not change anything at this time and could only choose to nod and accept it.

"Also, the FIA ​​has changed the tire compound for this race considering the complex track environment. You will need to familiarize yourself with the new tire compound in the three practice sessions of this Grand Prix weekend." After that, Franky added: "This should not be difficult for you, so I won't go into details."

Qin Miao nodded and didn't care. It was not uncommon to temporarily change the tire compound in some races with harsh track conditions.

After all, the Silverstone Circuit is really tyre-consuming as it has too many high-speed turns and continuous corners.

"Besides these, there is something else I need to tell you."

"Have you read any news in the paddock lately?"

Qin Miao shrugged: "You know me. With back-to-back games, I basically don't have time to pay attention to these. I spend most of my time training."

Franky rolled his eyes: "You can fool your buddies, but don't fool yourself."

Qin Miao scratched his face in embarrassment, then said unreasonably: "I just played a few games for fun at night, what's wrong with that? I didn't delay my training."

Frank shook his head and continued, "The president of the FIA, Ben Sulayem, expressed dissatisfaction with your team TR after you were hit by Verstappen at the Austrian Grand Prix. He believes that as a driver, no matter what the circumstances, you should not speak rudely and attack your family."

Qin Miao had a bad feeling when he heard the name Ben Sulayem. Although this guy didn't do anything shocking after becoming the president of the FIA, his management of the FIA ​​has obviously not been as good as Todt's since he became the president of the FIA.

At least the first impression he gave to fans and spectators was not particularly good. Rather than being the president of the FIA, he was more like a shrewd Arab businessman.

However, after hearing Franky's subsequent words, Qin Miao was stunned.

"No... I'm the victim in that incident." Qin Miao looked at Franky in disbelief. "I was knocked off the track and lost the championship. What's wrong with me venting a little? Sulayem is meddling too much."

Franky shrugged, "Who says it's not true? But to be honest, Sulayem's statement was also agreed by many people. After all, many fans felt that your curse was indeed a bit too dirty.

It is worth mentioning that there are actually very few swear words in foreign countries, but Qin Miao's roundabout way of swearing may be a little difficult to understand at first, but once you understand it, you will feel as if everything is suddenly clear.

Qin Miao's way of cursing is not only quite offensive, but also interesting and educational, and can deepen people's memory.

"Scolding him a few times won't make him lose a race championship." Qin Miao complained.

Frankie rolled his eyes: "Is there any difference between what you said at the beginning and a personal attack?"

"It was Verstappen who made the mistake first."

Franky spread his hands and said, "It's no use arguing with me. If you want to argue, go to Ben Sulayem and his supporters."

Qin Miao waved his hand: "Forget it, you continue."

"As for Bin Sulayem, I wish him good luck."

Franky smiled and said, "This can be considered a solution. Even for someone like Sulayem, if you just ignore him, it will make him uncomfortable."

"As for the matter, this is all I need to tell you today..."

Qin Miao nodded: "Okay, then pack up and go to the track."

Just before leaving, Frankie suddenly turned around and said to Qin Miao: "Oh, by the way, there is one more thing I have to remind you."

"The FIA ​​has released the calendar for next year, and the Chinese Grand Prix has been confirmed to return."

(End of this chapter)