<VV> The future of autocrossing?

[Sethracer at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/4/2011 8:13:54 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
levair at aol.com writes:

The  pylon black marks reminded you of me? I resemble that remark.
What I saw  was the world's most dangerous autocross with all of those 
close concrete  obstructions.

Warren


We are pretty simple creatures after all. Programming "where you want  the 
car to be" based on run after run on the course wouldn't be too hard - at  
least for the Google wizards. But setting it up ahead of time to read the  
course as it is encountered - at speed - will be tough. DARPA has funded the  
autonomous vehicle challenge for vehicles both in a desert environment and 
in  city/suburban environments. That is the so-called learning vehicle 
challenge. If  the Toyota in the video processed and placed the car strictly as 
encountered, I  am really impressed.  
 
If you want to see the world's most dangerous autocross, watch the  
"backwards through the tunnel" sequence in "Ronin". If done in real life,  it would 
have left brown marks, not black marks!
 
Seth Emerson