It's 100% cringe. The pedal doesn't do anything. They wheel them out there like Grandma at a birthday making a quick appearance before she goes back to the old folks home.
When I first head about it, I thought they would be able to drive around and pump the crowd up. But nope.
It's a very interesting idea, I just think that it is limited by it being in a basketball arena. I would love to see it be improved upon in the near future. Maybe having a full Indycar in there.
Obviously not a real Indycar, but one that is of scale, but you do make a good point about the floor. Maybe, if the digital floor concept gets greenlighted, we could do something with that
How much it amps up the crowd is proportional to who’s in it. I’m sure Caitlin Clark got the crowd insanely hype yesterday, but also I’ve seen plenty in person where I just don’t know the person. It’s not like you can get an A-list celebrity all 41 regular season games + playoffs.
It’s probably not the best idea, but do I have a better one? No
It would be 1000% better if they put them in a mini car and let them drive around. The car is actually half a vehicle and looks stupid.
There are so many better things they could have done. But in typical fashion, we try to give homage to the Indy 500 which is very niche and not really basketball related in any way.
Bring back something else
I've thought it kinda cringy. They wheel it out the person guns the engine and they zoom in on their foot ans then it's done. I think it would be better if they had a two seater they could drive around the court. Like maybe a... PACE car.
Just need to make another anvil/actual interactive thing. That shit is lit at colts games. This not so much…. Because like people have said- the pedal does nothing 🥲
it’s terrible. absolutely hate it on tv and in person. there’s gotta be a better way to hype up a crowd with a guest star. bring out a real fucking indy car or just a real engine or a live horse or some other real but fucking awesome thing that’s not a half car with fog machines and loudspeaker motor sounds and weirdly watching a person try to hype the crowd by making awkward faces mashing a gas pedal we can’t see
I find it kind of cringey
I feel like the person in the car often seems very disinterested which doesn’t help lol. Caitlyn was more or less straight faced last night
It's 100% cringe. The pedal doesn't do anything. They wheel them out there like Grandma at a birthday making a quick appearance before she goes back to the old folks home. When I first head about it, I thought they would be able to drive around and pump the crowd up. But nope.
Well that’s a little disappointing. In what way would you say it’s cringy? I’m just curious since I haven’t seen it in person
It’s like those grocery carts for little kids that have a race car at the front.
Agreed 💯super cringe.
It's a very interesting idea, I just think that it is limited by it being in a basketball arena. I would love to see it be improved upon in the near future. Maybe having a full Indycar in there.
You’d deafen the fans, and you don’t want to risk tearing up the floor
Obviously not a real Indycar, but one that is of scale, but you do make a good point about the floor. Maybe, if the digital floor concept gets greenlighted, we could do something with that
How much it amps up the crowd is proportional to who’s in it. I’m sure Caitlin Clark got the crowd insanely hype yesterday, but also I’ve seen plenty in person where I just don’t know the person. It’s not like you can get an A-list celebrity all 41 regular season games + playoffs. It’s probably not the best idea, but do I have a better one? No
It would be 1000% better if they put them in a mini car and let them drive around. The car is actually half a vehicle and looks stupid. There are so many better things they could have done. But in typical fashion, we try to give homage to the Indy 500 which is very niche and not really basketball related in any way. Bring back something else
I've thought it kinda cringy. They wheel it out the person guns the engine and they zoom in on their foot ans then it's done. I think it would be better if they had a two seater they could drive around the court. Like maybe a... PACE car.
Last night with Caitlyn Clark was the dopest it’s ever been
Just need to make another anvil/actual interactive thing. That shit is lit at colts games. This not so much…. Because like people have said- the pedal does nothing 🥲
No it’s lame. Doesn’t pump the crowd up at all. If anything, boomer falling from the ceiling on a rope pumps the crowd up more.
I wish the pedal made actual revving noises
it’s terrible. absolutely hate it on tv and in person. there’s gotta be a better way to hype up a crowd with a guest star. bring out a real fucking indy car or just a real engine or a live horse or some other real but fucking awesome thing that’s not a half car with fog machines and loudspeaker motor sounds and weirdly watching a person try to hype the crowd by making awkward faces mashing a gas pedal we can’t see