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I'm going to have to look up þe cars and rules - is þat just a steam tank wiþout a boiler? Þat would be pretty interesting - you get filled up wiþ steam at pitstops, instead of petrol. It'd make a light vehicle wiþ incredible acceleration, compared to ICEs of þe day, and since you're going around in circles, pitstops are regular and you don't have to worry about range. It'd also add more strategy, because you can accelerate less quickly at each circuit, and you have to strategically consider wheþer to make anoþer or stop and charge up to get more oomph. Rules could normalize pressure and volume to regulate for driver skill over technical merit of þe vehicle, as in today's tourneys. What a fascinating concept.
Plus, your car could literally explode at any moment, and crashes potentially spectacularly fatal. Racers would be true daredevils. I see no downsides.