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Nothing can rival Future Grand Prix Cyber Formula (even if that anime had its own flaws). Highspeed Etoile seems to me to be a very lackluster and uninspired Formula E inspired racing anime, with more female characters thrown in. Nothing against female racers, but they're not what let episode 1 down imo. What I disliked was the stoicness of the CGI faces, the really boring commentators, the Queen's supporter Richard hanging up his driving gloves, and the lack of pit crew and the numerous faceless spectators. More importantly, the racing did NOT seem fast. It just felt flat. I'll still watch since it's a racing/sports anime, but there are also other sports anime coming that will compete for my time.
Oh and half the field are claimed to be AI racers and there's supposedly some system that helps maintain distance between the cars, yet the show seemingly contradicted itself when crashes occurred.
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