The 201X's have been a terrible decade for attractive race cars. 

"AntiSpeed" (AntiSpeed) 03/12/2019 at 19:54 • Filed to: None

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Apologies if Kinja is doing the double-image thing.

It began in 2012 with the stepped noses in F1 and the new IndyCar that looked like it was wearing a diaper.

Though to be fair, the Indy Racing League and IndyCar never had a good looking car until 2018, when they finally realized they needed to copy CART’s style.

F1 calmed down after 2012 but when they widened the cars in 2017 they forgot to hold down shift as they clicked and dragged and now they’re longer than a school bus.

Add in the insane amounts of rake angle, the Halo, and all the tiny little aero bits that look like a carbon fiber jet engine exploded nearby and embedded its compressor blades into the car, and it keeps getting worse.

Sports cars and prototypes have at least gotten better. Grand-Am/IMSA traded the unspeakably ugly Daytona Prototypes of the 2000's for the low- budget Group-C replicas in 2012 and the current LMP2+ formula looks awesome. WEC/ELMS cars always looked pretty good but I prefer the looks of the closed-cockpit prototypes they’ve been using this decade.

Is it just me that has this opinion or is it more widespread?

BaconSandwich is tasty. > AntiSpeed 03/12/2019 at 20:23

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I could agree. BMW, Chevy, and Toyota seem to be competing in a huge ugly grill competition.

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > AntiSpeed 03/12/2019 at 20:24

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Good looking race cars for comparison 

phenotyp > AntiSpeed 03/12/2019 at 20:25

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Not 100% terrible.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 03/12/2019 at 20:27

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Slow race cars when compared to new ones...

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > AntiSpeed 03/12/2019 at 20:43

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And then in 2017 the WRC saved us with glorious flares

gin-san - shitpost specialist > AntiSpeed 03/12/2019 at 20:57

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AntiSpeed > phenotyp 03/12/2019 at 21:28

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Prototypes definitely got better, open wheel cars got worse.

AntiSpeed > gin-san - shitpost specialist 03/12/2019 at 21:30

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Oh yes! How on earth could I forget the dildo cars?!

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 03/12/2019 at 21:37

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The P23 qualified 1 mph slower than last years pole sitter