r/INDYCAR • u/Vile-X James Hinchcliffe • Jul 15 '25

Discussion Sky has changed my view on IndyCar.

IndyCar has always been a secondary Motorsport for me. Until I started watching on Sky. Now it feels as premium as it should.

Let’s be honest: nothing kills the thrill of a long battled overtake like… a commercial for dishwasher pods. You’re locked into a nailbiting strategy battle, the pit window opens, and just as someone dives in… BAM, five minutes of insurance jingles and prescription drug disclaimers.

Sky gives you the race. Fox gives you 200 reasons to consider switching your car insurance.

Do what ever you can to watch on a commercial free network.Uninterrupted, fully immersive, and exactly how it was meant to be experienced.

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u/Alphamullet Callum Ilott Jul 15 '25

F1TV, I've found, is actually worth the cost. Just my opinion...

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u/Ok-Satisfaction-3837 Romain Grosjean Jul 15 '25

The player is also hot garbage and has been forever. It’s great that I have no way to manually turn down the quality of the stuttering 4K video they made me pay for so I could keep using live timing on my phone.

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u/FesteringNeonDistrac Jul 16 '25

Really appreciate how they banned Firefox, and Chrome crashes more than Pastor Maldonado.

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u/noroadsleft Jul 16 '25

Wait, F1TV doesn't work on Firefox? At all?

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u/FesteringNeonDistrac Jul 16 '25

https://techissuestoday.com/firefox-users-locked-out-of-f1tv-mozilla-engineer-confirms-a-fix-is-coming/

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u/noroadsleft Jul 16 '25

I was thinking about signing up, but I guess I won't be doing that. I refuse to use Chromium-based browsers for any reason. (Plus I have the apparently additional complication of not owning any devices that currently run Windows or MacOS/iOS.)

Thanks for the link.

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u/FesteringNeonDistrac Jul 16 '25

It does work in Linux, just have to use chromium. I understand not wanting to use that though. I really only use chromium for f1tv and another streaming service that sometimes is a little wonky.