Many of the 30-somethings were part of sau back when they were late-teens! (back when GTS-t's were so rare and so expensive that nobody knew what they were)
This is not a show'n'shine it's a bbq at a park by the river. It is very likely that you will be parked 100-300m away from where we are sitting as the parking area is along the road (Tench Ave) which is about 500m long.
Of course they have, they can now make setup changes based on more accurate weather and also after reviewing quali data. Smart move considering the penalty.
The sound is no different on either of them, i've had both. I switched from gopro to the contour+ just to get the external mic option.
The mount has nothing to do with it, sticking a camera with an internal mic on the roof of a car doing 50-200kmh is the problem.
An external mic is just a pain in the ass, i have 1.
These types of cameras are used for extreme sports, majority of which are at high speed meaning that the sound is almost completely unusable.
The difference is....... the "trackday" guys with road registered cars drive them to the track. The guys with "race cars" tow them to the track....that is about the only real difference.
You said GT1 cars.......looking at the GT1 grid (which is near extinct and likely won't even exist next year) we have:
Aston Martin DBRS9
Audi R8 LMS Ultra
BMW E89 Z4
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3
Ford GT
Lamborghini Gallardo LP600
McLaren GT MP4-12C GT3
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3
Porsche 911 GT3 R
......all of which are 2 door sports cars and you are comparing them to Ford and Holden 4 door family cars worth about $40k in the road going version.
Do you want to mount the mic outside or inside the car?
I bought a $10 mic from Jaycar to test with my Contour+ and did 1 lap of the block using the cam's mic mounted outside the car than another lap with the jaycar external mic mounted inside wrapped around the passenger door handle and the sound was 1000% better.
I bought this book on Friday, only had a quick flick through it but looks great:
http://f1store.formu...aspx?pid=101727
Edit: I also bought this book:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/car-giles-chapman/1100925421
Bathurst weekend so will not be available at all the entire weekend. If someone wants to pick up the club trailer and drop it back on the day they can but i won't be available to help.