Stolen from the internet:
what
wtf were they smoking when they came up with this
why aren’t the back wheels round
what is the purpose of exposing the entire middle of the body like that
WHY AREN’T THE BACK WHEELS ROUND
I can explain the back wheel thingy. They must have thought that having the ...Racer? stand on top of the rear wheels would have looked silly or something and instead position the racers foot to the bottom of the wheel. This also means that if they stand up their feet will be touching the ground and they can walk normally, rather than forced to balance on top of the wheels. And in order to make that happen they have positioned the wheels in an angle so that the wheel does not have to go through the racers legs. And that last bit means that in order to give a bigger surface area for the wheels they can't be round like bicycle wheels and that is why the outer surface also is aligned in a weird way.
And now that we know that they spent a lot of time thinking about physics of wheel and ergonomics of foot based wheel propulsion I have to ask
why the fuck do they leave the middle of the racers torso exposed like that? "DURR We gotta have her buttcheeks visible so that the players know she's female and he can also stare at her butt while playing." Is what I assume.
But that is horrible design! Think of how much that racing armour must weigh? All of that weigh is on her back because the exoskeleton is missing the part in the middle. And they are presumably involved in some kind of high speed racing which also means that in case of a crash she will at best lose the skin on the parts that are exposed and at worst get torn in half! ...Or into three separate pieces more likely! And that is IF her spine does not snap when she puts on the suit and tries to take a step.
Come on guys, if you wanted to make that G-string pun and put some pretty butts in the game there are plenty of other ways to do that (and objectify women) without making bad character design like this. Maybe have the racers get out of the suits sometimes? Or maybe have cheerleaders in the crowd? Or maybe you could make a game about beach volley or mud wrestling or something.
And yes, the horribly dangerous looking design that is clearly a bad excuse to have her butt out is what offends me more than the fact that the designers decided that they need to sell a game by having someones butt be the selling point.
EDIT: More pictures from the game. My wife said that just looking at the second one made her back hurt.
Look at that second picture! Clearly her back has been broken because human body does not bend like that and the picture was taken at the exact moment of her death.
Also, boob armour.