Regardless, the weight is pushing them from just under half the weight of a Cup car, to just over half the weight of a Cup car. Technically correct, but the NASCAR example was very clearly being given to make the change look worse, alongside the implication that NASCAR is somehow inferior.

With Gadgetzan they added cards that could be used by 3 classes, which I think was the right way to add that kind of flair.

I don’t think the HP is the only thing improved here. Like the Viper ACR, increased downforce and grip make it a track monster even without the extra HP, it’s a cherry on top instead of the raison d’être.

Exactly, it was a bad juxtaposition. The Stig was utilized for being perfect and single-minded, and his personality worked to emphasise that. The American didn’t make sense because his personality didn’t fit why they hired him, he came across as sloppy and unprofessional despite being ostensibly hired as a trained…

I agree. I didn’t necessarily have an issue with the concept, just the execution. It’s the opposite of The Stig, a mild and uncommon stereotype (that racing drivers are boring, emotionless creatures with nothing interesting to say) and portrayed it in a way that worked within the show. The American was an overplayed…

Well, there’s several things at play. One is his ability to drive a race car quickly, which could very well be primarily genetic. Leveraging that to get into racing, let alone F1, is a separate thing that is of course mostly money.

This year none of the three Toyotas managed to finish ahead of the LMP2 class winner, or even on the overall podium. The year before they DNF’d on what would have been the last lap.

Higher resolution with lower framerate is what PiMax has already done. At this point it’s a cable data rate issue as much as anything else holding them back from anything higher than 3840x2160 per-eye (and even that has upscaling).

I see high-end gaming having been pretty firmly divided into those who can’t live without 4K, and those who can’t live without VR. Some people want to look at the eye candy, and others want to see the world as if they were there. Both are cool, as long as you’re not That Guy who tells everyone from the other camp that…

Nice catch!

Using it for flattery just seems creepy to me, especially if they are younger...

I’m certainly not an F-35 booster, but it’s hardly a worthless airframe. It’s not the replacement for every other plane in existence that its promoters make it out to be, but it’s absolutely a force multiplier if deployed well. Its data and communications capabilities are absolutely valuable, just not necessarily to…

Not really where I draw the line, more that it’s plenty far over it to understand why it would be in the condescending range instead of the “actual young person” range. Maybe it’s just me, but once you’ve got a degree and a career you’re a straight up adult and should be treated on a level playing field with the other…

There are times it can be condescending, especially if you’re talking to a college educated professional. The implication being that they’re too young and/or of the wrong gender to be taken seriously. Which is also why we generally wouldn’t address college educated professional men as ‘boy’ or ‘young man’, those are…

If only there could be paved locations set aside, off of main use roads, where cars could be driven at speed in a safe and controlled manner without interrupting traffic flow. Maybe we could even build a sport around it of driving around said paved ‘circuit’ faster than others. I think there’s potential in such an…

Hamilton posted about it on Instagram over two weeks ago, which surely prompted the questions from the press.

Part of what I like about iRacing is that because it’s not against AI, it feels more like real motorsport. It’s very different of course, because it’s lacking that visceral feel, but as far as the racing itself it can be as good as a local karting league or club racing.

Heck yeah!

Actually, the only figure-8 races I’ve ever seen with intentional contact are the trailer pull races, where the goal is to destroy the other trailers. Most standard figure-8 races, even with school buses, generally went with no contact, as the cars that were behind tended to brake to avoid incidents. Ironically,…

What makes them bleh to you?