GT3 car, with (admittedly extensive) modifications for Pikes Peak = “Continental GT3 Pikes Peak”. Seems passable so long as the GT3 car was the starting point.

Sure. And they should absolutely be allowed to charge for software - I have no problem with them making people pay for “full self driving” as that is a legitimately new functionality that needs dev, where the range in this case is an arbitrary limitation. This would be more like if you bought a computer but were…

Yeah, I’ve definitely heard and experienced that. Subaru Imprezas do the same thing, the wiring for power folding mirrors is in my STI, I would just need to get the mirrors from a JDM car. At least in that case there is some physical thing that was left off the car that in theory makes the ones without it cheaper to…

Not too bad. My very first vehicle was from my birth year (a 1991 S10 pickup) and I’ve owned some other cars very close (1990 C4 ZR-1 and 1990 SW20 MR2) which were perfectly enjoyable. I could deal with it. Would probably swap my current STI for an ST185 Celica GT4.

I really really hate the concept of a car that has features that are only disabled because you didn’t pay to have them switched on. I know that it’s getting increasingly common among every manufacturer because it’s cheaper to put all the components for a feature into every car than to spec them differently, it…

Man, that sucks (and I’m glad I’m in Canada). IMSA is the same, you can’t watch it live in the states except through their TV deal, but at least they have the full broadcast up on youtube a week later or so. Hopefully Extreme E will do the same

Now, thanks for reminding me, I need to go watch that qualifying

Dropping the branded Fiestas make sense now that he’s not with Ford anymore, but I’m honestly really surprised that he’s selling his ‘favorite car of all time’. I’ve always really liked the RS200, I figured he would want to hang onto that one.

For maximum control, 9 and 3, with thumbs inside the wheel over the spokes. That’s the whole reason that there’s a spot for your thumbs on racing wheels:

Totally agreed, and it applies to anything in tech. I’ve worked in a union job before moving into tech (devops) and would never want to go back. Unions encourage mediocrity, if you are more skilled than the standard you can do very little to advance more quickly.

‘for cheap’ I think is going to be the big thing. It needs to be competitive with the mustangs and camaros as far as speed/dollar to grab people’s attention. So it needs to be somewhere around 30-35k.

From the trailer it looks like it’s the whole gang as options. Drizzt, Catti-Brie, Bruenor, and Wulfgar

See, for me I can’t even get Forza Horizon 3 to launch without crashing anymore, and when it did work the rubber banding AI is hilariously obvious and bad. I haven’t bothered to buy 4 because I heard it wasn’t any better on that front. Forza motorsport is comfortably the best for sim-lite racing though over Project…

If you mean a road that is mostly designed to a 70mph standard but has some particular feature like a sharp turn that requires a slower speed over the entire section to avoid bottlenecking, then the answer is the road is poorly designed. It should be either redesigned to remove the need for the slowdown, or redesigned…

I had basically written off NFS after Most Wanted 2012, but picked up Heat recently on sale, on the recommendation of these articles. I’ve been having an unexpected amount of fun, I think they nailed a lot of the arcade racer feel that had been missing from recent ones. It’s unfortunate that EA can’t seem to make up…

If you took away the speed limit on a road, and measured how fast people travel, the speed limit should be set to about the 85th percentile. It’s not a new concept, the problem is a lot of the speed limits on our roads were set decades ago when cars had worse stopping distances, stability, etc. The limits in a lot of…

Woof. Well, there goes that. I expect to see lots of them around the same districts I see G63s and Cayenne Turbos

Yeah, you’re probably right. You can get the 6 cylinder engine on a reasonably low (not bottom, but far from top) spec right now, so I’m holding out hope they will let you put the V8 on at least a midrange one.

Considering that the previous ‘best’ engine was a hybrid turbo 6, the V8 may actually be a reasonable chunk lighter as well. If they can offer the V8 with the lower priced packages, that would start to make the defender much more appealing

Unfortunate. It had a solid gameplay core, just needed polish and a lot more content. I enjoyed playing through the story with friends. This seems like continued mismanagment by EA, first making the game be released relatively unfinished and then cancelling the improvements.

The problem is what are they going to do instead? Because if the answer is remove the buttons and put those controls on the touchscreen, that’s a MAJOR step backwards.

I haven’t had the chance to sit in a C8 yet, but from looking at the pictures, I like the button ridge and the cockpit feel to the cabin. I’m sure on…