There’s an old animé analogy for this. Most players think their campaigns will end up like Record of Lodoss War (which itself started from the creator’s own D&D sessions), but what they usually end up with is more like Slayers.

Funny you mention automakers since they’ve made some of the most bone headed UI decisions in recent years. The biggest being moving to touch screens and then hiding some of the most basic controls within layers of menus on slow interfaces. And that’s before the recent trend of some automakers locking features, such as…

Because Bernie doesn’t own it anymore. It’s owned in part by some holding company and in part by Bernie’s ex-wife Slavica.

Instead of “fuel” stops, they need to bring back tyre changes, considering how shit the “all-season” tyres they’re currently using are in certain conditions.

Need to point out that there are certain legal restrictions on dashcams in some countries/jurisdictions. These can range from simply not being allowed to share footage from the cameras online, to actually requiring special permits to use them (the most well known example being a certain public road/racetrack in…

They want a car feature that’s inherently inefficient, outputs stupid amounts of heat, and takes up an absurd amount of space in the car.

Your cat looks like it’s about to use the safeword in that last photo.

It might seem confusing that a driver could win a race despite crashing out. Technically, when a race is ended early, the person in first place is not automatically declared the winner. According to Article 41.9 of the FIA Formula E Sporting Regulations, “If the race cannot be resumed the results will be taken at the…

As a couple of commenters have pointed out, these are more for overlanding, where you drive on a trail, stop for the night, then continue driving on to your next stop the next night, and so on.

By “enthusiast” you probably mean “wannabe.” Real enthusiasts usually drive Land Cruisers over Rovers.

Dear American Left, this isn’t the hill you should die on.

The market for these started mostly with the overlanding crowd where you’d end up packing it up at in the morning in preparation for a long days drive. This is still likely the best use for these, especially if you’re not sure about fully modifying a vehicle for overlanding use—not everyone has the ability, or the…

These tend to be popular with the overlanding crowd as they’re an easy way to add sleeping capacity to a beginner overland vehicle if you aren’t ready to fully modify your vehicle.

with a planned international simulcast broadcast

Why would they fire them. In fact, in most automakers outside of the US, it’s considered fine for employees to look at or even buy stuff from competitors. This way they aren’t only looking at what the company’s making, but also what everyone else is so they have an idea of what new trends may be or how they may need…

it’s hard to imagine anyone willing to both wear this piece and risk it during a swim or a shower

Because Ferrari’s specialty is snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Carlos won here because he decided to ignore team strategy.

Frightening crash for Zhou, though it shows that the Halo does its job and is a welcome addition to the sport. That said, the FIA needs to look into Alfa’s roll “hoop” (in quotes because they’re running a unique, vertical column design). That failed almost immediately when Zhou flipped.

Letting models linger for too long seems to be Nissan’s problem. I get many of the cost-cutting measures it implemented once Ghosn went on board worked, but that particular strategy seems to have backfired, especially in the face of competitors who have been updating their lineups and introducing new models.

Those videos (alongside their older ones on MotorTrend and ISSIMI) are the reason I wish they were in Top Gear America.