That’s actually why I prefer Nausicaa, it was the original attempt at that story and it was still great. Then again like that one song about Ghibli movies said, it’s probably my favorite because it was my first one.

But you must give it to Nico Hülkenberg, he did make the difference at crucial moments pasing and puting in valuable fast laps to open a gap.

When E3 was over, Irrational tried to get the demo running on consoles. Until then, most development had taken place on high-end PCs that could handle everything being dreamed up. The final game, however, had to ship on the rapidly aging PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Ah yeah, that makes perfect sense. I might be moving soon myself and both rent increase and need for a safe place to park the car are definitely serious factors for me too.

Yup, I’m aware it isn’t as much of an issue, but it’s technically still there so I felt safer going with MaxCare. Peace of mind is pretty much priceless to me.

Reason #1) The OST is frakking fantastic.

Yeah, it’s exactly what they’ve been using it for actually. They’ve put out a couple of hour + long videos explaining the data they’ve gathered from users and how they’re trying to implement it in the final product. Seems to be working to me.

I’m so happy I picked up my CarMax warranty before you started gaining traction with this, but this ‘07 Cayman has been too damn reliable. Nearing 80k miles and nothing but the TPMS has failed on me. Even the water pump is still going strong, though I’m sure I’ll be glad to have the coverage if the IMS bearing in this…

Yup, the shipping incentives have done their job. Amazon is the first place I look now for things even if I don’t need them absolutely immediately, whereas before I would check sites like Newegg for PC parts, Zappos for shoes, etc. Even when I end up finding what I need for a bit cheaper at the other places,…

I wish I had that option. Living in San Diego, I only have the option for a $3.99 charge for next day delivery, but you know what, $4 for next day on basically any order is still a damn fine deal.

Damn, I thought the patch was releasing later in the evening, otherwise I would have just left my Xbox on to DL while I’m at work. I am a sad panda right now.

Dragon Shire, because I think it does the best job of setting up constant small battles and rewarding team play and situational awareness.

Neat concept! But all it’s really done is make me sad they don’t make the s2000 anymore.

The thing is, none of those things is not allowed in the current FIA regs. Drivers/pit relay information about how the car is handling and what needs to be adjusted during the next pit stop all the time. What’s not allowed is something like: “Hey Nico, we’re seeing that you’re losing 0.5 sec in the middle of turn two…

To be fair, how much coaching could really go on in NASCAR?!

The FIA is trying to limit “driver coaching”, meaning giving drivers information that they wouldn’t normally have access to which would help them achieve faster lap times.

To horribly mangle Voltaire: The problem with common sense is that it is apparently not common enough...

Ah, I see your attention to pendantic detail is stronger than mine. How mediocre of me...

:gets hit with banana:

Allow me to be even more pedantic. Every shot in the trailers already had those wires digitally removed, so adding in the Mario Kart graphics on top of that does indeed increase the total amount of CGI in this version. Apologies for the super pedantry.