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General Discussion / Re: Virtual Pinball Cabinet
« on: November 30, 2022, 09:18:19 AM »
Looks smick.  I wish I had your drive (and woodworking knowledge) Joe :)

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Assetto Corsa / Re: Peter Brock doco
« on: November 30, 2022, 09:16:34 AM »
Oh, thanks mate, that sounds great!

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Mod Cars / Re: Simulating an Entire Car Engine (yes, it makes noise)
« on: August 26, 2022, 08:45:21 AM »
Wohoo, that is fucking awesome.

And he put it up as an open source code.

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News / Humble sale
« on: March 10, 2022, 09:30:51 AM »
Humble racing sale
I know most of us are well packed on the sim front, but there's an interesting additional opportunity here; hardware!

Namely; coupons for thurstmaster wheels.

I might even bite ;)   My old wheel has given up a while ago - I'm just wondering which of those wheels is a good one for some casual fun?

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Cars & Bikes / Re: RC
« on: February 28, 2022, 08:23:37 AM »
Heh, I just bought one for my daughter last year, a HSP Mongoose, this one.

It is quite affordable and crazy fast, not to mention you can roam a football field (or rather: two) with the range on the remote.    Does wheelies and doughnuts quite well. ;)

It's hardly a toy, more like a small weapon. :D

And every part can be replaced, or even upgraded.

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Hardware & Reviews / Re: 85" 7752 x 1440 48:9 Hyperwide Monitor
« on: October 06, 2021, 10:48:31 AM »
So where is the link to the monitor?  I want to salivate :)

p.s. little personal rant:
These aspect ratios are doing my head in.  What bonehead thinks hey, let's not do 45:9  (aka 5:1) ratio, put 48 on it, so you can't easily express it.   Fuckers.


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Assetto Corsa / Re: My New PC Build
« on: August 16, 2021, 03:13:13 PM »
Well I had done the gpu upgrade several months ago (3070) so maybe the old mb/cpu wasn't allowing the gpu to perform as it should.
Ah mate that's guaranteed.  The 3070 is one mighty beast.

But could it also be part of the equation that the physics need to be calculated for every frame?  I.e. without that, there's no next frame, regardless how powerful your gfx card might be....

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Are you sure, Bacchulum?

I reckon ARBs are to prevent roll.   A flat, rigid car is less prone to roll (stability) and easier to change direction with - but I've always found the softer end to have more grip.

The weight transfer is a trickier thing; it'll depend on other things as well, probably.  But what's 100% certain is that the rigid setup transfers forces ("weight") quicker to the outside; there's less delay coming from the softness of the suspension. 

This is probably where the funny comes in; in a completely rigid setup (imagine a block of stone) the transfer is immediate.  But we often think weight=mass, however these things are talking about forces, not mass.  And springs are a sinkhole for forces; they are an energy storage device to some extent.  (compress it; you have stored energy you can get back by releasing the pressure).

But on the other hand, excessive body roll will probably move the center of gravity - and that can have all sorts effects, depending how/where it moves.

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General Discussion / Re: How much does an F1 car cost?
« on: June 03, 2021, 12:28:02 PM »
Well, how much money you have....?   ;)

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General Discussion / Re: Sabine Schmitz.
« on: March 18, 2021, 12:30:18 PM »
Vale Sabine.  :(

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Thursday Nights fun racing / Re: ABs silly videos
« on: March 17, 2021, 08:55:06 AM »
Very nice driving, mate.  It's so much harder to get consistent fast laps out IRL!  But a lot more fun.

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....I don't heel 'n toe in my real car, does anyone?...

Lotus Exige.   My business partner got one (the flat 4), with a supercharger upgrade ; it's a sub-4s mental machine.
And you are dead slow unless you're heel-toeing, which is fine on the street.  But on the track you're out in the green stuff in no time if you are pushing it without heel-toe :)

p.s. I can't properly drive it; I can't heel-toe.  My mate can heel-toe, however he can't properly drive, hehe. 


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Assetto Corsa / Re: My New PC Build
« on: February 28, 2021, 09:08:06 PM »
Nice, that's lit up like xmas, too ;)

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