For the FTAO of Sim racing folk

[IanF]

And the great thing about consoles is all the drivers are on similar equipment and not the latest AMD 99X/6090 quantum computer.. it’s like Apple vs Android all over again!

[Matty]

And the great thing about consoles is all the drivers are on similar equipment and not the latest AMD 99X/6090 quantum computer.. it’s like Apple vs Android all over again!

Similarly, it's the console gamers you want to avoid!

I'm currently enjoying the odd game of Helldivers2, and the level of toxicity since I've turned off crossplay (so exclusively playing with PC owners) has dropped to almost zero. I'm willing to bet that on racing sims, the majority of shitty behvaiour comes from console owning peasants.

#pcmasterrace

[Simon]

@Matty was it you I used to play Project Cars multiplayer with a few years ago? Pretty sure it was someone called 'Matt' from these 'ere parts.

[Matty]

@Matty was it you I used to play Project Cars multiplayer with a few years ago? Pretty sure it was someone called 'Matt' from these 'ere parts.

Alas not me.

There used to be a few other Matt's on the old Evo forum, but I think I'm pretty much exclusive on here AFAIK.

[jamcg]

[mik]

GT3. Have been enjoying the Renault RS01: why TF did they never make a road version of this thing?

Take pole in a small but fast group. 0.38s faster than anyone else, with some consistency - my next two fastest laps would also have taken pole (by a smaller margin - duh). This is looking pretty good.

Nail a feckin demon start.

Get absolutely wiped out at T1 by P5, whose also made a very good start, but is focussing more on making up a few places than they are on their braking point. <sigh>

Not intentional at all, but my destroyer went on to win the race too…. bah

And yes it’s a phone vid of my tellybox - no idea how to capture the screen properly.

[RobYob]

GT3. Have been enjoying the Renault RS01: why TF did they never make a road version of this thing?

It's a very very cool looking thing and fast too but judging by the photos attached to this one for sale it'd be a nightmare to get anywhere near roadable, tiny doors, tiny cabin, semi-stressed engine mounting direct to the tub. That and ~$300k new...

https://racecarsdirect.com/Advert/Detai ... ault-rs-01

Green car in your race really did the classic damage off GT "corner by ricochet" technique.

[jamcg]

GT3. Have been enjoying the Renault RS01: why TF did they never make a road version of this thing?

It's a very very cool looking thing and fast too but judging by the photos attached to this one for sale it'd be a nightmare to get anywhere near roadable, tiny doors, tiny cabin, semi-stressed engine mounting direct to the tub. That and ~$300k new...

https://racecarsdirect.com/Advert/Detai ... ault-rs-01

Green car in your race really did the classic damage off GT "corner by ricochet" technique.

Doors don’t look much worse than a Valkyrie, which I am aware is a road car by definition only and not by comfort levels

[mik]

And now I'm wondering which is the best way to jump.

I've kinda discounted 2nd hand consoles, as they aren't usually that much cheaper, you don't know how much they've been used, and you lose some/all manufacturer warranty.

So looking at new :

a/ PS5 Disc. Around £420 with 1TB storage
b/ XBox. Similar money for the console, but I'll also need a Brook Raslution (or equivalent) converter for my wheel/pedals. Call it £525-ish all in.
c/ Just get a PC. Decent spec for £1000

So today I picked up a PS5 Disc-edition off facebook marketplace. Seller sent me a video of it booting up, and another showing a disc being inserted, and then ejected. No marks on the unit or the contoller. All looked good. Claimed to be barely played, and looked like it. Negotiated a good price as I have no need for "FC24" that they were selling it with.

They were having a kids halloween party when I went to collect it - A pirate answered the door and just said "don't ask mate". Had a quick look in the box - paid monies - left.

Got home and only one of the (ugly and cheap) feet you install to side-mount the unit was present in the box. Bit of a shame. Then I heard a slight rattle when I was plugging in the HDMI cable. Shook it. Rattle rattle from the disc drive. Great This is what I get for trying to be tight.

Inserted a disc. "Disc cannot be read". Ejected it and tried another. "Disc cannot be read".

Hmmm.... missing plastic foot. Young children. Rattle from disc drive. I know where that foot is.....

I’m sure the seller had absolutely no idea there was anything wrong….

Disc drive comes off very easily so I did just that and gave it a shake. Clearly something in there, but nothing is going to come out of the slim disc insert/eject aperture….

Popped onto youtube for some guidance, and within 10mins I had the drive open - revealing said plastic item. Once removed - all working perfectly

Project Motor Racing pre-order completed. Exciting.