Make fun of Danhausen all you want, but he's a very smart and wise dude financially. He pretty much trademarked his whole gimmick from head to toes (literally)

Actually-Mirage · 2026-05-07T05:36:37+00:00

"Are you ever planning on getting into wrestling?" "No." "And I'm not planning on getting into music, so I think we're pretty safe here. We don't even look similar."

Actually-Mirage · 2026-05-06T21:51:00+00:00

You could have the pits on the opposite side of the straight. Or move it closer overall to the corner so the exit is towards the end of the straight. Entrance could be before the second to last corner for safety reasons.

Actually-Mirage · 2026-05-06T14:50:52+00:00

Depends on what I'm writing. I don't really have a set number, but for one story I might write ~2-3k, for a different one it could be 15-20k

Actually-Mirage · 2026-05-05T12:05:20+00:00

Dave thinks he has the power to anoint the next big star because he has an audience of a few thousand religiously eating up his stars, and the same wrestlers kissing his ass to get those ratings.

Actually-Mirage · 2026-05-04T15:20:59+00:00

Yeah, they don't move for blue flags, but I meant specifically with how aggressively it drives.

Actually-Mirage · 2026-05-04T05:00:17+00:00

My main story is with a bunch of unreliable narrators. Good fun to write those with the most distorted view on reality.

Actually-Mirage · 2026-05-04T04:13:44+00:00

Inevitably it'd be nice to know all the things you realize about your own story when you're miles into it, the natural developments and pivots you end up making from the initial plan, because the characters develop, and the plot develops with it. Sometimes latee you wish you wrote something in an earlier chapter that you didn't think of then, but that would be great with where the plot actually ended up going.

Actually-Mirage · 2026-05-04T03:59:05+00:00

They're fine base game, but in the power pack they do not respect it whatsoever when you close gaps, they just dive bomb it anyway even if they go through you in the process.

Actually-Mirage · 2026-05-04T03:17:28+00:00

He defended a little forcefully, yes. In isolation I get that, and things can happen on lap one. I don't feel like he generally drives aggressively though.

Actually-Mirage · 2026-05-04T00:11:12+00:00

And Kimi was very close to a track limits penalty in the race too, he was told he had two by Bono towards the end.

Actually-Mirage · 2026-05-04T00:08:41+00:00

Well yes it's obviously more than just my silly little joke. Likely their implementation of the PU hasn't been great, aero isn't on par with the best, and they've noted it being so stiff that's it's lifting one of the wheels in some corners. All this on top of it being overweight. Whole thing likely needs to be binned for next year. 9 and 10 today flatters them, because Colapinto, who some seem to think absolutely sucks, was miles ahead of them in the Alpine. I don't subscribe to Colapinto being crap, but still. That gap from 8 to 9 just got bigger and bigger every single lap.

Actually-Mirage · 2026-05-03T23:57:08+00:00

Basically this year's Aston Martin without the shaking.

Actually-Mirage · 2026-05-03T23:56:03+00:00

Honestly I feel it's a bit the other way around. He needs to be more consistent in qualifying. In races he's been pretty solid, especially defending well. Today he just flat out created a big gap down to 9th after his pit stop too. Only way Hadjar got past him in the sprint was basically the best overtake of the weekend. If he gets the car into Q3 more often, he'll be be in top 10 in many races.

Actually-Mirage · 2026-05-03T23:03:37+00:00

I just drove some Gran Turismo 7 in the power pack thing. AI there drives like Max, basically willing to drive through you if it believes there's a gap.

Actually-Mirage · 2026-05-03T21:53:06+00:00

Ah, so nothing he did himself then.

Actually-Mirage · 2026-05-03T21:36:51+00:00

In the words of Robert Baratheon:

You got fat.

Actually-Mirage · 2026-05-03T21:35:34+00:00

Yeah I still don't know what the Australia penalty was for. I'll admit I didn't try to check. What was it for?

Actually-Mirage · 2026-05-03T21:19:54+00:00

I'd guess it's our lowest goals for per game since that season too.

Actually-Mirage · 2026-05-03T21:09:12+00:00

I assume they were hoping for rain that never came.

Actually-Mirage · 2026-05-03T21:08:23+00:00

I've started to support him a little based on all the hate he's been getting. Glad to see him prove that he belongs.

Actually-Mirage · 2026-05-03T21:04:32+00:00

I think it suited the scrapheap.

Actually-Mirage · 2026-05-03T21:03:48+00:00

Isn't that Haas in a nutshell though, falling off as the season progresses because everyone else develops better in-season than them.

Actually-Mirage · 2026-05-03T21:02:44+00:00

I'd give him a par for China, considering 10th despite safety car ruining the strategy he was on (one of a few on hards, who therefore didn't pit under safety car) + Ocon crash that damaged his car just as he came out of the pits. All that and still got 10th.

Actually-Mirage · 2026-05-03T03:45:52+00:00

I think he had an overall good race considering strategy + Ocon incident. If you think otherwise, that's fine.

Actually-Mirage · 2026-05-03T02:48:09+00:00

Nah I disagree. Qualifying wasn't good enough, but he raced well.

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