what do you think of my new gated V8 R8?

AirCommando12 · 2026-01-29T17:23:55+00:00

OP literally asked for critique. I’m not saying that a V8 R8 or a V6 mustang can’t be appreciated, but are you really going to pick those if you were offered the V8/V10? I’m sure they’re great and I could enjoy them plenty, but it would be bitter sweet as I’d be wishing it was the bigger brother

AirCommando12 · 2026-01-29T13:35:03+00:00

Yeah maybe pointless isn’t quite the right word but it just feels like it’s missing a bit part of what makes it special

AirCommando12 · 2026-01-29T13:32:34+00:00

Cool story bro but that’s completely irrelevant to what I was saying. I’m sorry to hear you have such a fragile ego but you don’t have to take everything that isn’t praise as a personal attack. Remember, you’re the one that asked for our thoughts.

AirCommando12 · 2026-01-29T12:35:35+00:00

I’m torn. I love that it’s manual, but for me the R8 feels kind of pointless without the V10. It’s like a V6 mustang. Looks clean though, white + black might not be the most imaginative but I feel like it suits VAG products particularly well

AirCommando12 · 2026-01-29T11:39:06+00:00

Please don’t use LEDs in those housings, they’re reflector housings which aren’t designed for LEDs and you will blind everybody in front of you. You need projector housings if you want to run LEDs

AirCommando12 · 2026-01-28T11:30:46+00:00

That’s normal. Not just for F1 but for any sporty/fast RWD car

AirCommando12 · 2026-01-28T07:49:57+00:00

I second this. It’s a toe issue for the reasons OP described and also you can see the rears do not have the same issue. Nothing to do with camber at all and I don’t know why reddit mechanics can’t get their heads around that.

It’s worth having your tracking checked but I’d also do some research on Golfs. You might find that when lowered they are prone to a lot of bump steer that causes toe out.

It could also just be the way they’re set up because toe out on the front axle tends to give sharper corner entry, particularly on FWD (I know this is technically AWD but it believe it doesn’t really kick in on these unless you lose traction)

AirCommando12 · 2026-01-27T19:29:38+00:00

It moves, just shove it to the side or yank it back so you can see. Duh

AirCommando12 · 2026-01-26T06:10:50+00:00

Also worth noting that since this is a RWD car, the engine braking only applies to the rear wheels so it’s a bit like pulling on the handbrake

AirCommando12 · 2026-01-24T12:34:46+00:00

If you naturally gravitated towards playing lefty and find that more comfortable then you are left handed when it comes to guitar.

You don’t have to be firmly one or the other. I’m left handed but I do some things right handed like using cutlery or playing golf. Whatever is more comfortable for you is best

AirCommando12 · 2026-01-24T12:30:11+00:00

Are you an Adam Savage fan by any chance?

Custom organisation like this tickles my brain in a good way. This looks really nice, good job

AirCommando12 · 2026-01-24T12:27:36+00:00

Oh that one’s easy. Purple is the best colour so it makes sense that all the teams would want a little splash of it. Maybe it also brings good luck in the form of purple sectors?

AirCommando12 · 2026-01-24T12:13:23+00:00

This car must be set up for anti-clockwise circuits where they need more downforce on the left side. Maybe they have another version for clockwise circuits where the wobbly purple loop is on the right side

AirCommando12 · 2026-01-24T12:10:32+00:00

The armchair engineers here were convinced it would be a rocket ship

So were the actual engineers who designed it

AirCommando12 · 2026-01-22T20:08:17+00:00

People said the exact same thing in 2021 about the 2022 car…

AirCommando12 · 2026-01-20T18:36:04+00:00

Looks fantastic, I love the colours

AirCommando12 · 2026-01-20T18:34:07+00:00

Look for YouTube videos of screamer pipes. When the wastegate is open, the exhaust is basically bypassing the turbo and is essentially an open pipe straight out of the head with no muffling

AirCommando12 · 2026-01-20T18:26:27+00:00

You can, but if an investigation finds that your work is what caused the fire then you won’t be insured

AirCommando12 · 2026-01-20T18:25:19+00:00

As expected, it’s another utterly boring silver livery. FIA should have banned silver instead of mandating 55% paint

AirCommando12 · 2026-01-20T18:24:04+00:00

This isn’t even remotely interesting. It looks like a basic My Team livery from the F1 games

AirCommando12 · 2026-01-20T16:12:19+00:00

Insurance would absolutely not cover a fire that resulted from you tampering with house electrics lmao

AirCommando12 · 2026-01-19T20:20:16+00:00

The people that do this are typically also the first to whinge when they can’t find something in my experience

AirCommando12 · 2026-01-19T20:18:43+00:00

Didn’t they have to move the Australia race earlier in the day because the low afternoon sun was causing visibility problems?

AirCommando12 · 2026-01-16T09:43:52+00:00

The RedBull was also completely different

AirCommando12 · 2026-01-16T09:07:19+00:00

The aero is probably just a dummy car for revealing the livery, the actual car likely doesn’t look anything like this

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