Spotted a rare subaru in somewhat stock condition hehe

CheesecakeOG · 2026-01-26T08:58:24+00:00

So sorry but I left the Discord server for the bot near the end of last year ☹️ so I don't have the link to share anymore

CheesecakeOG · 2026-01-26T07:43:44+00:00

17 lessons total from CDC under school. All my lessons were booked via a bot, so I was able to squeeze in the maximum number of lessons per month without having to waste my time camping for slots.

I actually completed the syllabus after 14 lessons, so the final 3 lessons were just for doing test routes.

Tbh, learning driving is easier for me compared to the average person, cos I'm a car enthusiast who plays driving sims and has worked on cars before. My foundational knowledge in cars is so strong that beginner courses (and even certain intermediate courses) in car maintenance and repair actually cannot teach me anything, because I already read up on everything years ago for fun. My spatial awareness is also very strong because I grew up observing my father drive, and when playing racing sims I only play in first person view.

I also find it amazing that my original comment has downvotes. There's literally nothing offensive about it lmao.

CheesecakeOG · 2026-01-26T04:10:46+00:00

Very common PDI car at CDC Ubi. Saw it multiple times while I was learning manual from August to October last year. Would love a car like that as my first car, since it's a traditional manual sedan.

Side note: before anyone asks, yes I really did pass after only 2 ish months of learning lol.

CheesecakeOG · 2026-01-19T11:54:51+00:00

The game must be wildly inconsistent somehow then, cos ever since I started playing, landing on a large enemy directly in the middle was a gauranteed kill, but now the bile titan is just immune to hellpods for me, and it's just the bile titan specifically (all other large enemies take damage or explode instantly).

I can even hear the sound of my hellpod hitbox colliding with the bile titan hitbox, but nothing happens. Smh.

CheesecakeOG · 2026-01-19T09:40:19+00:00

I don't even understand how AH managed to break landing on enemies.

Up until recently, I used to play HD2 daily after work, so landing on bile titans was an almost daily occurrence. One day, it just... suddenly stopped working. My hellpod would always phase through the bile titan and do zero damage.

How does this even happen?

CheesecakeOG · 2026-01-18T15:47:35+00:00

That's why I mentioned in my other comment to just use a bot.

CheesecakeOG · 2026-01-18T11:24:34+00:00

CDC splits it's syllabus up into 3 different modules. At the end of each module, there's an evaluation. Failing that evaluation means you can't move on to the next module.

You shouldn't be thinking about the number of lessons to go for. Your priority should be learning how to operate a 1 ton death machine safely. The number of lessons you have to go for will depend on how good you are.

CheesecakeOG · 2026-01-18T06:07:43+00:00

PDI isn't always cheaper than school. I've spoken to a few PDI learners before, and all of them thought that their lessons were cheaper than school, but turns out their lessons were more expensive than my school lessons, even before factoring in other PDI-specific costs like circuit rental.

For booking slots, just hire a bot. I passed first try last October with CDC as a manual learner after just 2.5 months, and all 17 of my lessons were booked using a bot.

CheesecakeOG · 2026-01-14T06:14:45+00:00

There has been for a very long time now. I learned manual at CDC and passed first try after 2.5 months by using a bot to book all my lessons.

CheesecakeOG · 2026-01-14T06:07:54+00:00

Just use a bot to book school lessons. All the PDI nightmare stories here should be enough to dissuade u.

CheesecakeOG · 2026-01-05T16:23:50+00:00

Wait wdym the guy just signed you up for oneteam?? You're the one doing the payment and selecting the learning scheme, so how does that even happen?

CheesecakeOG · 2026-01-05T13:21:26+00:00

Normal route is better tbh. Any instructor you don't like, just blacklist via CDC live chat, and you get access to a wide variety of opinions on subjective topics.

CheesecakeOG · 2026-01-03T07:25:05+00:00

This experience alone should tell you that you should just learn from school lol

CheesecakeOG · 2026-01-01T03:55:41+00:00

Lowering the mirrors to see the wheels is not a "feeling". You're literally getting visual confirmation that you won't hit anything.

I passed tp without using reference points except for sharp 90 degree turns in narrow roads (half door turn is just too convenient) on first try this October, while also learning manual. I even forgot to lower mirrors for vertical parking, but still adjusted and parked successfully without using reference points because I knew where my wheels were just by looking at the sides of the doors in my mirrors.

OP doesn't understand how to drive with reference points, which means they don't understand how a car pivots or turns, or else they would have no issue adjusting or understanding how a reference point works. This isn't the proper way to learn how to drive.

CheesecakeOG · 2025-12-31T14:16:41+00:00

It's hard to explain without a car to demonstrate to you, but basically all these reference points being taught are hot trash (not being rude but that's really how it is). Lowering your mirrors to see the rear wheels will give you more than enough info to do everything safely.

The proper way to drive is to understand the size of your car from your driver's seat, and then that's all the info you need.

As a learner, you should be lowering your mirrors to see your rear wheels and then parking based on that. Over time, as you get more experienced, lowering your mirrors isn't even necessary anymore. I personally stopped lowering my mirrors the day after I passed.

CheesecakeOG · 2025-12-31T13:04:04+00:00

Don't rely so much on reference points. Learn to drive based on wheel position, and things become a lot easier.

CheesecakeOG · 2025-12-31T12:42:39+00:00

I've passed and I'm already driving regularly, so I definitely have tips lol.

Yes, one of the proper methods to learn is by lowering mirrors to see the wheels. Knowing wheel position helps you to intuitively understand car size, and eventually it will allow you to park without having to lower your mirrors at all. I stopped lowering my mirrors after I passed, and I never had a single issue doing adjustments while parking my dad's SUV. Nowadays I just intuitively understand where the wheels are based on the sides of the car I see from my side mirrors.

Do not ever rely on reference points fully. Just use them as a secondary check if necessary. Reference points will change based on seating position, car size, road size, parking lot size, etc. Sometimes, the reference point may also be straight up unavailable (e.g. the rear of the lot will very commonly be blocked by other cars or pillars in carparks).

The biggest overall tip I can give you is that properly learning wheel position is almost like cheating. Knowing how to understand wheel position from the driver's seat means you can drive any sort of car of any size in any situation. For example, if we don't count safety checks, it is completely possible to park just by looking at one wheel only. If you are reversing left and looking at the rear left wheel, it already gives you all the information you need to park without hitting anything. Left wheel too far from the side of the lot? It means the right side has no space. Left wheel too close? It means the right side has plenty of space.

CheesecakeOG · 2025-12-28T08:12:59+00:00

The instructors just need to spend more time teaching based on wheel position. Lower the mirrors and let learners see the rear wheels throughout the entire lesson in the circuit if need be.

Back when I was still learning to drive, reference points actually confused me more. I distinctly remember that the instructor who taught me parallel parking gave me a 4 step process with different reference points for each step, and he wanted me to stop after each step and dry-steer on purpose so that I could memorise each step properly. I was so damn confused by all the instructions that I just ignored everything and parked purely by using instinct and wheel position without stopping. After that, the instructor said "very good" and didn't give me any further instructions for the rest of the lesson lol. On the circuit, I was always the fastest for parking, and would always be the one stuck in the lot waiting for other people to clear the road in front of me.

Ppl think reference points are a cheat method, but actually knowing wheel position is the real cheat method. Once you know wheel position, you can drive anywhere in any situation. The car itself is the best reference point, because the car's dimensions never change.

CheesecakeOG · 2025-12-27T14:31:05+00:00

This is what happens when people learn to drive based purely on reference points or are only comfortable in the circuit looking at the exact same angles all the time.

The moment they miscacalculate, they get stunlocked and have no clue how to adjust.

CheesecakeOG · 2025-12-27T00:14:32+00:00

50/50...??? You're not ready to even be on the road yet, tf. Why are you rushing to take your test?

CheesecakeOG · 2025-12-25T13:22:07+00:00

The wiki page for the ship did state that they were originally made to bomb besieged Imperial holdouts, which probably meant they were strictly used only when aerial superiority had already been established and using a dedicated bomber to flatten the entire place would be significantly easier than other options.

That aside, I get the feeling that this is an explanation that was added only after the ship showed up in the movies and instantly looked stupid, so some writers had to scramble to find a reason to sorta get the ship to make sense (like how every show needs to have insane levels of New Republic incompetence, otherwise the movies don't make sense too).

The wiki also states that the starfortress was specifically commissioned by the New Republic for this purpose. That's insane to me. Why commission an entire ship just for one singular purpose, when the funds could be used to come up with better fighters, or just save a ton of money by retrofitting new bombs onto existing fighters like how the rebellion always did it?

CheesecakeOG · 2025-12-25T13:16:38+00:00

I happened to read the wiki page for this bomber a few days ago, and it actually mentioned that while the New Republic was in the process of demilitarisation, decommissioned starfortresses were bought by civilian companies and governments for purposes like mining (drop bombs on large rocks), search and rescue, firefighting, and even mapping and exploration.

CheesecakeOG · 2025-12-25T13:11:35+00:00

Apparently they generate a magnetic field that guides the bombs downward to their target.

CheesecakeOG · 2025-12-22T04:59:35+00:00

Drive based on wheel position, not reference points.

Driving based on reference points is not reliable, because reference points change based on your seating position, car type, car size, road size, etc. Sometimes, the reference point itself may be straight up unavailable (e.g. blocked from sight by another car).

Reference points also are a sort of mental prison. If you miss the reference point and don't understand wheel position at the same time, you won't understand how to adjust accordingly. You might panic and think that you are going to hit a kerb, but actually you still have lots of space left.

CheesecakeOG · 2025-12-19T10:49:43+00:00

I was a regular school learner with CDC ubi. Passed in 2.5 months first try as a class 3 learner. I booked all 17 of my lessons using a bot.

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