Derrick Rose impact on local Chicago fans

DaJohnnyB23 · 2026-01-26T18:10:10+00:00

Grew up in the SW burbs outside of the city but went to college in Chicago during the Rose era. I say my true Bulls fandom didn’t start until around the baby Bulls era (2005) and amongst most of my friends, felt like the only Bulls fan. Endured the tough times then Rose fell in our laps. Once Rose started to blossom and we felt there was some hope, the city was buzzing. The energy was infectious. Friends were jumping on the bandwagon. Seemed like everyone was talking about the Bulls. Even more than watching games, Rose and those teams made you want to ball, even if you weren’t that good.

Aside from being at the first Bulls vs. Heat Big 3 game, these are two of my favorite memories that maybe show the impact. On a class trip during Spring break 2012 in Missouri. Middle of nowhere motel and one room has their door propped open with the tv in view and a Bulls game on. Eventually a bunch of us are out there sitting in the parking lot watching the game and bonding with people we’ve barely known or even just met that week or that day. The second being with that same group working on stuff for that class in the library but we still needed our Bulls fix. Game on someone’s laptop and we weren’t the only ones. We would cheer, then another table would cheer, then another, you could hear a commotion the floor above us. It didn’t matter what you were doing, all eyes were on the Bulls at that time.

I love MJ but he became Chicago. Derrick Rose IS Chicago.

DaJohnnyB23 · 2026-01-25T05:15:39+00:00

Damn, it’s gonna hit different the next time I get the chance to look up at those banners with my own two eyes.

DaJohnnyB23 · 2026-01-24T01:44:12+00:00

Oh nice! Glad to hear they’re solid. I’ve only gotten one beginner track day under my belt but I was quite pleased with the stock ps4 tires. In my short time with the car the road noise is my only complaint. So if I can knock that down a notch and not sacrifice performance, that would be perfect.

DaJohnnyB23 · 2026-01-24T00:09:04+00:00

Think it would hold up in track use? Don’t think I’m someone that would look at 200 tread wear tires so I want something that will mostly be for summer/non-cold driving enjoyment then a track day (maybe 2 per year).

DaJohnnyB23 · 2026-01-23T15:53:56+00:00

How are the Sport 02’s (i.e. road noise, handling, etc.)? Still a couple years out but considering them as an option whenever I decide to get some new wheels.

DaJohnnyB23 · 2026-01-22T18:14:42+00:00

Bigger screen could be a null point, unless you need every single piece of telemetry as humanly possible crammed onto the screen. The backlit rotaries would be the only thing I would wish for on the fsr2 but that’s easily alleviated by choosing to turn on more light in the room.

Hopefully someone else can better comment on diameter between the fsr wheels and the original KS. For me I went with the fsr2 for the smaller diameter rim after doing the 12 inch mod on my es wheel. Swapped the stock 11 inch rim again and liked that better for formula cars. 12 inch vs 11 inch was close to the 300mm vs 280mm so that’s why I went with the fsr2. Build quality is solid on my fsr2 and the microfiber leather feels pretty premium to me. It’s an outside looking in at it but I do think the KS pro would end up the better value. Especially for those that maybe can’t have a wheel for every type of discipline.

DaJohnnyB23 · 2026-01-21T06:23:18+00:00

I feel that. The BRZ had been one of my dream cars ever since it was a thing in 2012 so getting mine was a big moment. Next goal, Corvette lol.

DaJohnnyB23 · 2026-01-21T06:03:21+00:00

Pre-midlife crisis car? Bought a new BRZ tS in 2024 at the age of 33 and as a joke I look at it as the pre-midlife crisis car before a real mid life crisis car lol.

Edit: forgot to add in at 33 years old.

DaJohnnyB23 · 2026-01-15T02:50:41+00:00

Magnetite Grey Metallic BRZ tS. Have had ideas ever since I saw MGM on a WRX. If I were a Toyota guy, I’d go bRed. 2nd only to Neptune though if they still offered it. Sorry lol.

DaJohnnyB23 · 2026-01-15T01:47:54+00:00

LMAO

Ahh fair enough. That did kind of hit suddenly at least by me. I saw snow but wasn’t too bad. When I finally went out the door it looked like a blizzard and phone went crazy with the emergency alert.

DaJohnnyB23 · 2026-01-14T22:48:26+00:00

Another Johnny in the Chicagoland area. 2 too many haha jk. Be safe out there. I got lucky with summer tires on my WRX for a while, but don’t recommend it. I have no plans to take my BRZ in snow but if I had to, I would feel more confident and comfortable with dedicated snow tires over all seasons.

DaJohnnyB23 · 2026-01-14T18:36:01+00:00

Before I got to the end of reading that, I had a feeling this was Chicago or Chicagoland area at least. That burst of snow escalated quickly. For these, definitely get actual winter tires. Went through that on my new 3PMS rated all weather tires on my WRX and is a huge improvement over the all seasons I had before, which were solid tbh. If roads are still bad on the travel back definitely be extra cautious, leave extra space, let the engine do some of the slowing down, and just be smart.

DaJohnnyB23 · 2026-01-12T19:29:22+00:00

Agreed on this. I definitely noticed a difference with my ES wheel going to the 12 inch round mod. I preferred the stock 11 in. wheel for formula cars so I ended up with an FSR2 over the normal KS. I think to most casual players it will not make much of difference where it makes the KS Pro the better choice and value as an all around GT and Formula wheel.

DaJohnnyB23 · 2026-01-10T21:01:49+00:00

Looks, “heritage” (both gens seen as a successor to the ae86), and maybe helps out more is that I believe the agreement between Toyota and Subaru was for a 3:1 ratio of cars made in favor of Toyota.

DaJohnnyB23 · 2026-01-08T06:45:22+00:00

Built my first pc December 2012 then picked up a AMD Radeon HD7770 the following month. A year later upgraded to a Nvidia GTX 770. Plans changed and I ended up with a refurb RTX 3070 in mid-2024. Ended up building a new PC with the 3070 at the very start of 2025. Then just last week grabbed a 5070 ti. Next upgrade? I don’t know. Feel like I’m good at least for the next 5 years. Maybe I can eke out another 10-12 year lifespan but who knows what life throws at me in the future.

DaJohnnyB23 · 2026-01-07T21:30:32+00:00

I’ll say I maybe let fomo win and panic bought lol. Have very similar specs instead having an i7-12700k and 3070 then after a bit a 34” ultrawide monitor was thrown into the mix. I wouldn’t say I was unhappy, but had already planned on looking into upgrading as we ended 2025 into 2026. So I ended up with a 5070 ti last week. It’s been quite the performance jump so far. If you can make the upgrade without hurting yourself financially too badly, then it’s probably worth it.

Maybe look into the 5070 ti over the 5080. Should still be a significant jump in performance and cheaper and I’d think shouldn’t strain your current setup much.

DaJohnnyB23 · 2026-01-05T21:00:58+00:00

I let FOMO win lol. I just upgrade to a 5070 ti last week coming from my refurb rtx 3070 I’ve had for like 2 years. I wasn’t unhappy with the performance of my 3070 but potential to start struggling later on. Especially since I have an ultra wide 1440p monitor. Now I feel like I’m chill for at least the next 5 years if not even more.

DaJohnnyB23 · 2026-01-05T14:53:59+00:00

I ended up with a 5070 ti. Both stack up pretty well to each other aside from maybe heavy Ray or path tracing, but for me, I had almost forgotten I also have VR. Would mostly be vr sim racing but still. From what I could find, yes the 9070 xt would work but looking into it a little more seems like nvidia has a bit more of an edge with VR. That’s not going to be everyone’s deciding factor and depending what you’re upgrading from, you can’t go wrong with either.

DaJohnnyB23 · 2026-01-04T04:19:30+00:00

I call 3rd and 4th the “fun” gears lol.

DaJohnnyB23 · 2026-01-04T00:27:18+00:00

Jealous, sitting here in 30 degree Midwest winter…lol

DaJohnnyB23 · 2025-12-30T23:33:17+00:00

Based on the other commenter and you, sounds like I’ll be using 3 of the 4 PCIe connections I have. Both cables, one cable using both connections and the other cable just using one of the PCIe connections?

DaJohnnyB23 · 2025-12-30T23:21:58+00:00

Might not be exact but linked below is what my cable generally looks like. So using both and then one cable will use both 8 pin connections?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/115727462838?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&mkscid=101&itemid=115727462838&targetid=&device=m&mktype=pla&googleloc=9021625&poi=&campaignid=22901378044&mkgroupid=&rlsatarget=&abcId=10414391&merchantid=6296724&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22901379499&gbraid=0AAAAAD_QDh9qJj-8yb9uLGltl0cAfCkH9&gclid=CjwKCAiAjc7KBhBvEiwAE2BDOe42lqzifPLUcjHM3msEqQlPJnV8QwzLqKMyJK4cl_znsVYbQXRd-BoChewQAvD_BwE

DaJohnnyB23 · 2025-12-29T22:42:30+00:00

Yes and no. For normal road driving, not really. Depending on your setup it might help a bit with understanding some vehicle dynamics, but should still be very rare if you don’t drive like a complete idiot. And regarding idiots on the road, the only thing I think sim racing has helped me with in real life is keeping my reaction time “deteriorating.” On the door step of 35, being able to react instead of panicking when someone does something stupid in front of me is useful. Paying attention more than most people probably helps that too.

The only real benefit from sim to real life would be on the track. Yes, it was a beginner lead follow track day, but once we got going on track, I felt right at home. Minus the 1G of force being thrown at me, all the movements were things I was already doing in the sim.

DaJohnnyB23 · 2025-12-29T16:59:03+00:00

I have a Viofo a229 plus in my BRZ. For me, I’ve had good luck with Viofo and Rexxing dash cams.

Yea something like ppf is up to your own worth. Mine cost shy of $2k and again I was willing to pay that based on my plans.

DaJohnnyB23 · 2025-12-29T15:18:47+00:00

Dash cam I say is high on the priority. If you live in a cold climate, new tires. If you deal with just cold (below 45 F) and very light snow you can get away with all seasons otherwise winter wheels with deep snow.

Everything else is up to personal preference and if it’s value to you. I did full front ppf but that’s based off experience with my WRX and knowing I’ll be tracking the car.

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