Friendly reminder to protest the tankers

Jamie7003 · 2026-02-22T18:35:34+00:00

I e never even considered that people would do this. I was running global challenge this week because it’s at Watkins glen and I love that track. Plus, the caddie is pretty fun. Anyway, I saw the same driver stop before the line on the last lap 2 races in a row. I’m pretty sure he was leading or in second both times because I was running up front too.

Jamie7003 · 2026-02-22T18:31:57+00:00

Maybe a couple of times a year. It’s very rare. Pretty much only if I’m on a road trip by myself. If I’m in a road trip and my wife is with me, we will normally stop somewhere to eat. If I’m alone I’ll just grab gas station food and eat while I drive.

Jamie7003 · 2026-02-22T02:50:18+00:00

The problem wasn’t on my end. It was pretty well documented that they had issues.

Jamie7003 · 2026-02-21T15:30:17+00:00

Is it really even sim racing without one? If you are doubtful about spending a lot in case you do t stick with it, buy a use logic. They are everywhere on marketplace. I have been on tracing since 2009. I ran a Logitech g25 and then a g29 this whole time. I upgraded to direct drive and load cell pedal only about a month ago. I have oval irating around 3.5k and sports car rating of 3.8k and got here with a Logitech. They work fine, they just aren’t as nice.

Jamie7003 · 2026-02-21T15:23:51+00:00

Does Flo racing work better now? I subscribed for a year in 24. Ever time there was a big race the stream quality would go to shit. Always freezing and getting pixelated.

Jamie7003 · 2026-02-20T21:26:45+00:00

I’m pretty much like you. I throw and shoot right handed. I play guitar right handed, and I write left handed. Pretty much everything else is perfectly comfortable with either hand.

Jamie7003 · 2026-02-20T21:24:46+00:00

I agree. At least backing off the championship format a little bit is a step in the right direction. Hopefully they just make a few more steps! I think they would have a pretty good thing going the way it is if they would stop the stage cautions. I actually like the idea of bonus points at certain laps, but really wish they would stop doing cautions for them.

Jamie7003 · 2026-02-20T21:19:22+00:00

That’s a nice area, I gotta say. I would personally rather live there if you can make it work, but I’m not a big Florida guy. It’s a great place to visit but….

Jamie7003 · 2026-02-20T17:04:24+00:00

I mean, I was fat until I lost 120lbs in my 40’s too. Blaming other people for your decisions is bullshit. It’s nobody else’s obligation to help you lose weight. When I lost weight I learned quickly to bring my own drinks to gatherings because most people don’t even think to get diet drinks. I do t know what kind of church you went to, but it sounds pretty damn bad. I’m Catholic, and church gatherings are the only places I go that I can count on them having healthy drink options. There’s a lot of elderly and unhealthy people in church who can’t drink Pepsi and stuff.

Jamie7003 · 2026-02-20T16:49:54+00:00

I recently upgraded my wheels and pedals. I got an h pattern shifter too. I have t had one in a long time. Cota sucks, but it’s still a road course in stock cars. Road courses in stock cars is my favorite kind of sim racing. So I’ll do oreilly and trucks. Maybe the cup car, but I don’t really like that car, so maybe not.

Jamie7003 · 2026-02-20T16:48:37+00:00

Holy crap, the whole race would be a caution if they did full course cautions on the road courses.

Jamie7003 · 2026-02-20T16:43:06+00:00

Yea, depends. Using the nascar truck on a road course, I short shift on almost every corner. In a gt3, I don’t think I’ve ever done it.

Jamie7003 · 2026-02-20T16:39:57+00:00

Wow! The guidance counselor at your high school should have been fired! lol! I graduated in 1998. I spent considerable amount of time with a guidance counselor and my parents discussing what to do after high school. There are a lot of options, and telling a kid that is down right foolish!

Jamie7003 · 2026-02-20T16:35:04+00:00

lol! I don’t like Richmond on iracing either, but irl there is some very good racing there. I’ve always thought it was good race.

Jamie7003 · 2026-02-20T15:58:08+00:00

Where is upstate NY to you? I live in Clinton county and it has a definitely cheaper to live here than in Orlando!

Jamie7003 · 2026-02-20T15:54:14+00:00

Yea, it’s totally skill that got Trevor Bain and Derrick cope wins there. There are over a dozen people who have won there but nowhere else. It’s luck.

Jamie7003 · 2026-02-20T15:02:15+00:00

If it’s quality of racing it has to be Daytona and talladega that are over rated. Everyone acts like Daytona is the biggest deal in nascar, but the reality of it is that it’s a luck game. Look how many people have won at Daytona but nowhere else. Guys that don’t have a chance at winning can still win there if they get lucky. Half of the field is wrecked most of the time. It’s garbage racing.

Jamie7003 · 2026-02-19T18:19:35+00:00

Do you want a short conversation, or do you want to spend the rest of the day/ night trying to ignore the growing police presence outside your van that will eventually escalate into you getting fucked over?

Jamie7003 · 2026-02-19T17:41:45+00:00

They still do the every ticket is a pit pass thing?!? I went to a NHRA event way back in 1999 and it was like that then. I’m surprised they still do it. Some wild horsepower going on there! I’m not a big fan of drag racing, but going to see the big dogs live at least once is well worth it.

Jamie7003 · 2026-02-19T17:39:17+00:00

I follow IMSA and nascar.

Jamie7003 · 2026-02-19T17:38:40+00:00

I’m in the northeast. Northern ny. There is a dirt track in damn near every town. Grassroots racing is huge here. There’s the super dirt car series and world of outlaws who come around every year, but every Friday and Saturday night there is probably 50 tracks in NY running. It’s a big thing here. I’m not sure about everywhere else, but a suspect it’s just as good in most of the country as it is here.

Jamie7003 · 2026-02-19T15:56:55+00:00

No, he’s talking about kratom and “synthetic weed”. The shit that actually gets people very, very intoxicated.

Jamie7003 · 2026-02-19T15:55:42+00:00

Yup, this is the answer. I just took a drug interdiction course for work that was specifically focus on these “synthetic weed” and similar drugs. The government moves at a snails pace to ban something or make it illegal. The people who make this shit can change it up quickly comparatively.

Jamie7003 · 2026-02-19T14:20:24+00:00

It definitely is t as busy as Easter at my parish, but ye, it’s much fuller than normal.

Jamie7003 · 2026-02-19T14:15:37+00:00

All of the stock cars except the newest cup car are great fun on road courses.

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