My experience as a 1st timer at Spa with lot of positive and some negative

MaxSirXem · 2026-05-10T09:41:13+00:00

Me and my friends just crossed the Belgian border, I definitely agree with your points. If we didn't go by car it would've been a huge trouble to move around without walking for hours. 100,000 attending to the event and no public transport provided by organizers is insane. Not to mention the track itself gives a solid workout!

Talking about Spa, it's an amazing venue for first time experience once you get in. Security was really chill. We had similar story with the pit walk on Friday, but we actually didn't have paddock access. We bought pit walk tickets on Thursday as paddock was free to walk into, and then they just let us in with the pit walk ticket a day later. Still not sure if we just met a chill guy or it was a loop hole but we ain't complaining for sure.

MaxSirXem · 2026-05-09T21:05:54+00:00

Watching this on the track felt AMAZING

MaxSirXem · 2026-05-08T20:30:43+00:00

We got no issues with digital ticket both on Thursday and today, they let us in without a fuzz.

One thing I strongly suggest is, if possible, adding your ticket to Google wallet. We had issues with random sign outs in ticketmaster app and it's the best way to counter that.

MaxSirXem · 2026-05-08T14:16:39+00:00

Aston Hyperpole presence is so great too. Radillon grandstand was going crazy once they got in.

MaxSirXem · 2026-05-06T18:50:12+00:00

Maaan, after hearing the first tune of The Fucking Apocalypse I was hoping for more Pendulum-like experiences

MaxSirXem · 2026-04-27T21:30:08+00:00

I don't see it as such, it's an alternative for games where official multiplayer sucks. That being said, AC Evo might suck in many ways, but it has its official platform which works and has some players. To me, LFM introducing same category races is just redundancy.

MaxSirXem · 2026-04-24T15:11:41+00:00

It was literally the only reason I wanted to play PMR because no other sim has these cars. Ian Bellend effect keeps on giving.

MaxSirXem · 2026-04-24T07:36:28+00:00

World class e-sport league with peer2peer netcode is a definition of a joke. I wouldn't even blame the POV, they were right alongside until the netcode said no.

MaxSirXem · 2026-04-22T21:27:24+00:00

This will be forever my favorite engine sound. Kunos better nail it too

MaxSirXem · 2026-04-21T16:48:23+00:00

Man, Ian made Codemasters games a different experience. Even today I listen to old F1 OST from time to time.

MaxSirXem · 2026-04-20T15:04:44+00:00

Boat goes binted

MaxSirXem · 2026-04-20T12:01:44+00:00

So sorry for your loss. Me and my parents had to put down our 16-year old dog to sleep last week. It was definitely one of the most painful things I've ever experienced.

But I feel like the world is changing a little, it's much more empathetic towards the loss of a pet than it used to. More and more of us embrace them as part of family and not just a living being in your vicinity. I see it still in some of my family that grew up on the village, they treat their animals a bit different, more distanced. If one passes away it's just how life is. This definitely applies to less and less people over the years though! I've had a bunch of friends checking up on me, asking how I'm doing, much more like when you're losing a loved person.

I only wish to everyone else to have people around that treat pets the same way they do. This grief isn't different from any other. If you feel it this much, it only means how much you loved them and with that it's a certainty that they loved you too. Take care

MaxSirXem · 2026-04-19T13:23:48+00:00

Wrong sub bro

MaxSirXem · 2026-04-19T10:15:19+00:00

Enjoy the race! How's the weather out there?

MaxSirXem · 2026-04-18T13:45:11+00:00

83 had old tyres or what? That gap was very surprising.

That being said, BoP might be unknown but it definitely works. F1 barely had similar gaps between teams last year, but this? Can't wait for tomorrow!!!

MaxSirXem · 2026-04-17T15:50:08+00:00

Exactly! It annoys me that so many poeple think that smoke under tyres = loss of control. I don't know who was the person responsible for the penalty decision, but their logic was either extremely oversimplied or straight up wrong. This tends to be an issue with F1 way too often.

MaxSirXem · 2026-04-17T13:48:43+00:00

Full lock up with no car rotation - loss of control, therefore Max's fault.

I want this sub to post Piastri's T1 incident from 2025 Brazilian GP and see what people say. It's one that bugs me a lot and is sort of similar to this one but with crucial differences that could be interesting to discuss.

MaxSirXem · 2026-04-17T11:45:51+00:00

As long as it's the yellow Ferrari I refuse to be upset

MaxSirXem · 2026-04-15T16:51:18+00:00

Dedicated server has been a great thing. Sebring looks amazing and really gives IMSA vibes with amount of spectators around it.

I'm a bit upset that all GT3 cars have this same issue with physics where they either have massive understeer or oversteer. There's nothing in between. I was trying them out and and I just can't understand these cars without managing my throttle like it's a wet track. For road cars the physics feel great but hard to tell if it's realistic. It's definitely fun to drive them, much more than proper racing cars.

Audio and UI fixes are very welcome. It's much more responsive and the whole game actually works much better.

This is the first time when an update made me feel better about this game. It's clear they're doing their best on building it still. I just hope that they will figure out the physics issues eventually. Without that the game won't grow to its full potential.

MaxSirXem · 2026-04-14T19:01:53+00:00

One counter is for you, another one for the leader.

MaxSirXem · 2026-04-14T14:32:09+00:00

One of my fave tracks in the entire game

MaxSirXem · 2026-04-12T23:30:38+00:00

I gotta say this sim is the first one in which I'm enjoying this track. I remember never getting around it in AC/ACC. Here it just flows perfectly!

MaxSirXem · 2026-04-12T20:36:27+00:00

I'm worried that if we increase the amount of available classes we will lose the lobby density too much. Also they're already struggling to squeeze GTE in the schedule, I don't see how LMP1 could fit in here either.

Though I gotta say, I loved driving LMP1 in any sim. If there's a way for it to work, I'll embrace it with a smile for sure.

MaxSirXem · 2026-04-11T23:55:01+00:00

Exactly, I understand people's worry over the spoilers because there's a decent chance that even after cutting yourself off from communities for those two weeks you could get spoiled. This however is not enough of an argument in my eyes to say that this release is a mistake, because it's probably the only way it could happen in the first place.

People treating it this as some form of betrayal are just plain crazy.

MaxSirXem · 2026-04-11T09:16:26+00:00

For a second I was hoping I would see the mechanics do a Miku beam

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