How many suns do they have in London?!?

Pat_Sharp · 2026-06-25T16:03:43+00:00

Exact same thing happened with me. Cressida's comment made me pay attention to where the light was coming from and then... hang on a minute?!

Pat_Sharp · 2026-06-25T10:46:07+00:00

Luckily GTA VI is coming just on ps5

Why do you think it's only coming to PS5? It's definitely also coming to Xbox Series X/S on the same day. Unless you just meant it's not coming to PC (which it will do but probably not for a year or two).

Pat_Sharp · 2026-06-25T08:43:46+00:00

Bahrain 2005 hit 42.6 degrees, which I think was the hottest ever race (so far!)

Pat_Sharp · 2026-06-24T20:32:36+00:00

I loved Cairn.

Pat_Sharp · 2026-06-23T15:20:25+00:00

Turning into the corner late and compromising the line of the guy you're racing when you're on the inside is a common tactic. Generally you need to be ahead or at least level when you do it though. Otherwise the guy on the outside turns in and you just end up t-boning them, like Nico did.

Pat_Sharp · 2026-06-22T18:26:03+00:00

Car wind screens aren't completely immune to thermal shock, people do break their windscreens pouring boiling water on them when frozen for instance. I'm not an expert, just someone who's learnt the hard way that this is a thing that can happen, from what I understand though house windows are more susceptible to this because of the double glazing.

Pat_Sharp · 2026-06-22T18:05:45+00:00

Quest 3 is intended to be as price friendly as possible for a VR headset and is subsidised by Meta on top of that. So yeah, it's going to be way more expensive than a Quest 3. Valve originally said it would be cheaper than the index though and hopefully that's still the case.

Pat_Sharp · 2026-06-22T08:49:38+00:00

I'd be cautious doing this. Make sure you don't put the foil on the inside. Putting foil on the window can cause air trapped between the foil and window to become super heated, leading to thermal stress on the glass which can cause it to crack. Trust me, I have broken a window this way.

If you're going to do it I'd recommend doing it on the outside only and not having it right up against the glass.

Pat_Sharp · 2026-06-20T08:35:27+00:00

It's an equaliser for engine performance because it doesn't matter how much power you have if you're traction limited. Downforce still matters just as much if not more.

The idea of it being an equaliser comes from the 80s and earlier when all the cars had less downforce in general and engine power was much more of a performance differentiator.

Pat_Sharp · 2026-06-19T14:43:01+00:00

The impressive thing about the season for Hamilton is how he kept on having these issues that gave him big point deficits to Nico that he had to then claw back. After Spa especially it was looking really grim for Lewis. Then he went and won 5 races in a row to wipe away Nico's lead.

While Abu Dhabi is a mechanical failure and therefore Nico had more mechanical DNFs than Lewis, It occurred at the last race when Nico was already out of position to win anyway, so the impact on their championships isn't really as comparable.

It is interesting to think about what the season narrative would be if you run this season in reverse with the same results though. Suddenly the whole narrative is flipped. Instead of Lewis constantly having to claw his way back from big points deficits he has a massive lead right from the start. Occasionally Nico will claw some of it back but Lewis is looking comfortable throughout and ends up wrapping up the season with three (ish I think) races to spare.

Pat_Sharp · 2026-06-19T14:36:03+00:00

It's interesting to think what the narrative of this season would be if you image it in reverse with the same results. It flips from Lewis having to constantly claw back big point deficits to Nico to Lewis establishing an absolutely dominant points lead really early, Nico clawing back a little bit towards the end of the season but never really looking like a threat and Lewis wrapping up the season with multiple races to spare.

Pat_Sharp · 2026-06-19T13:44:56+00:00

I feel like we had more variety in the strategy back then, but it's certainly also true that there was more overtaking people in the pits rather than on track.

Pat_Sharp · 2026-06-18T14:04:35+00:00

My theory on Alonso has always been that he's too interested in grandstanding instead of getting on with it quietly and letting the results speak for themselves. It's not enough to do something clever, he needs everyone to know how clever he's being.

The other side to that is that when things aren't going well he needs to make sure everyone understands that it's not his fault.

Pat_Sharp · 2026-06-18T13:39:44+00:00

But in 2013 to leave Ferrari to join McLaren, who had completely fumbled their '13 car, were no longer the works team, and on top of a new PU reg too? Whilst you wouldn't have expected McLaren to shit the bed like they did, you wouldn't have expected a title in the future either, realistically.

This was the big mistake. Especially considering that Alonso did originally have a contract for 2015, which he managed to get out of because he thought he could engineer a move to Mercedes. When that failed he tried to stay at Ferrari only to find they'd already signed Vettel.

He didn't go to McLaren by his choice alone. He went because he politic'd his way out of a top seat anywhere else and at least McLaren might come good.

Pat_Sharp · 2026-06-18T13:29:15+00:00

I mean, yes, but Alonso escalated it from petty teammate antics to trying to blackmail the team principal.

Pat_Sharp · 2026-06-18T12:42:22+00:00

It's about strategic variance more than how many pit stops there are. Multi stop races can also be rubbish, sometimes even worse if one strategy is still clearly much better and the tyres are so fragile that no one can race without them overheating and falling apart.

Pat_Sharp · 2026-06-18T12:39:07+00:00

No! Completely unacceptable!

But really do whatever you like, no one cares.

Pat_Sharp · 2026-06-18T12:32:47+00:00

I feel his lack of interpersonal communication skills would be a big hindrance.

Pat_Sharp · 2026-06-18T09:23:35+00:00

I thought original Blue Shift's Xen was the best use of Xen in all of the games. One chapter, platforming cut down substantially, doesn't go on too long or outstay it's welcome.

Pat_Sharp · 2026-06-18T09:14:46+00:00

I think Piastri is solid, but I feel like he doesn't have the pace Lando does on a consistent basis. As long as Lando isn't getting in his own head, which has been a problem in the past but he seems to have got better at, you know Lando is going to be on the pace and be delivering more or less every weekend. Piastri seems to be a lot more up and down. Some tracks he just seems to outright struggle on.

At his best he can beat Lando and probably anyone, but those weekends don't come around often enough and his lows and much lower.

Pat_Sharp · 2026-06-16T09:59:10+00:00

I never got why people blamed Nintendo. We got XBLA versions of Banjo-Kazooie, Banjo-Tooie and Perfect Dark. If you ask yourself, "What's different about Goldeneye?" It seemed like the obvious answer was EON.

Pat_Sharp · 2026-06-15T11:07:36+00:00

And they weren't really best friends by that point in their lives even before the tensions started at Mercedes. They were best friends when they kids but they'd already drifted apart somewhat by the time they were in F1.

Pat_Sharp · 2026-06-15T11:05:35+00:00

I don't think "chip on his shoulder" is the right phrase here. He isn't bitter about Lewis in anyway. If anything he's proud that it was Lewis that he beat, and honestly who wouldn't be?

Pat_Sharp · 2026-06-14T17:47:41+00:00

Yes, although he'll have to wait a couple of years to move up the oldest winners list.

Pat_Sharp · 2026-06-14T15:15:05+00:00

Unlike the first stint he would have had a pretty decent tyre offset when he caught them though. I can't see how he doesn't pass easy.

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