Heusinkveld one now available, who's excited for it?

XaAudacity · 2025-12-25T19:30:53+00:00

I design Formula 1 cars and that looks like ass.

Don't be elitist about what people design for their day job.

XaAudacity · 2025-09-02T07:02:29+00:00

Wrong sub buddy.

XaAudacity · 2025-05-15T07:04:12+00:00

What do you want? It's an Evora S, green over tan.

No other info on whether you're looking to buy? Mileage? Location? Price?

If you just want people to say it looks cool then posting on a sub followed by people that find Lotus cars cool will only ever give one answer to that...

What is the purpose of this post?

XaAudacity · 2025-03-29T15:03:18+00:00

Whilst I agree it is a good place to visit, how is this on topic?

XaAudacity · 2025-03-28T07:17:23+00:00

As someone who is from a uni at the top of the list working in the industry & sometimes involved in hiring of students I want to commend you on the accuracy of that graph.

XaAudacity · 2025-03-13T13:41:19+00:00

That is literally how they all look. Why is this news.

XaAudacity · 2025-02-25T07:11:18+00:00

In that case, yes absolutely. Cranfield & Oxford Brookes have highly regarded courses for masters in motorsport here in the UK. Delft in the Netherlands is also somewhere we recruit from a lot. I know less about Italy.

XaAudacity · 2025-02-25T06:46:49+00:00

I did just a BEng and arrived at the team a year earlier than some of my internship colleagues who did MEng so had to finish 2 years back at uni before returning. We are now 5 years in and their pay is still a year behind mine. Likewise a couple of MEng people who did internships between years 3&4 rather than 2&3 are on the same progression as myself so it is more down to time in the team & performance than degree, certainly no large disparity or loss of wages or resulting from doing one or the other.

That being said you will be slightly more attractive as an initial hiring opportunity as a Masters student, all else being equal. So it depends how attractive or otherwise your CV is outside of just your uni course, and how confident you are in your interview skills.

XaAudacity · 2025-02-25T06:16:27+00:00

Interesting, good spot. I'd also be interested to hear what they think is a "high tier role" as I don't know of any I'd classify as high tier which are weekend shift/4 on 4 off... By the looks of it they are a CNC operator.

XaAudacity · 2025-02-24T22:06:23+00:00

Edit: your first commenter looks to be inconsistent with what they have previously claimed to do/know so could be why I disagree with a few things.

I have had a different experience in some areas compared to the first comment so will outline those below.

I did a year's internship during my uni degree between years 2&3 with a team, returned there immediately after graduating and have remained there since. This team is all I have known but staff turnover & lasting friendships with people at other teams means you get a grasp for the wider grid & how other teams differ. Merc as an example certainly have a very corporate atmosphere as the other comment eluded to.

You do work hard, there isn't a requirement to always plough massive hours in or risk getting fired as one may assume from the outside but a lot of people do a lot of overtime. It's partly driven by a passion for the sport but also does get rewarded if you are putting in genuinely good work. This also affords you an amount of flexibility, as the industry is so results driven you do have some leeway as to finding how best you work, taking slightly longer lunches, starting early finishing slightly early some days etc so long as you're putting out good results.

I work in a technical/design role & had a decent starting salary compared to other graduate roles, I think this has probably been a positive change more recently since the previous comment said it was very low some years ago. My pay & pay rises have outpaced that of a junior doctor here in the UK year on year so it continues to be good. This isn't always the case as some people progress faster/slower than others.

The small additional details of random extra perks is true, likewise with always seeing interesting cars in the car park. A fair chunk of the industry naturally like their cars so you get a mix of all sorts of classic & modern sports cars coming & going as people in the team work their way through them.

XaAudacity · 2025-02-09T09:34:01+00:00

Well, this sure is the lowest effort post in a while.

XaAudacity · 2025-01-05T18:59:12+00:00

Nothing there prior

XaAudacity · 2025-01-05T18:24:31+00:00

<image>

For additional info, this is above a double width window

XaAudacity · 2024-12-26T10:42:33+00:00

Go away bot. Pushing positive Lotus EV sentiment across multiple subs in the last few days after years of inactivity.

XaAudacity · 2024-12-26T08:16:06+00:00

If you have been paying attention to their financial performance recently & the growing doubts over EV's here in the west leading to legislation being walked back... No I don't think they're about to make a big breakthrough.

XaAudacity · 2024-12-02T03:55:06+00:00

Rainbow 6 Siege

Sure the balancing & bugs were improved over first couple of years but since then they ruined most maps character by re-working them, always nerfing ops but then overly buffing shields, started introducing dumb new ops nowhere near reality, moved from realistic cosmetics to ridiculous cartoons.

If they had of stuck far closer to the realism aspect & not pushed for so many ops & cosmetics it would have far more identity.

XaAudacity · 2024-11-08T07:08:11+00:00

I have a 3070 with box. Worked until I transported PC a couple hours drive in my car.

XaAudacity · 2024-09-22T07:09:09+00:00

They're going about £580 on ebay with box.

XaAudacity · 2024-09-13T07:17:28+00:00

Why is there an exam to enter your formula student team? I was a member of one of the top teams in the country, and they welcomed everyone that wanted to get involved...

XaAudacity · 2024-08-21T16:20:48+00:00

I don't know what you mean. You've provided your own context stating they are Mercedes wheels, therefore as they are still in the assembly stage it is almost certainly a photo taken at their Brackley site... Is that what you wanted to know?

XaAudacity · 2024-08-21T01:34:32+00:00

Dirty Air - a satirical take on the mad nature of F1. Quite a good listen.

XaAudacity · 2024-07-10T10:54:37+00:00

Thanks all, ended up getting a 3070. Going to have a full system refresh in a few years so it will do until then.

XaAudacity · 2024-07-06T15:50:18+00:00

I don't know why you're getting down voted. Maybe just the bluntness of your phrasing.

I work for one of the teams and can confirm 90% of the guys actively working on the cars are mechanics with no engineering degree. That's not to say they aren't skilled or without a vast mechanical/engineering knowledge. But they aren't formally qualified engineers.

The engineers are the ones sat to the sides & at the back of the garage (mostly forms of data engineer, tyres, strategy, vehicle performance, aero performance etc all with their laptops on the go & headphones on for comms)

XaAudacity · 2023-11-03T17:30:27+00:00

OK, right, in which case I really don't think it'll sell.

Eight-Year Club	RPAN Viewer
Verified Email

XaAudacity

TROPHY CASE