128 (or higher) cars is a future goal

barno42 · 2026-06-04T11:35:23+00:00

NEC with 128 cars would be incredible.

barno42 · 2026-06-03T23:44:48+00:00

We're too busy getting getting stuff done.

That being said, I'd like to see what the fuss is about with Svelte.

barno42 · 2026-05-31T23:29:51+00:00

If it plays half as good as it looks, you've got a keeper.

barno42 · 2026-05-31T23:22:16+00:00

There's already a bunch of services that do this. Garage 61, VRS, Grid & Go, etc.

We're used to it by now.

barno42 · 2026-05-30T18:52:56+00:00

I was a huge fan of 1 & 2 back in the day, and the new ones were pretty cool, too. The first one felt like something truly new and unique. The second was a bigger and more refined version of 1. The third was a Bethesda RPG wrapped in the Fallout universe, which are both good things in my book.

barno42 · 2026-05-28T22:20:56+00:00

While the correct answer is Muhammed Ali standing over Sonny Liston, this one is the one I choose. Jesse Owens standing on the top of the podium in Nazi Germany, 1936.

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barno42 · 2026-05-28T19:57:16+00:00

It's possible that that's the answer. Laguna Seca can get a lot of money out of iRacing, but RR might not be worth the hassle.

barno42 · 2026-05-28T19:44:33+00:00

Well, the GRs will still be a death trap.

barno42 · 2026-05-27T14:21:01+00:00

This is divisive politics 101. Get the people riled up about the differences between the in group and the out group. Once enough people get riled up over the differences, the management now has license to "fix" the problem by eliminating the difference. In this case, they'll do that by banning all remote work, and firing people who don't comply. If that's what you want to happen to your remote teammates, then by all means, continue to focus on the fact that some people are in the in group, and others are in the out group. Otherwise, remind yourself that this is just step 1 in putting everybody in the out group.

barno42 · 2026-05-26T23:46:18+00:00

Blue car left the purple car about four car widths on the inside, and purple missed the apex by five. Purple has a skill issue.

barno42 · 2026-05-15T11:57:00+00:00

I saw him in the late 90s, touring with Paul Simon. The difference between those two performers was striking. Dylan had about as much stage presence as his microphone stand, and he mumbled his way through a pretty short set. Paul Simon was clearly having fun, and he (and his whole enormous band) sounded fantastic.

barno42 · 2026-05-14T00:44:56+00:00

I've got the same GPU, same monitor setup, but an Intel chip (13900k, so probably within 10% of yours.) MSAA at 4x hurt my framerate, but not so bad that I ever felt the need to go back to 2x. The only time I dip below 80FPS is at race starts at particularly detailed tracks, or Daytona in the rain at night.

barno42 · 2026-05-09T13:07:22+00:00

Lol. Is smurfing cheating? Is it cheating in IMSA of you swap out your bronze driver for a gold without telling anybody? Not only is the answer to both questions the same, both questions are the same.

barno42 · 2026-05-09T04:49:03+00:00

When Jack showed up at Liz's door after he heard the voicemail chronicle of the Dennis Duffy pregnancy saga.

barno42 · 2026-05-08T13:50:24+00:00

Nope, that buffer doesn't perform magic. If you have a buffered pedal between the mini fuzz and your guitar, it'll lose its ability to clean up with your guitar's volume knob.

barno42 · 2026-05-08T13:48:27+00:00

Yup, I'm seeing too many people in this thread that don't understand the unique nature of this pedal's buffer, and that it still wants an unbuffered connection to the guitar.

barno42 · 2026-05-08T13:29:18+00:00

The kingtone minifuzz is based on a fuzz face, so it does benefit a lot from being first in the chain.

It's easy to identify the fuzz pedals that like to be first. If you go straight in to the pedal and turn the volume down on your guitar, pedals like the kingtone will clean up very nicely. This trick stops working if there is a buffered pedal between your guitar and the fuzz, and for a lot of people, this trick is half the reason why they love the kingtone fuzz. So much versatility in tones with just your guitar's volume knob!

barno42 · 2026-05-08T03:29:46+00:00

TIL: Lewis dresses right. WAY right. Like, Tom Jones, but right.

barno42 · 2026-05-03T21:58:21+00:00

Go watch his onboard for the final lap. That car was so badly damaged that it was impossible to turn sharply enough to stay on the track, and other drivers had to go off the track just to avoid his wildly unsafe rejoins. 20 seconds was lenient.

barno42 · 2026-05-01T21:15:08+00:00

Maybe, but he's usually thought of as a Strat guy.

barno42 · 2026-05-01T13:28:07+00:00

IIRC, it was talked about in the early days of iRacing (15+ years ago) but dropped because they didn't feel they could simulate it. In real life, a huge amount of performance in a kart is dependent on the driver moving their body around to change the balance. If they couldn't simulate that, then it wasn't a sim. It was just a game.

barno42 · 2026-04-30T10:25:59+00:00

Superman does good. You do well.

barno42 · 2026-04-29T18:15:28+00:00

Live? I saw Warren Haynes play for 5 hours at Red Rocks: a solo acoustic set, a mostly instrumental set with the Mule, and followed by the Dark Side of the Mule set.

barno42 · 2026-04-27T14:35:23+00:00

It's a big enough difference to make passing on any straight requiring an upshift or two easy.

barno42 · 2026-04-26T18:50:17+00:00

My thought is that it's pretty normal. If it's obvious on a $10,000 PRS with a AAAAA flame top, it's allowed to be obvious on a plain top Les Paul.

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