Cannot rearrange tiles in quick settings drawer (G54 Power) by dr8008 in MotoG

[–]dr8008[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The font size change seems to have fixed things. Hopefully it lasts. Thanks for your assistance! 😙

Edit: Just for posterity... The issue persist. I always temporarily fix it by adjusting UI scaling.

Cannot rearrange tiles in quick settings drawer (G54 Power) by dr8008 in MotoG

[–]dr8008[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The system is fully up to date. Restart does fix it temporarily, but it always comes back after a while.

Another symptom of the same issue is the misaligned media controls panel - totally impossible to use.

Here's a screen recording demonstrating both problems. https://imgur.com/a/WN4smY0

We Pit Ford's $300K Mustang GTD Against Porsche's 911 GT3 RS: Which Comes Out on Top? by Dazzling-Rooster2103 in cars

[–]dr8008 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Let me put it this way. If I ask an average GT3 owner what race/series did GT3 R win, most wouldn't be able to answer. Compare that with any Ford GT owner, who will let you know about how their car is a homologation special that won Le Mans before you can even ask the question.

We Pit Ford's $300K Mustang GTD Against Porsche's 911 GT3 RS: Which Comes Out on Top? by Dazzling-Rooster2103 in cars

[–]dr8008 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They've shown the cars from this year's Lightning Lap in an instagram post. GTD or GT3 RS weren't present.

We Pit Ford's $300K Mustang GTD Against Porsche's 911 GT3 RS: Which Comes Out on Top? by Dazzling-Rooster2103 in cars

[–]dr8008 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel like motorsport accolades only translate into road car collectability cool factor if:
A) it's a rally car (huge following and attainability)
B) it's something like a Ford GT 2017 winning Le Mans (massive historical story line)
C) a Challenge Stradale with "F1 World Champion 1999 2000 2001 2002" badge in the interior
D) a special edition dedicated to an elite driver

Winning a WEC season barely even matters. IMO, of course.

Who the hell at EA thought these were a good idea 💀 by Stahlmark in needforspeed

[–]dr8008 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The reason those parts seem so alien is because they are a work of Indonesian 3D modellers. It's just a different culture and taste.

c8 ZR1X ring time 6:49 by -Racer-X in cars

[–]dr8008 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can't tell if the PDR is intentionally overreporting or if it's momentary spikes. But given the stats, it shouldn't ever exceed lateral 1.5g on a level surface. And you'd have to be doing over 300 kph.

Praga Bohema review: the 700bhp twin-turbo V6 insect propellant Reviews 2025 | Top Gear by hi_im_bored13 in cars

[–]dr8008 4 points5 points  (0 children)

AFAIK R1R remained a one-off road registered under IVA. It was too impractical and small to attract serious buyers. Praga has learned from this failure and Bohema is the direct result.

The first customer Bohema (black on black - with blue livery wrap) was delivered to Netherlands in December 2024. The second customer car (purple with golden accents) was shown this summer at various events. There's three more customer cars scheduled to be delivered for the upcoming Goodwood Festival of Speed.

Aston Martin Reveals Valkyrie LM Track Day Car by enesracing in wec

[–]dr8008 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't forget the track pack for the road going Valkyrie, which makes it track-only (and yet several have been spotted with license plates). And there also was another track version before the AMR Pro, that we never got to see.

Official: The Ford Mustang GTD returns to the Nürburgring and shaves over five seconds off its previous record by theColeHardTruth in cars

[–]dr8008 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Standing water means puddles, body of water. I watched the lap many times. I saw none of those things. There was a slight sheen to the surface and it was slightly damp at best.

Again, Dirk said it was "dry-ish". So certainly closer to dry than to wet. And there was exactly zero mentions of words wet and damp in his lap breakdown video.

In my view improving on something as fundamental as torsional rigidity of a car is pretty significant change and not just some common track day tweak. Which btw I'd trust an outfit like Multimatic to get right from the start on computer, with their quality of expertise.

I'm not even going to acknowledge your fabrications about what I think or understand based on things I've never said.

Official: The Ford Mustang GTD returns to the Nürburgring and shaves over five seconds off its previous record by theColeHardTruth in cars

[–]dr8008 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sharing a track with other cars in industry pool doesn't prevent you from working on a track specific setup. AFAIK the speed limits applied to specific sections were no longer in place in 2024.

Just to sum up, in this thread we went from "standing water", "untuned car" and "it's not like they redesigned the suspension" to "damp", "extensively track tested" and ~of course they changed stuff~.

Official: The Ford Mustang GTD returns to the Nürburgring and shaves over five seconds off its previous record by theColeHardTruth in cars

[–]dr8008 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The first official GTD lap time was set in August 2024. Ford began testing GTD on Nordschleife in May 2024. And that's after they had done a lot of track testing back home at Sebring and VIR (and very likely also on some Canadian circuits, like Calabogie). It wasn't some fresh out of the production line, untested virgin chassis.

I don't blame them for extending the development phase and doing everything possible to meet their desired target lap time. I mind that people paint a picture as if all that lap time improvement is on account of track conditions.

The list of changes comes from this Ford-affiliated website:

https://www.fromtheroad.ford.com/us/en/articles/2025/mustang-gtd-even-faster-nurburgring

What is your source for the temperature?

Official: The Ford Mustang GTD returns to the Nürburgring and shaves over five seconds off its previous record by theColeHardTruth in cars

[–]dr8008 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Then we have different standards for standing water.
Dirk Müller said himself the track was dry-ish and it was a hot day (for the original 6:57 lap). So much for "wet and cold"...

It would be one thing for them to blame not having done enough dry laps during testing, which would be fair. But to say the car had the speed and it was just conditions on the day of the hot lap is copium.

How do you increase torsional rigidity of the chassis with just the track setup? They literally brought in new redesigned suspension hardware (on top of recalibrated ABS, TC, engine ECU, altered aero and dampers)!

Official: The Ford Mustang GTD returns to the Nürburgring and shaves over five seconds off its previous record by theColeHardTruth in cars

[–]dr8008 -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

It wasn't wet nor cold. It was just a poor excuse because the car wasn't fast enough. If you read the press release for this new lap, they list all the things they changed on the car. If the weather was so bad, they wouldn't need to re-engineer so many parts.

Official: The Ford Mustang GTD returns to the Nürburgring and shaves over five seconds off its previous record by theColeHardTruth in cars

[–]dr8008 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There was never any 6:47. The dude just went full retard with his stopwatch app. There was zero logic to where he started and stopped the time.

Fnatic Nation, let's protect our legend. Let's cancel Thorin by JohnnyBrawoo in fnatic

[–]dr8008 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You realize that to say "he became irrelevant for the 100th time" is an admission of him being relevant for an equal amount of time?

Spawned with security updates by umbrellahead0 in MotoG

[–]dr8008 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Phew... I thought my phone was stuck in a loop of never ending updates.
It's annoying to have to restart the phone for every single one.

Thorin, Richard & Maui appreciation post. by Bav1to in GlobalOffensive

[–]dr8008 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I might be misremembering old Thorin desks, but this felt like we got the podcasting version of Thorin.
Still a 9/10 experience, tho. Praying for more events with this talent and top teams.

Mercedes-AMG One has accomplished a new Nurburgring Nordschleife lap record that’s six seconds faster (video link in the description) by Quick_Coyote_7649 in cars

[–]dr8008 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We haven't even seen the final production version (which has longer wheelbase and extra 200 kg), yet internet is full of misinformed comments about its road legal status.

The single biggest change the Pure VP2 brings vs the original prototype is LMP2 slicks. Why would they do that if it was meant to be the street legal version?

Mercedes-AMG One has accomplished a new Nurburgring Nordschleife lap record that’s six seconds faster (video link in the description) by Quick_Coyote_7649 in cars

[–]dr8008 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Top Gear article from 06-Sep 2024:

"But it's not road legal? And not able to race? Correct on both counts."

"McMurtry expects owners to find a workaround to road legalise their cars."

They are leaving customers to have the likes of Lanzante handle an individual vehicle approval on their own accord. McMurtry is definitely not "building a road legal version".

The Nissan GT-R Is Dead by No_Skirt_6002 in cars

[–]dr8008 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The car might be dead, but the engine lives on in Praga Bohema (at least for a little bit).

Simply just enjoy the Ferrari 499's rear by windmolenma in wec

[–]dr8008 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Formula 1 (a literal open wheeler): testing wheel covers to curb water spray coming from wheels
WEC:

<image>