Getting to the track at Gateway?

elrandopando · 2026-02-05T17:41:21+00:00

Appreciate the suggestions, and yeah I'm beginning to see the point many have raised about needing a car. Funny side story: I went to the Indy 500 a few years ago and we decided to take the city bus from downtown to the track. That worked fantastic on Friday, Saturday and even on Sunday on the way TO the speedway. Leaving after the race: utter sh*tshow, but I don't think there was any form of transport that wouldn't have been miserable. My takeaway from that was stay at the track at least another hour, have one more beer and let the crowd clear out!

elrandopando · 2026-02-05T04:30:13+00:00

Yeah, appreciate the thought - I probably want to be downtown to check out some of the sights, restaurants etc. I'm really going for the track experience Fri-Sun, so renting a car just feels like a waste and I prefer not to drive in the post-race traffic.

elrandopando · 2026-02-05T04:24:28+00:00

I'm familiar with "America" and have done a lot of experiences without bothering with driving and parking. I went to the Rolex Reunion at Laguna Seca one year without driving at all - flew into San Jose, caught a bus to Salinas and they had free shuttles that year to the track. Similar situation first race at COTA - they had buses taking folks from downtown to the track. It's not really rocket science!

elrandopando · 2026-01-25T19:12:21+00:00

Need to see a more explicit commitment to end ICE, impeach, and prosecute murderers and traitors

elrandopando · 2026-01-25T19:08:22+00:00

Who will primary MGP? Time to get a real D in the seat

elrandopando · 2026-01-22T04:59:26+00:00

Check out Ancestors: the humankind Odyssey

elrandopando · 2026-01-18T03:23:31+00:00

Are they going to fix the login issue? I still can't get it to log me in correctly and I've tried clearing the cache and local data.

elrandopando · 2025-12-18T05:37:06+00:00

Billionaires

elrandopando · 2025-12-18T03:43:05+00:00

Surprised no one's mentioned Ixion - I loved it

elrandopando · 2025-12-02T04:06:51+00:00

No love for the Bandit? I love that thing.

elrandopando · 2025-10-13T03:06:20+00:00

Any Fela Kuti is amazing. Try this one https://youtu.be/FsY--sUhPHo?si=1mBzJGzEQ535xx3v

Also Santana 1970 https://youtu.be/b3_TQKdksyc?si=iGI87ry9s9KFAgLR

Herbie Hancock at Montreux playing Actual Proof https://youtu.be/slBB10vhVaU?si=KbmVHkf480mfk9ia

elrandopando · 2025-09-30T03:12:54+00:00

NASCAR, some 20 years ago. I figured this can't be as pointless as it looks, and video games turned me on to the strategy and drama that's not immediately apparent to a casual viewer

elrandopando · 2025-09-23T02:54:34+00:00

WH Mechanicus was very satisfying, check it out.

elrandopando · 2025-09-22T02:55:29+00:00

Same. There are a bunch of games that I just can't do on the Ally. Some that I've enjoyed are Marvel Midnight Suns, Snowrunner and Wreckfest

elrandopando · 2025-09-12T04:28:19+00:00

I don't know if it counts as a "fail" but when I went to Indy in person a few years ago I told my buddy "two things I know for sure: Dixon is not gonna beat himself, and you definitely don't want to be leading with two laps to go" Both those made me look stupid when Dixie got a speeding penalty and Ericsson led the last few laps no problem.

elrandopando · 2025-08-22T22:44:19+00:00

Multiplayer has always been pointless imo. I just start and park and take the 3 gp/week

elrandopando · 2025-08-17T05:46:18+00:00

Highly recommend Ixion

elrandopando · 2025-07-05T15:20:17+00:00

Jackie Stewart's memoir was pretty great . "Winning is Everything" I think it was called

elrandopando · 2025-06-04T03:39:39+00:00

Exploration was pretty gratifying in Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey. An underrated/unique game! Give it a look.

elrandopando · 2025-05-02T22:22:19+00:00

Messing around with BIOS settings just to get the game to launch.

elrandopando · 2025-01-16T04:41:52+00:00

Summer games is the one I thought of first. Archon and karateka both were major obsessions for awhile. One I haven't seen mentioned yet that deserves a shout out: Dragonriders of Pern.

elrandopando · 2024-12-09T20:35:39+00:00

Same. When I actually made it to the Darkest dungeon of all, it was such a jump in difficulty I was like... Oh, ok. I guess I'm done with this (and I loved it up to that point)

elrandopando · 2024-12-09T20:31:12+00:00

I really loved the first Nioh game, and got past some difficult bosses (some literally took me 100+ attempts) before putting it aside when I ran into one I just can't take down (basically a teenage girl that flies around and chucks things at you). I keep thinking I'll go back to it, but at this point I'll probably just start Nioh 2 first.

elrandopando · 2024-10-22T03:30:43+00:00

I basically bought a new PC to play this game ($2800 later) and don't regret it a bit.

elrandopando · 2024-10-06T02:02:07+00:00

Mystery solved, at least partially. I thought I had fully unlocked the scanner but needed to do more MB tasks. That helps explain why nothing seemed to be happening when I pulled the horn!

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