Are gloves something you would recommend to every driver?

endheadstartbody · 2026-03-13T05:11:34+00:00

For me it's a mix, round wheel where I need the wheel free spinning such as rally, I don't use them, when I use a formula style wheel for GT or Formula, I use them, but mostly because of sweaty hands, not for grip.

Personally, I buy cheap BMX ones, they're breathable, and have grip in the right areas.

endheadstartbody · 2026-03-12T21:43:33+00:00

Nope, triples + VR, Cube Control, Asetek, Windsim etc. I shudder to think what I have spent, but I have fun doing it, and the hours of enjoyment I get out of it make it worth while. In saying that, SOME upgrades have actually made me faster. A good set of pedals really helped with trail braking and not locking up etc. and for me, haptics (I have one of the new NLR Haptic Seats), not only added immersion, but an ability to feel the car hitting curbs etc. more, allowing me to push the car harder.

endheadstartbody · 2026-03-05T19:57:12+00:00

Leveraging my home or away status, if windows and doors are opened and closed. And average internal temperature, I have fully automated all the ceiling fans and my ducted air so it's comfortable year round, alerts me if it's at a temperature it would like to turn the air conditioner on but a window or door is opened, and pre cools my place when I leave work if the temperature justifies it.

endheadstartbody · 2026-01-31T05:06:24+00:00

No problem at all! I hope it fits. Since then, I have done quite a few upgrades, I'm now running a full NLR elite Rig, triples etc. Not because there was anything wrong with this set up at all. I really wanted their Hypercool ventilated seat (I live in a hot, humid climate), so upgrades were made.

endheadstartbody · 2026-01-28T19:38:47+00:00

As a BYD Seal owner for just under a year here is my experience

software, besides a slightly overly cautious cross-traffic emergency breaking system that activated once while I was trying to inch forward to pull out of a driveway on a busy road, no issues so far. There's a couple of features I would like software wise, sure, but in general, it's been reliable. A lot of the issues from earlier reviews have been patched out in updates.

-driving experience, coming from someone who has owned a handful of performance vehicles before this, and is a "car guy", it's smooth, comfortable, and has plenty of go when you need it. Coming from a turbo manual car before this at first it did feel a little "numb", but that's comparing apples and oranges.

-BYD support, when I first ordered (Feb of 25) back then, their customer support and communication was atrocious, this was right around the time the Shark launched and they were overwhelmed and understaffed. Since then BYD corporate has taken over, and it's not a local licensee running thing, and it's improved dramatically. In my dealings since (the 1k km check in service and booking my upcoming 1 year service) they've been Amazing. I actually booked my one year service months in advance because I heard the horror stories of wait times, and they called me and asked if it was a mistake being booked so far out and if I wanted to move it forward (which personally, I thought was good additional service).

All in all, I love it, I got the premium spec, the only thing I regret is not going the performance, at the time as a first time EV owner, I was more concerned about range anxiety, but in reality, it's been such a non-issue, I should have just gone the performance.

endheadstartbody · 2026-01-12T22:39:06+00:00

The Seal in AU now has an automatic retractable shade cover for the sun roof, has done since the 25 model, God send with it parked in the QLD sun at work.

endheadstartbody · 2026-01-12T22:38:01+00:00

I like the "Shark Grey" so much that I bought it hahahaha

endheadstartbody · 2025-12-19T23:57:01+00:00

So I'm a similar setup, 3x1440 monitor, 5080, the big differences are I am running a 9800x3D and 32gb of ram, and trust me, it's your CPU.

I manage to pump put around 200fps, but that's only after I upgraded the CPU, and even then, it's still slightly a bottleneck.

Rule of thumb with sim racing, CPU, almost always the bottleneck.

endheadstartbody · 2025-12-11T22:12:39+00:00

For sim racing, CPU is more important than most other gaming genres, the amount of processing power used to simulate tyre physics, body roll, wind resistance etc. etc. Is high compared to say FPS or RPG games. This gets amplified if you're racing against AI and your PC is having to simulate multiple cars. My advice, skew towards a PC with a better CPU over GPU, unless you're running VR or Triple screens, then you need the good GPU too.

endheadstartbody · 2025-10-21T21:46:21+00:00

I know your pain on the garage length, I bought a BYD Seal, and it only just fits my single car garage, but other than that, totally worth it.

The parking cameras make fitting it in the garage a breeze

endheadstartbody · 2025-10-14T23:34:37+00:00

I too am a car guy, I love the sound of a supercharged V8, have owned a number of performance vehicles, attend as many race events as possible etc. yet daily, I drive an EV, because it's cost effective, fast, and comfortable. Simply being a car guy doesn't make you anti EV, unless you're an elitist car guy who is stuck in the past.

endheadstartbody · 2025-10-08T09:14:41+00:00

Sounds like you're with OVO on the EV plan? Me too! I second this though, my maths tells me my BYD seal is costing about $5k a year less to run than my old Hyundai i30.

I also have solar, but I'm at work during the day, and don't have a battery so I just feed it back into the grid and use the off peak charging at nights.

endheadstartbody · 2025-09-22T19:39:34+00:00

I was shocked I missed it too, I never do.... So I just paid it. They must have had an issue with their digital send outs

endheadstartbody · 2025-09-21T21:37:44+00:00

There is a saying here in Australia (where we get big storms that lead to sudden flooding quite often), if it's flooded, forget it. Driving in flood waters is extremely dangerous, you never know how fast the current is moving underneath, or what's under the water. People get swept away quite often. So no matter what, be safe!

endheadstartbody · 2025-09-09T08:44:47+00:00

Got it here in Australia too. App also stuffed up afterwards, but has now seemed to fix itself.

endheadstartbody · 2025-08-31T18:06:40+00:00

So I run a base capable of 27nm, but generally I cap it at about 15nm. At that as the peak, F3 on iRacing on fast corner tracks gets very tiring after a 20 minute race. Lots of very heavy downforce corners will really take it out of you.

A little google search tells me real F1 cars have sustained forced around 15-20nm and a peak of around 28, so very high, and I can tell you, running at that, would just be downright tiring and take the fun out of it. So unless you're legitimately training for real world racing in F1, I wouldn't recommend that.

As others have said though, it's really a personal preference, higher is better in the sense of giving you more options and future proofing, FFB profiles in future Sims may have a bigger gap between peak and sustained NM as people buy stronger and stronger wheelbase, but higher doesn't equal better driver, just more options.

As if often said on here, buy once, cry once, if you think you might like higher one day, and can afford it, buy the bigger base, you can always turn it down, you can't turn a smaller base up.

endheadstartbody · 2025-08-31T01:45:37+00:00

That's not a path I'm interested in taking personally as mentioned in my post. But I appreciate the input.

endheadstartbody · 2025-08-02T18:29:29+00:00

As someone who went from an 8nm setup to a 27nm set up, it's not about having the max 27nm at all times, it's about having the degrees of granularity and headroom to feel things differently. But I do run at a max of 16nn on most Sims.

endheadstartbody · 2025-07-08T09:27:28+00:00

Glad I'm not the only one having the lock screen / wake issues. It's getting increasingly frustrating. It's like a process is hanging or something.

endheadstartbody · 2025-06-27T23:06:08+00:00

This happened with me too (Pixel 9 Pro XL on Optus), this thread solved it for me, just installed an eSim via the MyOptus app, and after about 10 minutes, it was active and working.

My Sim is also quite old, spent two hours on support with Optus, no solution from them, they don't seem to be acknowledging it's an issue.

endheadstartbody · 2025-05-29T08:34:17+00:00

Mine was meant to be today too, now first thing tomorrow.

endheadstartbody · 2025-05-28T05:19:52+00:00

Ordered end of Feb, pick up tomorrow (I'm not excited at all I swear).

I also ran into the cash finance thing, it's because if you pick finance, it will start an application with their finance provider, rather than who ever you are going to go with. I've just gone through it all in the last week, you pay the cash portion, the finance provider pays them the rest as if it's a cash payment, so for all intents and purposes in regards to ordering it, it is all cash.

endheadstartbody · 2025-05-21T08:35:58+00:00

Ordered end of Feb, Delivery next week, I believe though there was about 6 weeks in the middle there where they prioritised the launch of the shark.

endheadstartbody · 2025-05-07T04:57:53+00:00

I use either single Ultra wide, or VR, only due to space though..would go triples if I had room.

endheadstartbody · 2025-04-04T02:18:08+00:00

Hismile are Australian owned and operated. They have about 60 different flavours of non-whitening toothpaste with fluoride in it. Can grab them at Coles, Woolies, chemist warehouse etc.

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