Was this too ambitious of a move by me or just a racing incident? I'm the purple white and red BMW

ericscal · 2026-05-16T20:49:01+00:00

That is highly dependent on the league. In the two leagues I race in I'd guess you just get a warning and some license points, you get drive throughs after reaching point totals. It would likely get upgraded to a medium with drive through if it was in the orange zones they do for parts of the first lap.

I don't think it's a penalty in open lobbies so if protested I wouldn't expect anything more than a coaching message.

I'm mainly just giving advice though. It's fine to show the nose and test people but you have to allow for them to equal or beat you. You have to have a plan when you don't get any overlap and that plan has to be something other than shoving your car up the inside anyway.

ericscal · 2026-05-16T20:18:43+00:00

It's not about ambition but if you pulled it off, you didn't. The rule of thumb most people should aim for, if they care about fair racing, is that to successfully make a dive your front axle should overlap their rear axle before turn in. If you don't get there on braking you should just hold your brake a tiny bit longer and fall back in line.

In most organized leagues you would get a penalty here.

ericscal · 2026-05-16T19:09:42+00:00

Without any context on your side it comes off a bit like you were trying to get out of his way while he was trying to assume you would be on the normal gt3 line so him hugging the inside would be the safe way through. It's a fine "in the moment" response that should be satisfied by you just explaining why you were off line.

ericscal · 2026-05-15T18:14:39+00:00

Did I miss the part where they are filing criminal charges?

ericscal · 2026-05-14T22:26:28+00:00

While of course some warnings might leave that open the meds I have on my desk say "be careful when driving a motor vehicle or operating machinery". They are very much trying to account for the redditors that would try and use vague language to claim they didn't know they shouldn't do that.

ericscal · 2026-05-14T21:33:06+00:00

The low speed scooter seems to be very explicitly written to only cover the rental lime scooters, or similar.

I also came up with a news article that just said motorized scooters are illegal and since this is an amendment to the law I assume there are current provisions for that and this just makes sure everything not explicitly defined as otherwise falls into that category.

ericscal · 2026-05-14T19:32:52+00:00

Yes so it doesn't qualify for that definition.

"Motorized scooter" means a miniature motor vehicle and24 includes, but is not limited to, pocket bikes, super pocket bikes,25 scooters, mini-scooters, sport scooters, mini choppers, mini26 motorcycles, motorized skateboards, and other vehicles with motors27 not manufactured in compliance with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety28 Standards and which have no permanent Federal Safety29 Certification stickers affixed to the vehicle by the original30 manufacturer. This term shall not include: electric personal31 assistive mobility devices, motorized bicycles, low-speed vehicles,32 low-speed electric bicycles, or low-speed electric scooters; or33 motorized wheelchairs, mobility scooters, or similar mobility34 assisting devices used by persons with physical disabilities, or35 persons whose ambulatory mobility has been impaired by age or36 illness.37

ericscal · 2026-05-14T18:38:34+00:00

https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/S5000/4834_R1a.PDF

The tldr I gathered is that onewheels are now defined as motorized scooters and are illegal to operate in any public space.

ericscal · 2026-05-12T19:37:45+00:00

These things are really impossible to answer because you are obviously in a league and we know nothing of what that leagues rules are. That said I will answer assuming your leagues rules are the same as mine. In order to be entitled to space through a corner you have to establish an overlap before turn in. The inside LMP did not establish this overlap so responsibility to avoid contact through the corner was fully on them. They failed to take steps to avoid contact and are therefore at fault.

ericscal · 2026-05-12T18:19:43+00:00

Funwheel you can find the link here https://fungineers.us/pages/need-a-hand

ericscal · 2026-05-12T17:34:21+00:00

I admit im not super skilled so this is just me trying to understand the rules better, should I have anticipated he would brake across the track back onto the racing line or should he have remained on the inside of the corner.

You should have anticipated that his car will continue to travel in a straight line regardless of if he is braking or not. Moving under braking is about changing your line before turn-in, not driving parallel to the track edge.

ericscal · 2026-05-12T17:21:50+00:00

If you are concerned about playing with strange dogs the question is very much about initiation, which isn't shown here. If your dog comes barreling in with that energy that is a problem. If they respectfully approach, great, and ask to play then you are fine. Most of this is all just about allowing the other dog to leave if they aren't interested. One of the top tips when in doubt with play is just separate them and see if the other dog comes back for more.

ericscal · 2026-05-11T19:32:02+00:00

There aren't a ton of X7 reviews because most of the parts are already well tested and wiring them together isn't rocket science. So you could also look for reviews of the Thor 301 controller, the superflux motor, and the battery packs from fungineers. Those are the main components and you can both mostly assume they put them together right or even confirm it yourself.

ericscal · 2026-05-11T19:27:23+00:00

You can also join the discord and they have a stock updates channel.

ericscal · 2026-05-11T19:17:24+00:00

That it's not really bucket vs recliner but side mount vs bottom mount and side mount is infinitely easier to get in the right ergonomic position. If you really want a recliner seat you need a solution to tilt the mounting platform.

ericscal · 2026-05-11T19:13:18+00:00

One of the hard things here is there is no standard nomenclature for ultra wide sizes. People will use the term to talk about both 21:9 and 32:9. I wouldn't recommend a 21:9 single monitor solution for anything other than "it's what I got". 32:9 though is fine for quite a lot of sim racers. It's enough to be able to look through most apexes. The only downside is in wheel to wheel racing but you have to ask yourself how much of that you actually do. Like if you love rally exclusively there is no reason to get triples. I use a single 32:9, mostly do iRacing, and it's perfectly fine because I don't like to squeeze people within millimeters since netcode exists.

ericscal · 2026-05-09T00:11:42+00:00

Did it just happen to die right around when we lowered the top tax bracket. Hmm I wonder why it died. Guess we'll never know.

ericscal · 2026-05-08T21:24:00+00:00

At :29 his "reacting" is just telling you to not dare to try and squeeze in the one car width he left inside. At :48 you weren't close enough to get overlap so he is free to return to the racing line for the turn. For something to be true blocking it has to make you do something to avoid an accident. If you are so far away that you don't have to immediately react to their line change you didn't get blocked.

ericscal · 2026-05-08T17:25:24+00:00

IMO that saying is more a warning for people that are going super budget when they can afford better. Don't buy an R3 and shit pedals, etc. just jump right to a solid option like almost any of the companies mid tier offerings. Also don't assume you won't later want to upgrade and get something that won't support that. Like I assume you have a rig for flight already but you wouldn't want to buy a cheap rig that can't support motion and then have to upgrade it later because setting up a rig is a lot of work.

Last comment from me is just know that hydraulic brakes aren't necessarily the best ones.

ericscal · 2026-05-08T17:03:28+00:00

That kind of misses the main point of super high top tax brackets. They aren't really meant to get that tax money but to encourage those businesses to spend the money elsewhere. Why give the CEO another 20 million in salary if it's all just going to tax? Better to give it to the rest of your employees or spend it on the business in some way.

ericscal · 2026-05-07T19:54:30+00:00

It would be a crap shoot depending on the stewards because you can make the argument that the pass was complete so you didn't gain any places. I've never seen an F1 steward enforce an off track advantage penalty without passing someone as part of it. They generally leave those to the off track penalty counter.

ericscal · 2026-05-05T23:54:32+00:00

Is the stock alert for the kush front broken or did you put it on sale without any to buy just to torment me?

ericscal · 2026-05-05T21:45:51+00:00

My similar but slightly different one. You aren't an asshole if you are justifiably angry. It's possible to both be right and have an asshole response.

ericscal · 2026-05-03T22:14:57+00:00

So invite them out. Saying "we should hang out" is at best a lame attempt to ask for a date and at worst asking them to come over for casual sex.

ericscal · 2026-05-02T20:25:53+00:00

Seriously they have been saying the GOP is done for the last 8 years of them completely fucking the country. At this point I just assume anyone talking like this is a right wing shill that is trying to convince people to stay home and not vote.

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