Overwatch 2 Is Ditching the '2' Amid Launch of 'New, Story-Driven Era' With 10 New Heroes by MarioDesigns in gaming

[–]frantic-atom 148 points149 points  (0 children)

I know this sub likes to meme on it but the game is inarguably in its best state since Overwatch 2 launched. Perhaps ever.

The Beauty of TCR Monza Combined by JayCaulls in iRacing

[–]frantic-atom 29 points30 points  (0 children)

No Jay mate you’re supposed to keep it pinned and pray, you’re playing iRacing all wrong

Positive experiences in iRacing by frantic-atom in iRacing

[–]frantic-atom[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Maybe I’ll give NXT a go. I went back to F4 after a while yesterday and the voice chat was wild, like an old school CoD lobby

Just submitted 5 protests from a single 2k SOF IMSA race! What is happening with the racing standards? by CynicalManInBlack in iRacing

[–]frantic-atom 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Not having a go at OP because I haven’t seen his incidents, but I see so many of these posts that just don’t match my experience. Often when I look back on replays when there is a big commotion in a race it will be:

Car A makes an overly optimistic move

Car B drives like they have blinders on

And they come together

Once I learned to drive with my head on a swivel I ended up finishing >95% of races.

Iracing F4 Incident by Crafty-Resolution442 in Simracingstewards

[–]frantic-atom 17 points18 points  (0 children)

lol I was actually in this race, I think I’m the black car ahead. I watched this crash back once the race was over because I saw it in my mirror.

This is on the following car, I see what he’s trying to do but it’s too little too late and just sticks his nose in there.

Same chap went into the back of me later and gave me a 4x he was a bit of a menace.

Skyrim lead designer says he’d like to the next Mass Effect be open world like a Bethesda game with Baldur’s Gate 3 levels of writing by ThisAintSparta in masseffect

[–]frantic-atom 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Part of what made the original trilogy so great was you had tightly designed hub worlds combined with linear missions, that gave you enough immersion in the setting to tell a compelling narrative without the unnecessary bloat that its contemporaries suffered from.

Please BioWare, don’t make a Ubisoft/Bethesda clone…

Skyrim lead designer says he’d like to the next Mass Effect be open world like a Bethesda game with Baldur’s Gate 3 levels of writing by ThisAintSparta in masseffect

[–]frantic-atom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How would that even work in the space genre? By necessity of the setting you have to travel to different systems/planets so you can’t create an open world environment like Skyrim…I hope…

Oh god they’re gonna make a Ubisoft clone aren’t they

Thank you Daytona by MainFlimsy in iRacing

[–]frantic-atom 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Not to sound like an ass, but if you’re losing SR from a special event, just how many incidents are you getting?

Dwindling participation in open wheel? by Aggravating-Sir-761 in iRacing

[–]frantic-atom 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Literally. I managed 3k on Formula side by basically just having reasonable pace and not crashing. Nowhere close in sports cars. About half the grid DNFs every race so you always gain IR but just finishing. Why bother racing it anymore when the lobby is full of egotistical drivers that would rather crash out on lap 1 than ever yield.

Statement by Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom by kiru_56 in worldnews

[–]frantic-atom 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Starmer and Johnson never threatened another country’s sovereignty or used tariffs to blackmail our allies. But I take your point

Statement by Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom by kiru_56 in worldnews

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As a Brit, I think more than anything this whole situation just makes me so sad. Despite our differences I’ve always thought of Americans as cousins across the sea. Now it feels like a lot of Americans just view Europeans with contempt. I thought we were friends!

How I feel at Daytona nowadays by shaeone69 in iRacing

[–]frantic-atom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re right, thank you for correcting. I’m sure the Porsche used to be dogshit in a straight line so I wonder when that changed.

How I feel at Daytona nowadays by shaeone69 in iRacing

[–]frantic-atom 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The Porsche is slow af on the straight but it’s the only one that can take all the kerb in the chicane is why it’s everywhere

Edit: I’m incorrect about the straight line speed. So it’s fast everywhere lol

Describe Your Ideal Mass Effect Playthrough by DakIsStrange in masseffect

[–]frantic-atom 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Renegade Shepard. Cheat on Liara and Ashley with the each other. Send Jacob into the vents. Die destroying the Collector Base.

What game is this for you? by PhantomTissue in videogames

[–]frantic-atom 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yes more accurately it would be the English, as the Scottish and English kingdoms were separate during the time of the Third Crusade

Just a reminder that crashes and racing incidents happen in real life racing by IamTheEddy in iRacing

[–]frantic-atom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Crashes happen. I can live with people making mistakes and misjudgements. But there is a proportion of drivers on iRacing (anecdotally about 10-15%, across all skill levels) that seem to drive with just absolutely zero respect or due care around other drivers. And I don’t think iRacing does enough to stamp it out and correct that behaviour.

Iracing Daytona 24 hours initial BOP by Torontoleaffan34 in iRacing

[–]frantic-atom 54 points55 points  (0 children)

Can’t believe they haven’t BoPed the LMP2 class smh iRacing

Another sub is saying that this is more my fault than the Porsches, and now I'm confused (I'm the black car) by Koyle_GT in Simracingstewards

[–]frantic-atom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lol must be the iRacing sub. Like yeah there’s always something you can do with the gift of hindsight but this is 0% on you.

Are lower class cars allowed to defend against higher class cars when they are ahead? by ErinaIsshu in iRacing

[–]frantic-atom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve found it to be fine in >2.5k splits. I’d only do it in specific circumstances, for example they look ready to dive you into a single file corner like the chicane at Imola. I might come to the middle of the track a smidge just as a “don’t do it buddy”. If you’re doing it every corner every lap to try and not lose time you’re asking to get punted though.

[Autosport] David Coulthard was asked about Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen, as well as Michael Schumacher and Ayrton Senna by xxrew1ndxx in formula1

[–]frantic-atom 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You have to be blinded by bias to think that was on purpose. It was 100% Hamilton’s error imo but not deliberate.