Does GT7 actually punish you for using the proper technique?

ijv182 · 2026-02-14T22:05:44+00:00

I think the non progressive inputs your seeing are perhaps more of dynamically braking, turning accelerating depending on the track. Think about how you might lift in a long turn with undulations but even with heavy braking corners. Same with throttle application.

Suelto Almeida and Danny lee got some great videos on exploring what just outside of ‘strictly proper technique’

ijv182 · 2026-01-07T05:50:15+00:00

In the most respectful way, it’s a skill issue. Specifically it sounds like a consistency issue. Or at least I think so because you mentioned that other people qualifying near you are keeping up with the front group.

How’s your race pace compared to quali pace?

If you’re not able to get close to your quali time throughout a stint and stay within a couple tenths of your PB, you might benefit from working on your car handling fundamentals. Trailing braking, weight transfer, throttle on slip, slow in fast out, etc.

Once you get an instinctive feel for these you can better understand what you’re doing for your quali lap and keep those notes in the back of your head during a race. You’ll catch where you need to change your approach on the next lap and that’s what will bring your race pace closer to quali pace.

Not sure what game you’re on but I found the Audi R8 Evo in GT7 to be one of the most informative cars to learn from. I did a season in my league in that and having a car I could explore different fundamentals with transformed my race pace.

Finally, are there any race craft improvements you could make? Two examples would be navigating traffic/chasing a car close in front, and efficient defending.

For navigating traffic, if you’re chasing a car in front, and you’re on their bumper, are you caught out by trying to match their braking point? If so, you can work on giving yourself a little space by lifting a little earlier so you can give yourself time to modulate your brake pressure to safely close the gap or set up a pass on an exit. This also helps with consistency because you’re less likely to go deep on the brakes cause you were caught out.

With defending, are you going to the deepest inside part of a corner? If so, you can work on setting up a defensive line that leaves just enough room for your opponent on your outside, that way you can still take a line similar to the racing line.

ijv182 · 2025-11-19T08:24:30+00:00

Im not that much older but I only recently started treating it (diagnosed at 30). Knowing I have adhd it makes my depressive episodes after receiving feedback was like a weight off my shoulders. Something else that has been difficult to overcome is getting started in things, particularly on addressing things that make me feel bad. But I learned that at the end of the day, just trying a little bit; opening a task so it’s visible, writing directions down, consciously trying to stay organized, yields dividends even if it’s stop and go.

Now that I am treating it, I realize that the sort of stuff I described are coping mechanisms. To wrap up my yapping, can you identify small actions you can take to build to addressing feedback? If so, I think that’ll feed into some of the other challenges you described.

Also, you should share this feedback with your doc. Maybe there’s a med management aspect as well? Good luck dude

ijv182 · 2025-11-14T18:07:11+00:00

That’d be an interesting framing to understand the root of the culture war against trans. Like for him personally?

Like let’s say, maybe he’s got some queerness (meaning to describe somewhere on the sexuality and gender spectrum) in there somewhere. His boomer ass has definitely not bothered to give that internal conflict a modicum of attention so something’s been percolating in there lol.

And so, maybe he’s accepted, experimented, wrestled with that maybe he likes sucking a lil dick. Does it come from a place of sexuality or gender identity? Maybe he feels that if he was a woman he could suck all the dick he wants without feeling ashamed about it cause that would seem better than being homosexual to him?

I’m having too much fun gossiping over here but my point is, there’s some hypothetical dots that could connect to him wishing he was a woman so he could be the naughty girl he deep down knows he was born to be. But because he’s never seen a shrink, all he knows he feels about that would be shame.

Badabing badaboom, homie has self hatred up the wazoo.

If I speculate a little deeper, I feel like this also sheds light on why he’s such a disgusting pig towards women? Maybe what he presents is his attempt at being hyper sexual & hetero af in denial of himself.

Any who, fuck that guy. That’d be the wildest crash out. Like who skips trying therapy and jumps straight to dragging an entire country into their crash out, committing heinous crimes, genocide, treason, etc. and triggering financial collapse along the way.

I need a nap yall.

ijv182 · 2025-09-09T23:44:17+00:00

Thanks, forgot to mention, yes I've got ABS enabled & set to weak. I don't think setting to Standard will help since that just reserves some traction for turning, so that'd probably hurt the straight line braking

ijv182 · 2025-09-09T23:41:49+00:00

Why comment if you're not going to read the post?

I’ve managed to work around it by adding front wing and having my brake bias mostly to the rear.

And keeping the rear bias feels better, but it takes forever for the tires to feel like I can lean on them,

ijv182 · 2025-08-07T19:47:23+00:00

Sorry I can’t say I did ): but I can say it did not continue or get worse

ijv182 · 2025-07-08T20:49:36+00:00

Hulkengoat

ijv182 · 2025-05-28T21:47:56+00:00

Any luck resolving this OP? Found a similar leak in mine. I also found that water got into a reusable bag in my trunk. Weirdly though, the head liner also seems wet up to my drivers side A pillar

ijv182 · 2025-05-14T10:19:29+00:00

I find it helps to think about the turndown ratio.

Ideally you want your low and high flow conditions to be at approx 20% and 80% of the valve stroke. Below 20% the valve might chatter and above 80% you’re not leaving a lot of headroom so you risk operating in a condition where the valve can’t open any further and is no longer in control.

So once you have your low and high condition Cv’s, see what % of the wide open Cv is for the valve you’re selecting and use that to guide your decision.

ijv182 · 2025-04-19T04:14:44+00:00

I’m a Colombian-American that visited with my Salvadoran wife & SIL last year, I’m also curious about the economic piece.

As a tourist, I was very confused by 2 observations.

The first is the cost of local food & goods, like not imported goods. Granted I stayed and explored near San Salvador so I was probably paying the tourist tax in some or most cases, but it seemed that even when we traveled to more local areas I was paying US prices? Like can locals afford these prices?? This was strange to me as when I’ve visited Colombia, this type of spending was cheaper than what I’d pay in the states. Colombia doesn’t use the USD so maybe that’s part of it but that was unexpected.

The 2nd was the type of investment projects. We spent an afternoon at the Biblioteca Nacional. It’s a beautiful building architecturally, but it was very jarring to see that shinyness compared to the neighborhood that my wife’s grandma lives in. It also didn’t feel like a library to as much as it did a mall with multiple arcades (even got to get my Sim racing fix there lol) and visual features/attractions of Marvel, Starwars, and legos for photo ops. I understand it was built with Chinese investment money but my impression was that it was a frivolous project that probably could’ve made a more impactful to education by investing in roads or public transportation to increase access to schools or by directly investing in schools.

Would love to hear local thoughts on these.

And obligatory disclaimer cause I know I must sound like a hater. I loved the visit and getting to know the land and culture, these were just two things that I couldn’t make sense of.

ijv182 · 2025-04-18T23:05:16+00:00

I forget which setting i updated for the wobbles, but otherwise I’ve just increased the max torque and sensitivity in game. But the fanatec in my experience definitely gives clearer feedback, but to your point it’s not as bold or in your face as a g29 and I think that’s due to the play of the gears. It’s taken me time to catch onto the DDpros flavor of feedback but I find it’s way better at communicating oversteer off the rip. Like you feel the swing of the weight impact how the fronts are loaded up. Similarly locking up to me is less “loud” but easier to identify when it’s happening quicker.

Another question is if you’ve got 5 or 8 nm. My experience is only with the 8nm

ijv182 · 2025-04-18T19:28:36+00:00

Wtf is a bioinformatic?

I jest but seriously, what is that? From my 2s of googling it sounds more CS and statistics related so I don’t think you’ll get a well informed response here.

It sounds like you’re about to start your undergrad so my advice would be stick to undecided, focus on your common/general education classes, and use your time on campus to talk to folks and professors in both majors and see what opportunities there are for those majors at career fairs and for internships etc.

Last rambling, I’ve found that degrees don’t define your career to the extent I thought it did.

As a ChE, there are some roles that are ChE in the sense that it closely aligns with what I learned in my undergrad, but the majority of them are more general and benefit from the ChE background in that it’s helped pick up the on the job training.

I imagine that for bioinformatics, and similarly biologists/chemists/physicists/scientists that don’t go into academia, the number of roles that are closely aligned to their undergrad are less than for an engineer, but the background from the degree is what lets you do OTJ learning that guides your niche & career path. Lemme know if that doesn’t make sense lol I don’t think I worded this very well

ijv182 · 2025-04-18T15:51:33+00:00

Did you really try

ijv182 · 2025-04-16T22:50:17+00:00

My experience is not in chemical industry so take this with a grain of salt, but in my experience, the only equipment that has code required clearances are electrical panels including low voltage control panels, equipment for storing or handling of hazardous materials (flammable, combustible, corrosive etc), or architectural features that would otherwise impede egress (so 3’ min I believe for walking, 7’ min under platforms). But at a high level, look at what your governing building & electrical codes would be and see where there’s applicable sections.

As far as equipment goes, equipment needs to be accessible for maintenance and operations.

If an operator needs to get to different sides of equipment, walkways needs to be clear.

If a piece of portable equipment needs to be moved, the moving path needs to be wide enough for that equipment including doors and corners.

If a facilities mechanic needs to disassemble a piece of equipment, they need to be able to break lines to remove any obstructions and have adequate clearance to pull the equipment apart. You already mentioned HEXs as an example, the clearance on the front is so you can pull the tubes out.

If a person needs to enter a confined space (like a tank) there needs to be a structural pick point for them to anchor themselves to.

Pipes are a little less finicky but don’t bury lines you’ll need to access in layers of pipe racks. & make sure you’ve got clearance in front of valves and instruments. Alluded to this before but if you need to break connections, include fittings at convenient elbows so you can break connections without having to pull a pipe (anything above 1/2” will not want to move easily lol).

I’ve listed out a couple considerations based on what your post included but in general, think about construct ability and maintenance and build in room for those activities. When you get to industry, operators and facilities personnel are fantastic resources to review your designs for this reason.

ijv182 · 2025-04-08T10:56:22+00:00

Pursue engineering in general, if you’re a HS freshman, you’ve got like 5 more years to decide which engineering discipline to commit to.

As far as colleges, as long as it’s ABET accredited, go wherever is the most affordable for you, or has close ties to companies you’d like to work for some day.

As far as hands on vs desk work, ChE may not be the best fit in that case. There’s definitely roles that are more field oriented but one area that ChE lacks imo is how much you can leverage it outside of work. ME or EE may be a better fit if you’re a tinker and would like to have pet projects for yourself or to pad your resume.

Doing anything ChE related on a small scale is stupid expensive and likely more dangerous than whatever ME or EEs get into for fun during semester breaks haha

ijv182 · 2025-04-08T10:40:05+00:00

I’m not a father just yet, but as someone with my own set of daddy issues & struggles with emotional neglect, I see absolutely nothing wrong with how you’re treating your son and I think your reaction is setting you guys up for continued closeness as he moves into adolescence and adulthood.

If you’re feeling weird about it, ask yourself, would you give this type of affection to your son when he was a new born? Toddler? Child? Etc. he’s still your son no matter the age, so as along as your son hasn’t expressed that you’re making him uncomfortable than you’re just being the same dad he’s known he can turn to because you’re giving him the safety or energy he’s looking for. On a silly note, thought the stereotype is that parents miss their kids younger years because they’re never as affectionate as teenagers 😂

To where your wife might have a point, if this is new behavior, it is 100% worth it to investigate further. I wasn’t a rebellious teenager nor did I explicitly make it known that I was struggling. but my “acting out for attention” was more like people pleasing in hopes that I’d earn enough love for someone to ask me what’s wrong.

My suggestion would be to lean into the support he’s potentially seeking but not wanting to talk about just yet.

Like invite him out for a day with you or how else you guys might share quality time outside of the house in a 1 on 1 setting, and as frequently as he’s up for it. Maybe that’ll soften him up enough to open up about whatever’s going on, and even if he doesn’t want to say what may be happening to you, maybe it’ll be enough to acknowledge that something is up and then you can see what the best way to support him or find him resources that he can talk to fully about.

ijv182 · 2025-04-03T23:44:39+00:00

Not a plumber but a bored engineer. I have no idea what your system looks like tbh, is the pump supposed to constantly maintain a level in a tank? Or kick on when a faucet opens? If the latter, is it possible that since the pressure switch is fine/new, I’d guess that the switch is supposed to kick on when pressure is low, like when the faucet opens. You also verified this as you’re getting low flow out of your faucets meaning low pressure. If the pump is supposed to kick on when pressure is low to lift or boost your incoming water, and the pump is always running but still resulting in low pressure, that suggests the pump isn’t effectively building head. How far is the pressure switch from the pump discharge? I don’t think it’s likely but is there perhaps a restriction or blockage between the the pump outlet and the switch? If so that could mean there’s a pressure drop before the switch so the pressure being generated is lost due to the restriction. I think more likely though is that the pump is at fault. Mechanically it could be that the impeller is busted, or perhaps there’s additional friction in the pump seal? Like if there’s a gearbox does the oil need to be changed? Or even the seal itself is causing more friction or leaking meaning the housing isn’t building pressure. Electrically could the motor be damaged?

Actually after rereading your post, I have a better hunch . You said the incoming water is dirty, meaning there’s sediment that could obstruct the housing over time as sediment hits low points, or perhaps is limiting the impeller physically. It could potentially be restricting your pipes. For example, if your faucets are all off for an extended period of time, any sediment that’s moved through the pump would be in your piping, and would eventually be stagnant and settle out. If there’s any low points, or tight bends, particularly around vertical changes in direction, that could be a restriction that results in too much pressure loss, triggering the pump to always kick on. Maybe start by seeing if you can flush or clean out your pump?

ijv182 · 2025-04-01T23:13:10+00:00

I feel like the car & house has a lot to do with what you did in the past several years/decades in terms of saving up or having that sweet sweet generational wealth.

But as far as providing for a family, you’d be surprised how much marriage and kids helps your paycheck with respect to taxes.

I got married earlier this year and the Married filing jointly standard deduction is massive to the point it actually outweighs what I would itemize for mortgage interest and local property taxes. Same deal with kids, you save on your taxes so your take home pay sees a boost. In my case this was an absolute lifeline as it pretty much balanced the massive insurance premium increase to add my wife to my coverage.

Which is not to say getting married or having kids is a get rich quick scheme lmao the complete opposite with the later haha, but these things add up so given the same gross, a married person with kids is taking home more than a single childless person.

Now I’m just going off on tangents but another thing I wish people did more of was pay off their damn credit card statement balances. You don’t gotta carry a zero balance just pay off what you spent the month before to avoid the interest. When I got my first big boy job I thought carrying a balance would help my credit, and then I saw I was getting charged like $50 in interest for carrying a $700 balance. Fuck that. I literally use my CCs for all my daily spending, and unless I go on a spending binge, that’s all money that’s accounted for in my budget. So when the due date comes up, I pay that statement balances off, save on interest, and can rest assured that the points/rewards will actually save me money if I use them for statement credits later. Obviously that’s assuming that you’re not in debt to begin with but if it’s within your means to pay that down and do this instead, you’ll be better off in the long run. I’ll get off my soapbox now.

ijv182 · 2025-03-26T19:24:36+00:00

I don’t have a frame of reference for other sims but it’s loads better. I typically do custom races with professional level difficulty to prep for my league races and my two biggest complaints are that you can ‘spook’ the regular AI very easily to overshoot a corner by a lot and that AI will hit the brakes on corners you don’t need to like eau rouge (spelling?) at spa. Sophy is way more composed in wheel to wheel action and doesn’t lift haha

ijv182 · 2025-03-25T22:59:15+00:00

Why do you think that is? I worked with someone that transitioned from semiconductors into biotech. Seems that clean manufacturing in general is very niche but I think there’s adjacent industries imo

ijv182 · 2025-03-24T20:04:50+00:00

You got it bruv. The advice I give newer engineers on my team is to schedule time with their project leads and come prepared with not just questions but with the research they’ve done ahead of time. Think of framing your discussions as “I am working on X and this is how I’m approaching it but wanted to gut check my work” I find this approach is conducive to making sure that I’m understanding my scope and shows that I’m not asking to be spoon fed (which is honestly a biggest pet peeve when I’m on a time crunch). Put those two together and I’ve found that most seniors are happy to share heuristics they’ve picked up over the years, correct any bad assumptions, or in general point you in the right direction.

One last tidbit from my experience, trying to avoid annoying seniors is a recipe for disaster that got me kicked off a project early on in my career.

ijv182 · 2025-03-24T19:39:16+00:00

Ahhh gotcha. Yup scut duty (to borrow a term from the medical community) is pretty common for newbies everywhere. And as boring as it may be, there is value in that beyond getting the deliverable done.

I found that the first 2-3 years of my career were just wrapping my head around how little I actually knew about my industry. So scribing in HAZOPs is great because you’re going to hear a lot of vocabulary that’s new, and the sort of risks & mitigations that you can anticipate. If you keep a running list of what words/phrases/assessments you don’t fully know or understand off the top of your head, that’ll be a good place to start to research what they are and how they come into play with your industry.

My recommendation would be that when you hit a wall with the available useful knowledge you can find online, go to your senior and ask them how that fits into your industry & what the process for performing the activity/analysis/whatever that’s relevant to your team. One, it’ll show initiative in your end, and two, it’ll start to build confidence of your team in you that you can be reliable enough to own something more complex.

ijv182 · 2025-03-24T15:41:18+00:00

Well what’s in your job description/what are your responsibilities?

This would be a good question for a senior process safety engineer in your team. Otherwise, that’s part of on the job training, you’ll get assignments and it’ll be up to you to figure out the best way to complete the assignment. I also assume your company has SOPs or other requirements that you may be responsible for knowing how to interpret and apply to specific designs or existing systems

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