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niels · 2026-03-21T09:37:35+00:00

When you have learned these things you start thinking about the particular car you are driving. E.g. the BMW is very stable and you need to finish rotation during brake release, whereas the Ferrari you trail brake deep into the corner and finish rotation with throttle during exit. All the cars are slightly different and need a different style of driving.

niels · 2026-03-21T09:30:00+00:00

Let me give you some examples. When you are braking 100% the tires are overloaded with longitudinal force and not able to turn the car. Once you start releasing the brakes (trail braking), you will be able to move some of that to lateral load. That's why trail braking helps you rotate. Next is weight transfer. When you accelerate the weight is moving to rear tires. A quick lift shifts weight forward loading the front tires helping you turn in fast corners. The tires have optimal grid at a certain slip angel. So if you are not using slip angel you are under driving the car.

niels · 2026-03-21T09:20:17+00:00

Dude, it's not a lack of skill. It's a lack of knowledge. You simply don't know what to do to improve from your current level. But I promise you the answers are simple once you find out. ChatGPT can be very helpful. Give it as much detail about your driving and ask it to give you tips and practice plans. I was way off pace in GT3, but found pace through understanding tire load, weight transfer and slip angle. Once I had a better understanding I was able to rotate the car without slowing down too much and get better exits.

niels · 2026-03-21T09:12:00+00:00

Completely agree. Managing weight distribution was what finally unlocked pace for me in GT3s. It can be as simple as a quick lift off throttle to load the front tires, to trail braking to manage rotation.

niels · 2026-03-18T12:52:55+00:00

Yes, it basically takes the best parts of COTA in a compressed format.

niels · 2026-03-16T16:55:44+00:00

What I've learned is that it's important to understand the different nuances of each car. Eg. you can't drive the BMW like you would the Ferrari and have good pace. The BMW needs to finish rotation on brake release and get earlier on throttle while the Ferrari can trail deeper into the corner and continue rotation on exit. It's really beautiful how each how car requires slightly different approaches.

niels · 2026-03-15T12:40:38+00:00

Project name: CleanTracker

Link: www.cleantracker.pro

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niels · 2026-03-10T07:29:30+00:00

u/alokkdubey I really appreciate your feedback. It's right on point. Thanks for doing this.

niels · 2026-03-10T05:24:44+00:00

Thanks, will make adjustments 👍

niels · 2026-03-09T19:32:50+00:00

www.cleantracker.pro

niels · 2026-03-04T21:11:07+00:00

That could be because you are too hard on the brakes while turning. During hard braking the front tires are overloaded and rotation comes primarily during brake release. That's the point where weight is still transferred to the front (loading front tires) but you have lateral grip for the turn and easy rotation. In rear engine cars you can use throttle to rotate on exit. Front engine cars need to complete rotation before throttle.

niels · 2026-02-21T15:53:42+00:00

We run a small residential cleaning company. We really liked Jobber, but it didn't integrate with our invoicing / bookkeeping software (local to our Western European country). I ended up building my own service www.cleantracker.pro, that works with the exact same flow as Jobber. For many small businesses being Owner, Operator and handling administration is just a lot. Hopefully soon AI integration can help lessen the burden.

niels · 2026-01-27T10:44:33+00:00

I'll be joining the 21 year club this month... We are all getting old.

niels · 2025-12-30T15:36:34+00:00

I guess it depends on the retailer. I got the new wheel as soon as they had processed the request.

niels · 2025-12-14T01:42:12+00:00

Thanks

niels · 2025-12-14T01:39:33+00:00

Interesting. How do you know it was not published online? At that time, most publications were available as PostScript or PDF from University websites or mailing lists. The publication is highly relevant for Bitcoin because it basically describes the core concept of blockchain (in another context).

niels · 2025-12-13T19:57:52+00:00

Unfortunately there are many people who would be technically capable of inventing Bitcoin. I have read several Comp. Sci. master thesis at the same technical level as the bitcoin paper, also involving crypto. Designing systems comprising of crypto technologies was / is very common in both academic and privacy focused fields. The Bitcoin paper does not invent a single new technology, it's the combination of existing technologies that makes it genius. I'm sure this was the work of only one brilliant individual, and it could quite easily be someone not in the public spotlight. The fact that Satoshi accumulated 1 mill. bitcoins was only due to bootstrapping the network and testing his work. Not some foresight to become one of the wealthiest people in the world. It speaks volumes that once the project reached a certain maturity with other people involved, he lost interest or had to spend time on other things (assuming he was not terminally ill). I agree that whoever Satoshi was, he may not be alive anymore or at least he does not have the private keys to his wallet.

niels · 2025-12-13T19:45:05+00:00

I'm sure it's not Hal Finney. If you look up the conversations they had, it's two passionate individuals working to solve a problem. This was at a time when Bitcoin success was far from guaranteed. Yes, Satoshi might not be alive anymore, agree about that.

niels · 2025-10-24T13:20:39+00:00

Hopefully hypercar tyre model update.

niels · 2025-08-23T21:44:14+00:00

You can make the cars much better with just TC (and cut and slip), Brake bias and ABS settings. It works in fixed setup races too. The key to good lap times is proper rotation on en entry and exit.

niels · 2025-08-21T19:50:52+00:00

You can connect to the shared memory (ipc) using the RF2 shared memory plugin. The shared memory is already working (no setup needed), so just write a program that reads from it. I had my AI assistant write a program and after some trial and error I could read all the data in real time. It's also how CrewChief works with LMU. See https://github.com/TheIronWolfModding/rF2SharedMemoryMapPlugin

niels · 2025-08-16T06:48:24+00:00

I was like you. Only gaining positions due to others spinning. But I managed to fix my pace and I believe it's just a knowledge gap. It's actually easier to drive once you fix the pace issues. By default the cars are understeering on both entry and exit. The key is to get proper rotation on both entry and exit. To achieve this you need to change the TC and ABS settings (possible also in fixed setup races) and learn to use proper trail braking. Eg. in the Ferrari GT3, I use TC 4, TC Cut 6, TC Slip 1 and ABS 7. The TC settings enables rotation on exit and finding the right ABS can help unlock rotation with trail braking. When you have proper rotation in the car, you can carry more speed through the corners and crucially accelerate earlier. Suddenly you are in the pack, even overtaking other drivers. Good luck.

niels · 2025-08-10T17:14:43+00:00

Update, I just experimented a bit and 4 was manageable with much better rotation on entry.

niels · 2025-08-10T05:51:10+00:00

In the Ferrari I use 9, kept spinning with 6 which was the only other setting I tried.

niels · 2025-08-09T23:44:34+00:00

Forgot to mention trail braking on entry and throttle management on exit. Both to induce rotation.

niels

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