re: 2023 Formula 1 season Thread

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Ferrari, Mercedes and McLaren will introduce minor updates this weekend.

Mercedes and McLaren hope their major upgrade packages will be ready for Baku.

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Max has been sick this week with a stomach bug and will not be arriving in Jeddah until tomorrow.

I'm really curious about the Mercedes upgrades, that team seems toxic as hell right now, so much for the "no blame culture". I want to see if the upgrades are a continuation of their current concept or if they just scrap it, and the season, and use 2023 to focus on development of the 2024 car, likely with sidepods.

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How much you in?

I’m considering buying a play seat, thrustmaster setup for the PS5

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PC- $1700
Next- Level F-GT rig - $500
Fanatec Club Sport wheel - $350
Fanatec Club Sport v3 pedals - $350
Fanatec CSL Direct Drive (8NM) - $500
Fanatec Podium advanced paddle module - $200
Simlab Tripple Monitor VARI- $360
MSI 32" 2K QHD Curved Monitors X3 - $900

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Coordinated effort last week to tamper expectations, "we're not going to be good", blah blah blah.

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A bit like 2021, when Verstappen was running away mid season and Toto said they had stopped all development for the car to focus on 2022.

Then brought out a ludicrous speed, party mode rocket engine the last four races.

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Max has been sick this week with a stomach bug and will not be arriving in Jeddah until tomorrow.

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Max could be vomming in every turn and still win comfortably this week.

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Not bad, what game are you running on there? EA F1?

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iRacing.

I hate the F1 game. Once you play iRacing you don't go back

1) It's very "arcade" ish and just doesn't feel as crisp
2) There is no safety rating type system so people are fricking reckless on track
3) Iracing has laser scanned tracks, the force feedback is so much better
4) you can race everythign from stockcars to endurance, to F1 in iracing

iRacing is sick because ive literally been in races with professional drivers. Haven't gotten an F1 driver but have had F2 and F3 drivers. Max plays all the time, hell he was on this past weekend.

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Dirt 2.0.

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This one is fun with the wheel for sure.

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I play a lot of Assetto Corsa

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I don't know if I just can't figure out the menus, but I'd just like to have a car and do an F1 like season, but that doesn't seem possible. It's the cheesy kind of career mode stuff

TD needs to get on the Rocketpoweredmohawk train, he dropped his Bahrain race review


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That setup is awesome. How many hours do you put in a week?

If I'm trying to do an official race, probably 4-6 hours. 2-3 hours of practice depending on if i know the track, then usually eats up an hour per race. I take it pretty seriously and use telemetry software(see below) to improve breaking points, racing line, throttle etc. so it just depends how much I'm trying to improve/how familiar i am with the track. Building up track knowledge is a huge part and just takes times. I can tell you the gear shifts and turns of most of the F1 tracks now

I’ve heard max plays iracing a shite load.

He does, its very transparent so you have to use your real name as your screen name, he practices under his dad to keep his iracing up on his main account. But you can sort by region/country so all you have to do is go to Monaco too see all the main guys

I think I might be able to put something in my garage or shed (AC/power/Ethernet)

You have to be hardwired to race, too much lag/getting dropped on wifi


Have you always had the 3 monitors? I would probably just do the one large tv in front. Do the monitor make a difference?

I used to have one monitor, but for hitting your apex and for getting a "sense of speed"(having the screen moving in your peripheral) it really helps to have triples. You have to use all your other senses since you can't feel g's when simming so i've found it really helps. I also have VR, but it makes me sick, but it looks and feels insane, you will giggle the first few times you do it.

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TD needs to get on the Rocketpoweredmohawk train, he dropped his Bahrain race review


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Never seen this before.