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The funny thing is, I suspect people have been doing this for centuries. In the 1800s the sending of moralistic letters to newspapers by people showing how moral they were to each other is even and mocked featured in David Copperfield by Dickens when he introduces Mrs Micawber. I love me some Dickens.

Event Title: Gran Turismo Sport - Race Night Event Author: phil bottle Calendar: Community Calendar Event Date: 03/09/2021 08:00 PM Spring Season FG League race #2 Interlagos Gr.3 13 laps Any tyres Fuel x 5 Tyres x 6 Race 2 Suzuka Circuit East Course N200 7 Laps Sports Soft tyres No fuel or tyre wear Race 3 BB Raceway II Gr.4 12 laps Any tyres No tyre or fuel wear Will confirm all race details tonight. Gran Turismo Sport - Race Night N.B. If viewing this via the FG App, please visit the Calendar event via browser to RSVP. Thanks.

Points are listed in the Spring Season thread along with future race calendar. 5th place was excellent 🙂

What are peoples thoughts on having reverse grid order based on previous race, rather than qualifying?

Charlie was a Communist so probably not 😅

Thanks all for a great start to the Spring Season. Le Mans was tough and I'm looking forward to the @Grebothreview. Initial standings after race one below. I should also give @Misneach_ a shout as technical issues ruined his qualifying and he was unable to start the race, sorry man. Position Driver Points Races 1 Greboth 25 1 2 JBR-Kiwi 20 1 3 phil_oi 15 1 4 Mikepjbell 12 1 5 JTLurch 11 1 6 TEENWOLF25 10 1 7 GazzaGarratt 9 1 8 slamminbones 8 1 9 Crispy 7 1 After race #11 Position Driver Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Race 7 Race 8 Race 9 Race 10 Race 11 Total Pts 1 Greboth 25 25 20 25 20 25 25 25 15 20 20 245 2 JBR-Kiwi 20 20 25 20 25 20 20 20 25 25 25 245 3 Mikepjbell 12 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 20 10 12 159 4 phil_oi 15 12 12 12 n/c 12 12 n/a 11 12 9 107 5 GazzaGarratt 9 11 10 8 12 DNF 4 10 12 9 15 100 6 Crispy 7 8 8 11 11 10 9 11 9 11 n/a 95 7 slamminbones 8 10 7 10 10 9 5 8 7 7 8 89 8 JTLurch 11 n/a 11 n/a n/a n/a 10 9 n/a 15 10 66 9 TEENWOLF25 10 n/a 9 DNF n/a n/a 8 12 DNF n/a DNF 39 10 MadTitan n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a DNF 6 n/a 8 8 DNF 22 11 Lord Baguette n/a 9 DNF 9 n/a n/a DNF n/a n/a n/a n/a 18 12 Jordie n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 7 n/a 10 n/a 11 28 13 Diddums n/a n/a n/a n/a 9 n/a n/a n/a 6 n/a n/a 15 14 Misneach DNF n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0

I don't know where you find these people James but I'll say this much. Amazon has some very shitty employment practices that actually have a material impact on many people's lives. So its a real shame the energy is not directed there, to things that actually matter.

Looking for something lightweight for myself and Mina to watch, we settled upon Cobra Kai. 5 episodes in, great decision. It's a lot of fun and very funny in some places. Some excellent references to the film and to the 1980s...and i think the writers are enjoying themselves with the script. Plus I'm getting drawn into the 'strike first' approach 😁

We're good at making the best of a bad situation, that's life in a nutshell I suppose. That doesn't mean we shouldn't demand the best or be satisfied when we are served shit.

I want a COD with Kowloon in it. COD died a long time ago for me, my tastes may have changed, although the new Modern Warfare was a step in the right direction (glad I didn't bother with Cold War however). I'm just hoping Battlefield returns to form rather than expecting anything decent from this dead horse.

Turned out to be a very enjoyable race, and no one seemed to get left behind, which was nice to see. Penalties didn't really feature in the race, which was good, and to be honest I thought it was very straightforward. I managed to go a whole race without fucking up or getting fucked up. Kiwi managed to do the whole 5 laps on one tank and it nearly paid off. Excellent strategy. I'll post the league table up later today.

Madame Sterling talks of EA and Bioware and the industry at large with some commentary I tend to agree with, minus the boglins🙂

It is clear to me now that I'm going to have to channel my inner Ronnie Pickering 🤔😅

Great report @Greboth from a great night of racing🙂

I've not even tried Control from last month yet, I hear its decent. This month they have knocked it out the park, across the river and into my back garden🤗

Yep, semi conductors being pretty much all produced by one company doesn't help but it's a matter of logistics in the long run. The pandemic slowed everything down in all sorts of ways. The occasional bursts of crypto mining fever dont help either. I had a similar problem when buying my 1080 ti. It was over a grand for a year and a half before I found it for £700

Yep, soon as the cards are properly available and properly priced you'll be sorted with £1400 to play with👍 Look forward to it❤

Well mr @Shucker its not stopping in June, that's the start of the Summer season, so you'll be waiting until December 😅 It's only as sweaty as you make it yourself. Makes zero sense after buying a wheel but each to their own I suppose? 🤔😆

Have a look at PC Part Picker too, it has a system builder and shows if there any compatibility issues. Prices are pretty steep these days so with that budget you're looking at a 1080p build at most I would say.

The penalty system will be on but it's very flawed unfortunately

Bandersnatch I think it was called, by Charlie Brooker the guy who made Black Mirror

I think the best way is to deal with incidents post race. It doesn't save anyone whose race has been ruined but points deductions and other penalties, such as starting the next race from last place will hopefully provide some recourse. Happy to discuss and I'll try and draw up specific penalties before race 1.

Now then, my only issue with this is what version of Shep we will get. The thing about the games is that you could play him as a nice guy, or a bit of a wanker, you could choose your love interest....and you have to choose on more than one occasion which of your companions lives or dies. Netflix did a show a year or two ago where you could choose between options at various stages, that would be cool if you could choose your Shepherd and some of his or hers or theres decisions 🙂

I dunno, we all read what happened, they went into with no thought or any idea what they wanted to do, except make money of course. If it's just a soulless exercise for the mighty dollar and no one is putting their heart into it I find it totally normal that it would fail.