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George! Hopefully Toto is paying attention. It must surely be a done deal already, mustn't it? A decision is made, they're waiting for some other things to be settled before making any announcements and that would suggest they don't want to confirm George at Mercedes until they can also confirm Bot...

Sorry I'm late with this: http://player.radiolemans.co/ Your annual reminder that, despite what you might be hearing on the Motor Trend coverage, there are in fact people commentating on the Le Mans 24 Hours while sounding as though they have previous broadcast experience. The illness-related absenc...

I believe "Art of Rally" is dropping tomorrow. My boys and I have been in the mood for the "minimalist" racing experiences. We have put in a ton of time with Lonely Mountains Downhill lately. I am confident we will like Art of Rally as well. Based on a quick play this afternoon, Art of Rally on XB1...

The 2022 cars remind me a bit of some of the cars from an old PS2 game, Downforce. I approve. I'm working very hard to understand how Red Bull had one of their cars deposited at very high speed into a fence, saw the other driver involved penalised for his role while their driver was whisked to hospi...

Did I read correctly that Championship has been eliminated from F1 2021? If you want to play a full season, you must do the Story Mode? If true, combine that with the elimination of the classic cars, and I have almost no interest in F1 2021. I'll stick to 2020. Yikes. Surely not? I know the Champio...

Misjudgements on both sides, one of them probably worthy of a penalty, the other worthy of consideration. Lewis didn't quite get the nose in, was never quite getting the nose in, was always looking like he'd drift up into Max's car. He was entitled to be there, Christian Horner's utter nonsense abou...

Have been playing on Xbox One X today and just constant, constant disconnects. Hopefully just first day issues. When it's working, are you finding it significantly improved over 2020, mate? This is the first time in a long time that I've managed to successfully hold off from a day one purchase, hav...

So there it went. The first F1 sprint, and it was certainly a group of cars driving around a track together, wasn't it? I don't understand what it added. Yesterday demonstrated that there's not an awful lot wrong with the current qualifying format, while today demonstrated that no matter how much yo...

100%, Rob. It's impossible to say enough about the quality of the work Mancini and his staff have done. To change the fundamental make-up of the squad and their approach to the game in the time he's had, while building in such tactical flexibility, they've done an astonishing job. Regarding Saka tak...

I think a lot of what you saw was due to Mancini making tactical adjustments in the first half, and especially at halftime. Verratti ended up shifting wider and disrupting the connections between England’s right side and the excellent duo of Phillips and Rice in the center. Chiesa ended up roaming ...

Does it seem like more matches decided by shootout compared to other recent international tourneys? It's been a fairly standard number, if I've counted correctly. Four shootouts is the same figure seen at the last couple of World Cups and only one more than the last Euros. I suppose whether it seem...

Well, f*ck. Echoes of the 2018 WC semi-final: an opening spell in which we hit upon a formula that could carry us to victory, followed by an interminably long period of doing the polar opposite thing. For spells prior to the equaliser, we'd have been in the stands watching if we'd got any deeper. Th...

Me again. If, despite my earlier urgings, you've accidentally waited until July 9th to log into Steam and go all in on ACC, fret not. There's a publisher sale on at Humble in which all things ACC are the same price they were on Steam, at least in my neck of the woods. If you fancy it or you're seeki...

I would suggest that 'gift' overstates it and 'travesty' falls squarely under Better Bait Needed but there's no doubt it was a soft one. There's contact, twice, but had it been given against us I wouldn't have been overly happy and had the ref not given it, I wouldn't have expected the VAR to overru...

Lordy lord, we're in the final. I'm almost not bothered about what comes next, which I fully expect to be an Italian trophy win because I believe they're better than we are. (I know, Austria got at them, but it remains vital to avoid having hope, so stay with me on this.) It's just been really nice ...

Oh no. No, it can't be. That feeling...I fear it might be hope, chaps.

I've started to see a few comments suggesting that recent updates have made now a very good time to be jumping into AMS2. The content appeals just as much as it did first time around, some of the newer additions to the car and track lists are right up my street, yet I'm still a bit concerned that m...

Yup. It's worth 5 notes for the sense of speed alone. Get it bought if you haven't already. I had a little look at the demo of RiMS Racing last week. A brief tutorial and a quick race at Zolder later, I came away reasonably impressed with the general feel. You'll recall that I know nothing of what i...

Quick thoughts on a weekend of racing: - Even with one good arm, Marc Marquez is still unbeatable at Sachsenring. A deserved reward for incredible persistence, resilience and good old guts. - If I was Valtteri Bottas reflecting on my weekend, I'd probably think that doing well in free practice didn'...

Bloody hell. I've been on a few rollercoaster rides with my beloved Pools. That season we were 14 points clear at the top of the league and still lost it. That season we were 8 minutes away from being promoted to the Championship and still lost it. That season we went 23 matches unbeaten, were top o...

Actually, it may be on the ESPN+ that we have over here. I know they showed all the EFL finals, unsure if they will show the National League. As long as no one gets a red, you should be good! I watched that again last night. Still never a red... :lol: Hoping for more tomorrow than I got from Englan...

If you're a Steam user, you might like to check out the Next Fest, in which a huge number of demos are available to play from now until 22nd June. Chief among the demos that might trouble this thread are WRC 10 and RiMS Racing, the new motorcycle sim built around Kylotonn's IoM:TT engine. There's al...

Love how my Fandom of Sheffield Wednesday makes me watch a stream of Luton v. Rotherham on a Tuesday afternoon Don't suppose I could tempt you with Hartlepool United vs Torquay United, could I? The National League play-off final is this coming Sunday and we've somehow ended up involved in it, 16 ye...

While I'm happy to see the announcement of Forza Horizon 5 releasing this November, the news comes with a troubling subplot: What's the future of the Forza Motorsport series? Still coming, eventually: https://www.techradar.com/uk/news/forza-motorsport-everything-you-need-to-know Very much flying un...

Having failed to come up with a sensible alternative and knowing I'll never order anything if I don't do it now, I ordered a CSL DD and the new pedal set a couple of nights ago. I'll stick a load cell kit in there once there's a load cell kit to stick in there too. I should apparently expect it to s...