Jons Mostovojs @jonn@social.doma.dev

@groovestomp we could sign up for this: https://junior-rally-championship.fandom.com/wiki/RBR_Season_1 especially if we find a +1 to compete as a team :D

I don't know what to think about it, but I've been attempting to find a fellow enthusiasting beginner to race against in Discord communities sized in tens of thousands. I ended up finding such person on mastodon by reading a relevant Gemini post.

Really unsure if there's a trend here, but perhaps it's because people in the small Internet tend to be more involved with... ...stuff?

Seemingly, RBR works on Linux: https://lutris.net/games/richard-burns-rally/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNvBCvZCXTw

I learned so much about RX from this video :O

I tried to buy it but failed, because there's no way to. Turned out maintenance of RBR is a community effort. Everything is opensource if you disassemble hard enough. https://rallysimfans.hu/

cc @groovestomp

Oh wow... I know what I'll get into after I've mastered all the DR2.0 locations.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLIuW3n2Rtk

The cognitive approach that allowed me to learn computing is the same approach that prevents me from having savings.

It is "put yourself into a situation where success is the only way out".

@groovestomp oh and also, it only applies to FWD / AWD. I don't know anything about the RWD except that they're really unforgiving. :)

@groovestomp ...slow down and position the car well for the exit. Pretty sure that nothing good will happen if you try this in a grippy turn :D

@groovestomp yea, I can't find it, but the idea is that if you initiate a drift, countersteer and don't apply input, you'll keep going with a speed similar to your speed of approach, whereas if you start sliding and as you do that, you keep pointing into the apex (without / with less countersteer), you'll slow down more and make the rear of the car draw a wider arc than the front. Now if you're on gravel, while doing so you'll keep getting pushed forward which can help...

@groovestomp this is one way to think about going sideways into a turn. I'm searching for a diagram for ‘drift-braking' I mentioned...

https://dirtfish.com/learn/how-to/how-to-choose-your-line/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fhd9FGvx3Jc

Remembering all the magical times, all the late night walks in Riga with my TCG buddies. All the cubing after exhausting tournaments.

I wish I still cared about the game.

Regarding my last toot: I'm glad to use the runtime that was shown to work in the year I was born on the hardware that was around back then. Coauthored by this genius:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lKXe3HUG2l4

RIP Joe Armstrong, you'll always be remembered.

There are but three rates of collapse, a sardonic spirit might have said to me…

https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/technology.html