f1-games

[fallow breach]

Daruvala out

Mechanical failure

what just happened bro

vsc ended then started again??

[floral apex]

Singapore Quali Top 10: Verstappen, Piastri, Pourchaire, Pulling, Tsunoda , Pellegrini, Russell, Bearman, Sasaki, Fournier

[fallow breach]

absolute insanity here wtf

[fallow breach]

pitted under vsc thinking "right its drying i can go to dry tyres

fits inters

Then the end of the second vsc

told its ending

trying to maintain speed

"drive through penalty - speeding under vsc"

take the penalty

come out p19

how is this still inter weather

tyre temps arent too high

tyre wear is normal

but how

[floral apex]

and the singapore gp is under way!

theo pourchaire took abbi out and then george couldn't react on time to theo's stricken car

Abbi, George and Theo are out of the race

and of course once again its a fking Red Bull that takes Abbi out

yep there we go Pourchare 10 second penalty

deserved

another collision at the back, Vesti and Hauger

nobody out from that onet ho

oh exact crash as Abbi, George and Theo there

Gasly gets a penalty

10 for Gasly

interesting how whenever a Sunwest crashes its almost always someone else's fault

[fallow breach]

absolutely no way. no way on earth am i keeping that. SPUN TWICE TRYING TO COME THROUGH THE FIELD AFTER THE CROSSOVER.

i end up like 4 seconds behind Yuki, outside the points AGAIN while Bearman is p2. No.

Admittedly, the DT was kind of on me. but i got spun TWICE by magnussen

let's try this again, the US Grand Prix is underway!

[floral apex]

also Sasaki is in the lead after that

but Max is absolutely flying right now

P7 to P3 in three laps

oh damn

Sainz just crashed into Maloney while leaving the pits

both cars are still in but Sainz has critical damage

and Maloney gets the penalty for that one!

to be fair Sainz was leaving the pits

i would love to see a podium of all real drivers

Max Verstappen takes the lead of the Singapore GP!

goddamn max

[keen brook]

Of course bloody Pourchaire takes Abbi out.😭

[floral apex]

and once again its a red bull

[keen brook]

damn

[floral apex]

red bull seriously has something against us

this is the third time in 3 years that a Red Bull collided with a Sunwest

[fallow breach]

okay so for Daruvala retiring

[keen brook]

Your Singapore GP is what I expected Monaco to be.

What I got was a borefest with the only 2 DNFs being gearbox failures.

[floral apex]

Spa 2030 with Piastri and Antonelli
Monza 2031 with Russell and Pulling
and now Singapore 2032 with Pourchaire and Pulling

[keen brook]

But at least we got back to dominating.

with a 1-2

Of course Gabi won it.

Tbh I expected Ollie to win as he was the lead driver until the 2nd round of pit stops.

[floral apex]

VSC ends and Max gets clear of Piastri

[keen brook]

But somehow at the end for Gabi were better than at the end for Ollie.

[floral apex]

i do find it ironic that Russell was again involved in a crash between a Red Bull and a Sunwest

[keen brook]

As Gabi did a and Ollie a .

[floral apex]

i guess it was tire advantage?

this would be a fire podium

[keen brook]

I think it was the period where Gabi was on fresh and Ollie on worn after Gabi's 2nd pit stop.

Then Ollie had after his 2nd pit stop the tire advantage but not track position and Gabi kept the lead very well.

Basically Gabi has outdone Ollie on strategy.

[floral apex]

Max is already 21 seconds up on Piastri after being behind him 8 laps ago

and pellegrini just crashed

there go his points opportunity

Max just gained a further 10 seconds on Oscar in 4 laps

Max Verstappen wins the Singapore GP!

Oscar Piastri 2nd

Yuki Tsunoda third

Bearman and Sasaki are the 4 and 5

then Iwasa, Antonelli, Ocon and Fournier

Albon rounds out the points scorers

then its Stroll, Lawson, Sainz, Gasly, Pellegrini

and Doohan and Maloney are the last of the finishers

finally a podium animation

I like how the one podium animation i get had to be the white DHL Sunwest

Abbi's DNF drops her to P3 in the WDC

Fortunately we still have 20 races to go so plenty of time to catch up

[quaint hare]

Lando damn

1 win

SEVEN 2nd places

And 0 3rd places

[fallow breach]

i will take that result since its points which was what i wanted

but

still what the hell

[floral apex]

Not the amount of points you wanted

[fallow breach]

4th place

every time i tried to take some of the corners of the DRY TRACK

it ran me wide

which lost about double the time i had managed to gain to them

but nonetheless

[red wadi]

Nah Romeo is cooking

[balmy rover]

new f1m24 save as RB tp, welcome to bahrain, tsunoda's car gets bombarded into t1 mid race by

great start

also not completely unexpected

[red wadi]

Bro decided to live in a average ahh house but was seen driving a CCX through Nottingham

[fallow breach]

XDPU 2030 US Grand Prix Result

Piastri won for Red Bull which is... i'm fine. totally fine. not upset he's being more consistent than he was at xenon with quali and race results.. definitely.

XDPU 2030 Driver Standings after USA

XDPU 2030 Constructor Standings after USA

[keen brook]

In FP1 Ollie went wide into the wall, causing light chassis damage, severe front wing damage and light suspension damage.

Then in FP1 Gabi went wide into the wall, causing terminal front wing damage.

[fallow breach]

Onto the Mexican GP!

[floral apex]

pellegrini moment

[keen brook]

Then Vest locked up into the wall and out of Q1.

[red wadi]

Bro be the most random ahh billionaire ever

[keen brook]

Then Maloney had a gearbox failure, taking him out of the race.

And then Leclerc had a gearbox failure, taking him out of the race.

[floral apex]

and theres the entire monaco gp!

[keen brook]

yeah

That's it.

Nothing else happened.

[fallow breach]

Time for the Mexican GP - quali first.

Any predictions?

[keen brook]

Gabi's win in Monaco

[floral apex]

monaco is such a wide spectrum

you can either have the most chaotic race ever (like that time i got 4 consecutive red flags)

or the most boring race ever

[keen brook]

For me it actually always was chaotic.

until now

[red wadi]

Okay so Nashville is 10

[fallow breach]

Out in Q1 in Mexico:
Fittipaldi
Gasly
Daruvala
Maloney
Iwasa
Zhou

[floral apex]

and then what

[red wadi]

If you can smell….. what the lore is cooking

[fallow breach]

karting?

[keen brook]

F1

[red wadi]

Nashville Tyler Pellegrini to live with family in Australia
The 10 year old will live with his aunt and uncle for a few years to follow his passion for rugby, the chances of making it big in Australia are slightly bigger than in the UK. Romeo said it’s a hard decision but decided Nashville should follow his dreams and ambitions

[floral apex]

bruh Romeo boutta buy a rugby team

[fallow breach]

RUGBY??

[red wadi]

[red wadi]

Motorsport fans getting saved of the Pellegrini’s with that one🔥 🔥

[floral apex]

f1 fans after seeing nashville wont be going for motorsports: huge relief

[fallow breach]

Out in Q2:
Tsunoda
Perez
Doohan
Pourchaire
Magnussen
Martins

[floral apex]

i cant really tell if romeo is doing better or worse this season

[fallow breach]

mexican minister of q2 exits strikes again

[red wadi]

Yeah well until they read the news about William and Charlotte

[floral apex]

Just outside of the points in Australia (P11)

a self-inflicted crash in Singapore that forced a wing change and a drop to P15

I do think the VCARB is faster this year

[fallow breach]

XENON. FRONT. ROW. LOCKOUT.

[floral apex]

i checked and they switched from Renault to RBR engines so yea

[floral apex]

fking finally

[fallow breach]

DP has pole for the Mexican Grand Prix and Sainz is P2

[floral apex]

sainz is a good teammate?!?!?

[fallow breach]

Red Bull 3-4 with osc once again ahead of max

Ocon is P5.

Then Bearman, Hamilton, Hulkenberg, Stroll and Norris.

Cloudy Mexican GP, with a little rain mid race.

[fallow breach]

possibly!!

[keen brook]

Once I've reached Monza I won't go back to the Haas save because I want to start a new project then.

a huge one

Which will go over multiple career saves and will take a lot of time.

[quaint hare]

im lucky my championship rival is in a mercedes. They got the lowest top speed

350kph

[floral apex]

rip haas

it haad a good run

[keen brook]

My goal is to make every of my favorite drivers that are in the game across all racing categories world champions.

with their current or most recent related teams

[quaint hare]

norris divebombed both mclarens into t1 making it 3 wide giving ocon front wing damge

[keen brook]

Which are in total 31 drivers.

[quaint hare]

norris is my wdc rival

ik it sounds crazy

verstappen is 9th in the wdc with 98 points

even albon is ahead of him

[floral apex]

I like how the number of drivers = ocon's driver number

[fallow breach]

Ocon mechanical failure

[floral apex]

speaking of ocon

How was ocon mentioned 3 separate times in 4 minutes

[floral apex]

ocon mention #1

[floral apex]

ocon mention #2

[floral apex]

ocon mention #3

[quaint hare]

ocon has more fastest laps than verstappen this season

ALSO I HAVE OVER 18000. RND POINTS WHICH I CANNOT USE BECAUSE IM TOO POOR

[keen brook]

These 31 drivers are:
F1: Ocon, Leclerc, Piastri, Hadjar, Bearman, Bortoleto, Antonelli, Lawson, Russell, Norris, Albon, Doohan
F1 reserve: Colapinto
ELMS: Sargeant
WEC: Schumacher
ex-F1 (unknown where in 2025): Zhou
FE: Maloney, Barnard
F2: Browning, Mansell, Goethe, Minì, Martins, Verschoor, Dunne (not confirmed, but very likely)
IndyNXT: Hauger
F3: Tramnitz, Stenshorne
GB3: Pulling
F1 Academy: Weug, Chambers

That's where they drive in 2025.

[floral apex]

drivers, goal

get them all a title

[quaint hare]

almost 21k

[floral apex]

of these drivers across all of our saves, i believe Leclerc, Bortoleto and Pulling already have a title

Leclerc got a title on his own in my save 2024

[keen brook]

Putting these drivers into their most recent teams they drove for/were affiliated to:
Haas: Ocon, Bearman, Chambers
Ferrari: Leclerc, Weug
McLaren: Piastri, Norris, Barnard, Dunne, Stenshorne
RB: Hadjar
Kick Sauber: Bortoleto, Zhou, Maloney
Mercedes: Antonelli, Russell
Red Bull: Lawson, Goethe, Hauger, Tramnitz
Williams: Albon, Sargeant, Browning
Alpine: Doohan, Colapinto, Schumacher, Minì, Martins, Pulling
Aston Martin (not affiliated to any team and only team left without any drivers at all): Mansell, Verschoor

As these 31 drivers don't include a single driver from Aston that's where I put Mansell and Verschoor in.

[floral apex]

lol rip hadjar hes all alone

[quaint hare]

This why ocon is F1 God

[keen brook]

As Zhou is rumored to become a Ferrari reserve I might change Zhou then from Kick Sauber to Ferrari.

[floral apex]

a mod that sets all of those drivers up like that would be so useful

[keen brook]

Yeah, so it will be for 6 teams a wasted 2024.

[fallow breach]

DP wins the Mexican Grand Prix!

[keen brook]

As neither of the drivers is driving for them already.

So that's 6 saves where I work with drivers in 2024 that are just there because they're there.

[floral apex]

unfortunately there are no mods on console

[keen brook]

yeah

The Alpine save will hurt replacing Esteban but seeing it positive, I release him from that shitshow of a team.

Well, as he's higher rated than Ollie, he probably will be the 1st to win the title with Haas so he will then be the one making place for Chambers.

So there it will really hurt replacing him.

[floral apex]

im gonna set this up using the database manager to see what it would look like in game

[keen brook]

And Chambers needs a teammate she can beat so the lower rated one stays.

[floral apex]

i think i'll just set up a save as haas tp

but never use it again after today

[fallow breach]

XDPU 2030 Mexican GP Result

[keen brook]

And well, the teams are also in the order I'll do the saves.

So I start with Haas.

So I go back to the Haas save, just a new one.

[floral apex]

Ok this 2024 is gonna look so goofy with my post-2026 mods on

[keen brook]

Just put for RB a Red Bull driver in.

alongside Hadjar

so Hauger

[fallow breach]

im gonna do more of the sim save bc i dont feel like doing brazil tonight

[floral apex]

i set my haas tp name as Alex Albon

[fallow breach]

but first

XDPU 2030 Driver Standings after Mexico

XDPU 2030 Constructor Standings after Mexico

SIM SAVE
alonso wins in Australia

[quaint hare]

going into the final race

9 points behind lando

Were gonna get p4 in the constructors

most likely

[floral apex]

so this is what it looks like

Max, Stroll, Sainz and Hamilton are just there to ensure all teams at least have a reserve driver

[quaint hare]

PEREZ IS USEFUL FOR ONCE

what

Logan. Ahead of BOTH RED BULLS

[floral apex]

@keen brook the WDC is a complete mess now

there are 33 drivers on the list now

[keen brook]

[keen brook]

interesting affiliate choices

Could've done Hamilton for Mercedes and Sainz for Ferrari, both demoted to reserve instead of leaving.

[floral apex]

i simmed to the race start, heres how quali went

[keen brook]

Aston of course has to be Stroll.

Verstappen gets the ultimate demotion.

not only from Red Bull to RB, even to RB reserve as well

[floral apex]

woah

crazy simmed race (also i still have all of my mods on)

[keen brook]

Williams double points, damn

I just now noticed, Williams is just completely unchanged.

[floral apex]

lol yeah

[keen brook]

McLaren is obvious as their 2024 line-up is still the 2025 line-up.

[floral apex]

i was like "well that makes a job a bit easier"

these are some wild standings

[keen brook]

I'm not surprised about the top 3.

[floral apex]

its a good thing you can't run mods on console

cuz if i handed this save file to you you'd already have a bahrain gp done

[keen brook]

yeah lol

Williams is actually the biggest surprise.

Well, with an unchanged line-up they don't have low rated drivers.

Kimi only 12th, damn

Goethe is a not really surprising DNF, he is quite crash prone even irl.

[floral apex]

i got the post race animation and it was esteban getting out of the car and fuming

[keen brook]

yeah, only 14th

[floral apex]

But since it for some reason takes place at the same parc ferme area as a race win, i genuinely thought we had won somehow

[keen brook]

[floral apex]

which does make sense, i've seen like 150 of those by now

[quaint hare]

NORRIS DNF

If i get 5th or 6th+fl i win the wdc

and both mclarens got wing damage. And since perez isnt useless i might even get p3 in the wcc

[floral apex]

I think what i'll do is just sim this full season and see what happens

i wont put as much effort into this save as my Sunwest save (obviously)

[keen brook]

yeah, understandable

just not ruining Haas entirely

I hope

[quaint hare]

stroll got dotd…

oh yeah

he did 18-6

[floral apex]

Yeah i think i still have to do R&D and stuff

[quaint hare]

stroll gained 6 places in the first corner

[floral apex]

Bit of a silly move from me not to do a custom team save here so i can just do a sim save

[keen brook]

yeah

[quaint hare]

and. We got p3 in the wcc

by 5 points

[keen brook]

Could've done a custom team with the lowest rated drivers and not managing it at all, maybe even lowering their stats in the database editor so that they're guaranteed last and have no influence.

[floral apex]

I mean i could redo this tbf

[keen brook]

hm

yeah

why not

[floral apex]

I just gave everyone $10 million contracts to 2026 lmao

[keen brook]

then maybe in the new one swapping Hamilton and Sainz

[quaint hare]

Okay. So. Weird thing

[keen brook]

Would be funny they just both get demoted to reserves instead of changing teams.

[quaint hare]

Max costed 10.05mil. I had 10.49 mil to negotiate on him. I got him for 10.3 mil

[keen brook]

well, in this case even swapping teams

[floral apex]

i actually thought max to vcarb was hilarious

[quaint hare]

i have less than 200k left

[keen brook]

I'm happy with that.

That's really hilarious.

Just for Mercedes and Ferrari swapping Sainz and Hamilton.

[floral apex]

i could alternatively just give them low rated drivers so that they have less effect on the overall f1 standing

[keen brook]

hm yeah

[floral apex]

Cuz obviously sainz, hamilton and verstappen as affiliates means they havr a high chance of taking a seat

[keen brook]

yeah

[quaint hare]

HOLY SHIT

DRIVER CHANGES FOR 2025

[keen brook]

It's better they're free agents so their ratings to down.

[quaint hare]

HAMILTON AND LECLERC ARE TEAMMATES AT FERRARI

[fallow breach]

YOOOO

[floral apex]

like they should

[quaint hare]

Max-Lotus
Sainz-Redbull
Leclerc-Ferrari
Bottas-Alpine
Pourchaire-Audi
Perez-Gone

[floral apex]

i might have to do this later or tomorrow

[floral apex]

sainz to red bull and perez out like it should be

[keen brook]

I'm actually excited to see how this will end up.

[quaint hare]

I CAN FINALLY GET LEVEL 3 FACILITIES

[floral apex]

i'm the type of guy to make a full sim save just to see how a german of1d mod's dream grid turns out

[quaint hare]

LOTUS BACK IN F1

[floral apex]

i mean if its anything like the bahrain preview we got then things are definitely gonna go wild

I do imagine we might see some drivers getting replaced

When i get to it ima call the team "DPMOcon38 F1 Team"

You know what i'm referencing

Or as a joke i'll call it an F2 team

[fallow breach]

any team with dpm in their name may as well be a f2 team

[quaint hare]

imagine an actual f1 calling themselves „F2 Team“ and then winning. The other f1 teams could then say „yeah we got beaten by F2 Team“

[floral apex]

i think tonight i'll set up DPMOcon38 F2 Team and the grid

and then stsrt the simulation later in the week

What if i renamed MP Motorsport in my Sunwest save to Pellegrini Motorsport

[fallow breach]

is dpmocon38 actually gonna be an f2 team

heres the standings in s2 of the sim save

[quaint hare]

ALONSO

[fallow breach]

Leclerc won Monaco again

Last time he won Monaco in this save he won the title

[vast wedge]

oh

well then

[vast wedge]

out qualified max in my first race ever

[floral apex]

bruh lmao

[fallow breach]

Leclerc wins again in Canada

[floral apex]

Next race in F1 23 save: Mexico 2024
Next race in F1M Sunwest save: Japan 2032

[fallow breach]

F1 24 sim save i've just done Canada 2025
F1 24 XDPU i'm up to Brazil 2030

[quaint hare]

ima start a new sim career

[quaint hare]

btw did you use the settings i recommended?

[fallow breach]

yes

[quaint hare]

nice

[quaint hare]

Well. 87,5% correct. Acclaim rate ai must be reduced

mot team acclain

it increases ai driver moves

[fallow breach]

so do all reduced?

[quaint hare]

no. Only Ai Acclaim

[fallow breach]

this?

[quaint hare]

No

wait. Ill show a pic

[quaint hare]

yes

[fallow breach]

ok

[vast wedge]

first race win

[quaint hare]

noice

[subtle totem]

Tf were these regulation changes

[quaint hare]

F1 got nuked

[subtle totem]

Bro my team went from first in the R&D to last by an entire mile

[quaint hare]

HOW FAR DOWN DID YOU GO????

[floral apex]

The R&D changes @fallow breach needs in his save

[subtle totem]

Very

[vast wedge]

also my first race ever and my first time playing an f1 game

[subtle totem]

Based

What race was it?

[fallow breach]

oh hey i know you

[quaint hare]

im guessing bahrain

[vast wedge]

Bahrain

[subtle totem]

Yeah lol

[fallow breach]

hows it going

[subtle totem]

Pretty good

[fallow breach]

thats good

[subtle totem]

Except for S4 nerfing my team

Anyways... How bout you?

[fallow breach]

Its going good for me

[quaint hare]

bro this game is shit

max did a 22-5 in balu

baku

[subtle totem]

I fucking hate this

[vast wedge]

what game is it?

[vast wedge]

bro?

[quaint hare]

Aarava game

[vast wedge]

do the wets just not exist in f1 23?

[subtle totem]

Im pretty sure im going to do as well with lewis as I'd do with roy nissany

With this nerfed car

[quaint hare]

how many departments even were affected? All of them?

[floral apex]

Were you too broke to adapt them?

[subtle totem]

3

[quaint hare]

cant be. All teams had major downgrades

[vast wedge]

just skipped p1

[subtle totem]

I shouldve done practice races tbh

[vast wedge]

who needs 3 practices when you can do one and then go directly into qualifying

[subtle totem]

There were like 70 parts at risk

I needed to do practice races for resource points...

[floral apex]

What I do in my f1 23 save is i do long session length and all 3 practice sessions

And then i just quick practice all the practice sessions

[subtle totem]

Everything was affected except for durability

[quaint hare]

some of us cant be bothered to do 50% races

wait

sim

sorry

[floral apex]

the long session length is mostly to take advantage of its 60 minute practice sessions

[keen brook]

I even do 100% races.

[floral apex]

Which allows me to complete full programmes using quick practice

[subtle totem]

vcarb is first in the R&D thats just stupid

[fallow breach]

that is crazy reg changes tho damn

sauber could only dream to be that high in my xdpu save

[subtle totem]

Lmao fr

[fallow breach]

heres an interesting quali (in the sim save)

[vast wedge]

i literally just need one or two laps of practice to get familiar with the track then i race

[subtle totem]

I do have 9000 resource points now but I had maxxed aerodynamics and chassis

[quaint hare]

in my f1 2020 my team career sauber was 1st in performance

[floral apex]

In my save Audi is really high in performance
It gets funnier when you realize Audi is technically still Sauber under the hood

[vast wedge]

fastest car on the grid now most likely

[subtle totem]

Welp, im gonna do a very short sessions and see how really slow the car is

[fallow breach]

valtteri p12, top 3 within a hundredth

[keen brook]

Would be funny if that happens in one of my saves.

[floral apex]

Audi is like top 5 in performance
and they were even fighting my dominant team a few seasos ago

[keen brook]

As it's for me still Kick Sauber then.

[fallow breach]

leclerc dnf while alonso wins and russell finishes p3

[subtle totem]

And its also sad because this is how each season went for me:
S1:
5th in drivers
5th in constructors
S2:
1st in drivers
3rd in constructos
S3:
2nd in drivers (after my time .essed up the pit strategy)
2nd in constructors

Now we're for sure finishing last

I have to do friendly practice ig

[floral apex]

my f1 manager save is uh
S1: 4th
S2 through S8: 1st

the FIA's regulation changes literally have nothing on me

[vast wedge]

i’m doing a driver save rn

[subtle totem]

Vcarb williams and haas are the top 3 in the R&D I cant 😭

[vast wedge]

now it’s time to qualify

[subtle totem]

Fuck it, im doing S3 of the driver career mode, then I'll return to this

[fallow breach]

No driver transfers midseason in the sim save

[subtle totem]

Wait I just remembered I had a 2 season contract with alpine

Nevermind

[floral apex]

does anyone else find COTA a good track to drive

Cuz i do

[fallow breach]

COTA is generally a good track

[floral apex]

The only caveat is you have to nail sector 1

[fallow breach]

i lack on pit entry tbh

[floral apex]

yeah, the wide hairpins make divebombing so fun

[subtle totem]

Same

[fallow breach]

the amount of times i've absolutely clattered the wall on pit entry, not just at COTA

[floral apex]

Speaking of pit entry
During my pit stop in COTA i was on the outside coming in
And Alonso almost forced me to stay out an extra lap by being on my inside

[subtle totem]

Welp, time to try and win with alpine and vesti as teammate

[fallow breach]

Other ones i dislike pit entry for are Hungary, Spain, Baku, Monaco, Singapore and Abu Dhabi (sometimes)

[vast wedge]

qualified 10th cause my damn car couldn’t grip for more than 5 seconds with the reds

[floral apex]

throwback to when i had to use full wets in COTA

[subtle totem]

I was doing a full race in abu dhabi and hit the separator of the track and pit lane

I was in lap 37 iirc

I was fighting for a championship, so I restarted

but it hurt

[vast wedge]

guys guess who qualified in 19th

[fallow breach]

i was doing a short race at abu dhabi one season and i hit the wall on one of the final corners of the last lap (not related to the pit lane but yeah)

[floral apex]

that feels like that time in Spain when i was coming in to the pits but understeered in the pit entry and tapped the wall

[vast wedge]

it was none other than lance stroll

[fallow breach]

stroll won a race in 2030 in my xenon save

[subtle totem]

How tf did I get pole with an alpine and 70% bot difficulty with a controller

Welp

Good start

[floral apex]

In my F1M save i forced Stroll to stay at Aston

[subtle totem]

To my second season with alpine

[vast wedge]

impossible

[subtle totem]

Whyyyyy

[floral apex]

I've been winning races and taking poles in the Alpine in my F1 23 save... with 84 AI on keyboard

[fallow breach]

ocon also got on the podium with mercedes that race

[vast wedge]

huh??

[subtle totem]

Damn thats crazy

[fallow breach]

and on the topic of podiums Hulkenberg got a podium for Aston

[subtle totem]

Keyboard is insane

And the bot difficulty too

[fallow breach]

a lot of crazy transfers have happened in my save

ocon to merc was a mid season swap in 2029

[subtle totem]

I dont even know why I signed with alpine

[vast wedge]

hold on i gotta show you this quali set up

[fallow breach]

and he beat Hamilton in half a season

[floral apex]

i dont even want to talk about what my save looks like in 2032

[vast wedge]

it’s crazy

[floral apex]

Mercedes have Doohan and Vesti
Alpine have Russell and Hauger
Ferrari have Piastri and Iwasa
Aston have Stroll and Sasaki
VCARB have Pellegrini and Lawson
Williams have Ocon and Fournier
Haas have Maloney and Albon
Audi have Antonelli and Gasly
McLaren have Bearman and Sainz
Red Bull have Tsunoda and Pourchaire

Fournier, Sasaki and Pellegrini are generated drivers

(Technically pellegrini is modded but oh well)

[quaint hare]

OKAY MAX AT BELGIUM IS A BEAST

[vast wedge]

bro i’m getting gapped by yuki tsunoda

DAMN MFER WONT SLOW DOWN

[floral apex]

that 5 second penalty does less to max than checo in 2024

also TSUNODA?!?!?!?

[quaint hare]

yeah

BUT LAPPING P2 2 TIMES

[quaint hare]

yeah

[vast wedge]

finished in 13th somehow

[floral apex]

Bro also that best lap

[vast wedge]

prob cause i got spun out multiple times

[floral apex]

Max's fastest lap is a 1:42.5

Everyone else is between 1:51 and 1:55

Bro was over 9 seconds a lap faster than everyone else

[vast wedge]

it’s a mercedes 1-2 at australia

this is a joke

i’m noticing a theme

this was the staring grid

[quaint hare]

Average haas crash

[vast wedge]

what settings are you on to get this damage?

[quaint hare]

sim damage on both. And i drove without braking

[vast wedge]

this caused no cautions btw

[floral apex]

i drive with full sim damage in my save

[vast wedge]

Yuki causes s me to spin out twice

The stewards: Hey he corner cut goofy style laugh

[subtle totem]

I just won with ollie in an alpine by 12 seconds

Oh yeah norris and verstappen are both in red bull. Thats a deadly duo

[vast wedge]

if yuki caused max to spin out he’s gone for 3 races

[quaint hare]

Aston win?

tf

ALONSO WIN

IN JAPAN

[vast wedge]

another mercedes podium

[quaint hare]

BOTH ALPHARAURIS ON PODIUM

damn

hulk 4th

[floral apex]

bruh what

bro swap them driver fr red bull

[subtle totem]

Btw, in the drivers career, Max won both s1 and s2 and the constructors went to mclaren in s1 and red bull i. Season 2.
S1 mclaren was brutal with oscar never finishing outside the points and lando getting 11 race wins compared to max with 10, and 6 of lando's wins came in the final 7 races, but max never left the podium in that span except once in which he dnf'd, but lando also got a 17th

Aston martin have the fastest car and it showed after alonso got second in the opening race (stroll took 15th but whatever)

[quaint hare]

Another strange podium

Max P1

Albon p2 (from p10)

gasly p3

Gasly started p22

[subtle totem]

Gasly comebacn is crazy

Jeddah up next... I suck at that track

And it shows. P14 in qualifying

[quaint hare]

verstappen is wdc

[subtle totem]

Wtf

I might suck in jeddah but this was NOT my fault

[quaint hare]

the ai suck there

ALONSO GOT POLE IN BRAZIL

[subtle totem]

I forgot I had the thing of "fastest car gets one upgrade removed" on and aston martin were the fastest...

This is depresssing

Alonso was gonna get that third world title

[quaint hare]

okay so

out of 20 drivers

12 are in a nee team

Alonso-Gone
Leclerc-Aston
Hamilton-Ferrari
Norris-Mercedes
Russell-Mclaren
Ricciardo-Mercedes
Hülkenber-Alphatauri
Stroll-Haas
Sargent-Aston
Piastri-Williams
Magnussen-Mclaren
Albon-Haas
Lawson-Williams

[quaint hare]

FIVE WHOLE TEAMS GOT COMPLETELY NEW LINEUPS

Damn

[subtle totem]

Kmag in the podium

Crazy

[quaint hare]

ive had crazier

like this

[subtle totem]

Anyways, fav tracks: (to race in the game)

1. Austria
2. Spa
3. Singapore
4. Monza
5. Imola
6. Abu Dhabi
7. China
8. Portugal
9. Canada
10. Bahrain
11. Miami
12. Las Vegas
13. COTA
14. Brazil
15. Spain
16. Mexico
17. Silverstone
18. Australia
19. Qatar
20. Monaco
21. Suzuka
22. Hungary
23. Jeddah
24. Zandvoort
25. Baku

[subtle totem]

Liam Lawson is in the game???

I thought it was just f2 2023 drivers

[quaint hare]

in f1 23 he is

and hes 81 rated

hes insane

[subtle totem]

Thats insane

[quaint hare]

and for only 1 mil you can get him

[subtle totem]

Wait, lawson is maybe in splitscreen

[floral apex]

I mean Lawson is a Red Bull reserve

[subtle totem]

In f1 24

[floral apex]

And he also drove a few races in 2023 so it makes sensr for him to be included

[subtle totem]

I see

[quaint hare]

Volkswagen Monster

another career. Everything reduced. Exceot for damage, faults, sc, red flags and department events

[floral apex]

ok ive set up my bvbocon dream grid thing sim save

[floral apex]

if you're wondering why i have two suwnest saves, one of them acts as a backup save

[floral apex]

so in my sim save i'm still going to do some minor R&D and background stuff for the team, but all of the race weekends will be fully simmed

[upper apex]

I finished braking point

Honestly kinda sad now

It was SO good

[fallow breach]

omg

[floral apex]

why do you show up at the most random times ever
its literally midnight here

[fallow breach]

its 7:40am for me

[floral apex]

i genuinely tried to put as little effort as i could make myself do for this sim save
the logo is just the default logo recolored with a star thrown on
the colors are purple, light blue and white
the livery's just a random livery i selected
only three sponsors

i still made everything look good (for no reason)

[fallow breach]

also verstappen racing

[fallow breach]

fair enough

[quaint hare]

The first season of a sim career is usually the most boring one

[quaint hare]

with my new VW Monster Energy careeer itll probably take like 5 or 6 seasons to get maxed out

[keen brook]

Time to start into this new project.

beginning with Haas

[quaint hare]

I PREDICTED HAMILTON TO FERRARI

[keen brook]

Gary Gannon's rating went up.

[keen brook]

time for Bahrain

[keen brook]

Chloe's 1st FP1, Sztuka replaced Pérez in FP1 at Red Bull, Drugovich replaced Alonso in FP1 at Aston Martin and Pourchaire replaced Bottas in FP1 at Kick Sauber.

wait

I am stupid.

Chloe isn't affiliated with Haas anymore.

So this are the teams I'll do the drivers with:
Haas: Ocon, Bearman
Ferrari: Leclerc, Weug
McLaren: Piastri, Norris, Barnard, Dunne, Stenshorne
RB: Hadjar
Kick Sauber: Bortoleto, Zhou, Maloney
Mercedes: Antonelli, Russell
Red Bull: Lawson, Goethe, Hauger, Tramnitz, Chambers
Williams: Albon, Sargeant, Browning
Alpine: Doohan, Colapinto, Schumacher, Minì, Martins, Pulling
Aston Martin: Mansell, Verschoor

So like Pietro I'll just set Chloe onto marketing and let her go at the end of the season like Pietro.

Nico locked up.

thankfully no damage on the car

my 11th 100% setup

Kevin locked up.

thankfully no damage on the car

[fallow breach]

Time to head to Sao Paulo in XDPU!

There's going to be reg changes to the powertrain for 2031

And this is the VPC in the power department

everyone is maxed except sauber 💀

Time for sprint quali.

Out in SQ1:
Tsunoda
Daruvala
Doohan
Fittipaldi
Zhou
Iwasa

Out in SQ2:
Pourchaire
Piastri
Gasly
Martins
Maloney
Magnussen

Sprint pole belongs to DP.

[floral apex]

the sim save lol

[keen brook]

Flörsch and Cordeel

[floral apex]

bruh i picked the lowest rated drivers i could and they're still pissed about the car's performance

the WDC is a complete mess as usual

[fallow breach]

the power of having DPM in your name, being so aggressively inept your drivers are mad

what.

[floral apex]

what if for each time a driver wins a title i either swap them out with an affiliate driver or just remove them from the sport entirely

[fallow breach]

cordeel serves as a nice link to the dpm save

[floral apex]

i didn't even consider that lmao

i just picked the lowest rated drivers available

[keen brook]

Wait, why is Vandoorne in there and not Verschoor?

[floral apex]

shoot did i misread that

yeah i misread that whoops

this is the livery btw lol

[fallow breach]

XDPU 2030 Sao Paulo Sprint Result

[floral apex]

and yes the car is indeed shit

[fallow breach]

smh 11th on tyre preservation get good (or i guess get bad in this case)

[keen brook]

Bahrain qualifying result of my making all my favorite drivers champions career (part 1 Haas)

[fallow breach]

Sainz passed Ollie on the last lap

indeed, he is a good teammate now

[keen brook]

I know, great naming for this career.

[floral apex]

heres the grid (ignore that i have the sunwest logo on, i don't have the option to remove it)

[fallow breach]

we've found a teammate that can do us a solid and who's rated highly (after fumbling oscar)

[fallow breach]

sunwest x dpm

checo finally repping a team closer to his skill level

[keen brook]

Well, you can keep it for this save but I may have forgotten Chambers is now affiliated with Red Bull and not with Haas anymore.

[floral apex]

Bruh

[keen brook]

But so that Haas has a reserve she can stay there.

[floral apex]

I think i'll keep it cuz then haas would lose antheir affiliate if i maxe that change

[keen brook]

yeah

[fallow breach]

btw in terms of xdpu, have we ever even considered the possibility of DP 'retiring'?

[floral apex]

nah i don't think that's possible mate

oh crap i completely forgot

[fallow breach]

definitely not

[floral apex]

i'm gonna get fired from this team

[fallow breach]

constructors Championship might be difficult

[keen brook]

From aarava's career I know you can manually change teams.

I don't know how though.

[fallow breach]

thats a driver career isnt it

[keen brook]

probably part of the database editor

[fallow breach]

oh wait

in manager right

[floral apex]

yeah theres an option through teh save browser that lets you change teams

[fallow breach]

yeah makes sense

[floral apex]

i'll do some minor R&D just to stay close to the pack

like idk one upgrade only every 6 months?

[keen brook]

aarava used that when he left Audi.

[floral apex]

I like how i removed my generated affiliates just to replace them with checo

[keen brook]

He basically did the last race as a viewer "managing" Haas.

Aka letting Crawford get a puncture.

[floral apex]

ok time to not give a crap and fully sim this first race

[fallow breach]

any predictions for gp quali in Brazil in XDPU?

[floral apex]

heres teh starting grid

bro we fking beat Zhou Guanyu

Zhou's P21

[keen brook]

damn

Zhou is already cooked.😭

Even Bortoleto makes more out of this shitbox with a much lower rating.

[floral apex]

My team did so bad the game showed the post race animation for the Alpine

race results

[fallow breach]

Out in Q1:
Maloney
Magnussen
Fittipaldi
Martins
Iwasa
Zhou

[floral apex]

Hauger and Bortoleto DNFed

[keen brook]

starting grid for the 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix

[floral apex]

ok time for jeddh

theres definitely going to be a time where i accidnetally go into a session

instead of simming it

Jeddah starting grid

Jeddah race results
Hauger once again DNFed

[fallow breach]

Out in Q2 🇧🇷
Hamilton
Gasly
Tsunoda
Hulkenberg
Pourchaire
Daruvala

[floral apex]

and florsch already has tension with her engineer

romain grosjean - i mean goasguen

[fallow breach]

DP has pole position for the Sao Paulo Grand Prix.

Bearman P2, of course, then Stroll P3 ahead of Verstappen and Piastri.

[floral apex]

ok you know your car is bad when the strategy looks like this

heres the starting grid
Bortoleto went P21

the game doesn't even want to show us

[fallow breach]

DP got a very surprising time of 1:08.700 for his pole in Sao Paulo.

[floral apex]

australia results
Zhou DNFed

[fallow breach]

have you done a dpm and paid the fia off to exclude you??

[floral apex]

lets just igmore the mess that is P23 to P36 on the WDC

[fallow breach]

such is what happens when you alter the editor

[floral apex]

looks like a title fight between Leclerc and Norris

but McLaren probably has the WCC

[fallow breach]

Who will win?

[keen brook]

Strategies are for Kevin , for Nico .

It's lights out and away we go!

crash

Williams civil war

Albon light damage

no penalties given

[floral apex]

if i remove the WDC from the sport every year, that means by 2055 all 31 drivers will have won the title

the only problem is some drivers will retire before that point

[keen brook]

I like that idea.

Isn't there a way to avoid that with the database editor?

[floral apex]

i guess i'd have to change everyone's ages every few years to avoid that

[keen brook]

2.986 for Kevin

[floral apex]

i also set my team to have max facilities and 1 billion in the bank for no reason

Our put stop speeds are gonna go right back to 2010!

[keen brook]

pit stop issue for Nico

9.064

[floral apex]

I also picked Renault engines

slow car, slow engine, slow pit stops

the perfect trifecta

[keen brook]

pit stop issue for Sargeant

[floral apex]

oh okay today it showed piatri

japan race results

bro sophia finished ahead of bortoleto

and cordeel DNFed

[keen brook]

Albon front wing change

now no damage anymore

[floral apex]

oh yeah reg change

[keen brook]

Sargeant went wide.

[floral apex]

China sprint starting grid

[fallow breach]

Lawson masterclass 🤩

[floral apex]

sprint results
Bortoleto DNFed

[keen brook]

2.649 for Nico

[floral apex]

lmao i accidentally got a 97% setup without really thinking about it

[keen brook]

lol

Pérez locked up.

[floral apex]

i almost hit manage race by accident

[keen brook]

almost into Piastri

[floral apex]

china race results
Doohan P21

Sargeant DNFed

its an absolute title fight between Norris and Leclerc

[keen brook]

nice

[floral apex]

sauber and alpine are in P9 and P10 with 0 points

[keen brook]

damn, Weug 0 points

[floral apex]

thats a bit surprising considering she scored points in my test haas save

[keen brook]

yeah

[floral apex]

The funny thing is ive never fully used up my ATR allocations

[keen brook]

2.874 for Kevin

[floral apex]

this is how bad my pit crew is

[keen brook]

pit stop issue for Bottas

[fallow breach]

Excerpts of team radio:

Lap 14
M: lift and coast, DP. Take the tyres easy, they're yellow.
DP: copy.

Lap 16:
M: Gap to Verstappen behind, 6.3. Keep on L&C.
DP: Copy.

Lap 17:
M: Gap to Verstappen, 3.1. Now 1.9.
DP: Copy. Do i have to lift more?
M: Negative.
DP: Copy. keeps lifting
M: Gap to Verstappen, 1.1. 0.9.
DP: Copy.

max passes DP on the last lap.

M: Right, head in the game. We can't lose this victory. We're 30 points down on Ollie, he is currently P4. Now P5 - he is reporting engine failure. Imperative to pass Max.
DP: Copy.

[floral apex]

Colapinto went P22

[keen brook]

Ricciardo locked up.

[floral apex]

Miami starting grid
Colapinto P22

[keen brook]

almost into Russell

[floral apex]

Miami race results
Leclerc and Hauger DNFed

WDC update

[fallow breach]

M: And chequered flag, that's P1. Now you can take it as easy as you want on the in lap.
DP: Ahh! Yes! What was the gap to Max in the end? He was right with me, no?
M: Gap to Verstappen was 0.027, that's 0.027.
DP: Phew! That was real f×××××× close!
M: You said it. Gap to Ollie in the title is now 4. Fancy your chances at number 5?
DP: it's on.

[floral apex]

yeah McLaren's got this title down

[keen brook]

Tsunoda spun.

[floral apex]

crazy how fast sim saves can go
I completed 6 races and you haven't even completed 1

[keen brook]

yeah

Leclerc's DNF is huge for the championship.

[floral apex]

ok lol i've basically taken on Mercedes' role in my Sunwest save

like literally

[floral apex]

Yeah these are some really interesting developments

Sauber and Alpine unsurprisingly have 0 points

McLaren leading the constructor's makes sense

Their lineup hasn't been changed but everyone else's has

[keen brook]

Yeah, they have by far the best line-up.

[floral apex]

The podiums so far have mostly been both McLarens and Leclerc, with a few exceptions

[keen brook]

yeah

They're the highest rated drivers in that grid.

[fallow breach]

XDPU 2030 Sao Paulo GP Result

[keen brook]

Bahrain race result of my making all my favorite drivers champions career (part 1 Haas)

current championship standings

[fallow breach]

Sainz doing us an absolute solid in the constructors by finishing P3

[floral apex]

Sainz is doing great yeh

The new Piastri

[fallow breach]

i think im gonna keep carlos for 2031

congratulations! you [kept the same driver into a season]!

[keen brook]

Bahrain pit stops of my making all my favorite drivers champions career (part 1 Haas)

[floral apex]

I like my new custom team save

[keen brook]

current DHL fastest pit stop award standings

[floral apex]

We're shit backmarkers with state of the art facilities and 1 billion dollars in the bank

[keen brook]

I like how with the base shitty Haas pit crew we instantly get the 5th fastest pit stop.

[floral apex]

bro my pit crew did the same thing in bahrain

but then it went instantly downhill from there

[keen brook]

Yeah, the own team starts with a quite solid pit crew.

[floral apex]

given theyre so weak even the balanced peset skyrockets the mistake rate by 30%

[keen brook]

just very inconsistent at the start

But can instantly pull off some fast pit stops.

[floral apex]

Interesting how the UI doesnt cover 100% of the screen

Thats like 95%

[keen brook]

Yeah, it's a bit odd.

[fallow breach]

XDPU 2030 Driver Standings after Sao Paulo

XDPU 2030 Constructor Standings after Sao Paulo

[keen brook]

Bahrain F2 qualifying result of my making all my favorite drivers champions career (part 1 Haas)

Bahrain F2 sprint race result of my making all my favorite drivers champions career (part 1 Haas)

Bahrain F2 feature race result of my making all my favorite drivers champions career (part 1 Haas)

[floral apex]

and then theres me who called it "31 drivers, 1 goal"

or in emoji form
drivers, goal

Which still works because the #1 is synonymous with being WDC

especially when its Max's #1

[keen brook]

current F2 championship standings

[fallow breach]

DP has 130 poles and 71 wins

[keen brook]

damn

[fallow breach]

And is rapidly closing in on Bearman to try and take his 5th title

The win in Sao Paulo shut the gap down to just 4.

With 4 races and a sprint to go.

[floral apex]

the title fight is on

[fallow breach]

Championship fight progression after Sao Paulo (20/24)

[floral apex]

in true norris form he bottled his title fight

[fallow breach]

think he broke his back from carrying ferrari too hard

[floral apex]

Instead of easily taking P3 or even P2 from Xenon he just stuck with DP there

He got orders to "stay behind DP" even in the WDC

[fallow breach]

[quaint hare]

wish i could play f1 24 on steam deck

[keen brook]

Bahrain F3 qualifying result of my making all my favorite drivers champions career (part 1 Haas)

[fallow breach]

Next they go to Portimão

[keen brook]

Bahrain F3 sprint race of my making all my favorite drivers champions career (part 1 Haas)

[primal drift]

cooking up something right now

[keen brook]

Bahrain F3 feature race result of my making all my favorite drivers champions career (part 1 Haas)

current F3 championship standings

[quaint hare]

i hate this game

[keen brook]

I changed now both Pietro and Chloe to car development.

[fallow breach]

Time to begin in Portugal!

Any predictions?

[floral apex]

DP and Sainz within 5 positions of each other

[fallow breach]

Should DP qualify low (Q2 exit or NP in Q3) just to spice things up a bit?

if you couldnt tell from the radio excerpts in sao paulo (particularly lap 17 and 18) the 0.027 gap was a deliberate act

[floral apex]

no

[keen brook]

OK, so I know Laura Müller will be Esteban's race engineer irl but also Ollie's race engineer is known already and well, both aren't in the game.

So I just sign their 2024 race engineers again.

[floral apex]

just gotta use the old ones then unfortunately

[fallow breach]

Q1 could have been spicy. After the first runs, Bearman and both Ferraris were in the bottom 6. All three did improve out of the bottom 6 tho obviously

[fallow breach]

Regardless, actually out in Q1:
Doohan
Maloney
Fittipaldi
Daruvala
Zhou
Iwasa

[floral apex]

all affiliates in the main cars?

[keen brook]

Damn, that's crazy line-ups.

Apart from Ollie that's literally all drivers who haven't or won't make it to F1.

oh wait

Mick is there as well.

Oh and Pietro also had 2 F1 races.

[fallow breach]

This is an interesting Q2 exit list
Verstappen
Norris
Pourchaire
Perez
Martins
Gasly

Which means Tsunoda and Magnussen both make it to Q3.

and ocon

[keen brook]

the GOAT

[fallow breach]

esteban goatcon

[floral apex]

"tsunoda and magnussen make it to Q3"

"oh and ocon as well"

[keen brook]

I put Kevin onto car development as well.

And as Nico has the highest marketability I set him onto marketing.

They will all leave the team so I don't care about their development.

[fallow breach]

DP hasnt run yet but what the hell is this order

thats sainz in p6 obviously

DP on pole, then Stroll, Sainz, Piastri, Hulkenberg, Tsunoda, Ocon, Bearman, Hamilton and Magnussen

"what the fuck is a pecking order" ahh q3

mb wrote hulkenberg twice

Magnussen has a 10 place penalty and starts P20.

"The lights are on and the drivers are off to begin the Portuguese Grand Prix!"

Lap 1 finishing, DP holds P1, Stroll holds P2. Piastri is up to P3, then Ocon, Tsunoda, Sainz, Hulkenberg, Hamilton, Verstappen and Norris. Crucially, Bearman is P11.

[lyric scaffold]

Give me a driver academy.

[floral apex]

sauber

[lyric scaffold]

😭

[floral apex]

damn 0.007

[lyric scaffold]

pretty painful to watch

[fallow breach]

oh gasly's out

mechanical failure on lap 5

I've just been told on the radio Carlos has a car problem

NOOOOO

[lyric scaffold]

rip

[fallow breach]

not fully out but absolutely has ruined his chances of points or victory

[floral apex]

bruh rip

[fallow breach]

the whole racing pack is a xenon sandwich

DP is P1, Sainz is still running but is P21

[floral apex]

feels like monza 2031 when max was leading but abbi had damage and was p21

[fallow breach]

XDPU 2030 Portugal Race Result

XDPU 2030 Driver Standings after Portugal

XDPU 2030 Constructor Standings after Portugal

[keen brook]

championship fight after the 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix

[fallow breach]

ah yes, the dots

[floral apex]

the infamous dot graph

the most informative graph there is

so much data

[fallow breach]

•

•

•

•

•

[fallow breach]

the absolute most

[quaint hare]

i cant even play f1 anymore due to how much i cough

[red wadi]

Imma just do top 3 bc I lowkey don’t want to type the entire top 5 for classes again

[fallow breach]

XDPU Vegas time!

Anyone got any predictions?

[floral apex]

dp ahead of signs

[primal drift]

yep, retired the whole main grid

well

red bull signed two regens so they're cooked

[floral apex]

as a meme you should've kept Alonso

[primal drift]

eh

maybe if I ever do this with Aston Martin

maybe in 23

[fallow breach]

🪧🪧🪧🪧

Yuki is P2 in Q1.

Zane Maloney is P10

[keen brook]

There was an issue with the pit release at Nico's pit stop.

[fallow breach]

Out in Q1:
Magnussen
Martins
Gasly
Doohan
Iwasa
Zhou

[floral apex]

MMG DIZ

of course its those two at the bottom \

[keen brook]

Then there was an issue with removing the front right tire at Sargeant's pit stop.

[fallow breach]

i wonder if the 2031 regs will stand to bring sauber closer to the rest

its only powertrain changes

[keen brook]

And then there was an issue with fitting on the rear right tire at Bottas' pit stop.

[fallow breach]

Out in Vegas Q2:
Perez
Hamilton
Ocon
Fittipaldi
Daruvala
Maloney

Two shock-ish Q3 appearances this time in Tsunoda () and Pourchaire ()

[floral apex]

He went from Poorchaire to Richchaire

[fallow breach]

giving theo a second stint at xenon was a thought that entered my mind before i realised i hadnt tried contract negotiations with sainz

Yuki Tsunoda had a purple sector in a Williams.

he qualified P8.

DP is on pole, and, say it with me now, Oscar Piastri is on the front row.

Sainz is P3, then Verstappen, Stroll, Norris, Bearman, Tsunoda, Hulkenberg, and Pourchaire.

[floral apex]

sainz and piastri are the xenon goats

[fallow breach]

honestly fr

Piastri still the greatest to drive a xenon car

xenon massively fumbled when they dropped him

ik i controlled that but yk in terms of the lore no i didnt

spontaneous action out of feeling threatened by the looming threat of lando

so they just.. took him

[floral apex]

xenon: signs lando
DP: slams steering wheel on table

[fallow breach]

Piastri is still the only Xenon driver apart from DP to win a single race for Xenon and he won 7 for them.

i've said this multiple times

they dropped oscar off the back of his best ever season in f1.

Can DP win, or at least finish, in Vegas this year?

Oscar has won 8 races in his career in XDPU
7 of them were for Xenon, and the other was COTA 2030 for Red Bull

[fallow breach]

toto wolff except he breaks components of the car

There is a small chance DP clinches the championship in the Qatar sprint.

The odds are stacked against him though.

If DP wins + FL, Bearman scores 0, then DP goes into Qatar with a lead of 46.

THEN, in the sprint, if DP outscores Bearman by 6 points, he clinches the title. So that would require DP P1 with Bearman P7 or below, DP P2 with Bearman P8 or below, or DP P3 with Bearman P9 or below.

[floral apex]

DP after the race upon finding out Sainz had an engine failure: picks up random spare tire and launches it at a wall

[fallow breach]

Xenon's challengers:
XFP-01 (2024)
XFP-02 (2025)
XFP-03 (2026)
XFP-04 (2027)
XPF-01 (2028)
XPF-02 (2029)
XPF-03 (2030)

[floral apex]

I like the swap from FP to PF

[fallow breach]

xenon ferrari power to xenon polor ferrari

[quaint hare]

how did you even get to the name Xenon?

[fallow breach]

yk the ingame sponsor xenon?

.

[quaint hare]

yeah

You still use it?

[fallow breach]

yeah

i just picked it at the start of the career mode and ran with it

Onto lap 6, Sainz is past Piastri for P2!

Few order changes after pits:
Stroll jumps Sainz into P2, Bearman jumps Piastri into P4, Perez is up to P8 and Hamilton is up to P10.

Sainz and Bearman in a fight for P3. Bearman is likely to get the place, its mediums vs hards for bearman and sainz respectively

[quaint hare]

huh. I wonder if i can delete the anti cheat from f1 24 to get the game to work on steam deck.
I wont try. I dont wanna risk anything

i domt even know how id do it

[fallow breach]

DP wins the Las Vegas Grand Prix!

As Bearman finished P2, DP now leads the World Championship by 28 points. With 60 more to award, things are looking good for DP's hopes of becoming the second driver to go 5 in a row on world titles after Schumacher.

[quaint hare]

my VW Monster energy career had issues so ill start s new one with BMW

[fallow breach]

It is now only DP vs Bearman for the title, as Sainz is 65 adrift.

[quaint hare]

Race Calender:
Australia
Imola
Monaco
Spain
Canada
Austria
Silverstone
Belgium
Netherlands
Monza
Singapore
Qatar
Mexico
Brazil
Las Vegas
Abu Dhabi

Settings

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XDPU 2030 Las Vegas Race Result

XDPU 2030 Driver Standings after Las Vegas

XDPU 2030 Constructor Standings after Las Vegas

I'm gonna do short quali + sim for Qatar but then full quali + race for abu dhabi

I don't think Ollie will outscore DP by more than 28

with the way sims have gone in 29 and 30, do i think ollie will outscore dp? Almost certain he will.

WHAT.

CARLOS SAINZ HAS SPRINT POLE IN QATAR!

[quaint hare]

happens

[fallow breach]

DP is P2

ENZO FITTIPALDI P8 IN A HAAS

[quaint hare]

indane

[fallow breach]

if he holds that by some miracle he'll be the 22nd driver to get a point in 2030 and it'll only be the saubers left scoreless

enzo did not in fact hold that

still a brilliant (by haas standards) p14

Bearman wins the sprint.

Sainz and Norris DNF

XDPU 2030 Qatar Sprint Result

Time to go for pole in Qatar.

wait i just realised

easy to forget ik

but dp's normal number is 54

sainz is 55

[quaint hare]

mine is 5

[floral apex]

they were meant to be teammates

[fallow breach]

reason i picked 54 for mine in the xenon save is literally just because its the atomic number of xenon

[red wadi]

Hi Guys, just wanted to say that the rpu is taking a backseat as of now. I’ve currently been doing more fun stuff and I might end it but if I do i’ll cook something when the times right

[fallow breach]

alright thats perfectly fine

romeo probably still makes cameos in ours tho

Oscar Piastri is on pole for the Qatar Grand Prix. Bearman is P2, then DP, Verstappen, Norris, Sainz, Stroll, Hamilton, Ocon and Maloney.

[red wadi]

Well I do have some retirement lore AND Romeo will probably return in some way or form in my next lore

[floral apex]

i mean technically romeo already made a cameo in my save

[fallow breach]

imagine romeo gets a really good drive and wins a title

in canada's save i mean

he already had 8 in yours reddawn

[red wadi]

You know what, I’m actually too pumped for the other one so Imma just start building that one up

[floral apex]

yeah unless Sunwest Racing falls off that's probably never happening

[red wadi]

Starting with the new character, which i’ll reveal in about 30 minutes. This time with insanely indept backstory lore

[fallow breach]

And it will be Max Verstappen who wins the Qatar Grand Prix in a Red Bull 1-2!

[floral apex]

ooh interesting

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XDPU 2030 Qatar Grand Prix Result

[floral apex]

oh thats not good for the title fight

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XDPU 2030 Driver Standings after Qatar (23/24)

XDPU 2030 Constructor Standings after Qatar (23/24)

[red wadi]

Not sure how to do FRECA and F3, i’ll just spin a wheel I guess

[fallow breach]

i sense another year of drivers title but not constructors title for dp

He has the upper hand heading into Abu Dhabi by 10

but he needs Carlos to be there with him towards the top to take the fight to Red Bull

...or do what he did last year and accidentally take out max

[floral apex]

imagine a female driver road to glory lore thing
and the only reason she got into f1 was because she was friends with charlotte pellegrini (casual RPU link)

[fallow breach]

that's actually a good idea

Predictions? Do you think DP gets the title or do you think Ollie pips him?

(ik its driver control, but engine failure is a possibility)

[floral apex]

dp should get the title

[fallow breach]

massive turnover from baku to where hes at now btw

he's going for win number 74

would put him 3 behind max

[red wadi]

Oh boy are you about to be disappointed then😭🙏

It’s more of a “same universe, different timeline” save because I quite frankly still love the idea of Pellegrini Motorsport

[fallow breach]

Do you think Red Bull will take the constructors from Xenon?

Season Finale. DP leads the Drivers' Championship by 10 points over Oliver Bearman, and Xenon lead the Constructors' Championship by 9 points over Red Bull.

[floral apex]

only if carlos can keep it together

[lofty tinsel]

Do u guys play FX racer?

[floral apex]

no

[fallow breach]

DP comes to Abu Dhabi with an entirely fresh engine btw

0% wear all components

[lofty tinsel]

Wat app did u use to create this?

[floral apex]

f1 game companion

[fallow breach]

Formula Game Companion yeah

[red wadi]

Arthur Cambleforth
Arthur Cambleforth is a British racing driver born (29-02-2004) in Grimsby, England. Arthur grew up in a middle class family and grew up supporting Grimsby Town, whom he still supports to this day. Arthur was a footballer before an injury ruined his career, aged 8 he was worried he’d never return to sports but little did he know his dad just bought a kart for him. At school Cambleforth was a shy guy and barely had friends, he met his girlfriend there and they have been together since they were both 10. Cambleforth decided not to continue his studies after he was told he might join FRECA in 2020.

[fallow breach]

Out in Q1:
Tsunoda
Fittipaldi
Daruvala
Martins
Iwasa
Zhou

[fallow breach]

interesting!

[red wadi]

Bro sounds like some medieval king or smth though tbh😭🙏

[floral apex]

probably the first name being Arthur

[red wadi]

Next (and final bit) of Arthur Cambleforth lore dropping in about 27 minutes