f1-games

[wise sail]

at least lando lost his front wing

[timber pagoda]

Mclaren domination

[fallow breach]

Virtanen has absolutely dominated in the last few wins

He just needs consistency

He has won 5 races and 2 sprints

Yet he's only P6 because he's never finished P2 or P3. In fact, outside of those wins, I don't think he's ever been top 5

Hell yeah 1-2

[red wadi]

Not only that, but also Arthur showing that he can be a team player

[timber pagoda]

Damn

[fallow breach]

EP 5-10 in Mexico quali

Virtanen P5
Bearman P10

Verstappen has a penalty

Vesti is P2

Virtanen promoted to P4

Bearman promoted to P9

Verstappen starts P12

Norris has had an awful getaway from P1!

Virtanen leads by the time they get through 1 and 2!

It's Virtanen from Piastri, Vesti, Gasly, Leclerc, then Norris, then Tsunoda, Russell, Bearman and Sargeant.

Théo Pourchaire has had an engine failure.

[wise sail]

BRO

VERSTAPPEN CRASHED INTO SAINZ

WTF

[fallow breach]

UNBELIEVABLE SCENES IN MEXICO CITY! VIRTANEN HAS CONTROLLED THE WHOLE RACE. Passed onto the final lap by Piastri. Turn 1, Virtanen gets back through. Piastri and Virtanen proceed to fight all the way to the last, and hounded by Oscar, Veikko Virtanen wins the Mexico City Grand Prix by just 0.223 seconds!

six grand prix victories.

[quaint hare]

bros playing Formula 1,5

[red wadi]

Referring to the weird cropped shit my pc does in the screenshots?

[quaint hare]

yup

its funny

[red wadi]

Fr

[fallow breach]

hello again

[floral apex]

so i made a lore article last night

but its so long i'd have to send it as a txt file

literally me in bahrain

[fallow breach]

really 👀

[floral apex]

yeah i'm 1000 characters over the limit lol

[fallow breach]

what is the article about?

[floral apex]

Sunwest F1 Team outlines top candidates for Verstappen's replacement in 2035

[fallow breach]

ah

Interesting

Already eyeing replacement options?

would also be interesting to have julia because if they still have abbi in 35 that'll mean they have a fully female lineup

[red wadi]

Lol

[fallow breach]

Next race is at Brazil. Veikko Virtanen has won the last 2 races in a row. Can he make it 3? He's looking to charge for P3 in the title, which is likely his competitive ceiling for 2032.

[floral apex]

this list is based on a mid-season 2032 analysis of all of the drivers
note that the other 3 lore drivers are not included

[verbal coral]

Guys my time at Haas is done for 😂

Playing as Ollie Bear man
1st race - no points
2nd race - Mechanical failure
3rd race - Mechanical failure

[fallow breach]

Sao Paulo time.

[floral apex]

Or it might be closer to my Belgium race where i let Pierre go ahead while settling for the more defensive P2

[red wadi]

Arthur fr loves being at Alpine cause bro wasn’t himself in Australia

[fallow breach]

Yuki Tsunoda wins the Sprint in Sao Paulo.

Virtanen P2, Norris P3, Verstappen P4.

Veikko Virtanen infuriated by Verstappen in the Sprint

[floral apex]

alpine is on arthur's good side confirmed?!?!?!?

[fallow breach]

On Lap 3, Yuki Tsunoda got past Virtanen and sent him wide, and on the re-entry and in a perfect attempt to make the corner, Verstappen held him back. This eventually caused him to be 5 seconds back from Tsunoda, and losing his wing in said collision led to him almost losing P2 to Norris.

[red wadi]

even Julia was shocked by Arthur’s onboard radio

[floral apex]

Apparently all Arthur needed to calm down was Alpine

bro didn't need therapy, he needed a renault engine

[fallow breach]

funny how Veikko isnt mad at yuki for sending him off but he is slightly mad at Verstappen for holding him back while he was correcting

knowing veikko hes gonna find a way to blame it on vesti

[floral apex]

literally "Ericsson hit us"

[fallow breach]

Veikko Virtanen by year:
2030 (7/16 races): P22, 0pts, best finish P20 x4
2031 (16/16 races): P13, 16pts, best finish P6 x1, 1 pole
2032 (19/24 races): P6, 215pts, best finish P1 x6, 6 wins, 3 poles

[floral apex]

Virtanen could crash out on his own and he'd still say "i think Vesti hit us"

[fallow breach]

engine failure

virtanen: did vesti hit us?

[fallow breach]

virtanen: damn it vesti

vesti: on the other side of the track what did i do??

i have a personal dislike for sao paulo. bc how can i be HALF A SECOND UP IN THE MIDDLE SECTOR, NOT PUT A FOOT WRONG, yet LOSE THREE TENTHS IN THE FINAL SECTOR?

anyway on a sidenote im simming sao paulo

p5 in quali btw

5-12 for the team

[fallow breach]

main reason is that starting from p5 is an absolute nightmare for me every time i try to get to turn number 1

other tracks are similar with being caught up in an absolute bottleneck at t1 if i start anywhere aside from the front row or 2nd row

[red wadi]

[fallow breach]

Virtanen P7
Bearman P8

[red wadi]

Well maybe that changes when he becomes a midfielder again

[fallow breach]

...virtanen started p4 bc of a penalty ahead and he still lost out to p7 😐

bruh

[floral apex]

Alpine when Arthur starts getting pissed again: well crap

[red wadi]

According to rumours he’s still a jerk outside of the car, so maybe pink just calms him down?

Tbf the jerk level of Arthur is unbeatable so yeah doubt that guy will ever be a “chill” guy

[floral apex]

the alpine livery designer making sure theres always pink visible on all sides of the cockpit

[red wadi]

[quaint hare]

im driving 1 season 5 lappers and then 35%

to make season 2 more interesting

and because season 1 is boring

also i set recourses to reduced

[red wadi]

Arthur Cambleforth board radio
AC68: “I know it’s raining but this package is a (censored) boat man, it (censored) sucks around here…. (censored) (censored) (censored)

[quaint hare]

crash between magnussen and alonso. Running in p6 and p7. Poor for them

[red wadi]

Bro qualified 18th in the rain

[quaint hare]

Another win from Xenon RNG Racing in Austria
The team surpassing all expectations, getting win, after win, after win. Now racking up their 5th win in just their first 10 races

i think ill just shorten the team name to XRNG

also btw

verstappen got 5 dnfs and 5 race finishes. And 5 fastest laps

he really says „fastest lap or dnf“

[fallow breach]

i think after s10 of the virtanen EP save im gonna make a virtanen driver career

maybe

we'll see

[red wadi]

WHAT A FINISH

[fallow breach]

DAMN

[red wadi]

The downfall is happening

Welp

Lando is now 42 points ahead of Arthur in the standings

Arthur still 2nd smh

Alpine ya piece of junks….

Can’t upgrade the car bc they’re not dropping new R&D parts

Might join McLaren for 2032….

[final blade]

Is this normal to happen in co op career mode

[quaint hare]

damn. Had the exact same

anothwr win

WGAT

WGAT

WHAT

MID SEASON CHANGES

i didnt look at them

i only saw russell gone

i signed piastri

[red wadi]

BBC Sport: Oscar Piastri at risk of getting sacked
The Aussie has been disappointing so far, McLaren allegedly wants to trade with Alpine before the Hungarian GP

uhm what

[quaint hare]

no

ni

qhat

THE FUCK

@fallow breach @floral apex @keen brook I GOT SOME CRAZY MID SEASON CHANGES

[floral apex]

Mans literally doing what i did in my S2 save
Gasly started outperforming me

[quaint hare]

Piastri-RNG
Stroll-McLaren
Sainz-Aston
Ocon-Ferrari
Lawson-Alpine

Verstappen-Mercedes
Hamilton-Red Bull

Russell-Alfa
Bottas-Mercedes

[floral apex]

lol the max-lewis swap

[keen brook]

Estie Bestie to Ferrari🔥

the GOAT in the GOAT team🔥

[quaint hare]

Perez-Hamilton
Verstappen-Bottas

Literally the supportive teammate swap

[red wadi]

He might join McLaren due to a clause, but if he’s mid there he’s done for

Le Equipe: Alpine entered talks with Oscar Piastri
The french outfit are willing to swap the Israeli driver for the Australian driver

[floral apex]

"Piastri at Alpine doesnt exist, it can't hurt you"
Piastri at Alpine:

[red wadi]

Since when is Oscar performing hello?

[quaint hare]

bro what

Lawson ahead of Bottas in a worse car

[red wadi]

goodbye Lewis!

[quaint hare]

Nah bro

both red bulls dnfed at the same place

[red wadi]

Bro HAS to perform now

[floral apex]

"driver swap driver swap"

[floral apex]

bro sounded excited to see lewis retire

[quaint hare]

two seperate crashes

[red wadi]

The irony

[quaint hare]

for the very first time. Max finished a race without the fastest lap

[red wadi]

Arthur really needs to cook, he’s been mid all season and is 6th in the WDC

85 points behind Norris…… 2031 needs to be his season

WHAT IS HE COOKING

HE DID IT, 12 YEARS AFTER HIS INCIDENT HE WINS IN SPA

83 points behind.... can Arthur launch himself into the title fight?

[quaint hare]

the 2 spaniards at aston

[fallow breach]

WHAT

[quaint hare]

yes

Mid season

[red wadi]

Arthur will most likely finish in 2nd-4th place, since 83 points is quite the gap

[quaint hare]

worst corner ever idea: downhill braking, uphill corner, blind, fast, iff camber, bumpy, narrow, no grip

[fallow breach]

Is this immediately after the change or how many races since the swap?

[red wadi]

Well the swap was in France

But he went wire-to-wire in Spa

[fallow breach]

I was gonna say if the swap has only just happened then it made absolutely no difference to the constructors title (bc oscar and arthur have the same points rn)

[red wadi]

Oscar was sup-par for the McLaren, Arthur overcooked in the Alpine at the start of the season

[quaint hare]

THERES NO WAY

OCON WINS FOR FERRARI

[red wadi]

But Cambleforth is signed to McLaren until 2033, and if he fails to finish in the top 5 of the wdc even once he’s sacked bc of a clause

[quaint hare]

he started

like

8th

albon from p10 to p3

in a 5 lappet

[surreal cobalt]

Looks like they putted f1 24 in Game pass

[red wadi]

BBC: Arthur Cambleforth still suffers from PTSD
12 years after his incident Arthur Cambleforth still suffers from PTSD, but according to himself he has to “fight through it”. He finally took Eau Rouge/Radillon flat out this year but clearly showed signs of PTSD during the event, according to Julia “he called her at 2am in the night” because he couldn’t sleep. Julia was in the USA for Formula E.

[floral apex]

Arthur has done it!

[red wadi]

Absolutely insane win

Especially since bro was a wreck after Spa

[floral apex]

i like how half the time arthur seems like a genuinely good guy and the other half hes just a full on jerk

[red wadi]

Yeah true

Maybe his brain is a bit damaged (mentally wise), which might sound stupid in a way but like he tends to change moods really quick and iirc that’s a mental disorder (correct me if i’m wrong) plus he’s mentally just a wreck because of the PTSD and him overworking himself

It’s not helping that he tends to be a midfielder at best

So everyone kinda doubts his talent

Basically he tends to be a ticking time bomb and everyone thinks he’s a jerk

Wait…… why is this actually a good reasoning behind his behaviour

[floral apex]

mate accidentally cooked lore

[fallow breach]

just randomly talking and subconsciously cooking

[floral apex]

bro could cook lore in his sleep without knowing

[red wadi]

Fr

[fallow breach]

bvblurkcon returns

[floral apex]

lol

[keen brook]

Yes, I'm here.

[red wadi]

Arthur fr might need to take a break from racing because he’s absolutely destroying himself mentally, but then again motorsports is his life

Just learned he has c-PTSD

[quaint hare]

Im doing one shot quali rn

and

well. Ill just sent a pic. It should speac for itself

[fallow breach]

"sorry, what- logan sargeant?"

(i'm quoting one of the many f1 game 10 season sim videos I've watched)

[floral apex]

williams 1-2 is just something else entirely

apparently we're back in the 90s

[quaint hare]

“superb driving“

[floral apex]

6 warnings?!?

[fallow breach]

dp73 ahh behaviour wtf

though not exactly, there's 1 lap without a warning

[quaint hare]

3 warnings per lap average

[quaint hare]

we won the wdc and wcc

a new seat at red bull opened up

leclerc took it

verstappen to ferrari

norris to mercedes.
Sainz to Mclaren
Stroll to Aston
Magnussen to aston
Albon to haas
Piastri to williams.
And theo to mclaren
Also i signed alonso

Champions Livery

[onyx ginkgo]

Anyone playing rn?

[dry veldt]

how is there liam

[quaint hare]

its my team and i chose him for my teammate but then dropped him so he went to another team

[quaint hare]

HUHHH??

[quaint hare]

this season is going horrible. 3 races. 2 points finishes. Quick practise barely works. Most important upgrades failed ahead of China where we really needed the upgrades

what

haas is better than red bull???

in aero AND engine

redbull got the 2nd worst engine

stuck open drs in quali

[civic quiver]

someone wanna buy f1 24 for me

will be appreciated 🙏

[dry veldt]

na how is liam in f1 24

[quaint hare]

its f1 23

[dry veldt]

but how is he in f1 23 tho

[quaint hare]

hes always been in f1 23. hes a free agent in the game

[dry veldt]

ohh like in f2?

[quaint hare]

basically yeah

[fallow breach]

HULK ON THE PODIUM 🔥

also wtf 5 finishers

[quaint hare]

also esteban and stroll also dnfed

[quaint hare]

3

[fallow breach]

how'd stroll dnf

he was classified +1.320

[quaint hare]

i got a puncture and spun into him on the finish line

so i finished before he could be classified as dnf

[fallow breach]

I can see how ocon dnfed bc of the fact he was lapped while the others were classified within a second

[quaint hare]

Also 2 safety cars and 1 red flag

the red flag was caused because the ai wanted to go 4 wide into the hairpin. With extreme damage mod

i backed out bc i knew theyd dnf

Also we now got the best car

and a 99 rates alonso

this jump in performance

looking good

[quaint hare]

insane

[fallow breach]

Thats some crazy development

Next round for the EPU is Portugal.

[fallow breach]

Portugal quali result:
Virtanen P1
Bearman P8

[quaint hare]

hold on

sim career

albon won

HES IN A FERRARI

[fallow breach]

DAMN

[fallow breach]

"We are watching the Finnish phenomenon completing his final tour of the Algarve, to complete an absolutely sublime drive, that was never in doubt for a second. He's ruined the McLaren party at the front by breaking a front row lockout, and nabbing pole for himself yesterday, and today he has run away with victory. Veikko Virtanen wins the Portuguese Grand Prix, and sees the chequered flag for the seventh time in Formula One!"

Virtanen's ahead of Piastri now.

He's looking to take the charge towards Russell for P3. It is impossible for the McLarens to not finish 1-2 now with 86 points on the table, and 102 points between Norris in P2 and Russell in P3.

idk if we are a good enough team to be accepted but if we can for s10 imagine if EP got Verstappen

Best mates Verstappen and Virtanen as teammates 🔥🔥

Interesting provisions in Vegas.

Virtanen on pole from Tsunoda

Piastri P3, +1.1 to Virtanen

Sargeant P4, Verstappen P5.

Vesti is 6th, then Fittipaldi, Bearman, Zhou and Russell.

Hulkenberg P11, then Hauger P12, Gasly 13th, Lando Norris P14, Boschung 15th with a purple S3, then Arthur Leclerc, Albon, Cordeel, Charles Leclerc, Pourchaire, Iwasa and Nissany.

Only Charles Leclerc and Pourchaire are on track at the end.

Final Qualifying Classification in Las Vegas

Massive shocks in Leclerc being the lead Mercedes in P2, Pourchaire's Haas in P4, Sargeant in 6th, the McLarens in 7th and 16th, and a Red Bull (Hulkenberg) up in P13.

The Ferraris have penalties.
Piastri starts P14, Gasly starts P22.

[slate quail]

PATO PODIUM RAHHHHH

[fallow breach]

WHAT THE FUCK HAS JUST HAPPENED

Virtanen peels into the pits as normal onto lap 7..

"That's a red flag. We'll stay in the pits."

Cordeel has a 10 second time penalty.

Insane restart grid though

[verbal stone]

Alguém BR?

Jogar F1 24 xbox

[fallow breach]

C. Leclerc
[EP] Virtanen
[EP] Bearman
Sargeant
Pourchaire
Fittipaldi
Russell
Norris
Zhou
Hulkenberg
Boschung
Albon
Piastri
A. Leclerc
Iwasa
Gasly
Tsunoda
Cordeel
Nissany
Verstappen
Vesti
Hauger

(Strategies in the pictures)

Piastri has an engine failure off the 5 red lights!

Virtanen is back in P1, then Leclerc down to P2, then it's Bearman and Russell as they were, but Pourchaire is down to 7th as Russell and Fittipaldi are through, Russell P5. Meanwhile Verstappen has climbed 5 spots on the restart to P15.

That's not all on the restart lap, Vesti got a 10 second penalty for a severe collision with Nissany.

[fallow breach]

"Veikko Virtanen has been imperious on the streets of Las Vegas, and it has been another unstoppable run, that sees Veikko Virtanen to the top step of the podium for the 8th time, as he wins in Vegas and takes third in the championship! But behind, it's close to the flag, who will have second? It's Ollie Bearman! A 1-2 finish for the Euterpe team, forged from absolute strategic chaos in Vegas, that has provided the opportunity, and an opportunity on which Ollie Bearman has capitalised perfectly. He took the first set of red lights in P9, a position from which it looked absolutely impossible to claim even a top five finish, but a red flag left it up for the taking, and left Bearman starting P3 as the flag came right in the midst of the pit window. In the end, he fends off the Mercedes of Charles Leclerc by just three tenths of a second!"

Yep. An EP 1-2.

[floral apex]

finally its a 1-2 on the front of the grid instead of the back

[fallow breach]

Vegas 2032:

• Virtanen starts P1, Bearman starts P9
• Virtanen leading by about 8 seconds into the pits, business as usual in recent times.
• Red flag caused by an absolute bottleneck after Amaury Cordeel spun it around into turn 14
• right in the middle of stops that led to this absolute monstrosity of a restart grid
• Virtanen got back to the lead
• Bearman climbed to second place and actually managed to defend valiantly.

In terms of the start grid compared to finish:

• Virtanen goes wire to wire
• Bearman pulls a P9-P2 (very reminiscent of Merc in Vegas 24 irl, in fact Ollie originally qualified P10)
• Russell P11-P4
• Sargeant P5
• Hulkenberg P7 (that 6 points is two thirds of his original total of 9)
• In all of that, Verstappen lost 2 positions to finish 8th
• Gasly P22 to P9
• Another point for Hauger
• So close yet so far from points for Nissany in P12 (starting P21)
• Cordeel gains 4 spots to finish P15 (yes, even with that 10 second penalty)
• Norris P16
• Vesti fell from P7 to P21 (he had to take an extra stop due to his strategy and was relegated to the back from serving his penalty at that stop)

[floral apex]

"Teammates stick together" top 6

[fallow breach]

That 1-2 is insane for EP. Into Vegas, Bearman had never finished higher than 7th (except a P5 in a sprint), Virtanen had never had a podium that isn't a win (which is a still ongoing stat) and EP as a team had never had more than 1 podium in a single race.

Then bang. Out of nowhere, a 1-2 in Vegas.

into that race, EP were considering replacing Ollie for s10

off the back of that, what's the prediction for qatar?

Qatar SQ
Virtanen P6
Bearman P13

Virtanen finishes P2.

Albon managed P3 in the sprint for Red Bull, and Hulkenberg was the fastest man on track, in P10.

Qatar Q:
Virtanen P5
Bearman P17

[fallow breach]

bro what the fuck is leclerc doing

i tried to make a move to the inside on charles and lando

game calls the move on charles illegal

try to cede position

lando's through

albon's through

Where's Leclerc?

Tucked in behind me.

I have to go and do something in a little bit so i dont have the time to complete the race now.

[red wadi]

Close ahh Quali

[floral apex]

I do find it interesting how in F1M all affiliates can be used in FP1
Example in 2031 Antonelli took part in FP1s despite having 4 years of F1 experience

[floral apex]

only cambleforth would lose a position to checo

[red wadi]

Bro has every pole since France and yet he he’s 3rd in the WDC🔥

[floral apex]

"Pole position means nothing"
- bvbocon f1 team, probably

[quaint hare]

russell

[red wadi]

McLaren civil war

AYO, WE MIGHT HAVE A TITLE FIGHT

Title fight cooking?

[quaint hare]

i changed the f1 23 background on steam

[red wadi]

3 races to go, it’s all or nothing for Arthur

[fallow breach]

i have a lore explanation for this delay (from the leclerc stuff when i tried to do qatar)

[red wadi]

He has to win at least 2 races with Lando not scoring points, it might actually be impossible

[quaint hare]

wait lemme show

wait idk if i cab

shouldnt really go against any rules

Still a spoiler cuz some people might not like it. so click at your own risk. Although it doesnt go against any rules. its not NSFW nor anything else bad

[floral apex]

3 races left
Assuming none are sprints that gives a total of 78 points available

[red wadi]

No sprints indeed

78 points BUT Norris will probably be top 3 every race

[floral apex]

Arthur needs to finish way ahead of Lando to have a chance

[slow crest]

Is it worth putting a wet setup on for quali if the race is dry? Cause then I have to race a dry track with a wet setup

[red wadi]

Yeah, basically McLaren civil war needs to happen for Arthur to win

[floral apex]

Put the dry setup on with increased front wing downforce as the wet setup
It may also give an edge in the corners during the race

[slow crest]

Ok I'll try that

Not more rear?

[floral apex]

no because you'll be unable to change it back after quali

[floral apex]

lando just needs to be screwed over hard somehow
And Arthur needs to win all 3 races to get the best chance

[red wadi]

The problem is……… Arthur is Arthur

[floral apex]

no title for him then

[quaint hare]

…

what

[floral apex]

P11 is doing a bad job at being P11

[red wadi]

At least not this year😭

[fallow breach]

F1 Qatar Grand Prix delayed due to F2 Feature Race crash and associated repairs

[floral apex]

2024 F1A Race 1 moment

[fallow breach]

yeah

[quaint hare]

What the hell is this

[fallow breach]

abbi pulling being crowned champion but then the fact abu dhabi was holding a race 3 meant she had to win the title again bc mathematically pin became eligible again

[fallow breach]

hauger p8 in the title??

[floral apex]

Abbi Pulling becomes the first driver to win the title twice in one weekend

[fallow breach]

2 championships in the same series in the same year 🔥🔥

[fallow breach]

Reminder:
Virtanen is starting P5 for the Qatar GP.

[quaint hare]

after 40% of the races we got a 6 way Potential title fight

[fallow breach]

I don't think there's gonna be as much chaos in pit strategies as there was in vegas

[floral apex]

Virtappen

[fallow breach]

idk if its possible but imagine i managed to sign max for s10

[quaint hare]

WHAT

SARGENT P5

FROM 16TH

[floral apex]

Probably not cuz you're kinda stuck in the midfield by now

[fallow breach]

yeah probably not

[quaint hare]

Sargent is ahead of the reigning champion in the wdc

riccardo btw

[floral apex]

I doubt Max would want to be a midfielder
I mean in my save he seemed pretty excited to switch to my team from Merc

[red wadi]

Arthur might be cooking (he went on a rant how he would be champ in Japan if he was in the McLaren the entire season)

[floral apex]

arthur: i would be champ if i didn't start at alpine
half the f1 fans: thats bs

[red wadi]

“Arthur: Crying About His Yearly Performance Slump” ahh rant

Dude called Norris mid💀

[floral apex]

arthur: norris is mid
lando: proceeds to win the title you sure about that

[red wadi]

Arthur when his teammates just exist:

https://tenor.com/view/i-took-that-personally-keegan-michael-key-saturday-night-live-personal-sensitive-gif-21648238

[floral apex]

random driver: hi arth-
arthur: screw you

[red wadi]

[floral apex]

actually that wouldnt happen
who would even say hi to arthur other than his mates

[red wadi]

“mates”, so Per and Julia

Per just a chill guy fr

[floral apex]

yeah just them two

[floral apex]

complete opposite of arthur

[red wadi]

Per Christensen that type of guy with no enemies

Bc remember he was teammates with Arthur in FE

[floral apex]

And arthur just has EVERY enemy possible

[red wadi]

Fans probably just skip his signature bc nobody wants it anyways

[fallow breach]

still hate Qatar btw

if i use any braking assist it slows me down tremendously, even on low i'm letting cars pass for free, but if i turn the assist completely off i veer off course at the slightest direction change??

ik im not the best of drivers + im on controller but come on

[quaint hare]

Alright. Quali≠Race pace. AT ALL

[floral apex]

and im somehow able to survive qatar on keyboard (albeit with a slight dosage of running wide)

[fallow breach]

i feel like sometimes i can manage qatar but others i can't

for example literally the sprint in this very race weekend

2nd

[floral apex]

I mean half the time i run wide its cuz i'm trying to take corners flat out that aren't actually flat out

[fallow breach]

but thats only bc i was held back massively fighting to get positions from p6

if i'd started like 4th or above i'd have probably won that sprint

[floral apex]

or i get a horrible entry into a corner which ruins the rest of the cornee

[fallow breach]

I qualified P5 for the GP

every start attempt i get up into p1 or p2

but also every time i cannot for the life of me break drs range of the competitors

i swear its like every race i'm either winning by 15 seconds or struggling to keep p2 and eventually getting crashed out while trying to defend

[floral apex]

honestly

same

[fallow breach]

well

more like 10 actually

the difficulty i'm on is around 55-60

[floral apex]

whenever im in the lead i'm either making questionable defensive moves or i'm just forced to divebomb at the end of the straight

[fallow breach]

god forbid a drs straight where more than 1 car is in range

absolutely swallowed up

[red wadi]

Sky Sports: Arthur Cambleforth gets carried by his car, 90% of F1 fanbase agrees
In a recent poll by Sky Sports a whopping 90% of the voters agreed that Arthur is only good in a good car, where as 10% believes the cars he was in before held him back

[floral apex]

man i'm on 84 lmao

i'm on pellegrini difficulty

[red wadi]

I’m on 100 for the ACU

[fallow breach]

i started out at the very early days on like 33 or something

max verstappen ik

[red wadi]

Who are those 10%……. yeah idk either

[floral apex]

they're the absolute diehard diehard cabbies

[red wadi]

Those fans are probably the worst in F1

[fallow breach]

the few cabbies who didnt turn on him through the controversy

[fallow breach]

even worse than teamlh crying about abu dhabi 2021 in the big 2025

[floral apex]

are you sure they didn't just poll 10 people and its just 1 person that voted that

[fallow breach]

there were probably 3 who said "man who tf is arthur cambleforth" so they just grouped them with the "carried by the car" lot

[floral apex]

bvblurkcon strikes again

[red wadi]

I mean….. they support the biggest jerk on the grid.

[keen brook]

traditions

[red wadi]

And ig a few Israeli’s, because bro is popular there

https://tenor.com/view/war-vietnam-ptsd-shell-shock-moment-gif-3022747568394546158

[floral apex]

when i was making my little "top options for max's replacement" article

I didn't even think about considering arthur cambleforth

[quaint hare]

bro

estie bestie

p2 in the alpine

less than a second behind mac

in thw race

100% race

[keen brook]

the GOAT

[quaint hare]

It was the final race tho

[red wadi]

McLaren: Per Christensen joins McLaren for 2031

[quaint hare]

so lets see how season 7 goes

[fallow breach]

tbh i dont even want to continue trying this qatar gp

i'd rather take the dnf and try damage limitation in abu dhabi bc russell's probably taking p3 back in the title

[floral apex]

The only other two drivers i considered listing were virtanen and antonelli,

[quaint hare]

what

@keen brook

[fallow breach]

huh

I watch mr v and i have never seen that 😭

[quaint hare]

cuz its 2 years old

[keen brook]

What the fuck is that?😭

[quaint hare]

idk. Im watching it

also what

Aston new lineup

in form of 2 rookies

Williams and Fittipaldi

[red wadi]

This can mean 3 things👀

[floral apex]

100 duck sized ocons or 1 ocon sized duck

[quaint hare]

@keen brook

[fallow breach]

i clicked on it and i actually have watched it

well the first 2 minutes anyway

Verstappen has clinched the title.

[fallow breach]

In the EPU

[quaint hare]

Tf

[fallow breach]

of course russell wins

[fallow breach]

OMG I CREATED A MASSIVE MIX OF RESULTS

[red wadi]

Arthur Cambleforth official announcement
I’ve been declared mentally unfit to continue racing post-2031, thus I’m forced an early retirement (for now). It’s been a fun year and wish my buddy Per Christensen all the best next season. See you in 2034! (hopefully).

[fallow breach]

i made a race weekend where no sprint scorer scored in the gp. 18 scorers.

[floral apex]

wow

[fallow breach]

what the fuck

[floral apex]

95% of all f1 fans just held a party in celebration

[quaint hare]

HULKKKK

[fallow breach]

HE DID IT

[floral apex]

ralph boschung?!?!?!

[fallow breach]

9 points in the first 21 rounds
6 in vegas
15 in Qatar

[floral apex]

So Max just won the title because none of his closest rivals scored points

[lyric scaffold]

if anyone plays f1 24 here, is it playable or they completely messed it up?

cuz last time i played the game was a buggy mess

[red wadi]

Well bro said he aims to return by 2034 but doubt that happens, now we have Per Christensen in F1 though!

[fallow breach]

his only rival was his teammate lando

[quaint hare]

verify game files if you play on steam

[lyric scaffold]

i play on ea, tried it but didnt really change anything

[quaint hare]

reinstall?

[lyric scaffold]

after doing alt tab 3 or 4 times the game just decides to not run well at all

[quaint hare]

ENZO

[lyric scaffold]

after the alt tab thing my fps goes from 240 to 30

[quaint hare]

ENZO FITTIPALDI WON IN HIS 3RD RACE

[fallow breach]

ralph had two points on the board before Qatar 😭

[quaint hare]

alright guys. I watched the video

Mr V came to the conclusion

that he chooses neither

WILLIAMS

[fallow breach]

why would you want to fight a duck the size of ocon and why would you want to fight 100 duck sized ocons

[quaint hare]

well. The 100 ocons would be able to lift the alpine f1 car

HOLY SHIT

[fallow breach]

Only two drivers remain scoreless in 2032 now, Nissany and Cordeel.

[quaint hare]

DOUBLE WILLIAMS PODIUM

[fallow breach]

🔥🔥

[quaint hare]

YUKI WIN FOR ALOHATAURI

AND ASTON 4-5

SARGENT THE GOAT

[fallow breach]

we gonna talk about Pourchaire starting P1??

[quaint hare]

williams had the best car

WILLIAMS GETS A PODIUM

(Calan Williams)

[fallow breach]

the fact you have to clarify

[quaint hare]

yeah. Cuz Williams doesnt drive for Williams

[fallow breach]

imagine williams to williams

[quaint hare]

so Williams beat Williams

its also Williams first season

Williams is sandwiched between the two williams cars

In the standings

what the actual

Pourchaire and Oscar dominance

[fallow breach]

Virtanen is probably gonna finish P4

[quaint hare]

williams gas the best engine

[quaint hare]

Alpine the best chassis

bro

P1 and p7 in the wdc. 14 points difference

[fallow breach]

Is Veikko going to win in Abu Dhabi?

[quaint hare]

THEO POURCVAIRE WINS IN MLNTA

WITH SARGENT 2ND

1-2 FOR WILLIAMS

POURCHAIRE LEADS THE WDC BY 17 POINTS

HOLY SHIT

HELL YEAH

SARGENT WIN

HELL YEAH

SARGENT WINS AGAIN

End of season 8

[floral apex]

bro is this the 80s/90s or something?!?!?

[quaint hare]

season 9 boutta be crazy

[floral apex]

like bruh this is the 80s/90s all over again

Williams at top and even a McLaren

[quaint hare]

or not

OR YES

[lament kelp]

Haha Sargent winning is a. New one hehe

[quaint hare]

THE FUCK

TSUNODA AND FITTIPALDI TO RED BULL

MAX AND SAINZ TO ASTON

[floral apex]

Finally Yuki gets his Red Bull seat

[floral apex]

Welcome back 2015 Toro Rosso

[quaint hare]

the last time the cars were that bad after a reg changed was season 5

[lament kelp]

Hahaha

[quaint hare]

YUKI WINS HIS FIRST RACE

AND ENZO IS 2ND

[lament kelp]

Woo first race win hehe

[quaint hare]

and the bery next race he dnfs

BUT ENZO WINS

[fallow breach]

EPU: Verstappen has already won the title for McLaren, he did so in a chaotic Qatar weekend where a starting crash between Virtanen and Russell changed the whole complexion of the race. Russell ended up winning, but absolutely nobody else in the top 10 scored. But who will be on top to finish the season?

[quaint hare]

ferrari 1-2 in the 3rd race. Albon wins

[fallow breach]

WHAT

8 minutes to go in Abu Dhabi quali

nissany's 3 seconds behind in p22 💀

Boschung in p21 is 1.2 seconds.

No threat, nobody back out, not even the top 4. Virtanen has pole over Tsunoda by 0.016 seconds, then it's Norris and Albon. Bearman is P5, then Charles Leclerc, then Russell, Verstappen, Fittipaldi, Iwasa and Sargeant.

[quaint hare]

jesus

wcc

[fallow breach]

WHAT THE HELL

also werent williams op?? wtf happened

[quaint hare]

reg changes

[fallow breach]

ah

[floral apex]

And Aston have the 2015 Toro Rosso lineup

[quaint hare]

yup

max leads the wdc by 1 points

[fallow breach]

ah yes

1 points

[floral apex]

i'm currently out on the road rn so the best i can do is cook lore

[quaint hare]

hey. I say thw, alohatauri and a lot of ither wrong stuff

[floral apex]

i might make up some random bs and callcit lore idk

[red wadi]

Per will be 31 in 2032, bro is crazy old for a rookie

[fallow breach]

flashback to the qatar ending, an article from the BBC:

Qatar GP: Verstappen crowned 5-time World Champion as George Russell wins chaotic race

Max Verstappen has won the 2032 World Driver’s Championship, despite the fact a chaotic race in Qatar saw the McLaren cars 18th and 20th. No other driver within the top 10 in the Drivers' Championship scored in the Grand Prix, as Veikko Virtanen failed to finish for the first time since Azerbaijan after a crash with George Russell on the opening lap saw him retire. The man who took 2nd in the Sprint yesterday was looking for a third consecutive win after having triumphed in Portugal and Las Vegas, however it wasn't to be.

However, this Grand Prix opened up the perfect opportunity for some drivers who have not been as prominent through the season to shine. For example, Aston Martin's Ralph Boschung claimed second place, having only scored two points all season courtesy of a 7th place in the Sprint back in Austria.

Red Bull's Nico Hulkenberg managed third place - his first podium in Formula One at the age of 45 - having prior took an at the time season-best 7th place in Las Vegas.

The Haas team scored a brilliant 20 points this race, with Dennis Hauger in 4th and Théo Pourchaire in 6th. This marked the third consecutive scoring race and a season best for Hauger, and this was also Pourchaire's second best race result after claiming fifth place in the Austrian Grand Prix earlier this year.

[fallow breach]

[Back to present]

Abu Dhabi GP: Veikko Virtanen takes pole position in 'hard-fought yet anticlimactic' qualifying session

(No further length of text as i already summarised the result here)

[quaint hare]

ENZO FITTIPALDI GETS HIS FIRST WDC IN HIS SECOND EVER SEASON

AND LOGAN SARGENT WINS AGAIN

Enzo wins by 2 points

aston by 1

9 different winners. In a 10 race season

[fallow breach]

"We may not have any championship battles to settle here in the Yas Marina, however this race has the potential to be a blockbuster, given the fact the top four in qualifying yesterday were within one tenth of a second. But who will come out on top in the final race of the season? We're about to find out, as the lights are on... and we're underway for the final time in 2032!"

[quaint hare]

Enzo and max switched

ocon to aston

sainz has gone

[fallow breach]

Where were Enzo and Max before?

max was at aston right

[quaint hare]

Ento at Red Bull

[fallow breach]

1-5 in quali for EP, the team that took a shock 1-2 in Vegas.

[quaint hare]

jesus

Enzo Ocon 1-2

by 7 and 11 seconds

p3 is 18 seconds vehind p1

[red wadi]

Formula 1: Per Christensen to race under Danish flag
The Danish-Costa Rican-Latvian racing driver has decided to race under the Danish flag, mostly due to his Danish sponsors. Per Christensen will make his maiden F1 debut in 2031, most likely with number 69

[quaint hare]

Enzo has become the first driver to win 3 races in a row after 5 years

What is this dominance 😭

[floral apex]

Sunwest F1 Team: Verstappen OK after road trip crash

Sunwest F1 Team have confirmed that Max Verstappen is fine after he drove into a ditch just east of Canmore, AB during a cross-country road trip. The Dutchman was the only one in the car at the time of the crash, as Abbi, Arvid and Julia were following in a second car. Max admitted that the crash was "embarrassing", noting that he could see his teammates trying to hold in their laughs when he got out of his car. The car had to be towed out of the ditch, but was still operational and only had minor damage on the front bumper.

[red wadi]

Per Christensen on X
Yeah the rumours are false, I’m obviously running 01 next season in F1. But then again PC69 does have a ring to it…… or i’ll just stick to my usual 75 🤔

[red wadi]

What in the Romeo Pellegrini

[quaint hare]

the most wins in a single season were by george russell. 5 wins

[fallow breach]

Lap 7 of 15 this was

Virtanen had just pitted, along with Russell, Tsunoda, Hauger, Fittipaldi, Sargeant, Verstappen and Gasly.

Red flag was caused by Iwasa crashing with Vesti.

5 second time penalty for Ayumu Iwasa.

[red wadi]

PC75 sounds cold ngl, also from AC to PC….. who swapped the AC for a PC? Zak did!

[fallow breach]

You would think Virtanen suffers massively from this, right? P14 on the restart?

[fallow breach]

Onto lap 10, Virtanen leads from Norris, Bearman, Leclerc and Albon.

Zhou is having another great race for Williams in P6. Then Pourchaire, Vesti, Piastri, Iwasa (and his penalty), then Arthur Leclerc, Boschung, Nissany, Cordeel, Hulkenberg, Russell, Tsunoda, Hauger, Fittipaldi, Sargeant, Verstappen and Gasly.

14th to 1st in 1 lap.

That's like Verstappen in Belgium 2022, accelerated.

Tsunoda is out!

Lap 11 of 15, he's had a mech failure!

[floral apex]

i don't think thats a worthwhile trade tbh

[red wadi]

[floral apex]

A PC's not gonna do a good job at cooling the room

[red wadi]

Per is actually a unc of a rookie

My guy is from 2000

And next season it’s 2031

So he’ll be 31 during his rookie season💀

[floral apex]

me cooking random lore to pass the time: so ye max drove into a ditch

[red wadi]

Romeo ahh Max

[red wadi]

One of the oldest rookies of the 2000s ig

[floral apex]

@RPelley84 on X: Yeah, this happened to me once.

@AC68 on X: Gonna start slowing down for the turns now...

@VeikkoVirtanen on X: How did an 8-time world champion drive into a ditch?!?!

[fallow breach]

"Penultimate lap of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Norris and Virtanen have been wheel to wheel for the last 4 laps, and positions have been changing by the second, but Virtanen will start the final lap, with the lead- oh no he won't! Virtanen's out! Veikko Virtanen misjudges the turning point at the penultimate corner of the penultimate lap, and he will not see the chequered flag!"

[fallow breach]

DP in the Xenon universe: 2027 flashbacks

This was the cause of the red flag.

[floral apex]

alpine moment

[fallow breach]

imagine if he had finished. russell was outside of the points while veikko had fought his way through to p1

if he'd finished he would have had p3 in the wdc without a doubt.

Veikko's restart:
P14 -> P7 by T1 -> P5 after T5 -> P3 after T6 -> P2 on the 2nd DRS straight -> P1 by T9.

[floral apex]

max, abbi, arvid and julia were on a team road trip when this happened
the others were all busy doing otber things

[red wadi]

Arthur retiring for his c-PTSD might mean bro actually returns to racing after that, just not in F1

[floral apex]

is he gonna race twingos now?!?!?

[fallow breach]

Virtanen and Norris were wheel to wheel pretty much every lap after this until Veikko DNFed.

[red wadi]

Together with Romeo😭

Romeo, Arthur, Jonas would be a crazy line up

[floral apex]

and romeo's in his 40s

[red wadi]

Romeo: the caring guy
Arthur: 0 good traits guy
Jonas: there for the vibes guy

[floral apex]

romeos the type of guy to form the PM Twingo Cup racing series

[red wadi]

Twingo Cup drivers: “What a nice cup for us retirement bound drivers!”
Arthur: “Sup
Twingo Cup drivers: “OH HELL NAH”

[floral apex]

and then require at least 1 year in this series for all PM drivers

[red wadi]

The ultimate learning tool in racing: the Twingo Cup

Dominated by PM

Because every car is driving for PM

[floral apex]

career ladder for F1-bound PM drivers: Karting -> F4 -> F3 -> F2 -> PMTC -> F1

[red wadi]

Per’s was a wee tad crazy

[fallow breach]

This was Veikko's DNF

[fallow breach]

misjudged the turning point after a series of wide moments in the final sector.

[red wadi]

Karting -> handball (even made the u16 NT) -> AF4 -> FRECA -> FE -> WEC -> F1

[fallow breach]

Race result

Championships

so uhhh should EP replace ollie?

who with tho thats the thing

Oscar would be up to negotiate. Should I?

[floral apex]

Well who will replace

[fallow breach]

?

tbh idk if they should replace ollie with Oscar

i mean bearman's already established at the team

and he got 2 second places in the last 3 races

[keen brook]

Then keep Ollie.

Seeing Oscar at Ferrari is also nice.

[fallow breach]

okay what

[floral apex]

He must have a really good reaction time then

[fallow breach]

Russell retired

(As expected)

[red wadi]

Yep

[fallow breach]

All transfers and their lineage:

Gasly out of a seat (free agent)
Charles Leclerc back to Ferrari
Albon to Mercedes
Doohan to Red Bull

Russell retires
Ocon to Mercedes

Nissany out of a seat (free agent)
Maloney to Sauber

What should the calendar look like for 2033?

[red wadi]

Imma sleep

[fallow breach]

I'm thinking 16 rounds no sprints but idk

[red wadi]

Gn lads

[fallow breach]

Gn

Sleep well and dont fall into a ditch

[red wadi]

[floral apex]

i like how that implies he has a personal ditch in his bedroom

[floral apex]

sure
Spice it up a bit

[fallow breach]

I changed my mind, 2 sprints.
Calendar of 2033:

1. Bahrain
2. Australia
3. Japan
4. Imola
5. Canada
6. Spain
7. Austria
8. Silverstone
9. Spa
10. Monza
11. Singapore
12. COTA
13. Mexico
14. Portugal
15. Vegas
16. Abu Dhabi

which one should i choose 🤔

gonna stick to the renault tbh

[floral apex]

Everyone is maxed out lol

except red bull who are basically this universe's renault

[red wadi]

It’s literally impossible for me to sleep rn….. guess i’m either gonna stay online for now or go on pain meds🔥

[floral apex]

the lore demands more

[fallow breach]

it calls for you

[red wadi]

It’s sadly not the lore guys😔

Shit I should take the pain meds anyways

[fallow breach]

oh wow

i've selected the season lengths in a way that season 10 ends on race 200

First 4 seasons were 24 each
The next 4 were 16 each
S9 was 24
S10 is 16

[floral apex]

Exactly 200

[fallow breach]

Yep

Euterpe sign new title sponsor deal with DSB for 2033

bruh wtf

my car has chronic drs failure or something 😭

it failed at the end of lap 2.

fixed it
it failed on the next outlap.

fixed again
failed AGAIN on the next outlap.

[floral apex]

bros engineers forgot to calibrate the DRS system

[fallow breach]

BRUH WHY IS THIS ONLY ON MY CAR

BEARMAN GOT P7

IM RELEGATED TO P13

im complaining about this but im still probably gonna come back to win this

veikko is the verstappen of the 2030s in terms of comebacks

oh yeah talking about Verstappen he's P15

Tsunoda gets the first pole of 2033.

Vesti is P2, then Piastri, Albon, Fittipaldi, Doohan on debut, Bearman, Norris and Charles Leclerc, with Logan Sargeant rounding out the top 10.

[floral apex]

Veikimi Virkkonen

[fallow breach]

Euterpe driver form in 2032:

VIR: 1-8[F]-DNF-18-DNF-7-9-6-DNF-1-9-7-1[F]-7-1[F]-DNF-8-1[F]-1-7-1-1[F]-DNF-DNF

BEA:
20-11-10-13-7-10-13-12-11-9-15-13-14-12-11-11-7- 22-7-8-8-2-8-2

The 2033 season is underway!

Crash between Virtanen and Vesti

what's new

[floral apex]

Classic

[fallow breach]

Virtanen went for a lovely 10 into 1 divebomb and got spun by Frederik

im not even joking

Virtanen went P13 to P4 (was trying for P3) by T1

Such an early red flag means everyone is onto the hards.

Probably just going to be a 12 lap straight fight to the flag

Basically a sprint for full GP points

Restart grid

bc of the lap 1 red flag the fastest lap currently belongs to Yuki Tsunoda with a 3:25.012

Very clean restart for Veikko, he's up to P1 at T1.

[floral apex]

Absolute speed

[fallow breach]

reminds me of nikita mazepin at belgium 2021

Virtanen takes FL on lap 3, 1;34.547

And again, 1:31.708

Collision

Arthur Leclerc and Hulkenberg

Arthur Leclerc 10 second penalty

[floral apex]

these are funny

[fallow breach]

i've just realised

max is reigning champion

but the fan still calls themselves "VV43 + MV33 lover"

max is using #1

bro just doesnt care about the fact max is donning the 1

[floral apex]

This feels like one of red bull racing's yt shorts where daniel wrote "11" and "33" on max and checo's dust covered hovercraft
and then max crossed out the 33 and wrote 1

[fallow breach]

I REMEMBER THAT ONE

oh god we're in another awkward podium situation i can feel it

veikko's p1

vesti's p3

remember what happened last time with those 2 positions

veikko just refusing to shake fred's hand

Doohan's using #38, Maloney is running #57

"What a way to start the 2033 season. This has been an incredible race, absolutely action packed from lights to flag, with a red flag and a safety car in the mix. But at the chequered flag, the Finnish driver prevails for the ninth time in Formula One, from thirteenth on the grid unbelievably, Veikko Virtanen wins the Bahrain Grand Prix!"

The defending champion is on the back foot.

Scorers:
EDSB Virtanen
Tsunoda
Vesti
Piastri
Doohan
EDSB Bearman
Leclerc
Fittipaldi
Albon
Norris

Constructors:
EDSB 34
19
18
18
10
2
1

defending drivers champion p18 in wdc
defending constructors champions p7 in wcc

[quaint hare]

L from them tbh

[fallow breach]

Sterling debut from Doohan though, P5 in the Red Bull

[civic quiver]

does someone wanna gift me f1 24

im to poor to buy it

🙏

[fallow breach]

Veikko Virtanen once again refuses to acknowledge Frederik Vesti. He gets out of the car, celebrates, and goes straight to the team. Vesti calls out to him and Virtanen turns around and puts up the middle finger!

He was investigated for this antic, and was not stripped of any title or award, but the team did have to take a €5000 fine.

After that situation, Ollie Bearman, who is Virtanen's teammate and finished 6th in the race, walks over and congratulates him.

Moving onto Australia. Round 2 of 16.

Virtanen is starting P4 on the grid.

Top 5:
Norris
Verstappen
Doohan
Virtanen
Piastri

Also, Bearman P18

[fallow breach]

"It's going to be a three way battle to the line! Norris is barely ahead! They're going wheel to wheel, Virtanen's back past by the corner! Final turn, Virtanen, Norris, Verstappen, who will it be?.. it's Veikko Virtanen who wins the Australian Grand Prix by 4 tenths of a second!"

[fallow breach]

10 wins for Veikko

[quaint hare]

weird

one off livery for the spanish gp because its fernandos home race

its stupposed to mimic his 2005 championship winning car

[quaint hare]

its a 1-2 for us in quali

and bro. My lap was clean af

1:11.128 in Spain

0.976 ahead of alonso in p2

[fallow breach]

Looks nice

[quaint hare]

thanks

[fallow breach]

Current constructors' championship:

1. Euterpe-DSB 59pts (2W, 2P)
2. Ferrari 40pts
3. McLaren 35pts (0W, 2P)
4. Aston Martin 26pts (0W, 1P)
5. Visa Cash App Racing Bulls 25pts (0W, 1P)
6. Red Bull 13pts
7. Mercedes-AMG Petronas 6pts
8. Alpine 0pts
9. Williams 0pts
10. KICK Sauber 0pts
11. Haas 0pts

[floral apex]

ah so you're a visa cash app racing bulls fan

launch event reference

[fallow breach]

[fallow breach]

veikko still hates frederik, to the surprise of absolutely nobody

[floral apex]

Virtanen be like

[fallow breach]

fr

any predictions for Japan?

[primal drift]

https://www.f1manager.com/2024/news/season-customisation-feature-deep-dive

[keen brook]

Frontier cooked once again.

They're basically adding half the database editor into the base game.

[floral apex]

bruhh

But this is amazing

[keen brook]

You can even create drivers.

and staff

[floral apex]

And even more too
I don't think the database editor lets you change the rules

[keen brook]

yeah

and also creating brand new drivers

and staff

[floral apex]

would really have made adding the lore drivers 10 times easier

[keen brook]

yeah

[fallow breach]

what a fucking shock

[keen brook]

So I can add Laura Müller to be Estie Bestie's race engineer.🔥

[fallow breach]

virtanen gets a drs failure on his 2nd lap in japan quali

funny thing he actually had a drs failure midrace in Australia

managed to hold it tho but his 2.6 second lead came down to within a second

[floral apex]

i think your mechanics forgot how DRS worked

[keen brook]

also custom calendar in the base game

Codies, where is this in your games?

[fallow breach]

virstanen was pretty close with that prediction tho

max is on pole
veikko is p4

[primal drift]

you can, sort of

[keen brook]

Choosing between 3 different lengths isn't really a custom calendar.

[fallow breach]

calendar customisation and the ability to make custom drivers to insert into the market in f1 25 🙏

probably not but a man can dream

oh also the ability for the custom driver to leave the created team in my team career would be nice

[floral apex]

it looks like F1M still won't have complete customization between seasons cuz the options are "same as last year", "partial randomization" and "chaos"

[fallow breach]

Top 14 in Japan quali

also look the quali length is yuki

there

short quali

[floral apex]

first image decided not to load lol

[keen brook]

wait

You can even change performance of the other teams?

[floral apex]

yea

[keen brook]

That's insane.

I'm just reading through the article.

[fallow breach]

the goat in p5 fr 🐐 🔥

[floral apex]

Frontier realized the capabilities of the database editor and went "we should have this in the base game"

[keen brook]

The more I see, the more I love it.

[red wadi]

Time for RPU lore to kick in

[fallow breach]

they see the mods and go like "yeah lets embrace this"

[red wadi]

This bit of lore was supposed to drop in the RPU

[red wadi]

NO WAY?!

[keen brook]

Also you can now immediately leave your own team lol.

[keen brook]

You can basically create your own team, make it the best on the grid and then go to an other team to try and beat your own team.

[red wadi]

Bild: Perstian Alex Christensen named as German athlete of the year (translated from German)
The Danish WEC/IMSA driver (drives for Porsche) has been named as German Athlete of the year, he was eligible due to him having German as a 4th nationality

[floral apex]

You can also set custom lineups for all 10 teams before the save even starts

[keen brook]

Just that this is now possible from the get go.

yeah

[fallow breach]

i could make veikko virtanen a driver and have him be teammates with max verstappen

[red wadi]

I’m installing it rn

[keen brook]

It's literally the entire database editor.

[floral apex]

The update's tomorrow-

[keen brook]

apart from a few details

[red wadi]

Still easier to install it rn

[floral apex]

EVEN BETTER

Frontier's adding two FREE DLCs

[red wadi]

NICE

[floral apex]

It says they're cosmetic so it might be liveries and race suits

[keen brook]

oh yeah

2025 grid DLC

probably

[fallow breach]

veikko is on the second row of the grid.

this guy absolutely shines from somewhere that isn't the very front

he won bahrain from p13 in 2033, and couldve won abu dhabi 2032 after restarting from the red flag in p14 if he didnt misjudge the turn point on the penultimate corner on lap 14

[keen brook]

That confirms even more it'll be the last game.

[red wadi]

Awful full name 🔥 🔥

[keen brook]

They basically added a sandbox mode to the game.

[fallow breach]

perstian

[floral apex]

bruh i thought you misspelled "Persian"

[red wadi]

It’s a mix of Per and Christian

[floral apex]

as in the nationality

[fallow breach]

yeahh i can see why he just calls himself per 😭

[floral apex]

i was like "he's from Iran?!?"

[red wadi]

Bild exposed bro😭

[fallow breach]

some guy called alex christensen from persia

"wait per has a brother?"

[keen brook]

Also generated drivers will now have nationalities.

[floral apex]

i think they've always had one but i guess this makes them actually visible in-game

[keen brook]

yeah probably

That basically allows to add the entire F1 Academy grid.

[fallow breach]

funny enough i find most of these tracks good to drive

[keen brook]

and other missing affiliates in the game

[floral apex]

this update's gonna be so fire in my 2032 save

I was planning on continuing today but now that theres that update i'll push it to tomorrow post-update instead

[keen brook]

Oh yeah, so basically can create the entire new F1 and feeders landscape.

[red wadi]

i might return to F1M after all

[floral apex]

just don't ido cohen yourself

[fallow breach]

damn jack Doohan qualified p21 in japan

[red wadi]

[fallow breach]

he got p5 from (i dont even remember what position he started) in bahrain, then he got p9 from 3rd on the grid in Australia

[floral apex]

my method of adding the lore drivers was replacing existing generated drivers

and then Frontier decides to make custom drivers a feature a few weeks later

[red wadi]

Who of us 4 is the secret Frontier employee?

[floral apex]

Who should be the next lore driver to be added to my save

this is gonna be how i try out the new update

[keen brook]

I can already see loads of people adding Doriane Pin and Lia Block.

[floral apex]

i think you can only use generated faces tho

[keen brook]

yes

But there are surely some that are close enough.

[floral apex]

if its the system from the save browser, then there will be only 36 of them

[red wadi]

Jonas Friis

[keen brook]

That they somewhat look like Pin and Block.

[floral apex]

i'm just hoping we can create drivers mid-save

[keen brook]

well

Usually they explicitly say it requires a new save if it does.

[floral apex]

true

guess we'll have to wait and see

[keen brook]

As that's nowhere mentioned in the entire article, it will likely be the case.

maybe just at the start of the next season

or something like that

As the game probably can't handle calendar changes mid-season.

[red wadi]

Wait can we add custom drivers to your team from the get go?

[keen brook]

yes

[red wadi]

And will their ratings be predetermined?

[keen brook]

nope

You can set them.

[red wadi]

NICE

[keen brook]

With setting the attributes the game will then probably calculate the rating.

So you can even make the drivers how you want them to be.

You can make them tire whisperers or just bloody quick drivers but kill the tires.

[red wadi]

Is there a limit to this? Ig only your own team?

[keen brook]

nope

the entire grid

They set the limit high enough that you can fill the entire F1, F2 and F3 grid with created drivers.

[fallow breach]

@virstanen3343 on X: "Veikko leads.. but at what cost? Max is down to P5 😔"

[red wadi]

YESSSSS

I’M GONNA COOK SO HARD WITH THIS

[keen brook]

such a huge Frontier

[red wadi]

Fr

I’m gonna cook a alternative reality type thing

[keen brook]

3rd game from Frontier: custom calendar
Codies after over 10 years: 3 different season lengths, order now possible to change

Codies truly got completely cooked by Frontier.

[floral apex]

and the most you can do is add and remove races

[keen brook]

And Codies runs out of excuses.

[floral apex]

And the game automatically moves them for you (i replaced Suzuka with France in my save and i got a quadruple header)

[keen brook]

What Frontier can do, can't be a licensing issue.

[floral apex]

It's just down to the capabilities of the game

The Frontier game had a database editor, the Codies game never had one

[keen brook]

Yeah, the database editor showed the manager game is a lot more flexible.

Whilst in the Codies' F1 game the order is hard coded.

[floral apex]

You can't even edit the grid in grand prix mode

But you can in a multiplayer race?!?!?

[keen brook]

I think the fact Frontier just has an entire calendar whilst Codies only has a time line might be a reason for that.

[floral apex]

i personally think this is one of the biggest inconsistencies in the f1 game

[keen brook]

It's just the game design from Codies that needs to be reworked.

To make it more flexible.

well

[red wadi]

Let’s be real

[keen brook]

And then there's the penalty system.

[red wadi]

F1 needs a new developer

[keen brook]

3rd track limits is a penalty and the penalty is 3 seconds.

[floral apex]

I do wonder now if someone at Frontier discovered the database editor and thought they should incorporate it into the game itself

[keen brook]

Irl: 4th track limit is penalty, penalty is 5 seconds.

[floral apex]

now im imagining some frontier dev had overtake.gg open on their pc

[keen brook]

increases with further track limits

[floral apex]

and the inconsistencies are huge
like some corners are lenient as fukc and others slap you with a warning on the slightest excursion

[keen brook]

Codies penalty system: After 3rd track limit and penalty it starts again from 0.

so again 2 free track limits

[red wadi]

I’d love a F1 game developed by someone like Reiza

[keen brook]

That's literally an other world from the irl rules.

And that's just 1 example.

As this is the one that's the most off from irl.

3 second time penalties don't even exist irl.

[red wadi]

Being stuck at a midfield team as a 6 time wdc

[floral apex]

not to mention the f1 game poorly thought out R&D system

[keen brook]

yeah

[red wadi]

Yeah

[floral apex]

like that's not an R&D system, that's a tech tree

[keen brook]

The game literally limits itself.

Just use what Frontier does, it's infinite.

[red wadi]

Reiza pls buy the F1 license 🙏 🙏

[keen brook]

It allows actual proper change in the order of the teams.

Like Kick Sauber can become a top team in Frontier's system.

That's just impossible with the Codies' R&D.

[floral apex]

And they actually did in my save

[keen brook]

As it's way too limited.

[floral apex]

Although technically they were Audi but under the hood its still Sauber

[keen brook]

If only Frontier would get the license to do the management stuff of the game and like work together with an other studio that does the actual driving part and handling system.

[red wadi]

Formula 1: Per Christensen to compete as Per Alex Christensen
Per Alex Christensen will use his full name(ish) in Formula 1, Per announced it on X

[keen brook]

It would just be so nice to have an actual driving F1 game together with Frontier's management part.

[floral apex]

This feels like how on the entry list Alonso is listed as "Fernando Alonso Diaz"

[red wadi]

Perstian Alex Christensen-Devinci typpa Shit (his wives’ surname is Devinci)

[floral apex]

Isack Hadjar is actually listed as "Isack Alexandre Hadjar"

[floral apex]

I like how this is basically

Frontier: announces F1M update
OF1D Games chat: starts ranting about how bad the Codies game is

[keen brook]

I like how Frontier is just pure silence for months and then 1 day before the next update just out of nowhere drops the bombshell.

[floral apex]

when frontier drops an entire livery editor tool thats when you'll know the series is cooked

[lyric scaffold]

Pascal Wehrlein 100% win season 🔜

[fallow breach]

i feel like codies f1 is making me spiral into insanity as we speak

23 times i have tried to start the japanese gp

1 time i passed lap 1 and got crashed out on the outlap post pit stop.
all the rest i'm getting the wing taken off, or i'm getting swarmed by drivers who started miles back on the grid, or i'm getting spun out by frederik vesti somefuckinghow

[floral apex]

why do you think i just chose to retire from japan in my save

[fallow breach]

i know i'm leading by 25 points in the championship but like i dont wanna retire from gps

why do you think i chose the ones i tend to find alright to drive

i say that when i left Australia on the calendar (2031 flashbacks)

[keen brook]

That actually brings me to an idea.

[fallow breach]

another attempt down and ocon's spun me this time

[keen brook]

F1 but it's the FE grid.🔥

[lyric scaffold]

that’s actually an interesting idea

[keen brook]

I mean some drivers don't even need to be created.

Vandoorne is already in the game.

Maloney

Well, OK, that's it.

oh, Barnard as well

How could I forget him?

smh

So 3 FE drivers are already in the game.

Means only 19 need to be created.

And there are actually some interesting ones.

Pascal returns to F1.

Vergne returns to F1.

Buemi returns to F1.

[floral apex]

watch him lose his front suspension in bahrain