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Cake day: August 2nd, 2023

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  • For sim, I utilize iRacing to practice and learn tracks before real life amateur endurance races in champcar and lemons as well as track days.

    IMO iRacing physics are so good and the tracks are so well modeled that it’s a very effective learning tool. It’s the first sim since Live For Speed that really feels close enough to real life for me to forget I’m playing a sim.

    Plus traffic management and race craft are so crucially important in wheel to wheel racing & I simply don’t get any other opportunity to practice those.





  • That’s the ticket, IMO. I start off assuming they know, then pause to ask “are you familiar with x concept?”

    If they say yes and they really mean no, there’s really not a lot I can do. But it seems to make people feel at ease when talking to me - I don’t get called out for over explaining or infantalizing people this way.





  • It certainly looks like packages are scheduled to go out today - that lines up with the “12th-13th” estimate google gave me for ground shipping. Maybe they delay shipping for Expedited customers, though.

    I don’t have a trade in, so I only have the one package (and my Google store page says it’s all arriving in one package). My FedEx account updated almost exactly the same time I got my email, so I got no advanced notice either.

    I suspect you’ll have to wait for Google to send you the “shipped” email in order to confirm your package is actually scheduled to be shipped.


  • FedEx doesn’t have my package yet, so still no definitive delivery date.

    Google appears to use FedEx Standard Overnight shipping for Expedited orders (at least to my region), so that should be next day shipping once FedEx gets the package.

    I’m gonna guess maybe they’ll release the package to FedEx tomorrow so I can get it on the 12th? If they ship it today, I’ll have it tomorrow on the 11th.

    I hate FedEx, but at least their Express delivery drivers and logistics seem less prone to theft and delay than FedEx ground.



  • I plan to buy two.

    I’ve ordered (and received) the caseology parallax in bay blue for when I need super rugged protection. I also plan to order the Google branded bay blue case for when I don’t, once I get my Google store credit.

    I’m frustrated that my preferred cases (Spigen rugged armor and liquid air) only come in boring, dark colors. Why can’t I have a Rugged Armor in Bay Blue? I’ve gotta put up with the noticeable extra bulk of the caseology parallax?