Believe it or not, the most interesting part of this week’s episodes comes in the setup one.
Don’t expect to read that sentence too often on these pages.
UFOs. Bigfoot. Having the EXACT SAME, TO THE PIXEL, needle location in different stints yielding two different feedback results.
There are believers, and there are sceptics.
In this weekend’s episode, we offer the most convincing video evidence since that fuzzy, out of focus video of Bigfoot that came to light in the 1970’s.
No, not about the existence of UFOs – about the exact same needle location yielding an Excellent in one stint, and a Great in another one.
But first in the leadup episode, there is good news, bad news and ugly news. We look at all three types.
We think about the question of team orders, their benefits and their drawbacks.
What do we think about Amanda Cavalcanti? What does Sara think about her?
The pedal is dropping on part production. It’s still not fast enough, but we’re getting there. However conditional components cause us some sleepless nights.
We get well and truly done over on the slot 4 sponsorship deal. Hey, what’s new?
On the other hand, Max Porter learns the art of praise which makes a refreshing change from the last couple of years.
Finally, we contemplate the weekend appearances of both Maxes.
Kirkus puts out a tweet and gets a “pretty damn cool” reaction to it as real life collides with gameplay.
In the practice episode we get done over by the weather (again), and discover evidence for the Motorsport Manager equivalent of Bigfoot, as discussed above.
In the race itself, if you’re expecting a repeat of the one-two finish from the last race? It ain’t gonna happen. With our current strategy race 2 is and shall forever be our low water mark of a season.
And to a lesser extent, race 3.
Still, we’re a better team than we have been in the past and we are not devoid of either rabbits, or hats to pull them out of.
How many rabbits? Grab a refreshing beverage of choice, settle back, and yell ‘GO LITTLE MAX!” or “GO SARA!”, according to preference.
Both, if you like.