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The next thing you notice on a sim as you crest a hill and find yourself with no juice left prior to the braking zone is, “Oh sh,.” The engine scream. The wheels is spinning. You aren’t moving forward. Your simulation has a glitch! Or maybe it doesn’t. Maybe it’s because your gearing are incorrect. … Read more

On a straight section, the car might be stable, but then it loses traction around a corner. Suspension geometry isn’t always responsible for this problem. A car’s aerodynamic forces can shoves too much on the front end, while the rear end gets light. Total downforce figures is less important than their distribution, their balance. Balance … Read more

Your meeting with strategy is over and the green flag flies. You’re on track chasing your lap times as needle on the fuel gauge ticks down. The difference between a frustrating spin and front row finish can be just a handful of laps. You don’t drive hard all race long. Knowing when to make that … Read more

There is a slight vibration on the steering wheel. You push too hard into a corner and slide out more farther than you want. Lap times don’t increase right away; instead, they plateau. The difference between a stellar stint and a poor one are your handling of the rubber connecting the tires to the pavement. … Read more

A sim racer learns when it’s time to pull in. Are you half a second behind leader? Are your tires balding? Your tank empty? Is there time to exit pit road before they wear out? Or should you come in now for a few seconds to get new ones and pick up some time? It’s … Read more

It’s that kind of situation you reach in RimWorld; where the weather turns foul, a raid pillages your crops, and suddenly everyone look up from their jobs and realizes there’s nothing in the larder. This is early-game panic. And most players respond by scurrying about, grabbing any potatoes they see, cramming them into stove… only … Read more

The first twenty cycles in Oxygen Not Included feel like a sprint against starvation. Your colony consist of three dupes, all of whom are starving to death on a rock. There’s no shortage of things to plant. Why not grow it all? I don’t blame you for this impulse. But what happens next is usualy … Read more

When you finally discover an untainted Iron Node in Satisfactory for the first time, it’s exciting. You spot the shining resource and think “jackpot!” You quickly set down some miner. You prepare yourself to be flooded with resources so you can unclog all your bottlenecks. Then you add a Mk.1 belt to the output and … Read more

At some point during each run of Factorio, the train network cease to appear as a logistics system and begins to appear as a traffic jam. Everything’s hooked up, the mines, the factories, the automated smelters. But the trains is … there. Waiting. For something. Maybe they’re waiting for another signal. Or maybe they’re waiting … Read more

At the beginning of each Oxygen Not Included run, you start with three fresh face… And they’re already eating up oxygen. Think about your plan before you put down a single electrolyzer. Long before you even realize it, the game has taught you something: Air isn’t a free thing; it’s a resource. And it burns … Read more

Every Factorio player eventualy hits the same wall regarding power planning. Maybe there is plenty of copper and iron ore to build factory with, but your electrical network are still shaky. Sure, you can use solar panels, which produce electricity when it’s daytime. That’s the basic dilemma: How much do you invest into energy storage … Read more

Factorio is the type of game where you get a sense of achievement from having a factory running, but forget about how much power it’s using and suddenly your entire science production grind to a halt. Adding more productivity modules to all slots might be the solution, but now your power grid start flickering. The … Read more