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This is what I wanted to do...but couldn't make it happen. After I move maybe. Jealous of the other RCE folks have really nice set ups.
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Yeah, for me, I really don't want to spend the money on a new sim cockpit so I figure I'd build one out of wood instead. Maybe perhaps down the line I'll put an FR-S dashboard and center console on it. Planning on getting a Thrustmaster TS-XW + TH8A shifter as well. I'd have gone Fanatec, but I haven't heard good things about Fanatec's software, and I'm not much of a fan of my current Logitech G920 and shifter.
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Originally Posted by Racecomp Engineering
Family: Sucks that I barely saw them. My mom turned 70 so I was terrified of what would happen if she got COVID, but she was also pretty isolated and depressed. Tried to manage that with my brothers but damn I can’t wait for her to get vaccinated.
Physical health: I had ACL surgery (again) in 2019 so I had just gotten back into easy pick up soccer games with friends at the beginning of 2020. When that stopped, I just focused on really building my legs back up. Mostly I rode the bike trainer until I couldn’t feel anything. Did a little running and lots of long hikes. In pretty good shape now, also due to cooking at home a whole lot more (and getting pretty decent at cooking).
Mental health: Whew. I think it’s fine. Trying to remember that this is just a complicated time and I’m very fortunate to not have to deal with what a lot of other people are dealing with. But I guess you realize how important all these things we take for granted really are like seeing family, friends, playing soccer, traveling, doing fun car things, etc. Being around my gf basically 24/7 can be complicated, but I'm grateful to not be alone.
Dog: Wilbur is awesome. He's almost 2 now and I'm really happy we have him. Honestly helped a lot to have him around to take care of while quarantining.
RCE: Definitely not what we were planning on for this year but things are pretty good actually. We weren't sure what to expect with all of...this...but we've adapted well. We made good progress on a couple of projects only to be delayed by COVID related things outside our control which is super frustrating. But there were also a couple of things outside of our control that are actually very good and could make 2021 reeeeeally exciting. Some of our projects will be coming through next year and we're excited.
My own car stuff: Did very little to my car, did 0 events, had a pretty scary incident that thankfully (and very improbably) happened at 5 mph and not 75 mph...all not great! But I'm not dead and the car is fine. Exciting plans for 2021 and a bunch of parts waiting to go on. Hoping to do more ApexFiles stuff in 2021 too...lots of good ideas but I've been a little busy!
Anyway, I'm really happy to be a part of this community. Sounds silly, but this place is important to me and it's been good to have some positive human interaction this year. And if anyone is having trouble and needs to talk about anything, feel free to send me a message.
- Andrew
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Hey man, I hope your mom does get vaccinated soon so that everybody can be together again. I have to worry about my grandmother all the time because I don't want her catching COVID either, and the worst part is, I can't be around her at the moment because I was just exposed to it and I have to get tested yet again before I can be around her.
Good to hear everything else is alright with you. Best of luck to you in 2021.