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Screen to Speed No.36: Lena Bee: Sim Racer, Cosplayer & Sound Designer · BREAK/FIX the Motorsports & Vehicle Enthusiast Variety Show

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Hi everyone.
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Welcome to any talks.
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Happy to see you here.
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I hope you're doing well and hope you spend your New Year
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in a good way, uh, welcome.
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We got today.
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Let it be with us.
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She's a sim racer cosplayer and gaming sound designer.
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Welcome, Lena.
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Hey, nice to be here.
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Hello guys.
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Been a while.
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Hello.
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Hello.
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Um, let's start with, uh, I saw your last video, uh, on YouTube, uh, that
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you, uh, visited Thailand and can you tell more about car culture right here?
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And I know that you also working on your project car.
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So let's start with this.
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Yeah, sure.
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Um, so I somehow, um, dropped into the real car scene.
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Usually I was always around sim, sim rigs and sim racing, but, uh,
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somehow I drifted into the actual car scene, into the tuning scene.
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I was always into cars.
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So ever since I was a kid, I grew up around this, especially the Thai car
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scene, right, which, um, I'm half Thai.
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So every year we went, there was this huge car scene.
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Um, just happening.
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It's like it evolved in front of my eyes.
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Right.
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And, uh, as a kid, you, you take that in and you're like,
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wow, that's, that's crazy.
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Like, uh, that's all the cool stuff.
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And I want to do that too, one day.
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So I always came back from Thailand and, um, I told my friends, I was
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like, guys, guys, you won't believe me.
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Like there's like street racing happening on highways and stuff.
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Everyone's like, yeah, sure.
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You know, like whatever they, they can't imagine very much, but, um, yeah.
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So this year I actually took a camera with me and I was like, I have to film this,
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have to document this because, um, we all love racing and we all have motorsports,
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but I have a huge passion for cars, right?
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So I really wanted to, to capture the scene there.
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Cause I feel like no one really knows about Thailand car culture here.
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And, um, yeah, it was, uh, it was quite a journey because, uh, getting to know
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the people that take you to these like underground locations and meets was fairly
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difficult, but we were, we just got lucky.
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Uh, we were so lucky that the first guy who was our Uber driver just happened to
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be, uh, uh, I don't want to say street racer because we have the wrong picture of
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it, but they, they build cars to, to race, uh, In locations that are quiet, right?
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And he just happened to be one of those people.
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So we were telling him about car culture and stuff.
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And he was like, Oh yes, yes, yes.
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I built this.
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And he was showing us his car, which was like a Mitsubishi Evo, completely tuned.
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And, um, yeah, this way we got into, uh, the underground car scene
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in Thailand and we got to film it.
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So, uh, if you guys don't know it, it's on my YouTube, I'm
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starting to do more videos.
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Uh, those that know me probably know me mostly from.
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Simracing and Twitch, but I'm trying new things now as well.
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So it's yeah, that's really cool You know, I've been to Thailand long time ago.
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Didn't really see, you know, a lot of modded and Cool cars here, but when I've
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been into Malaysia, which is not far away.
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I saw that even You know people who's working in taxi.
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They got This, uh, yeah.
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Little cute cars with the cool reams and, you know, they, uh, with, with
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low suspension, it's really cool, you know, like, uh, even on the
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streets, uh, you, you see a lot of, uh, motor than tuning cars.
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It's, it's really cool , it, it's, it's much easier there to, um,
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which you, uh, express yourself.
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Mm-hmm . Um, uh, in the car scene, but not just in the car scene.
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I feel like also as a person in fashion and stuff.
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I feel like Southeast Asia really likes to express themselves in certain ways and
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it's it's a breath of, uh, fresh air if you come from places like here, I think.
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Where are you from, by the way, love?
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Um, I'm from Kazakhstan, from Almaty.
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Uh, you know, we got some car culture right here as well.
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Um, but.
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It's not really huge, uh, but as we got a racing circuit right now, I hope it
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will grow Um from time to time so we got a really cool bmw club here with
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a lot of you know, classic bmws and Some modern ones as well And I think
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we got porsche club also And you know some people really like drift here
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Yeah, drifting is really popular right here.
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So we got two drifting tracks.
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Uh, uh, that's, uh, next to the Sokol international circuit, which, uh, work,
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uh, should work, uh, this summer already for some testing days and some stuff.
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Uh, and other one, uh, it's like 50 kilometers, 70
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kilometers also from Almaty.
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That's a huge, uh, drift, uh, track, uh, which people using for, um, Competitions
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and for practice sessions as well.
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And so, yeah.
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Nice.
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Nice.
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Nice.
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I don't know anything about Kazakhstan, uh, car culture, if I'm honest.
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So it's also really, I guess, an insight I've heard very.
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It's, it's really funny actually, because, uh, maybe 10 years ago we had only SUVs,
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you know, like Land Cruiser Prado, uh, or something like this, uh, that, uh, yeah.
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Like the favorite car here for people, uh, but right now I see, you know, a lot
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of smaller cars, a lot of Chinese cars as we living next to China and some people
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modding the Zikr, for example, that's a Chinese, uh, top tier electric car.
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Uh, so they trying to boost, uh, and, uh, like electric motors and all this stuff.
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Uh, it's really cool.
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So, yeah, it's cool to see that, uh, right now, uh, in Almaty, you can see different,
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uh, kind of cars and not only SUVs.
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I'm happy because I'm not a big fan of SUVs, to be honest.
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I feel you.
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There are, I think there are some, like a few expectations
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I have, where I like SUVs, but.
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Mostly I agree with you and then it's not my thing as well.
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I know that you got a BMW first series, uh, can you tell me
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about plans for this project car?
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What do you want to do with it?
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And do you want to like race it on a racing track?
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Or do you want to go to the car show with it?
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Yeah, uh, uh, my plans are now to just repair it and have it working.
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Because, uh, BMWs are notorious for just staying in the garage, right?
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But, um, yeah, once it's back on, on running perfectly again, I do want to
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take it to the Nürburgring, so I do actually want to, uh, drive over the
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track currently I'm putting on some proper, um, tires, uh, some, some better
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specs because the ones that I have run right now, they're mostly just for show.
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Uh, and then I put on a new suspension.
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Um, Yeah, depending on if I do it this year, I wanted to put on, um, a downpipe,
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an intercooler, the typical BMW tunes, right, and just go for a bit more
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horsepower and, um, yeah, a tune and then it's, it's basically, it's my, my dream
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car, because the one series, the E82.
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It's my dream car.
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Um, there's the one M which is my absolute unaffordable dream car because it's so
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expensive, but the one 35, I just comes a second because it's the car before that.
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And I, I liked the engine more.
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It's the N 55.
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It has the, in my opinion, better sound and it has more reliability and I'm not
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rich, so I need to, I need a reliable car, you know, so a reliable car, so.
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Yeah, it's really nice.
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I used to really like BMWs back in the days.
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I'm a big fan of E46 third series and I really like the old fifth
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series, which is like E34, I think.
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But I'm not a big fan of modern BMWs, unfortunately, so
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they look a bit weird for me.
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Um, so I really like the classic design and, uh, I think the last BMW, which I
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really like, uh, that's this first, um, series, uh, BMW, which you got, uh, so
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yeah, after this one, uh, not a big fan of design, unfortunately, guys, sorry.
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It stops for me at the F series.
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I think that one was still all right.
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Not all of the models, but I think the F 80.
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The F 82, that was still really nice, the, the F Gen M3 and the M4 from
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that generation was also really nice.
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But, um, I wouldn't say I'm a, I'm not a fan of the new ones.
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They get, they take time to get used to, I think, like, the
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new M2 looks, um Interesting.
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Uh, I, I don't know, maybe with the time they get normal, you know,
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because, uh, this was always the case with BMW when the E46 came out,
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people were like, Oh, what is this?
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It doesn't look anything like the E30.
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And now we love the E46.
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It's like a classic model.
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I think this will repeat itself over and over.
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I think that's the same with the five series from the E
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generation, the late E generation.
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When it came out, people were like, Oh my God, it's ugly.
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And Top Gear was like, Oh, it's the worst looking car ever.
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But now, like, I think like it's already 18 years old or something.
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People call it the best, the best looking five series.
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So I wonder how we will look back at the current generation.
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Um, BMWs because we make fun of them now and they look very different, but.
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I wonder how we look back at them in 15 years, if you say,
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Oh, that's a classic, you know?
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Oh, with the big nose and the pig nose, that's a classic.
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Well, who knows, maybe, yeah.
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Yeah, I think so, because, um, they're really leaning far out of the window of,
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of their usual design, of their classic design, so, it's very distinctive, I'm
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pretty sure that, well, still people calling, because it just looks like
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a pig, I guess, it looks like a pig nose, so the car will always be known
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for that, but I'm pretty sure that it's, like, having a distinctive look.
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So I think 15, give it 15 years, it will probably age all right,
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but, um, I agree with you because we are from a different generation.
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Those cars are just, the older cars also appear a bit more to me currently.
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Yeah, so I kind of agree with you, maybe in the future, like in 10 years, we're
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going to say like, wow, that's the most beautiful BMWs that we had in the history.
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Yeah, and then the BMWs that come out at that time will be like,
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oh god, what are they doing?
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Go back to the other design, yeah.
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Yeah.
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So, yeah.
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I wonder how they're Yeah, going to make new jokes, yeah.
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Yeah.
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Yeah, what are your favorite cars?
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Yeah.
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Oh, my favorite car.
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I think everybody knows that this is a Porsche 911.
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Absolutely my favorite.
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I really like.
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Which one?
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I think I really like old generation.
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The last one is, uh, is really cool.
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Um, my favorite is from 2007, something like this.
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I really like this, uh, the body of the Porsche.
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It's really nice.
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Uh, and I'm a big fan of Targa.
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So it looks really, um, I know classy and nice looking at the same time.
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I love it.
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Nice, nice.
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Are you, uh, driving a Porsche already, perhaps?
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No, unfortunately no, but hopefully in the future I'm
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going to take the 911 for a ride.
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You were, uh, you were in motorsports, right?
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Yes, uh, I've been into racing.
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Um, I was working, um, As a coach on the racing track also after my racing
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career, uh, then I moved to sim racing.
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So that was like this, uh, yeah, I raced some open wheelers, uh, before that I
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did some karting, uh, won four times.
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Championship of Kazakhstan.
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Uh, and then, yeah, unfortunately I didn't continue my racing
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career just because, um,
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they completely, so my team who sponsored me, they completely shut
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down the program here in Kazakhstan.
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Um, and yeah, then, you know, the COVID happened and all this stuff.
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So we, we just have to, uh, start, I started streaming at this days
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and I started Uh, iRacing and, uh, full time simracing also.
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Uh, but I'm so happy that things, uh, went this way.
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Uh, because, uh, streaming gave me a lot of, um, experience, new
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experience, uh, which is, uh, makes me a, like, better person every day.
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And, you know, you just, in streaming and in simracing, you're growing every
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day, and you, like, you never stop, like, uh, The same as you building
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your rig, you can stop this process.
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Ah, it's a downward spiral, yeah.
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You always make something new, yeah.
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Yeah, true.
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So, I know that you're doing some cosplays, and you're also working
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as a gaming sound designer, and you're also a sim racer and streamer.
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Can you tell me what was your, like, first activity which you started to do?
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Yeah.
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So, I always did cosplay, that like is just, I feel like that's such a, like a
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separate part from, from everything else I do, because that's like my, everyone
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has something they like to do, like, some people like to go and, uh, I don't
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know, plant flowers or something, right?
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Like, you have like this, this peaceful thing that you do.
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For me, that was always, uh, preparing cosplays, your outfits, and, uh, I'm
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big into fashion and that's also how I got into like cosplay and stuff
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because the fashion of anime and, um, of, I don't know, games I always loved.
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And I was like, I want to do this too, of course.
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And I saw other cosplayers like, uh, like Imiru and everyone.
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I was like, yeah.
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I want to do this too, you know, and, um, this is just a very separate
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thing from everything as like my, my wholly untouched, like I always
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try and cosplay every week, right.
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Or do something for that.
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But, um, uh, sim racing, I'm honest.
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I got into it super randomly, like my, so I didn't even know I was sim racing.
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Um, my dad, he had like a sim rig.
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Like not a SimRig, but like he had like this old Thrustmaster, you know, like, uh,
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and, um, I played on it as a, as a kid.
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I didn't even know what it was, but he had this old, uh, Formula One game.
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And, um, I grew up around those things, I guess.
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And then my dad always tried to, to push me into liking
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cars and motorsports and stuff.
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And he, he also, um, uh, So when, when the PlayStation one came out, he was like,
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ah, yeah, I'm going to buy this so I can play Gran Turismo and you can play Spyro.
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But we ended up playing Gran Turismo together, right?
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So I got my first feel like really, really early, but I don't, I don't think that
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was the Simracing we know nowadays, right?
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But, um, it was more like arcade, right.
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Um, and then, um, this like how I actually got into like normal sim racing for me
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was just through, uh, making liveries in Gran Turismo, you know, like, I just
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like making cars, like that was all.
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And then I wanted to show the liveries.
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So I just drove and I guess I had a talent or something,
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cause I got better fairly quick.
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Yeah.
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And then I tried out, um, cause, uh, Gran Turismo was not really that
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serious at sometimes you just kept punting each other out and stuff.
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It was really dirty racing.
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So it's like, I want something more serious.
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And the most serious thing that was, it was eye racing.
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Right.
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And I, I actually tried it first.
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I was like, Wow, this is awful.
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This is terrible.
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It was really bad at the start.
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So I didn't pick it up.
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Then I left it for like, um, like, um, a month and I came back and I just drove.
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And I was starting to feel like, cause I had a direct drive then, I was like,
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wow, this feels amazing, you know.
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And somehow it didn't stop anymore.
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It was like an addiction, you know, like you had these small rewards every
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time you were getting faster and your rank was getting up and you were, it
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just, I didn't even like, I don't know.
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It just came naturally for some reason.
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And all of a sudden all the people came like, uh, Dan Suzuki, you and everyone
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was like, all of a sudden around me, I was like, wow, that's like a whole community.
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And, um, Yeah, I really, I actually did really love the time when I was, you
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know, regularly also streaming and, and driving and was having fun, you know, so.
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Yeah, it's really cool.
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You know, um, our racing community is truly amazing.
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Uh, so when I started to stream, a lot of streamers started to support me with
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their raids and a lot of people came to help like with, you know, whatever, some
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settings, some, you know, maybe some tips on track in ovals, uh, especially because
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I was completely noob in ovals when I started racing, never tried this before.
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Um, and I really like this category right now, really like
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to do it from time to time.
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Um, can you tell me how was it for you to like develop your driving skills?
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Because I know you Like over 4k iRacing, which is quite high, so that's
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like top 3 percent of all iRacers.
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Um, so yeah, I would like to know more about this.
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I'll be honest, I was just driving.
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I, I, I really just like, I think I'm a person like if I really have fun
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with something and I'm like fascinated, I want to get better at something.
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I just keep going.
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Like I cannot stop it's, but almost every game it's like you get hooked and you,
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you keep pushing yourself to get better.
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I feel like, and, um, uh, I work for a sim racing title and, um, I, what I will
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be saying is completely unbiased, right?
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But in my opinion, from all of the sim titles I've ever played and
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racing games, iRacing has always felt.
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The, like, I am connected to the car, you know, I like, I know what it's gonna do.
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That's why it was so easy for me to just, if you know what's gonna happen,
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if you know what's gonna happen, if you go into the turn, if you know what to
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expect from the car, if you know what the tires are doing, if you know the,
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you know, if the physics all make sense.
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Then it's really easy, I think, to, oh, easy, but it's easier to, to learn, you
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know, um, and yeah, that's why I think, uh, out of all of the sim racing titles,
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iRacing was just the most natural for me, because I really struggled when I
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tried ACC, I don't know if you ever.
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Yeah, I'm with you in this, I think.
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It's, it's, it's much, it's much different, right?
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And all of a sudden it's like, um.
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All of the cables are plugged in different, uh, cables, uh, connections,
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and I was like Hmm, this feels not familiar with me, so I struggled a bit
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more there, but on iRacing I really felt like it just all came sort of natural.
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Yeah, I agree with you in this, um, I think iRacing, uh, one of the best
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simulator for me, uh, right now, because of community, because of, uh,
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how you feel the car with, uh, force feedback, with, uh, like, uh, how
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you, uh, See the track with your eyes on the monitor and all this stuff.
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Um, I think that I was struggling with, uh, set a course competition a little bit.
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So when I, um, tried some races in it after racing, I felt really weird,
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especially with, uh, with breaks.
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Um, and I don't really like that.
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You really have to set up the tire pressure.
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Um, yeah, you know, pretty.
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Careful, uh, so I don't really like this thing about ACC and also performance on
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triple screen So I had a 1080 ti these days and it was not really good for
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me Uh, so racing, uh was a lot better smoother with fps with everything But
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I think the closest simulator, uh So transition to air factor 2 went kind
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of smooth for me after racing Um, it feels really Really good, um, and
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quite close to what we got in iRacing.
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I think that was the easiest, uh, simulator, um, transition for me.
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So yeah, but I agree with you about ACC, just, that's not my
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type of a simulator, unfortunately.
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I know that many people like it.
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Unfortunately too, because it's super pretty, it's like, it looks amazing.
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I love, I love everything about the game.
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It's just, it's just I hate that I suck at it, you know, I wish I was better at it.
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So I really tried it, but I think once you, you figured it out, I'm
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pretty sure it's like every other sim.
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So, yeah.
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Yeah, true.
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Uh, what's your favorite series in the racing and, uh, what, uh,
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do you race, uh, more and, uh, can you tell me also what do you prefer
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spring races or endurance races?
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Um, my favorite series, actually, I think a lot of the, like, if my, if
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my viewers from Twitch were still here, they would be able to tell this
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immediately, which is like, uh, TCR.
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I love TCR.
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I don't know why it's, uh, I, I, I'm not even a fan of front wheel drive cars, but
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it was so fun because they were, they were like low powered cars compared to GT3s.
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And you could just really.
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race hard, right?
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I love that.
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You could, you could, the cars didn't immediately explode, you know, it was
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really fun to just, uh, go door to door.
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And, um, I actually like short races more.
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I am going to be honest, I, I'm, I get too anxious, uh, during long races.
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Uh, they make me really anxious.
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Like, especially if it's with a team, um, then I don't want
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to let the teammates hang.
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You know, it's, it feels like a big responsibility.
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Like if you mess up, you ruined it for everyone.
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So, yeah.
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So I, I enjoyed the shorter races a bit more.
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So.
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Okay, I think that from my side I enjoy, um, both, so I really like to do sprint
25:20
races and endurances because here's a different, um, strategies, uh, endurance
25:25
races, so you just, uh, have to save fuel, you have to, uh, bring the car in
25:31
one piece, so it's really cool for me.
25:34
I really like it.
25:36
Um, favorite series.
25:38
I think everybody knows that this is a Porsche Cup for me.
25:41
Uh, but I do like TCR because, you know, we did some community races with TCR.
25:46
And I really like this, uh, uh, feeling when you break in.
25:50
Uh, the back sliding a little bit.
25:53
Yeah, the back slides into the apex.
25:56
It's a really nice ceiling.
25:57
Yeah.
25:57
Yeah, it's, it's really cool.
25:59
And you just, uh, like go in sliding with four wheels into the apex and then
26:05
just go on throttle and car, uh, like.
26:08
Straight, uh, to, to the exit.
26:11
And it's really cool.
26:11
So I really like, I think that TCR is a really fun, uh, series.
26:16
And I really like that in iRacing we got different series and different categories.
26:21
Uh, so you can jump to like front wheel drive cars.
26:24
You can drive to the cars without traction and ABS.
26:27
You can drive GT3s.
26:29
You can go to ovals, uh, do some rallycross and all this stuff.
26:35
I think, uh, the camera disappeared on stream,
26:41
but I'm still there in Teams.
26:43
Yeah, well, I will check.
26:45
Wait a moment, guys.
26:52
Hello, Cush, by the way.
26:57
Slightly technical, uh, issues.
27:00
Yeah.
27:00
Are you a part of the sim sim racing team right now?
27:03
Or, or not, or you, you just, uh, you know, like racing on your own?
27:10
Usually I just like to race on my own with my friends, and then we
27:15
just choose a silly name for a team and we sign up for our races on
27:20
the weekends sometimes, or events.
27:24
Uh, it was back briefly.
27:26
It's not on my side, right.
27:28
Or mm-hmm . Yeah, that's on my side.
27:30
No worries.
27:31
Good.
27:31
Okay.
27:33
But, um.
27:35
Yeah, I think, um, the, the most, like I was in a few teams, I
27:41
guess, uh, the team that was the most serious, uh, was, um, RSR.
27:48
I guess they were taking things very serious.
27:51
Um, and, oh God, my ex teammates are probably really disappointed in not
27:57
being able to name all of the team names.
28:00
But I was in quite a few teams, but I, like I said, like long
28:06
endurance races were never my thing.
28:08
I did, I never wanted to have the responsibility of crashing everyone.
28:13
So, but it's, if it works, it's, it feels like very fulfilling.
28:18
Like I can't get by people like to do it, especially with the team together.
28:22
If you get to the finish line after two to four hours.
28:25
It's uh, really fulfilling
28:29
That's great.
28:30
Yeah, uh, so, uh, i've been a part of olympus sports a long time and you know
28:37
It's really funny because we started team was like two three people only and right
28:42
now we got A lot of people in the team.
28:44
I don't know all of them.
28:47
So it's really cool how teams are growing and the overall community
28:52
in racing is growing as well.
28:54
So can you tell me more about gaming sound design which you're doing and
29:03
how long are you in this industry and what do you like the most about it?
29:08
Okay, so of course I cannot say Uh, things, uh, in detail,
29:14
cause, well, NDA, right?
29:17
So, I can't really get into details of things, but, um, I am working, um,
29:25
Well, I'm part of a team that works on, um, a sim racing title and, um, we're
29:31
making, uh, we get to record sounds, which is, um, a really nice experience.
29:36
If you get to see certain cars you've never seen before, this close and
29:43
you get to touch them, you get to work with them, which is really cool.
29:47
You get to know the teams and stuff.
29:50
Um, it's always really like, um, like I'm, I'm really fortunate to.
29:56
be able to work in a field where I have actual, like,
30:00
personal interests in, right?
30:02
Um, honestly, I never thought I was gonna end up in the game development space.
30:08
Because I was more so in the overall audio space, but when the opportunity
30:13
opened up for me, since I love motor sports, since I love sim racing, um,
30:18
sure I took the, it was basically right after university, right.
30:22
And, uh, the slot was open.
30:24
So I was like, why not?
30:26
You know, and, uh, I got the chance to work along, uh,
30:31
really professional people.
30:33
Learn some stuff.
30:36
It's a huge stress sometimes because working in game development
30:42
in 2025 in general is It's very stressful because, uh, yeah, it's,
30:50
it's different times now, right?
30:52
Games, they do ship way too early in a way too early state.
30:58
People get to test them.
31:00
Um, you don't always have to expect constructive criticism.
31:05
It's gamers, like you get a very, very unfiltered criticism, but
31:11
you'll definitely learn to learn.
31:14
To deal with it, and I think this entire job also made me stronger as
31:20
a person because, um, If you are, like, you are just part of this entire
31:26
project that constantly stands in the light of a lot of things, right?
31:32
Like, um, if you, like, any game that's in an early state and releases, And,
31:39
uh, things are not really that finished.
31:41
There's always this, this, uh, feedback that comes in.
31:45
And if this is your first title that you work on in game development,
31:50
it's overwhelming at first.
31:52
You have to imagine this, like you, it's not you, you're just part of it,
31:57
but all of these people talk about this and you're just on this ship and it's,
32:04
it's very overwhelming at first, but.
32:07
You start to really get tough skin, you know, and I feel like with
32:11
everything I do, it's cosplay because you can also imagine that being a
32:15
cosplayer is, is the same thing, right?
32:19
You put yourself out there and people are just gonna say things.
32:22
You know this as a streamer as well, right?
32:24
Like, when you start first, you have like, you're like, uh, you
32:29
don't have tough skin yet, right?
32:33
And I feel like over the last year, I really got some tough
32:36
skin from, from all of the things that I did, if it was cosplaying.
32:39
If it was game development and getting used to how, how things go
32:44
there, you know, so it's, um, huge.
32:48
Like, I'm experiencing a huge character development arc, you know, so, yeah.
32:56
Yeah, I know that, uh, you know, you're gaining experience, you're also feeling
33:00
more confident and comfortable, uh, in the, like, in, in job where you're
33:04
working and, uh, with more experience you're just, like, feeling better.
33:09
Uh, so when I started streaming I also was really shy, was, you know,
33:14
getting nervous on the stream, uh, usually, but right now it's like,
33:18
natural, uh, for me and I really like, uh, to communicate with community
33:24
and also racing in the same time.
33:27
Um, and so speaking of this, um, how, how's, uh, for you to balance, uh,
33:34
with racing and, uh, talking at the same time on the stream and how is
33:38
it to balance with also, uh, being a cosplayer and, uh, game sound designer?
33:47
I'm really bad with talking and racing.
33:50
Um, this is, this is why I actually didn't like streaming and racing at
33:54
first, cause I kept performing worse.
33:57
I don't know if you'd experienced the same.
33:59
If by now you're probably natural at it, but at the start
34:03
was really difficult for me.
34:04
I would end up way worse than if I was just racing by myself.
34:08
Right.
34:09
But, um, I guess I've gotten better at it, but I keep crashing.
34:17
Sometimes if I rechat and do stupid stuff, like the typical streamer stuff that we
34:23
get them called out for on YouTube, you know, when we end up in those compilations
34:27
and do something stupid, uh, But yeah, those things happen sometimes, you know,
34:34
so I was not, uh, I was not really that good at it, but I, I got better at it
34:39
and, uh, balancing all things together, I guess, um, it's also a reason why I
34:46
don't simrace that much, um, I'm pretty sure you can imagine that if you work,
34:51
like if this is your work, you work on a title that after eight, nine, 10 hours of
34:58
work today, you don't want to sit in the rig and play the other sim racing titles.
35:04
So I like to have a dynamic currently.
35:07
So after I'm done with work, I like to cosplay or I like to work on
35:14
my car or go for a ride, you know?
35:17
So.
35:18
I like to have some sort of dynamic because Otherwise, you feel, I feel
35:24
like, and that's with anything, you burn yourself out, you know?
35:29
Yeah, when a lot of stuff running around you, yeah, it's really hard
35:33
to balance all these things around.
35:35
And I understand you, that's the reason why we didn't see you
35:39
streaming and racing and racing.
35:41
Long time, uh, but hopefully you're going to have more free time.
35:45
So we'll see you once again on Twitch.
35:47
Oh, for sure.
35:48
Yeah, for sure.
35:49
I, I just got, um, access back to my Twitch as well.
35:53
So, uh, I lost access to my Twitch account because, um, the, the old phone number.
36:01
So I had, I had a phone and it was set up a two step verification and
36:06
I, I got a new contract and, um, The phone, the person from the phone, um,
36:13
contract thingy, he was like, yeah, yeah, we can take your new phone number.
36:16
It's not a problem.
36:17
And right before I went to Thailand.
36:19
It didn't work and I lost my phone number.
36:22
So I lost everything that was connected to the two step verification.
36:26
I was so, I was so mad.
36:28
Yeah.
36:28
Including my bank and you're like in a different country, right?
36:32
I hate this guy.
36:32
I swear to God, this guy.
36:37
Yeah.
36:37
But I will be back.
36:39
Definitely streaming.
36:40
Um, I take it easy with sim racing.
36:42
I don't think I will ever try and be super competitive and put in.
36:46
Okay.
36:47
six hours of, uh, practice again, I just try and enjoy, you know,
36:52
like, so you would like to have more relaxing sim racing, I guess.
36:58
Yeah, relaxing, like, as relaxing as it can be, you know, but,
37:03
um, yeah, just not take it.
37:06
I try and not take it too serious because I'm pretty sure like, you
37:10
know it yourself, like, we are just competitive people when we race.
37:15
And it can sometimes be consuming the fun, I feel like, especially
37:22
when you're getting too competitive.
37:24
So, I just like to keep it fun, I hope, and then See where that goes.
37:30
I missed so much stuff on iRacing.
37:32
You guys have so many new cars.
37:33
You have so many new things
37:38
Yeah, I don't know if you try rain in iRacing.
37:40
We got this right now.
37:42
Not yet But I saw it and I was like, oh god, that looks painful
37:46
It's gonna be fun for around a week and then everyone's gonna be Uh,
37:50
worried about their rank, right?
37:52
I know it's, uh, you know, it's really fun.
37:54
Uh, I really like rain races with Formal 1600.
37:58
It feels really good on track in the rain conditions.
38:02
Porsche Cup also really fun, uh, especially, you know, when people
38:05
just, uh, starting to rush, they, uh, just fail their break ins
38:11
and you gain a lot of positions.
38:13
Uh, but most of the time I.
38:16
I was surprised that races, uh, kind of clean and nice in rain, so just people
38:22
trying to be really cautious and careful on track, it's, uh, it's nice to see.
38:26
Yeah.
38:28
I thought it was gonna be that rain would be there, and for
38:31
a week everyone loves rain.
38:34
And after a week, everyone's like, Oh, no, my rating.
38:36
I'm not going to drive.
38:37
So the FO, uh, what's it called?
38:40
SLF goes lower.
38:42
I was expecting it to be more like that.
38:44
But it's good to hear that people actually enjoy it.
38:47
So Yeah, I think people enjoy it.
38:50
And also, you know, having, you know, rain, like every week in some
38:54
series, it just from time to time.
38:58
I think it just connected to the real life weather as well.
39:02
Oh, really?
39:03
Yeah, it's like Ah, that's so cool.
39:05
So after location you have the.
39:08
Yes, the extra.
39:09
Oh, that's so cool.
39:10
Yeah, it's really cool.
39:11
And we got the series which got rain all weeks in our racing.
39:18
I think it's with Ferrari GT3.
39:20
Um, but yeah, on the series like Porsche Cup, I think previous season we had
39:26
like two, three weeks with rain, there was Red Bull Ring, Suzuka, and I think
39:32
another one track, rest of the race has been with a sunny and good weather.
39:37
Yeah.
39:37
Um, so yeah, just, uh, people who don't like rain and, uh, they
39:43
got no clue how to race in it.
39:45
Uh, they just can skip few weeks and, uh, still gain some points to championship.
39:50
Um, so it's, it's really cool, uh, because, you know, some people were
39:54
joking about that, uh, when iRacing added, uh, the, uh, the day switching,
40:01
uh, here being all sunset races.
40:05
Every time, um, for the, like, a few months or so, so people been
40:10
joking that it's going to be, like, in all series will have rain, whole
40:15
month or two, but that didn't happen like this, so yeah, everybody been,
40:20
you know, scary, scared about this.
40:24
Yeah, I remember people were so hyped for Reign, that's when I was still playing.
40:28
Every time they did a stream or something, the chat was going like, Oh, now they're
40:33
going to reveal, like, surprise Reign in Daytona 24 hours or something.
40:38
And I was like, there was actual conspiracy that this was going to happen.
40:43
Think I was hoping like, hopefully they do this.
40:46
That would actually be super cool.
40:47
But sadly that never happens.
40:49
Uh, iRacing has have wasted their chance there to make the coolest, uh, the
40:55
coolest, uh, I guess, release of their range just randomly make it happen during.
41:00
like a big event, right?
41:01
That would have been so cool.
41:02
But yeah, I've, uh, I've seen some videos about how you guys
41:07
have like the dry line and the wet lines and the puddles and stuff.
41:12
And they are like form really realistically.
41:15
So I think because I want to go to the Nordschleife this, uh, this year, I,
41:21
I might just give it a try, I guess.
41:23
Is it the updated version of the Nordschleife?
41:25
Do you know?
41:26
Like the Um, I think so, that not, I'm not sure if they're planning to update
41:33
it, the last track which they updated was Spa Frankenchamp, so it's updated
41:38
right now, actually the newest version we got in a racing, it's really cool.
41:44
Um, also speaking about Nordschleife and all this practice, we got also
41:48
BMW M2, you can try it, so I think it should be quite close to your car.
41:54
Oh, yeah, I mean, yeah, I mean, there's still quite some difference, but yeah,
41:59
I guess from the, which one is it?
42:02
Um, it's the first generation M2, right?
42:06
So it might even have a dissimilar engine inside the M55.
42:11
so.
42:11
I think so.
42:12
Yeah, so, that's cool.
42:14
No, I, I think, I don't know which engine it has, but, yeah,
42:18
I will definitely try it out.
42:20
Did you try the M2s?
42:21
Are they fun?
42:21
Yes, I tried, uh, you know, we did a lot of races, uh, during week, uh, 14th,
42:27
because we had, uh, This time, uh, it was really fun, uh, because we've been racing
42:34
at spa and, uh, here's a cool draft.
42:36
Uh, all cars are really close to each other and it's, uh, it's bring a
42:42
lot of fun and a lot of cool fights.
42:44
And, uh, compared to GR86 and, uh, MX5, uh, this car is more predictable for me.
42:51
So it's, uh, like, uh, less on the theory.
42:55
Uh, it's really predictable when it's starting to lose the rear,
43:01
uh, you can catch it really easily.
43:03
So yeah, I really like this car.
43:05
And, um, yeah, guys, if you're starting a racing, I highly
43:08
recommend to try this car.
43:09
This is free car in a racing.
43:11
Uh, this is also cool.
43:14
Nice.
43:15
Uh, did you like the GR 86?
43:18
Oh, no, really.
43:19
Doesn't sound like you.
43:19
Yeah.
43:20
You know, I'm, I'm struggling with the MX 5 and GR86, uh, because
43:25
this car feels really weird for me.
43:27
So I don't know how to balance it for the corner, how to make it,
43:32
you know, uh, work on like 100%.
43:36
Uh, let's say like this.
43:37
So it's for me either, uh, you know, it's like, it's like, I'm loading
43:42
tires on like 60 percent or I'm just overloading them and, you know,
43:46
car, uh, doing a really weird thing.
43:48
So I just really can't find the balance on this car.
43:51
I know why.
43:52
Um, speaking about the MX 5, MX 5 is, uh, trying to kill you, especially with,
43:57
uh, with the advanced set for my racing.
44:01
It's just really tricky with cold tires, uh, Yeah.
44:04
We've been doing some community racing, uh, races recently, and
44:08
I've been struggling with MX 5.
44:10
Uh, so yeah, when I jumped to a racing, I tried to get out of MX
44:15
5 as soon as possible, and then I just started to do some formulas.
44:19
Uh, so yeah, it's still, still the same.
44:22
I don't know why, but, uh, I don't, not a big fan of these cars.
44:26
Do you think, do you think it's because you've raced, uh, open
44:29
wheelers in real life that much?
44:31
That maybe you just.
44:33
You, you went from MX 5, you were like, Hmm, this is not for me.
44:38
And then immediately went to OpenWheelers and It feels just more natural to you.
44:42
Well, I don't know.
44:43
Um, maybe open wheeler is more natural for me because I got
44:47
like more experience with them.
44:49
Uh, so I never drove any road cars on a racing track before, uh, that, uh, so, you
44:56
know, tried some, uh, Porsche 911 on track and, uh, also in W Series selection event,
45:02
we had a Porsche Cayman, uh, GTS, uh, been driving the small track in Austria.
45:08
Uh, but You know, just maybe a lack of experience or something But right now I'm
45:16
quite Experienced in Porsche Cup series.
45:20
I'm doing really good flip times in Porsche Cup And I understand car and how
45:25
it handles for the corners, and I still don't know what to do with MX 5, really.
45:32
I don't, I don't understand Porsche Cup.
45:34
I've never understood it.
45:36
The car is very You need to drive it in such a special way, like, especially
45:42
now, before, I remember it was very, uh, it wanted to kill you on throttle
45:48
all the time, if you were, um, giving it too much throttle, and if you had
45:53
a tiny bit of slip, you'd just die.
45:55
Like, it was just over.
45:57
Um, but now I feel like when I tried them again, they are just very understeery.
46:01
Like, I don't know if it's still the same.
46:04
You know, on cold tires, it's a little bit understeery right now, uh, but, uh, when
46:10
you warm up tires and, uh, temperatures, uh, and, uh, tire pressure getting
46:16
normal, um, Absolutely no issues with it.
46:19
So it, it has a really good grip, even, you know, on the throttle.
46:24
Yeah.
46:24
Sometimes you can, um, you know, slide a little bit and overheat the back and
46:28
you're going to have some issues, uh, with tires, uh, for a couple of corners.
46:34
Um, but you can, you know, switch the brake bias, uh, play with it, uh, just
46:39
to get back, uh, the tire pressure into normal and everything will be fine.
46:44
But yeah, uh, cold tires, uh, Like, unpredictable, so you need time to
46:50
get used to this, uh, you, like, you need two laps, uh, to warm up tires on
46:54
Porsche Cup, and then you're going to feel okay with it, and right now it's
46:58
more friendly with brakes, so it's harder to look up, uh, wheels on it.
47:04
So overall it's really fun series and compared to GT3s people
47:09
Because we don't have traction.
47:11
We don't have ABS system in my opinion Porsche Cup series more cleaner and
47:17
You know just better racing compared to GT3s Uh recently I had a GT3 race
47:23
at Monza, uh, like that was maybe three four weeks ago or something like this
47:27
uh, and You know, guys crashed after Lesmo before Ascari on a straight line.
47:34
I was like, how you did this?
47:39
But, uh, so I haven't raced for so long.
47:42
Where are you now, in terms of fine rating?
47:46
Um, so I just, uh, I get 5k and, uh, now dropped to 4.
47:52
6, 4.
47:53
7, something like this.
47:55
Yeah, yeah, I tried, I tried my best.
47:58
I was almost at 5k.
48:00
I said, uh, 4, 800 something, it's getting almost to 5k and
48:07
then Road Atlanta happened.
48:10
I remember this very vividly, like very clearly.
48:13
And I'm, I'm good at hot lapping Road Atlanta, but I'm terrible at Keeping
48:19
my tires, uh, in a good condition.
48:23
So every, like, at the last few laps in the GT4, I was
48:28
leading the race every time.
48:29
And I was just grinding.
48:30
I was just farming every goddamn time in that like section, when you go like the.
48:36
This spiral down section, this S, uh, with the downhill section, right?
48:42
Uh, this, you go right, you stay on the right side and then you, the apex is
48:48
on the inside and then you really fly out and then there's the wall, right?
48:52
There's this wall where if you go too far, you go into the wall.
48:56
But I already died every time clipping this curb on the inside.
49:00
And my setup was just not set up correctly for the car every
49:05
time I died in the last lap.
49:07
So I went from 4, 800 iRating to 4, 600 iRating to 4, 400 iRating and at
49:14
some point I was like, I guess uh, it's just not supposed to be to get to 5k
49:19
this time Yeah, that's the last attempt that I had and then another track.
49:24
I'm really good at I guess and a combination I'm also pretty
49:28
good at is um when the ferrari, uh The, what is it called?
49:34
The Ferrari challenge?
49:37
Yeah.
49:37
Was it?
49:37
Ferrari challenge.
49:38
Correct.
49:39
Yeah.
49:40
That, that one was really fun at money, money core, money core.
49:44
I don't know how to pronounce it.
49:46
My French friends will be angry, but, uh, that one was always super fun.
49:52
But also it's just a hot lapping track.
49:54
So all of these like hot lapping track, I was always really good at.
49:58
And, um, The, the ones where you have to actually really race.
50:05
I was not that good at, I was just good at hot lapping, I guess.
50:09
Uh, yeah, that was also really fun, a really fun car, the 488.
50:13
I really enjoyed it.
50:15
People didn't like it, especially the Ferrari challenge.
50:18
I remember everyone said, uh, the chat, the Ferrari challenge set up was not good.
50:24
I liked it.
50:25
I don't know.
50:27
Yeah.
50:27
You know, it was, uh, in my opinion, bit understeery, but, uh, I think
50:32
you can get used to this and you can make the car, uh, driving in
50:36
the way how you want it to drive it.
50:40
So usually I'm just saying like, uh, I don't have enough
50:44
skills for this, for this setup.
50:45
Yeah.
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It's a weird setup.
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Yeah, it's weird.
50:50
It's just different compared to what we get used to in GT3s,
50:55
in open sets, for example.
50:58
But what I felt like, and I think that was the intent behind it, maybe, I'm not sure.
51:03
But, um, when I drove it, it was so difficult.
51:07
But when you got good at it, and you then went into the normal
51:10
GT3, it was super easy to drive.
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Just, uh, a good setup with, like, uh, Like a proper setup, but, um, yeah, so for
51:20
me, it was easier to go to, like, I like starting with the Ferrari fix challenge.
51:25
And then when I got into IMSA, no, what was it?
51:28
Um, there's like two, two series, right?
51:33
One is IMSA and one is the VRS.
51:36
Yeah.
51:36
Yeah.
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And I got into VRS.
51:38
It was actually much easier for me to just drive it to normal set up.
51:42
And I was still competitive.
51:44
Yeah.
51:44
But only in a Ferrari, no other car, because I knew it, you know, so.
51:52
Yeah, usually it's really good when you're starting GT3s, just stick with
51:56
one car, because you get used to it and you just need to adapt to the tracks
52:01
and don't spend time to switch around cars, so I think that's a good thing.
52:07
Yeah.
52:07
Um, can you tell me, uh, what is your plans for, um, for social medias?
52:14
I know that you got 65, 000 followers on Instagram and, uh, I saw that you,
52:20
uh, doing some videos for YouTube.
52:22
So what are your, what are your plans for the future in social medias?
52:27
Well, um, a big focus right now is on the, on YouTube.
52:31
I really like making long form content and, uh, Instagram is
52:36
the same stuff like always.
52:38
I, I just make cosplay and fashion and stuff like that.
52:42
Uh, I also like to mix those things up sometimes.
52:45
Um, like I, I do really enjoy, uh, streaming, cosplaying, simracing,
52:50
and cosplaying, even if it was a bit goofy, but it was still
52:53
really fun with the community.
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Uh, yeah, things like this.
52:58
Like, I like to combine, So I think my community is a mix of people
53:04
who enjoy anime, who enjoy Japanese cars, drifting, and cars in general.
53:11
And yeah, so that's basically who I tried to cater to, to, right.
53:16
So I tried to make these, uh, long form videos with, um, yeah, this, with my,
53:25
with my influence of, of my hobbies and things like even in the last Thailand
53:30
video, we still Into the shopping mall.
53:33
So I guess you're the normal car guy to be sitting like in front of a
53:37
video he's like thinking he's gonna see like cars and exhaust flames and
53:43
stuff and then I take them to like the ketchup place and Shopping mall
53:49
at first and it's it's different.
53:51
You know, I like to just make my own content sort of and I I really don't care
53:57
if what's trending right now is, uh, this or that, you know, I just like to do,
54:03
I just like to do what I do and I'm a believer that if you do something with a
54:07
passion, it, it will find its way, right?
54:12
Yeah, that's true.
54:13
Yeah, I think if you, if you like to do what you, what you like to
54:18
do, uh, then you can find people who like the same stuff which you enjoy.
54:25
So, yeah.
54:27
Exactly, yeah.
54:27
And then, um, people will also see that you're having fun.
54:31
And I feel like with sim racing, like, as much as I, I love sim racing, but I,
54:38
when you only stream it, and you don't do anything other than sim racing all
54:42
the time, then For me, that was just like, it was not everything I wanted to
54:48
do, you know, there was like, I still want to come back to simracing for sure.
54:52
I also want to practice Nordschleife on the sim.
54:55
I want to see how much the sim actually can prepare me, you know, for it, or
55:01
how much, you know, It can compare, I mean, of course, on iRacing, I get
55:06
to drive a race car and it's going to be much different than my car, right?
55:11
But still is, I'm pretty sure that I have a big advantage already.
55:17
The moment I get on track, I know much more than someone who never drove on
55:23
a sim or something before, you know?
55:25
So, and I'm also super happy to be documenting the entire
55:31
process on YouTube basically.
55:32
So, it's also something I want to do.
55:36
And then, yeah, I try and either go or both places, I want to go back to
55:41
Thailand this year and I might stop in Japan on the way and then also film
55:51
something about Japanese car culture.
55:56
I just wanted to ask you, like, if you're planning to go to Japan, because
56:00
you, uh, really like anime, cosplay, and also, I think, car culture in Japan
56:06
is just huge, with a lot of different tuning, a lot of different, uh, you
56:11
know, styles, and, uh, all the stuff, it's going to be really interesting
56:14
to watch on your YouTube, uh, so, when you get the chance to get into Japan.
56:20
Yeah, I wanted to go always.
56:22
Um, but, um, since, um, so like, it's so Asian culture, I grew up with it, right?
56:30
So like, cosplay or stuff like that, like Japanese influences, or like
56:35
Japanese pop culture influences, like the entirety of Asia, right?
56:40
You have like, everything is inspired by Japanese pop culture or
56:45
Japanese car culture as well, right?
56:47
Because Like, uh, but, um, I, I grew up with it, but every time I get the
56:53
chance to go to Asia, I love Thailand so much because it's my home, right?
56:57
It's also my home that I, I, I don't leave.
57:01
Like, I always plan to go to Japan.
57:04
I just, I, I can't, I can't leave.
57:07
It's, I, I can only recommend if someone has never gone to Thailand,
57:11
it's paradise, like, and, uh, it's just really nice to have these.
57:16
You have, you have Bangkok with these like skylines and modern buildings and
57:21
you're surrounded by this gigantic city, but then there's palm trees and beaches,
57:27
you know, and I just, I just love it.
57:30
So, but this year I try for sure to make a stop at Japan and, uh, I'm
57:36
going to be excited to also see, um, Japanese culture and how it really is.
57:41
Cause I only experienced it on the internet, right?
57:44
So.
57:45
I have no idea what to expect actually, so I wonder, uh, I heard a lot of things
57:51
from my friends that are from Japan and stories, but it's always different if you
57:56
go, I guess, you know, it's always, uh, it's always going to be a bit different
58:01
from what you've seen on the Internet from what you've got told from your friends.
58:04
I'm really excited to see it for the first time.
58:07
Yeah.
58:08
Yeah, I think when you will go in real life, uh, to whatever places, you
58:13
gain, uh, gaining your own experience, uh, so this is not a problem.
58:18
Which is something you can take from internet or something like this.
58:21
Yeah, exactly.
58:22
Yeah.
58:22
And speaking about Asia and like Thailand, Malaysia, I think if
58:28
someone got opportunity to go to this countries ever, they just have to go
58:33
here because it's a different culture and it's nice to see for experience
58:40
and truly Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, so beautiful cities with a big skyscrapers.
58:47
Just amazing.
58:48
Absolutely.
58:49
Uh, so real like, uh, Kuala Lumpur.
58:52
I've been to Malaysia eight times because I race in the Asia Cup
58:55
series and, uh, for more BMW.
58:58
So I really like this country.
59:02
It's super hot in the car.
59:03
Indonesia has also Oh, yeah, it was really hot.
59:06
We had like 58 Celsius in the cockpit.
59:09
Or foremost, we had 34 outside.
59:12
Uh, it was, it was really hot.
59:17
But, you know, I still enjoy racing here, Sepang.
59:20
It's a great track.
59:21
I'm still waiting until it's going to be in a racing.
59:23
I heard some rumors about this, uh, and yeah, just, uh, you know, food is amazing.
59:32
People really friendly.
59:33
And just I'm big fan of Asian countries.
59:37
They really nice.
59:41
Where have you are like, where, where have you already been continent wise?
59:46
Um, where have you traveled already?
59:49
Like, have you been on all continents in the world already or?
59:53
Uh, no, you know, I, I just, uh, I've been on my, uh, continent, unfortunately
59:59
I didn't, uh, visit United States or Canada, uh, but in the future I'm
1:00:03
planning to do this because I got, uh, like, a lot of friends living in United
1:00:07
States and also one of my dream is, uh, to try maybe some street stalk on Oval,
1:00:14
uh, track, uh, that would be great.
1:00:16
Uh, because, you know, iRacing really pushed me into the ovals.
1:00:19
Into oval, yeah.
1:00:22
So now that that's my little dream to try oval car in real
1:00:26
life, uh, that'll be great.
1:00:28
But I've been to Austria, I've been to China, Thailand, Malaysia, Turkey,
1:00:34
so yeah, quite a lot of countries, uh, but I'm planning to visit the United
1:00:39
States, uh, because, uh, this is place, uh, which I have to visit because
1:00:44
iRacing is from, from United States.
1:00:46
And, um, most of my community from United States also really, uh, would love to
1:00:52
see their culture and their people also.
1:00:56
Yeah.
1:00:57
Um, fun fact.
1:00:58
It's like the, the Arkham and Arts car.
1:01:03
I don't know which one it was, but the VA is one of the best
1:01:07
sounding race cars I've ever heard.
1:01:11
In general, NASCARs just sound like absolute forces of nature.
1:01:16
I love it.
1:01:17
I love it.
1:01:18
Especially if they are all in one pack and they fly by, it's insane, yeah.
1:01:24
That's true.
1:01:25
Um, so before we wrap up, uh, can you give an advice to girls who want
1:01:31
to go into the like car culture, uh, maybe tuning their car and they want
1:01:37
to jump into some racing as well?
1:01:39
So what can you tell for them?
1:01:42
Just do what you like.
1:01:44
If you want to, if you want to modify a Peugeot 106 or something, just do it.
1:01:53
Uh, I feel like.
1:01:54
The car culture is about expressing yourself.
1:01:57
It's, um, it's turning into a very toxic place.
1:02:00
I think in the West here, it's turning into like, Oh, this isn't
1:02:04
an M car or, Oh, don't care, just do it for what you really want to do.
1:02:09
And if it's something that you really want to get into, don't shy away from doing it.
1:02:13
I really encourage you to go and try and, and just express yourself through
1:02:19
You know your car or whatever you want to do I think it's really important that
1:02:26
people just don't like just do what you want to do and don't don't listen to the
1:02:32
internet Don't listen to the cool people that say like no you have to do this or
1:02:36
that If you want to try out something and yeah, don't, just do it yourself.
1:02:43
That's my tip.
1:02:45
Yeah, that's the best advice I think.
1:02:47
Many people in sim racing also go on to tell that, Oh, you have to
1:02:51
drive like direct drive wheelbase.
1:02:53
You have to have really, um, I know expensive equipment to be competitive.
1:03:00
So yeah, I would, I would like to say that, uh, with any equipment
1:03:03
you can be competitive and you just, uh, need to have fun in it.
1:03:08
And, uh, doesn't matter what you're doing.
1:03:11
Uh, the main thing is to have fun.
1:03:13
Uh, so guys, here's the links to social medias of Lena B.
1:03:18
So be sure that you follow her on Instagram, on Twitch also, and on
1:03:22
YouTube channel for upcoming videos.
1:03:25
Uh, Lena, thank you so much for being here with us.
1:03:27
It was awesome.
1:03:28
Thank you so much.
1:03:29
Yeah, guys, we'll see you next time.
1:03:33
Bye.
1:03:33
Thank you for having me.
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