Tim Wheatley
@88mphtim.tv
British. Living in USA. Husband. Dad. Racing game and #simracing expert. #retrogaming guy. #gamedev for 20 years. I operate @racesimcentral.net - tim@88mphtim.tv
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Tim Wheatley
@88mphtim.tv
· Nov 7
Hello new people. Here's an intro.
UK born, live in USA, married. Founded a web site in the 90s, left when I was hired by John Henry to work at iRacing. Went to Image Space Inc. after 5 years, then Studio 397, rFpro, back to Studio 397, then onto Straight4.
#retrogaming #simracing
UK born, live in USA, married. Founded a web site in the 90s, left when I was hired by John Henry to work at iRacing. Went to Image Space Inc. after 5 years, then Studio 397, rFpro, back to Studio 397, then onto Straight4.
#retrogaming #simracing
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The FIA has formally confirmed Mohammed Ben Sulayem as the only eligible contender for next month’s presidential election, leaving the incumbent on course for an unopposed return to office.
Ben Sulayem confirmed as sole FIA presidential candidate
The governing body published its official list of accepted candidates following the October 24 deadline, revealing that only Ben Sulayem
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November 17, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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Watched The Running Man (original) last night. A movie with food "riots", murder of protestors, deepfakes, manipulated footage, social stratification, state controlled media, censorship, slave labor camps, tyrannical leaders, and a lot of people oblivious to it all who are just enjoying the show.
November 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Watched The Running Man (original) last night. A movie with food "riots", murder of protestors, deepfakes, manipulated footage, social stratification, state controlled media, censorship, slave labor camps, tyrannical leaders, and a lot of people oblivious to it all who are just enjoying the show.
When someone has watched a sport for more than four decades, it’s not great when they’re as confused by stewarding decisions and penalties as often as I am with F1.
November 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
When someone has watched a sport for more than four decades, it’s not great when they’re as confused by stewarding decisions and penalties as often as I am with F1.
The charity promo video that Iris and Sheila were in won an Emmy. 😳
November 6, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The charity promo video that Iris and Sheila were in won an Emmy. 😳
Pretty close to having everything I wanted from the #wingcommander franchise now. WC2 addons and Privateer speech pack to go.
October 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Pretty close to having everything I wanted from the #wingcommander franchise now. WC2 addons and Privateer speech pack to go.
I still think about the time someone I worked with replied “unsubscribe” to an all hands email from HR.
October 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I still think about the time someone I worked with replied “unsubscribe” to an all hands email from HR.
Why are parents so… this? There were 66 comments before mine all advising punishment as a first response for a 16 year old who had begun vaping.
October 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Why are parents so… this? There were 66 comments before mine all advising punishment as a first response for a 16 year old who had begun vaping.
Taito share an image they’ve used AI to colorize. Except it didn’t just do that, it got the game name wrong, melted faces and hands, changed faces entirely, and more. As someone trying to build an archive of racing game history, this would potentially make me create a record of a non-existent game!
最近どう？
あ、本日は
#ダライアスお披露目の日
初代『ダライアス』が
1986年10月7日・8日に開催された
第24回AMショーにて
初めてお披露目された日
水棲生物をモチーフとした
ボスキャラたちのデザインが
登場から人気でした🐳
あ、本日は
#ダライアスお披露目の日
初代『ダライアス』が
1986年10月7日・8日に開催された
第24回AMショーにて
初めてお披露目された日
水棲生物をモチーフとした
ボスキャラたちのデザインが
登場から人気でした🐳
October 8, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Taito share an image they’ve used AI to colorize. Except it didn’t just do that, it got the game name wrong, melted faces and hands, changed faces entirely, and more. As someone trying to build an archive of racing game history, this would potentially make me create a record of a non-existent game!
I’ve been careful, but unfortunately, tariffs got me. A single video game purchase on eBay, doubled in cost for no reason. No way to appeal, question why it was 100%, just have to pay to get the item.
September 29, 2025 at 5:25 AM
I’ve been careful, but unfortunately, tariffs got me. A single video game purchase on eBay, doubled in cost for no reason. No way to appeal, question why it was 100%, just have to pay to get the item.
Reposted by Tim Wheatley
Hello new people. Here's an intro.
UK born, live in USA, married. Founded a web site in the 90s, left when I was hired by John Henry to work at iRacing. Went to Image Space Inc. after 5 years, then Studio 397, rFpro, back to Studio 397, then onto Straight4.
#retrogaming #simracing
UK born, live in USA, married. Founded a web site in the 90s, left when I was hired by John Henry to work at iRacing. Went to Image Space Inc. after 5 years, then Studio 397, rFpro, back to Studio 397, then onto Straight4.
#retrogaming #simracing
November 7, 2024 at 10:55 PM
Hello new people. Here's an intro.
UK born, live in USA, married. Founded a web site in the 90s, left when I was hired by John Henry to work at iRacing. Went to Image Space Inc. after 5 years, then Studio 397, rFpro, back to Studio 397, then onto Straight4.
#retrogaming #simracing
UK born, live in USA, married. Founded a web site in the 90s, left when I was hired by John Henry to work at iRacing. Went to Image Space Inc. after 5 years, then Studio 397, rFpro, back to Studio 397, then onto Straight4.
#retrogaming #simracing
Well, that wasn’t easy to fix.
August 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Well, that wasn’t easy to fix.
Guess my 'every file' sitemap is working. Someone tried to do MySQL, Microsoft SQL, Oracle DB, PostgreSQL and Basic boolean SQL injection. Didn't work, obviously.
August 10, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Guess my 'every file' sitemap is working. Someone tried to do MySQL, Microsoft SQL, Oracle DB, PostgreSQL and Basic boolean SQL injection. Didn't work, obviously.
I think one of our dogs is wondering why we feed the trash can more than we feed her.
August 3, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I think one of our dogs is wondering why we feed the trash can more than we feed her.
Learning to write php has been interesting. I'm self taught and many times I have said "why did you write it that way last time, dumbass" to myself.
I like not having to rely on plugins etc that can (and have) just drop support whenever they feel like it.
I like not having to rely on plugins etc that can (and have) just drop support whenever they feel like it.
July 20, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Learning to write php has been interesting. I'm self taught and many times I have said "why did you write it that way last time, dumbass" to myself.
I like not having to rely on plugins etc that can (and have) just drop support whenever they feel like it.
I like not having to rely on plugins etc that can (and have) just drop support whenever they feel like it.
Does anyone know if there were any board partner differences in the models with these 780 Ti cards that would make one a better choice than the other? (One is #NVIDIA, one is EVGA). I haven't done any benchmarking. Tech specs list the same.
July 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Does anyone know if there were any board partner differences in the models with these 780 Ti cards that would make one a better choice than the other? (One is #NVIDIA, one is EVGA). I haven't done any benchmarking. Tech specs list the same.
No publicly released reason for Horner getting the axe, but I think without Verstappen, they'd not even make for a good midfield team. His departure mirrors many driver changes over the past 20yrs. It will be funny if he ends up at Alpine, with Gasly, who wasn't good enough for the Red Bull team.
July 10, 2025 at 12:44 PM
No publicly released reason for Horner getting the axe, but I think without Verstappen, they'd not even make for a good midfield team. His departure mirrors many driver changes over the past 20yrs. It will be funny if he ends up at Alpine, with Gasly, who wasn't good enough for the Red Bull team.
Overland (top left on the post below) is one of my favorite games. It's $7 right now. store.steampowered.com/publisher/fi...
July 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Overland (top left on the post below) is one of my favorite games. It's $7 right now. store.steampowered.com/publisher/fi...
An update to my post last year where the 1992 McLaren was on clothing alongside text saying 1988. Today’s entry in the things my wife sent me because she knows it will infuriate me:
June 30, 2025 at 7:52 PM
An update to my post last year where the 1992 McLaren was on clothing alongside text saying 1988. Today’s entry in the things my wife sent me because she knows it will infuriate me:
I've been pretty burned out for the last few months. Feel like I've had limited capacity and obviously I've had to put that into work and home. Watching news is exhausting, etc.
Anyone else?
Anyone else?
June 19, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I've been pretty burned out for the last few months. Feel like I've had limited capacity and obviously I've had to put that into work and home. Watching news is exhausting, etc.
Anyone else?
Anyone else?
Reposted by Tim Wheatley
Not touching the solo dev discourse outside of snarky comments during the show but do want to ask when did we decide '30 devs' was a *small* team???
Napkin math, 30 dev core team for 3 years => $10-15M budget depending on location, excluding any O/S spend or marketing
Napkin math, 30 dev core team for 3 years => $10-15M budget depending on location, excluding any O/S spend or marketing
June 7, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Not touching the solo dev discourse outside of snarky comments during the show but do want to ask when did we decide '30 devs' was a *small* team???
Napkin math, 30 dev core team for 3 years => $10-15M budget depending on location, excluding any O/S spend or marketing
Napkin math, 30 dev core team for 3 years => $10-15M budget depending on location, excluding any O/S spend or marketing
HITMAN devs making a James Bond game was something I didn't know I wanted this much, @007game.ioi.dk!
You can wishlist it on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3768760/...
You can wishlist it on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3768760/...
007 First Light on Steam
Earn the Number. 007 First Light is a thrilling espionage action-adventure game from IO Interactive. Follow James Bond as a young, resourceful and sometimes reckless recruit in MI6's training programm...
store.steampowered.com
June 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
HITMAN devs making a James Bond game was something I didn't know I wanted this much, @007game.ioi.dk!
You can wishlist it on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3768760/...
You can wishlist it on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3768760/...
Honey I Joined a Cult Steam key that I won't use. Take out the X at the start and end, and the 88mphTim in the middle. X2DY46-FDG46-88-MPH-TIM-YKYMVX
June 2, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Honey I Joined a Cult Steam key that I won't use. Take out the X at the start and end, and the 88mphTim in the middle. X2DY46-FDG46-88-MPH-TIM-YKYMVX