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Bryan Blackford

30 days

WE'RE APPROVED! DRAFTYCAR is now available on iOS and Android and Career Mode is now in early access! iOS: Android: What a 1.5 year journey it has been... 🛠️ this is definitely not the final form of this app. I'm a VERY part-time

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Bryan Blackford

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4 years

as Dale Jr taught us, just because drivers walk away, doesn't mean drivers are "ok"

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Bryan Blackford

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27 days

This is NOT real life 🫠

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

2 years

Since NASCAR Racing by Papyrus I've always wanted to develop a racing game. 29 years later, here we are🏁 Going live on Steam next month! 🫡

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Bryan Blackford

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3 years

it's the dale dale and dale show

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

13 days

Yeah this isn’t real life 😂

RFK Racing

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13 days

Time to play real life Draftycar 🕹️

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4 years

One more lap at Myrtle Beach 😞

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3 years

Who's ready to watch Dale Jr win Friday

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

30 days

How to play DRAFTYCAR, the easiest and hardest game at the same time! (thread): 1. Line up behind more cars to increase speed 2. Throttle is at 100% the entire race 3. The track is straight. Tap left side of screen, turn left 4. Tap right side of screen, turn right

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1 year

I really appreciated how the cameraman stopped following the 5 and panned with the 48 as he flashed by That takes true awareness as you're trying to make sure you keep one thing in frame as another point of interest is about to enter your frame

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1 year

It's not over until it's over. @Alex_Bowman | @PoconoRaceway

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Bryan Blackford

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3 years

Maybe I’m jumping the gun, but can we uncancel the Brickyard 400, Kentucky, Chicago, Charlotte 2?

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

4 years

Don’t forget @markmartin was straight up wheeling in his 50s. Very inspirational. Everyone should aspire to have this longevity.

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

5 years

this is sweet @iRacing

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

5 years

Stop moving the onboard camera for no reason #nascar @NASCARONFOX

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

1 year

NASCAR is about to hit a homerun with this new splitter

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

22 days

And look where we are now… never say never kids!

Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

2 years

Failure is a great teacher One year ago I decided to make a racing game. This is one year of progress. Many more years to go to achieve mastery... Never give up

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Bryan Blackford

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13 days

My 15th attempt to win a Pro Cup race today ended in heartbreak 😰 has anyone won in Pro Cup today?

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

2 years

Africa’s been holding out on us

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

23 days

You guys don't realize how happy it makes me to see you enjoying draftycar ❤️ I've gotten literally hundreds of emails that start with "Hey, I love what you've done..." I was soooo close to giving up multiple times

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

3 years

If you tweet “the 600 needs to be shorter” log off

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

21 days

This was a build from 4 months ago. For safety concerns we couldn't leave this package in

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

23 days

When you realize you can listen to Jr and play draftycar at the same time 🤯

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

6 months

Can't wait for NASCAR '25? Me neither. For stockcar racing fans, DRAFTYCAR for mobile can pass the time. Coming later this year! Career Mode Car Inventory Financial system Race/Season Payouts Season/Career Stats Upgrades Damage Repair/Required Repairs Expenses Sponsorships

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

2 years

NASCAR Heat ‘02 had underrated collision physics

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

19 days

Great times to play draftycar: Bathroom Plane rides Road trips Before everyone wakes up Bad times to play draftycar: Your significant other is speaking Your kids are scaling furniture Your dog needs a walk School Dinner table

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

25 days

I’m dying

Hot Pepper

@peppercutsgrass

25 days

@jeff_gluck Who’s that upside down behind me? Who gives a fuck? I won a damn Drafty Car race.

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

19 days

Is this real life?

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@ItsDelta24

19 days

Tonight, I made sure DRAFTYCAR made an appearance at Darlington @bryanblack33

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

13 days

Draftycar at 10000 feet?!

Trevor Perry 🛫

@PuckVanek

13 days

Drafty Car is actually one hell of a fun game. Good job @bryanblack33

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

20 days

This week has been special. Thank you all, let’s figure out how we can get these pesky ads off… The ads should be baked into the experience. On billboards, victory lane celebrations, or the announcer coming over the PA system. It should not break the flow of the game

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3 years

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

21 days

I have like 100 tracks like this sitting on my hard drive collecting dust…should just put this out in beta form

Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

2 years

This one is pretty fun, shaped similar to Darlington with a few tweaks Billboard space for sale if anyone wants to support our project

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

3 years

I’m so old I actually remember the last time nascar raced at auto club

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

21 days

Update: I did… he was surprised. “Only thing wrong is my ads are freezing” Welp I’m sure we can find a way to get the ads off for ya Bubba 🤣

Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

21 days

Might be hard to shake Bubba’s hand now lol. What a CLUTCH lap

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

22 days

Hi @UnrealEngine , I used you to create this weird game called DRAFTYCAR for mobile and somehow we have over 15K total racers in 7 days! BUT Android 14/Pixel users are having trouble. We need your assistance! I filled out your support form, but no reply yet. Help! Love, Bryan

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

2 years

Failure is a great teacher One year ago I decided to make a racing game. This is one year of progress. Many more years to go to achieve mastery... Never give up

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

2 months

Has anyone run an open top 4 before? Or is it required to be connected?

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

6 months

Denny knows NASCAR doesn't want to throw a flag on the final play of the game, and he's almost triple dog daring them to. That's why it's not the first or the last time someone will jump a GWC.

MTJ HUB

@MTJhub

6 months

"He went early"

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

1 year

IndyCar can have this, but a purpose-built short track that doesn't shut down city streets is met with a ton of resistance? Can someone from Nashville explain the dynamics here?

INDYCAR on NBC

@IndyCaronNBC

1 year

A new @IndyCar season finale in Nashville, and a new course layout! The 2024 @MusicCityGP still goes over the bridge AND now it includes Broadway!

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

9 days

I’ve lost 100K in Trucks tonight and it’s setting my career back years

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

9 days

My guy keeping a Rookie car on hand just in case he needs some extra cash flow?

bread perez

@bradxperez

10 days

with a full fleet, and a lot of hard work. we finally made the big time @DraftyCar

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

26 days

Lunch break: I broke the end of season function and it doesn’t show your cars at the end of the season I made a change to the graphics to help fix with crashes and it caused more crashes The “race stuck at finish line camera” bug is still happening. Outside of the things I

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

5 months

@AndrettiGlobal This team looks like it has a spare chassis

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

24 days

Hey @jeff_gluck you're forever in my project now

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

4 years

i think this is my favorite sim racing moment ever

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

2 years

The shape of bristol

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

2 years

What if iRacing removed voice chat

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

3 months

It’s crazy to me that iRacing went through the undoubtably painstaking process of modeling tandem racing, then deleted it. Yes it was as fun as it looks.

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

22 days

Got off work early! Let’s go! Plans this weekend: Tonight: Work on draftycar Saturday. Go to Darlington and try to shake Bubba’s hand. Thanks for the passes @KyleWeatherman Sunday: Work on draftycar Monday (off day): Work on draftycar again

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

4 years

off-throttle time is good

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

28 days

Hey @GoogleAdMob . Your BOTS have restricted ads on DRAFTYCAR, a game I’ve developed for 2 years. You’re “evaluating the quality of my traffic”. We have thousands of people currently playing the game. This is literally heartbreaking 💔 I’m a solo developer. Losing $1000 in

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

2 years

I'm hyped for this. Have you ever wanted a racing game shipped with your personal paint scheme? This will be your chance. We'll be releasing a free 3D model, template and Blender file for you to paint your own cars. The schemes that fit our guidelines (1/2)

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

23 days

Awesome photo... If you follow me for anything other than draftycar, you might want to mute me for a few months

Jimmy Hayden

@hashtag_hayden

23 days

The @DraftyCar grind doesn’t stop when you get to the racetrack #draftycar

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

21 days

We made it to my favorite racetrack this world has to offer. Unfortunately the wife and kid had a baby shower in to attend, but got a group of friends coming to celebrate draftycar’s 4.5 stars on iOS. Gotta work on that 3.5 on Android

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

2 years

There should be a barrier to entry when signing up for an online race for the first time. How many laps in a row should someone no stripe in order to race?

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

1 year

Open Beta is live now! Everyone can play for free. Download is 3.2 GB Minimum specs TBD, Xbox controller recommended. Thank you to everyone who has helped us get this far!

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

14 days

Draftycar in Atlanta ✅

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

3 years

Trucks and Xfinity have lost Indianapolis Raceway Park Memphis Mesa Marin Milwaukee South Boston Mansfield Iowa The Rock Nazareth Pikes Peak Since 2003. We lost our way

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

22 days

If you get served an Ad that doesn’t allow you to advance, please take a screenshot and send it over I just learned how to block those jerks from ruining our point battles

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

3 years

Do you remember this @markmartin

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

3 years

🙂

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

29 days

DRAFTYCAR Android and iOS updates from last night are approved. Didnt get to all of the glaring issues, but some of them are resolved Also, the crashing physics and rookie Rush physics got an update Pour one out for me this weekend. I’ll have a public roadmap and release notes

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

4 years

18 car: *touches something* 18 driver: ITS KILLED

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

2 years

This one is pretty fun, shaped similar to Darlington with a few tweaks Billboard space for sale if anyone wants to support our project

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

25 days

Going to be a little tired today but the draftycar update about to hit the shelves (in review) will fix a lot. Android 14 still on the sidelines, but will have the bandwidth to get that figured out soon. Soft lock at the end of the races may be 100% fixed Graphics settings

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

13 days

In beta I have a version that never spins the user with a bump from behind IF the user is going straight Does this seem like a fair change?

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

3 years

Young sim racers out there You don't need a rig yet/ever

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

10 days

Adding some downforce tonight, gotta keep these cars on the ground 😄

Hannah Butler

@hannah_bean18

10 days

@jeff_gluck @bryanblack33 I love Draftycar but Draftycar does NOT love me

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

3 years

Hey @landoncassill why do you keep getting in the 77 under commercial

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

5 months

Has a racing game ever programmed a spotter to say 4 wide?

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

2 years

Not how I expected to spend Saturday morning

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

20 days

I just talked to my professional programmer buddy for 2 hours and he was in awe that draftycar actually works (most of the time) 😂 We concluded I’m just crazy

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

29 days

Thanks for all the nice comments today about draftycar. Things: New builds will go up frequently Ad cadence adjusted, live tomorrow Certain graphics settings can cause the app to crash on iOS devices - play with the settings Devices running Android 14 are having issues that I

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

3 years

who did this

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

2 years

Wow. Dynamic track model is actually working. Bottom was fastest until it wasn't haha.

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

23 days

New builds are live, force them updates! If you don’t see 2.1.2 at the bottom of the main menu you don’t have the latest and greatest, Ad-free DNF experience!

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

1 year

Speedway Ringer live next week (day depends on Steam review) Free to play! I'm not thrilled with every aspect of the game, including some scalability issues, but ready to carry these lessons learned onto our next project🏁 Enjoy!

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

15 days

We (my wife and me) purchased a new computer that will allow us to test draftycar on Unreal Engine 5.4, in a separate dev environment, which is a possible Android 14 / Pixel solution Big investment that was sorely needed. Thank you guys!

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

6 months

I'M THROUGH IT HARRY

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

22 days

Standings - oh man you guys are gonna like the next big update when we get stuff fixed... The question is, playoffs? Imagine racing four fast guys in this thing for a title?!

Ricky Hardin

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@bryanblack33 I have a couple of requests: - it would be cool to see the full standings, full of wonderful fake driver names and point margins. - Clarity on when you should/shouldn't accept a sponsor offer. I declined resigning one in trucks and haven't gotten an offer in 20 races since! 😂

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

3 years

Dale Jr had underglow at Bristol before it was cool

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

3 years

I found my wife. She said yes!

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

3 years

🧐

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Bryan Blackford

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25 days

Alright, kids asleep... And great progress already. Everyone give @JoeyMasiewicz a round of applause. He has helped me work through the finish line soft lock issue and I THINK we have it fixed! One issue down, only a million others to go. I'm reading everything. THANK YOU!

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26 days

Draftycar updates are live. Off to work I go, bbl

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8 days

This didn’t end how I expected it to

5tig

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Man😔 #Draftycar

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20 days

And when you guys say draftycar gives Dirt to Daytona vibes I get all choked up stop saying that 😂

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

24 days

At the doctors office with my kiddo… good news, both platforms have even updated with fixes Also someone suggested disabling ads after DNF and I think that’s a great idea… I don’t wanna hit a driver when theyre down. I’ll code it in tonight

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Bryan Blackford

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4 years

oh man, sorry @Crushboy31 😳 at least we were both multiple laps down lol

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Bryan Blackford

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16 days

👋 the train is almost to work! Submitted more builds for review. Forgot to update the build/date on main menu, my bad! GN season payouts were missing a singular noodle connection. Those are now working! Adjusted drafting parameters on all vehicles, especially effectiveness of

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

3 years

These Coke guys test for 20-30+ hours and wreck lap 2. That has to be the most demoralizing thing in all esports

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Bryan Blackford

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4 years

if you want fixed setups in rtp/pro, the coke series might not be for you.

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

7 months

DRAFTYCAR demo. Let me know what you think!

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

3 years

just had an F1 vs nascar rocket league match. NASCAR down 3-1 F1 guy: lmaooooo nascar just forfeit and save us time nascar: 4-3 OT win

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Bryan Blackford

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5 months

DRAFTYCAR is in beta on iOS!!!!! It has been 971 days since taking up game development. For the first time, I've finally have shaken the imposter syndrome. It feels amazing. I have so many racing-related game ideas. Excited for the years to come.

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

4 years

This is why we built and cherished 1.5 milers

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

20 days

Also, very long term goal for draftycar. We want anyone who may be visually impaired or legally blind to play. That’s how good we want the spotter to be + some accessibility options

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Bryan Blackford

@bryanblack33

2 years

Married! Wife and me wore vans for the ceremony lol