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Between not even moving from full on haymakers (rage powered ones at that) from a dude who was considered to have advanced hand to hand training in the first film, and surfing a freefalling starship all the way through planetary impact, it did seem a little... off... that he was then beaten up by Vulcan-Fu.  I figured that would be more the purview of the dudes from Chronos (uh...?).  Just looking at what we saw of their civilisation (pretty classic "Warrior Race" material).

Disclaimer: I haven't driven a real manual since I sold my 93 grand am around 2000.  Also, I suck at racing games.

If it's the feel of the physical controller that bothers you and not the way the software handles the shift AND you are handy with tools, do this:

Build your own.

Except that rod he's using for a shifter and the plastic shift plate, replace that with a real shifter.  If you need a 7 speed, you'll probably have to wait for the new corvettes to start showing up in junkyards.  Shouldn't have to wait long.

You can do the same thing for the pedals, use pressure sensitive switches as I know the games on PC support them.  No idea on consoles. 

I mean, if you want a decent cockpit, you're going to have to build it yourself.  Plans are available online.

Part (most?) of what I want is a seat where I can park my tucchus and actually get a feel for the road.  A good arcade rig really, though I've yet to encounter one that gets the feedback on a manual transmission and clutch right.

What you need is a racing game like the Forza series that can generate topography from USGS data and streets from Google Maps.  These guys are extracting 3d models of cities from Street View data and I don't see why they wouldn't extract textures at the same time. 

So it could happen.  They'd probably make it an MMO though :/

Just watched it.  And it was "good".  I'm not going to say great.. because of the various reasons everyone already pointed out.  ...the USS Vengeance.. just.. *shake head*  Yep.  We secretly built a DREADNAUGHT without Starfleet apparently knowing.  ..and people bitch about the Raptor project cost...

The one thing I hated about the movie is how Kahn goes out.  Vulcan super uppercut?  Seriously?  The dude just survived pancaking the USS Terrible Name into the planet earth at a speed as fast as his engines could take.  Let the bad guy have that win.  Show Kirk and the Enterprise as fallible.  Yes, you saved the ship, but you lost half of San Fransico.

I mean.. hell.. it was perfect to give a nod to the original and use the line "…to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee." just before he dies, slamming full force into the planet.

But... sadly.. no.  We needed a tribble and Spock Uppercut.

Or.. other thing.. no more Spock Cameos.  I beg you.  They always feel forced.  "I vowed never to tell you.. but.. I always hated vows, here's the next 20 years of things to look out for."

Trucker Parking Simulator

Really.  This exists.

As someone who drove semi-trucks for a living for a time, that actually makes 100% sense.
Poor turns, particularly while backing up, are a consistent source of damage to the truck, obstacles encountered, and freight.
While there's no real substitute for feeling the vehicle and the terrain through actually being in the cab, virtually leaning vehicle control is a great idea.

I would pay good money for a well done simulator that let me fly around the local streets and highways without having to worry about damage when I bugger it up and crash because I was doing something stupid like flying up the BQE* at 140mph.

*Interstate 278 through Brooklyn and Queens is called the BQE.  One must look diligently to find a worse highway.

I read about an Army test on some Spec Ops guys (an entire team of Special NPCs):  They let them get their Army minimum four hours of sleep per night, and ran tests and such during the day.  After three days they lost about 10% of their muscle memory, but almost 70% of cognitive capacity.  When they got dropped in a simulator, they couldn't tell the innocent villagers from the bad guys shooting at them, so they waxed the whole village.

Ah, thanks for the replies and clarification.
I'll add a note to the page for myself.

Trucker Parking Simulator

Really.  This exists.

As someone who drove semi-trucks for a living for a time, that actually makes 100% sense.
Poor turns, particularly while backing up, are a consistent source of damage to the truck, obstacles encountered, and freight.
While there's no real substitute for feeling the vehicle and the terrain through actually being in the cab, virtually leaning vehicle control is a great idea.

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The one in the repair bay on Gallifrey.

Some people think this means that Clara was a Gallifreyan or even possibly a Time Lord.

But consider this -- we know from Hide that the TARDIS has the ability to project an interface of her intelligence outside her physical form...

Remember that in The Doctor's Wife the TARDIS said she stole the Doctor...

So, what if that's what we're seeing here? The moment she stole her Time Lord.

What if this echo of Clara was reborn as the Doctor's TARDIS?

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There could be something to that. There's a rule or law that two TARDIS (what's the plural for "TARDIS"?) cannot occupy the same space or something rather disasterous happens. It happened in one episode... During the Tom Baker years.