Was ridiculously fun and I can finally push the car to 10/10th, which I will not do when I drive on public canyon roads. They say "Miata is always the answer" for track days, but the 86 is the better answer.

Car is mostly stock except for wheels (Titan7 18x8.5), tires (245mm RT615k), brake pads, and camber bolts. The only reliability mods are a GR86 OEM heat exchanger (oil cooler), cheap Megan alum radiator, and 2/3 liter 5w30 overfill.

It performed amazingly well in 95F weather at Streets of Willow Springs in SoCal (did 5x 20 min sessions) and drove home 150 miles with ZERO issues.

And unlike the Miata, there is also so much storage space here that I easily packed a big shade tent, multiple chairs, tools, etc. to comfortably hang out.

The balance was completely neutral and very forgiving at the limit. I am a beginner and overcooked a few corners but it didn't spin out on me.

"Element Guns Damage Falloff: Adjust maximum Damage Falloff from 50% at 25m to 60% at 20m)"

I just did the math and the falloff change is actually a NERF at medium ranges.

Starlord's falloff is begins at 10m and scales linearly down to his max falloff range (25m previously, 20m in Season 10).

If you don't understand how this works (it's the same as in Overwatch), for example in season 10 at 15m distance, which is halfway btw 10m and 20m, you take 1/2 of the falloff damage reduction 0.5*0.4 = 0.2 = 20% reduction. If you prefer video explainers, this one is pretty good: Do people not understand how damage falloff is calculated? Watch this video if you are curious how it works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL2VnkNJPpE

At 20m, Starlord loses 33.3% damage in Season 9.5 (2/3 of his max falloff), but loses 40% damage in Season 10 (max falloff). This is a 11% dps nerf at 20m range, which is medium range.

At 15m, Starlord loses 16.6% damage in Season 9.5 (1/3 of his max falloff), but loses 20% damage in Season 10 (1/2 of max falloff).

It's only a buff past 25m, you'll do slightly more damage to fat tanks like Hulk/Venom since bullet spread takes over.

The steering wheel isn’t original to the car either so bonus points if you can guess what the car is.

Love the way the leather feels and thinking about doing this mod to my other vehicles.

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Pro Tip for my Starlord mains that's guaranteed to improve your winrate. Lock in Starlord when you have a Mantis on your team, or request Mantis while hovering Starlord.

The enhanced teamup for Mantis is absolutely GIGA BROKEN. I've been winning every game as Starlord when I have Mantis on the team.

Today, during the Marvel Rivals Ignite LAN broadcast, the coach of Swamp Gaming gave this particular teamup a shout out.

It's sad that Starlord is just a teamup enabler for an OP Support hero, but a win is a win. The enchanced teamup gives Mantis insane healing output.

I don't think this team up is necessarily better than the Adam team up, but it's a lot more fun.

Star-Lord

"Time to get a little closer for those legendary plays! Peter's baseline mid-to-long-range damage capabilities are getting toned down.
- Element Guns Damage Falloff: Adjust maximum damage falloff at 25m from 65% to 50% (this does not affect his Ultimate Ability)."

https://www.marvelrivals.com/balancepost/20260609/41667_1303507.html

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Damage at range is reduced by up to 24%. His damage falloff range starts at 10m and maxes out at 25m.

Starlord now has lower DPS at range than his season 7.5 state (Season 8 magazine buff gave him a 9% increased sustained DPS).

Surprising that they didn't nerf his ult instead, which was the biggest complaint from the players.