Thanks for playing! Yeah the (attempted) goal of the design was to encourage players to count down the approach and/or the cook time for them to sync up. We did see this naturally when playtesting but we did make the game a bit easier near the end after playtesting (added the speed up/slow down on the driver) so it doesn't force as precise of timing. I think an "ok... now now now!" is still kind of an abridged countdown, right? xD
I love the matching profile pics! haha