Recent content by Darren S

Added some tape to both the gearstick shaft and to the slots within the gate itself. Makes it MUCH quieter now - though with the steep angle of the gearstick itself for 7th and reverse, I can hardly select them through the build-up of tape. Still, that's way better than the church-bell clang...

Had a Thrustmaster TH8A shifter delivered today, which I'll setup tomorrow...

Did some parts changing recently. Paid more for 32GB of DDR5 than I did for a 9800X3D CPU. The flip-side - made £100 on the 5800X3D I sold, over what I bought it for about 18 months back. Bought for £250, sold for £350. The biggest surprise was with the DDR4 kit. It was 64GB tbf, but at a...

I don't want to piss on your chips, but that was exactly how mine behaved when the starter motor was dying. Even managed a few weeks of guaranteeing that the car would start - so long as it had chance to cool down. Then that got worse until it got to point where I had to bump-start it to get...

IMPROVEMENTS AND FIXES Introduced snow physics and studded tyres Improved overall steering wheels support. (We will keep improving the codebase until all steering wheel and sim-racing peripherals are fully supported and working) Improved FFB Improved Gravel and Tarmac physics Improved Audio...

Patch Notes - incremented UI engine texture cache count - this was a source of potential stuttering - @SharkyUK - might be a useful tweak? - potential optimization for stuttering caused by UI items - potential fix for heavy stutter when an input device reconnects - season definition penalties...

Waaaaaay cheaper that my rear quarter fixes! :P

Had a dabble with the F40LM on full boost too - laughable! Good fun on standard boost though - even if that back end does still wants to step out wildly if you give it too much throttle.

About 2.7 times per year, I think I need a drawing pad. Then I realise that I don't and not bother! 😊

Currently free on Epic Games for PC....

Will be selling my HTC Vive Pro 2 full kit very soon - as I simply don't use it. Think I've used it once this year alone. If I've used it ten times since I bought it, I'd be surprised.

I've got Apple Music and it is nice to come across some random new stuff. I'll continue to pay for it for the convenience alone - but it simply doesn't match the whole vibe you get with vinyl and even CDs. Spatial audio kicks the crap out of both of those media of course - but there's something...

The last tape I ever bought for my car was back in 1997. I remember it clearly as it was the day that Princess Diana was killed and was heading back up north from Oxford in the heavy rain and traffic. All of the radio stations were on a small loop as a mark of respect and I pulled in at some...

Used AI for suggested settings for the 3090. Got a significant improvement in visual smoothness without much in the way in loss of quality. I'd take less clarity over sluggish performance any day. Still using over 14GB of VRAM mind!

I was experiencing poor performance as well Andy. At 4K@60hz with everything set to Ultra, I'm getting 30-40fps on the 3090. Dropped it to 1440 resolution and was in the 75fps range - but the stuttering was quite off-putting. Also using 16.6GB of VRAM in my attempts with it. Fook knows how...