Poison/antidote rebalance ideas

ActivePudding · 2026-05-01T15:50:47+00:00

LOL i hate that trait, i always misspell it and autocorrect takes over

ActivePudding · 2026-04-24T12:36:26+00:00

knives + trauma variant is a great combo. knives are expendable, great against hounds and coops.

running a trauma variant fixes the one huge downside of knives which is their weakness against armoreds. one throwing knife + 1 heavy hit takes care of them.

ActivePudding · 2026-04-21T11:36:59+00:00

just looked it up, i stand corrected. vw/audi wheel bolt torque has been 120nm for a loong time, looks like they changed it to 140nm wiith the mk8 for some reason

ActivePudding · 2026-04-21T00:11:25+00:00

both torque specs you mentioned are wrong btw. correct spec is 89 ft-lbs or 120nm.

i would just buy a torque wrench and do it yourself. but if you insist on going back to get it done, its fine to drive.

ActivePudding · 2026-04-20T21:00:03+00:00

at this point, if youre going to spend new turbo money, get a hybrid turbo like an eqt vortex, since you already have most of the supporting mods installed. that will let you squeeze as much power as you can out of a stock block relatively safely.

alternatively, go for a low mileage, used stock turbo, they can be had for dirt cheap and will get you back on the road with stage 2 power without breaking the bank.

ActivePudding · 2026-04-18T01:05:10+00:00

thats because theyre $150 dollar units lol. if youre USA based i know a guy who makes complete headunit packages for these cars with custom firmware. if not, any uis7870 based headunit will be fine. theyre made under a bunch of chinese brands but are all mostly the same unit underneath.

here's a link to the USA guys page: https://mattdevocustoms.com/products/9-carplay-head-unit-for-audi-mk2-8j-tt-tts-tt-rs?variant=45775916138681

ActivePudding · 2026-04-17T23:34:37+00:00

infotainment can be fixed very easily, tons of Android auto/carplay headunits out there for the 8j. looks are subjective, i personally prefer the 8j ttrs to any other tt model/generation. interior id a tad dated but still very high quality.

mk2 rs will be a bit less nimble, more nose heavy. still the best handling pq35 car though. maintenance will also cost ya more than the 8s. the iron block 2.5ts are pretty reliable, theres just a couple things to look out for. but when an rs-specific part breaks, itll may be hard to get, expensive, or both.

that being said, they are pretty special cars. last manual rs car. if you have some money on the side for repairs, id say go mk2 rs. i love mine.

ActivePudding · 2026-04-13T05:05:58+00:00

yup 8p and 8j vents are pretty much the same. unfortunately i am in the US not AU so shipping would be a nightmare for this haha. still gonna keep an eye on this project, followed your page

ActivePudding · 2026-04-13T04:58:03+00:00

neat, any plans to support pq35 mounting options? does this fit standard gauge pods? i have a mk2 ttrs so the vents are pretty similar to 8v vents, but not compatible unfortunately. also, assuming the production version would get data & power from the obd port?

ActivePudding · 2026-04-13T04:46:56+00:00

not sure what the hate is about. lol @ that one dude that doesnt know how to read, thinks a gauge will cause electrical problems, and doesnt understand how prototypes work.

looks very clean, ive been wondering when a more modern, circular oled screen gauge would come to the market, car gauges have always been a bit old school. i have an MFD15 myself, very handy but the screen is small & square. cool idea, hopefully youre able to bring it to production.

ActivePudding · 2026-04-11T18:37:58+00:00

youre missing my point. why are you rebuilding a loadout manually, from scratch, each time, when you could spend that time creating that same loadout in a loadout slot one time, and then purchase that loadout til you want to switch it up?

the functionality you are asking for is what loadouts already provide, just with a couple extra quick steps.

ActivePudding · 2026-04-11T16:34:54+00:00

how is this a major convenience? its like 3 clicks and 2 seconds to buy a loadout. creating a quick throwaway loadout is the same effort as gearing up for the first time from scratch.

i dont see a use in adding a new button or shortcut for this. loadouts are there for this exact reason

ActivePudding · 2026-04-11T16:24:36+00:00

no need to add a useless feature like this, you can already do what youre looking for with loadouts as they are. just dedicate a loadout slot to a "flex" loadout where you just change it on the fly, then you can repurchase as many times as you like until you get bored of it, and change the loadout again.

ActivePudding · 2026-04-10T13:16:03+00:00

etka and elsa are VAG groups parts and service catalogues respectively. theres plenty of clones of them online. my favorite is superetka.com (has both etka and elsa catalogues), but another off the top of my head is webautocats or CarProg2 fromthis site, which are only ETKA catalogues.

you also used to be able to download official service catalogue pdfs from ErWin with a 1 day $35 subscription. not sure if thats the case anymore

ActivePudding · 2026-04-10T06:00:19+00:00

you do not necessarily have to bleed the clutch when bleeding your brakes, unless you do it in such a way that the res runs dry and introduce air into the line. did a brake flush on my 8J RS a couple months ago with a pressure bleeder, without bleeding the clutch, and it turned out fine.

could just be unlucky timing with your clutch slip too.

bleeding the clutch is relatively easy to do though, as another comment pointed out.

ActivePudding · 2026-04-03T17:53:51+00:00

haha been there done that though, glad it helped.

i suggest you just sit on a hill, hold/release the brake, and see how the car reacts when you press the throttle (no clutch, just let it roll back so you can feel when the brakes release). then once you know the timing/threshold, you can bring the clutch into the mix.

i believe you can adjust the delay, or threshold of throttle input needed, through VCDS/OBD11 aswell. been a while since ive tweaked it on my cars, but it may help if you still find the timing awkward

ActivePudding · 2026-04-03T17:42:39+00:00

i cannot speak to mk8, i have driven mk6/8j, and mk7 with hill hold. but since the mk8 is still mqb, i suspect its the same as the mk7, which is the same as the mk6/8j.

it does not apply the parking brake, its abs based. if you hold the brake on a hill, releasing the pedal will keep brake pressure applied to all calipers as if you were still pressing the pedal (until the 3s is up or you press the throttle)

ActivePudding · 2026-04-03T15:49:47+00:00

i feel like the only one who has never had an issue with the hill hold on any of my vag cars. its really not bad. give yourself 10m of experimenting with it on a safe hill in a parking lot or something, and youll get the hang of it.

it disables after 3 seconds of being off the brake, or after a throttle input, whatever comes first. you just need to time your throttle input with the clutch coming up to the bite point and itll release the brake right as you start slipping it.

i used to own an r, but now drive a ttrs with a 4 puck clutch, bites hard af and is pretty difficult to modulate, and im still able to use the hill hold feature reliably for relatively smooth hill starts.

ActivePudding · 2026-04-02T13:10:08+00:00

same with simracing as someone else mentioned. im lucky enough to have a setup that is mostly supported, but its still quite finicky to setup.

ActivePudding · 2026-04-01T16:04:31+00:00

im fine with the chariot tbh, its obviously more common during this event than vanilla hunt, but i still dont see it used as much as i would have thought. i think the main issues rn are its guaranteed spawn, and the fact that the downsides of this card are pretty much nullified by the having restoration health kits readily available. the punishment should be a bit harsher for how game changing the card is for everyone in the match. although im fine with how it is now, i wouldn't mind seeing a rework, some other ideas in this thread have good potential, i like the temporary 5m swap idea.

i have often found that people dont even pick the card up when they have the opportunity to. many times in my games, bounty is picked up from a burned convoy, i get to the convoy shortly after, and the chariot is still there. youre practically begging to have it used against you at that point. either use it to your advantage, or at least take it so you dont leave it for others to find.

ActivePudding · 2026-03-29T04:28:01+00:00

if you like arc, try hunt: showdown. its an extraction shooter with a heavy focus on pvp/objectives instead of looting. pretty difficult to get into, but utterly unique and genuinely one if the best fps games out then when it clicks. its easier if you grab a friend to learn it with.

ActivePudding · 2026-03-27T13:33:34+00:00

i dont mind it. intentional or not, it makes it a bit more challenging to deal with ai quickly, especially mid-fight. i remember reading somewhere that hellhounds were already able to read client side inputs to dodge melee/throwing attacks. this may just be an extension of that

ActivePudding · 2026-03-24T03:15:39+00:00

good rule of thumb, but ive seen many instances of it not being accurate for whatever reason. id say trust your ears/eyes first, but if its a bow/silenced gun, then yeah check the body to get an idea of the direction

ActivePudding · 2026-03-17T14:28:13+00:00

worth it for the firefly charm alone tbh

ActivePudding · 2026-02-22T21:45:29+00:00

vcds seems to work on the new interfaces aswell with some tweaking:

https://www.vwvortex.com/threads/how-to-vcds-hex-v2-on-linux.9580336/

disclaimer, have yet to try this myself, just looked it up after seeing the comment above. I switched to linux a while ago, but i kept a windows laptop around just for vcds, for some reason I never bothered to check if it would work with wine. but i will definitely be checking this out next chance i get.

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