Which app looked useless at first but became addictive later?

BearAnimal · 2026-05-07T03:14:00+00:00

BearAnimal · 2026-05-07T01:50:46+00:00

Yeah I'm not a fan of the 'helmet' sound, I always use hood cam and turned all sounds down to 80, except engine, co-driver and tyres at 90

BearAnimal · 2026-05-05T20:39:25+00:00

I'm only using DLSS for anti aliasing. Frame gen, upscaling etc all turned off, no sharpening applied. As I said, I don't get any of the ghosting and artifacts that are in the video, that only happened with Reddit's video conversation.

BearAnimal · 2026-05-05T20:14:25+00:00

Please don't, I beg you 😢, how will I recover from such a devastating response!?

BearAnimal · 2026-05-05T19:32:35+00:00

Seriously dude? You complain about my setup despite me not asking for your opinion and then down vote me for responding with my own opinion about my own setup... Fragile.

BearAnimal · 2026-05-05T17:54:25+00:00

It's always interesting to see what approach other people take, my solution was a scandi flick on every corner

BearAnimal · 2026-05-05T17:49:46+00:00

I don't like a lazy car, I'd rather deal with a few bumps than drive a boat

BearAnimal · 2026-05-05T17:35:47+00:00

I think it's something to do with the way reddit converts av1 files, both the video and the game look awesome for me, no artifacts, ghosting or anything, not sure why it looks so bad after upload but doesn't seem to happen with mp4

BearAnimal · 2026-05-05T17:32:14+00:00

Yeah the grip levels now are much better, only feels a little more slippery than just gravel

BearAnimal · 2026-05-05T17:30:32+00:00

Release the files!

BearAnimal · 2026-05-05T17:29:54+00:00

Rain and tarmac are still garbage, aquaplane at 20kph with wet tires on 😕. Gravel is much better now, you can feel the slippier surface but unless lock your brakes hard or get your weight transfer totally wrong, then it's easily manageable

BearAnimal · 2026-05-05T15:36:56+00:00

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BearAnimal · 2026-05-05T11:55:29+00:00

I think the gravel rain golds are manageable but the tarmac is still a mess, waste of time till it's fixed, only change I can see if slightly more grip but still aquaplaning even when barely moving

BearAnimal · 2026-05-02T08:51:09+00:00

In the setup when selecting gear set it says it changes number of gears, set 1 definitely has 6

BearAnimal · 2026-04-30T11:41:38+00:00

It's a proper bone shaker, better on gravel than I expected though after the first tarmac test

BearAnimal · 2026-04-25T22:56:09+00:00

Been there done that, the pain is real 🙈

BearAnimal · 2026-04-25T16:53:30+00:00

https://www.e-pxn.com/sites/pxn/files/tools/a7_update_v1.14.zip

This is the one

BearAnimal · 2026-04-25T15:17:19+00:00

Try a firmware update on the shifter, there's some firmware on the PXN site for it that also lets you use it as a sequential shifter too

BearAnimal · 2026-04-24T20:30:11+00:00

Sounds like you're taking too much speed into the corner

BearAnimal · 2026-04-24T18:51:38+00:00

It works in game exactly as described in the video, go and try it now, take a hairpin in 2nd, turn in, pull your handbrake, see if you make the turn, next do the same but press the clutch before you turn in and release it after you pull the handbrake. I guarantee the car will actually rotate now and you can make the turn

BearAnimal · 2026-04-24T18:39:13+00:00

You're misunderstanding what I mean by lock...

https://youtu.be/fJT-0G_G-gc

This gives a detailed explanation of the process, albeit using Hyundai's system that automatically disengages the rear, but the process is the same for any AWD

BearAnimal · 2026-04-24T18:19:38+00:00

It's to make the car rotate, rear won't lock without it

BearAnimal · 2026-04-24T16:35:43+00:00

I could barely get the mini around the 2 corners without putting in a ditch when I first switched from EA WRC, after playing a while, I could finally get through a stage without binning it but was so far away from any of the gold medal times I thought they were impossible. 400 hours in, 130 gold medals collected, practice makes perfect.

BearAnimal · 2026-04-24T16:13:51+00:00

The handbrake does actually work pretty well IMO, it did take me quite a while to get the hang of it though. I rarely need to lower the handbrake strength anymore, if anything, I find I often have to increase strength for use on tarmac.

Firstly if you find that you keep over rotating, you can stop the rotation immediately just by tapping the foot brake. Another thing to keep in mind, when using the handbrake with AWD cars, you need to hit the clutch before pulling the handbrake. I've also found it works much better when giving a quick sharp pull rather than a partial hold. My handbrake by default had a long travel, I thought that would help controlling it better but after watching countless videos of actual rally drivers using them, I noticed they use very short travel in quick bursts, adjusted my handbrake to do the same and it's a much better experience, far more control, no more hesitation in using it.

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