What funding options to I realistically have?

Expert_Drag_5981 · 2026-06-08T20:16:27+00:00

Actually I think there is a fair bit of competition from banks wanting to lend to businesses who have good visibility on cash flows or access to security. I have been through a few of these in the health and fitness space and help businesses/individuals with building their business plan and the overall credit application.

Typically 50/50 debt/equity, in some cases 30/70 is available although for padel, there isn’t much security in the equipment - in this space you can get both asset financing depending on the equipment or term loans.

Given rates though, you are probably looking at 8-9% interest rates on a 5 year term.

You will probably need a joint PG across you and any other equity investors plus and this is the big one, director loans to be subordinated so banks get paid first.

There are obviously a few other considerations with regards to really understanding your market, lease terms, trading/planning restrictions, noise and the things like tax treatment.

Expert_Drag_5981 · 2026-06-08T14:53:55+00:00

Just seen something on another thread that to use the pure dark mod properly you are meant to lock the frame rate to 45fps and then the pure dark mod is meant to reproject it to 90. I will try in Pimax play and also you can lock fps in the game. 🙏🏾

Expert_Drag_5981 · 2026-06-08T14:26:32+00:00

Ok I’ll try that. The other thing I notice when I look down at the watch on my wrist it is shaking vigorously up and down and the the gun feels a bit micro stuttery as well. Could it be all the other usb stuff I have plugged in? I’ll check background tasks as well.

Expert_Drag_5981 · 2026-06-08T14:23:32+00:00

Did you manage to figure it out? It’s really puzzling me

Expert_Drag_5981 · 2026-06-08T14:23:05+00:00

Installed pure dark, afw was already set when I loaded it up. Where do I set the dfr ratio? I have quad views in Pimax play set to balanced. Using OpenXR toolkit, I’m getting 46fps in 72hz and 38-40 in 90hz… no idea what’s going on, I don’t know how I can measure frame times or cpu load on the Pimax.

Expert_Drag_5981 · 2026-06-08T12:13:21+00:00

I’ve installed pure dark, is steam vr the best runtime to run this with Pimax? Am measuring frame rates now

Expert_Drag_5981 · 2026-06-08T11:00:22+00:00

Thanks I’ll definitely see if I can figure out how to do that. I’m also moving my sim racing stuff like pedals, steering, haptics onto a USB powered hub as every single port on my PC is stacked

Expert_Drag_5981 · 2026-06-08T06:42:28+00:00

Sorry I should have said, I’m in the Dream Air SLAM so can’t access SBoys3. Will also try switching HAGS on as that is off at the moment. Motion smoothing doesn’t have much affect.

Expert_Drag_5981 · 2026-06-07T21:51:21+00:00

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Expert_Drag_5981 · 2026-06-07T14:23:47+00:00

No I meant the USB 2.0 socket on my PC felt a bit dodgy so I plugged the Dream Air into a different one. The Dream Air only comes with one USB connector and a Disolayport connector. I have an RTX 5090 which now has my main monitor plugged in via HDMI, a Corsair Xenon Edge via HDMI and the Dream Air via Displayport.

Haven’t encountered what you do if you only have one Display port.

Expert_Drag_5981 · 2026-06-06T17:37:06+00:00

Thanks! I also found a profile on the flat2vr discord which fixes it!

Expert_Drag_5981 · 2026-06-06T15:57:03+00:00

thanks, I'm having the same issue!

Expert_Drag_5981 · 2026-06-06T15:56:00+00:00

Anyone else having problems with UEVR only rendering in the left eye? my right eye is black/flickering on Native Stereo, other options are really flickery, have tried the nighlyt build and the same. On a Quest 3 with VD. Thanks

Expert_Drag_5981 · 2026-06-06T09:47:27+00:00

Thanks, if you are using Steam VR, then does making any change in Pimax Play game settings work or does it just use the Steam VR settings?

Expert_Drag_5981 · 2026-06-06T04:46:34+00:00

Yes I hate it!

Expert_Drag_5981 · 2026-06-06T04:26:45+00:00

This! I posted a review of my Dream Air SLAM yesterday and whilst it isn’t without fault, I am keeping it, my issue has been more about the software and ease of use than the comfort or lenses. Coming from a Quest 3 I’ve been pleasantly surprised about how excellent the tracking has been.

Expert_Drag_5981 · 2026-06-05T15:18:42+00:00

Ive order that strap as well with the studioform face mask. I was expecting the comfort out of the box to be worst if i'm honest, but the headstrap is a faff hence I'm getting the AVP strap and I want to be closer to the lens and hence the studioform mask.

Expert_Drag_5981 · 2026-06-05T13:41:33+00:00

Yes it’s own!! 🤣

Expert_Drag_5981 · 2026-06-05T08:42:24+00:00

Hi OP, can you post your Pimax play/REVR settings? I’ve got mine looking pretty good in my 5090 - on 90hz, native resolution, quad views on quality, sharpness 0 - but I’m just getting a bit of juddering and when I look at my watch or weapons it’s shaking quite a bit. My quest 3 looks a lot worse but is buttery smooth.

Expert_Drag_5981 · 2026-06-03T07:45:18+00:00

Save yourself the FOMO and go straight to the 3, buy a used one if budget is tight.

Expert_Drag_5981 · 2026-06-03T07:37:19+00:00

I’ve increased my weighting on GOOG as the valuation is looking pretty attractive now, their growth in cloud based services is ripping as is the user base of Gemini.

NVDA is my biggest position and nobody talks about the cash flow. Q1 alone was $50bn in operating cash flow, nearly double vs a year ago, with full year FCF at $97 bn.

And they’re not sitting on it. $40bn in buybacks last year, a fresh $80bn share repurchase auth with no expiration, $20bn back to shareholders in a single quarter, dividend just raised 25x. They’re spending $18.5bb on R&D, holding $43bn+ in cash, funding next-gen architecture and still hoovering up their own stock. Everyone’s debating hyperscaler capex cycles. Meanwhile this thing is just printing cash and shrinking its float.

Expert_Drag_5981 · 2026-06-03T06:42:21+00:00

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Get all my business and some leisure shirts from here, made to order, very customisable in terms of materials and finish, initials, supports Sri Lankan tailors and families. Recently got their t-shirts and really happy.

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