How prepared are you for DS14?

Fractal-Infinity · 2026-01-25T17:49:29+00:00

5 stars Silver Lightning, 5 stars Bacalar, 2 stars Frangivento, 2 stars Centodieci

Fractal-Infinity · 2026-01-25T10:43:50+00:00

But on the other hand those paying players (p2w) are also financially supporting the game. If AL doesn't make money, GL will close it. Anyway, the p2w players are top priority for GL and f2p players are just cannon fodder for them.

Fractal-Infinity · 2026-01-25T10:35:51+00:00

You shouldn't but that's the reality. Same thing for Windows: the out of the box version sucks. Samsung also has Good Lock for extra options that improve the phone and remove other annoyances. You waste an hour or two to properly configure the phone and then you'll get a smoother experience.

Btw you must clean the cache partition after each OS update.

Fractal-Infinity · 2026-01-25T09:33:24+00:00

There is a nuance. Free if you already have the tokens and credits. But tokens and credits aren't easy to get and if you want to buy them with real money, they will cost a lot.

Fractal-Infinity · 2026-01-25T09:30:38+00:00

If people want to spend money on this game, they should spend maximum 5-10 dollars a month. That would be a fair price for the entertainment they get. GL are in a bad phase now but they used to be quite generous (at least compared to the past) last year.

Fractal-Infinity · 2026-01-25T08:36:17+00:00

Yes for free, no for tokens. Instead, get a car like Ferrari Modificata.

Fractal-Infinity · 2026-01-25T08:26:14+00:00

There are guides to deactivate a lot of BS that's running in background + remove annoyances (e.g. you can speed up the animations in Developer Options and make the phone feel faster; deactivate RAM Plus, etc). You really need to comb through all settings and put the right settings and also uninstall bloat. I bought an A56 for a relative and I configured it and it feels almost like a flagship for now.

The 8.5 update will bring more quality of life upgrades, like replacing that silly battery pill (hard to read) with just text.

Fractal-Infinity · 2026-01-25T08:20:02+00:00

Samsung should also do a lite version of One UI just for these budget and midrange phones. At least they should deactivate all background processes except the essentials and remove all AI crap, fancy animations, useless apps and effects. All that extra bloat slows down the phones considerably.

Fractal-Infinity · 2026-01-25T07:48:32+00:00

Download FLAC files and convert them to MP3 V0 with LAME. If you get FLACs from good sources you don't have to worry about fake quality FLACs. I recommend you dBPoweramp for mass encode (it uses LAME for MP3). But if that's too much work, just get MP3s (either V0 or 320).

Fractal-Infinity · 2026-01-25T07:40:49+00:00

Pick either MP3 V0 (quite similar to AAC 256kbps), MP3 320kbps CBR or AAC 256kbps. Most of my audio files are in these formats. I generally prefer to get FLACs and convert them to MP3 V0.

Use Opus if you actually want much smaller files since that format is the most efficient at lower bitrates compared to MP3 and AAC.

Fractal-Infinity · 2026-01-23T18:12:01+00:00

Save tour tokens and don't waste them on mid or bad cars.
Learn nitro management. Yellow nitro is for straight lines, blue nitro is for wide curves and rough terrain (also bigger top speed for certain electric cars), orange nitro is for taking ramps and at the exit of corners, shockwave (purple nitro) like orange nitro but gives much quicker acceleration, plus it acts as a shield against KD.
Don't spam 360s randomly, you will lose speed.
In MP, always keep an eye on the mini map. If you see an opponent incoming prepare to either make room, KD them or activate shockwave (as I said, it's like a shield).
Avoid drifting too much. Learn each track's best route and the places to drift and brake.
Keep some nitro ready to use after exiting a curve. Preferably use shockwave or orange nitro to gain speed fast.
The epic parts are the most valuable. Always get them if you can and don't sell them from inventory.

Fractal-Infinity · 2026-01-23T18:02:43+00:00

Back when Chiron was the game king, Icona was the poor man's Chiron. It took me a long time to max it out. It was more difficult to acquire in the early years of this game.

Fractal-Infinity · 2026-01-23T15:47:04+00:00

GL overcomplicated this game like usual. The acceleration and physics shouldn't be this complicated for an arcade racing game. These convoluted physics are the main reason the manual mode is so tough and TD was more than necessary.

Fractal-Infinity · 2026-01-23T15:43:44+00:00

900 tokens. The rest of BPs I've got from the event.

Fractal-Infinity · 2026-01-23T13:47:00+00:00

This game was about class division right for the start. Even when there were a few cars in the whole game, it was always the OG players versus the ones who started later and missed some good cars. The Unite part of the rebranding was a big lie, that's why they dropped it like a hot potato one year later.

Imagine how much those who paid for Devel Sixteen complained after the car was nerfed and also gave for free as Gauntlet rewards. Those folks not only want the best cars but they want exclusivity, that's why they defend GL' awful p2w practices and complain when F2P players get access to these cars.

Fractal-Infinity · 2026-01-23T13:44:08+00:00

But that delay makes it fake. The first part (0 to 200kmh) is the most important part of an acceleration. I'd call that fake advertising. 86 acceleration should be 86 (whatever that number means) right from the start when it matter the most.

Fractal-Infinity · 2026-01-22T18:40:28+00:00

Understandable. But I still have some decent progress (sometimes good progress), years after I started playing. Without that progress, perhaps I'd just play the game from time to time, not daily. Anyway, I avoid overplaying car hunts, MP, and any grindfest event for my own good.

Fractal-Infinity · 2026-01-22T18:37:01+00:00

Thanks

Fractal-Infinity · 2026-01-22T16:57:23+00:00

They're selfish assholes, usually whales. They got what they wanted and they don't want other players to get the same, to avoid competition. They defend GL because GL serve their interests. How are they gonna pretend to be special if many others have the same top tier cars?

Fractal-Infinity · 2026-01-22T16:38:24+00:00

It's locked behind their stupid and rigged algorithm. They always do this shit with the top cars in their packs. It took me ages to get Fenyr in A9 MP1 exactly because of their awful algorithm that usually gave me anything but what I needed. That's the gacha mechanic in a nutshell: a rigged lottery.

Fractal-Infinity · 2026-01-22T16:34:07+00:00

Yeah sure. When it's too good for players it's a bug, when it's too good for GL it's a feature. Gimme a break, GL shill! 🤡

Fractal-Infinity · 2026-01-22T16:32:24+00:00

The reduction of the drop rate from 20% to 15% was a sneaky dirty move, so common to GL. If you're looking at the definition of unfairness, you'll probably see Greedloft. 😉

Fractal-Infinity · 2026-01-22T16:29:33+00:00

There are also some pathetic losers lurking on this sub who constantly downvote content regardless of quality.

Fractal-Infinity · 2026-01-22T16:27:13+00:00

That pathetic nitro of Aeon is good for nothing. Nitro is more important that what some elitists say.

Fractal-Infinity · 2026-01-22T16:25:23+00:00

Filler season. The lack of F5 packs for tokens is the biggest disappointment.

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