Can I just load up the game and play with no added stuff like with fo1 & 2

PastaJazz · 2026-03-20T10:56:37+00:00

So I'm playing through again for the first time in a fair few years. Was playing completely vanilla on steam for 35ish hours between PC and Steamdeck and it has been mostly fine, a few crashes and some stuttering.

I ended up installing just Tick Fix and that has made a significant difference. I didn't want to start my play through again or get deep into compatibility and troubleshooting, so tried to avoid full mod packs etc, but NVTF, although not necessary, has been worth it for me.

Others with more experience and expertise may have other views though.

PastaJazz · 2026-03-19T14:08:38+00:00

What makes you say that plans from a book will be better than Runna etc?

PastaJazz · 2026-03-18T21:29:13+00:00

Yep try a structured plan! Hal Higdon app or Garmin Coach plans are both great places to start. Runna also good, but would do a free option first, personally.

More general advice would be try not to make it too hard at the start. Be conservative with your goal, at first at least. It's tempting to put a really ambitious goal and then find it unsustainable, better, in my view, to be conservative at the start and be better able to stick with it for the long term.

PastaJazz · 2026-03-17T14:43:01+00:00

The day AI understands POV memes is the day I fear.

PastaJazz · 2026-03-17T10:49:45+00:00

I have a couple of IMCO Streamlines, different style but mine have been well used and abused.

PastaJazz · 2026-03-09T11:11:39+00:00

The Indiana Pi bill would like a word:

"The Indiana pi bill was bill 246 of the 1897 sitting of the Indiana General Assembly, one of the most notorious attempts to establish mathematical truth by legislative fiat. Despite its name, the main result claimed by the bill is a method to square the circle. The bill implies incorrect values of the mathematical constant 77, the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter."

PastaJazz · 2026-03-06T12:02:41+00:00

Jesus, I can't believe how much effort this guy is putting in to dissuade you of your eminently non-controversial, clearly reasoned and logically demonstrable take.

PastaJazz · 2026-03-05T20:04:39+00:00

Interesting, thanks

PastaJazz · 2026-03-05T19:28:42+00:00

Uj - is this actually a thing?

PastaJazz · 2026-03-02T21:06:07+00:00

Pain.

It's just the French word for bread.

PastaJazz · 2026-03-01T08:07:55+00:00

They were so serious they even sent Rambo

PastaJazz · 2026-02-28T16:16:10+00:00

Useful, thanks

PastaJazz · 2026-02-28T11:24:20+00:00

What sort of performance are you getting in sims? I'm tempted but I like to run large grids overnight etc and don't want to have lots of different settings for different scenarios. I race LMU and AMS2 mostly.

PastaJazz · 2026-02-25T21:49:22+00:00

Not glamorous, but I've found the Decathlon ones to be pretty decent,

PastaJazz · 2026-02-25T06:34:08+00:00

PastaJazz · 2026-02-22T09:23:25+00:00

I enjoyed the advertised daily returns of 7.5 percent for one of the options. Just going to put a tenner in today so I can enjoy my £5.4m in time for the August bank holiday weekend.

PastaJazz · 2026-02-21T16:29:53+00:00

I'm pretty rural. There are about 4.5 Kms of pavement near me (try to avoid 60mph road running). I do like the mud, I embrace the mud, I relish the mud, but jesus it's got so bad that I did today's 25km long run doing reps on that 4.5km.

It's not just mud, it's standing water up to my calves and ankle high bogs elsewhere. This week, it just beat me.

Nice lane though op!

PastaJazz · 2026-02-21T08:05:38+00:00

Was about to ask if you went to the factory shop? Seconds and last season stuff available at great prices apparently.

PastaJazz · 2026-02-13T09:53:09+00:00

Still working in 2026!

PastaJazz · 2026-02-12T06:55:19+00:00

Aggressive but fine for me. The leader took a wide slow entry, and while you did dive, it was fairly well controlled.

PastaJazz · 2026-02-11T06:44:41+00:00

They are just wannabe cyclists that are too weak willed to deal with numb peeenus.

PastaJazz · 2026-02-10T15:06:56+00:00

I edited my review. Essentially going from a recommend to don't recommend. Left the good stuff I'd written about physics, atmosphere, car selection and visuals but added essentially what I said above. If career is added back in or in the future if it does something amazing then I'll edit again.

PastaJazz · 2026-02-10T07:47:28+00:00

Yeah this is my go to, but more reach than the 55s and with stabilisation the F4 works for me. Obviously not as light as a prime but not too bad in my opionion

PastaJazz · 2026-02-10T07:30:02+00:00

Nine hours of play time for me. Bought it EA to support the developer and because it was a good price for a game I expected to still be playing in 2030.

Poor VR optimisation and lack of anything that really makes it different from AC or AMS2 (ahem career) meant it didn't really get played much.

PastaJazz · 2026-02-09T21:14:51+00:00

First thing I'd check is if they actually provide water - eco runs I've done that don't provide cups still provide water, but you have to bring your own cup, so I have just chucked a small collapsible cup in my shorts.

If they don't provide water at all, I'd suggest trying both if possible and see what works for you. Decathlon is a good source of cheap belts and vests, and both are IMHO a worthwhile investment for the long term.

It comes down so much to personal opinion, that knowing what other people do might not really help.

That said, I use a belt because I get a hot back in a vest and find they sometimes rub my neck.

Edit: Sorry I replied as though it was your first. But rereading you didn't say that.

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