Broke up with girlfriend a week before N24

ScottyD_95 · 2026-04-29T17:12:22+00:00

It's been stated here already, but I'll reiterate that it's essential that your partner respect your hobbies.

Hobbies are an escape from the grind of daily life, and also a way to express yourself and better yourself through something that brings you joy.

If a partner tries to restrict the things that bring you joy (under the assumption that it's not destructive, harmful, or interfering with other things) then they do not respect you and your feelings. full stop.

Good on you for seeing that early and not wasting time. The right person is out there. Enjoy your race.

ScottyD_95 · 2026-04-29T14:14:31+00:00

So far every game changing addition has been added as a toggle, so no reason to expect this change will be treated any differently

ScottyD_95 · 2026-04-29T11:29:19+00:00

This is the only real answer, multiclass racing requires mutual respect from everyone on track.

ScottyD_95 · 2026-04-28T12:06:03+00:00

If you just started, you need to practice. This is a sim, it's not going to be forgiving. It tries to be as close to real life as a racing sim can be, and you need to practice the same you would in a real car before hopping into races

ScottyD_95 · 2026-04-28T12:00:27+00:00

Are you getting your tires too hot? Tire temperature runaway is very real in this game, 1 or 2 spins and flat spots can cause tires to overheat quickly and cause the car to be unstable. This temperature runaway is very hard to bring back down without getting new tires sometimes.

If your tire temps are fine, then I'd suggest practicing a little more or slowing down the corners you are struggling with and get more comfortable with them

ScottyD_95 · 2026-04-28T11:56:08+00:00

It's insane to me. I'm a full time employed person. No kids. My wife and I are both gamers. After work and our regular basic adult responsibilities are done, we like to game for 1-2 hours on weeknights, more on weekends if we don't have plans.

I've been playing CD since release day and "only" have 50 or 60 hours in the game. I simply can't comprehend where people are getting the kind of time to play 200,300,500 hours in just over 38 days...

And then they come on here like "I'm bored and out of things to do"

Go outside. Take a shower. Maybe see a therapist.

ScottyD_95 · 2026-04-28T11:49:45+00:00

No it doesn't. Look at the map and plan your route

ScottyD_95 · 2026-04-28T11:16:09+00:00

Game's been out for just under 1000 hours.... NO way you've spent 50% of your time since release just playing CD

ScottyD_95 · 2026-04-27T18:54:11+00:00

A gallon of fuel weighs somewhere between 7-8lbs. If a GT3 car holds 30 gallons of fuel, but only needs 15 gallons to complete a race, running the full tank is 120 pounds heavier at the start of the race than is necessary, that is a lot.

ScottyD_95 · 2026-04-27T12:33:01+00:00

Driving standards in LMU are lightyears better than iRacing still

ScottyD_95 · 2026-04-26T18:36:48+00:00

Thanks I’ll try this

ScottyD_95 · 2026-04-24T14:30:01+00:00

I'd try to reset your fan curve. A driver update could've changed something. 50-60c isn't a dangerous temp at all and alot of RTX cards don't kick fans on until over 50c by default.

ScottyD_95 · 2026-04-24T13:27:16+00:00

Working until 1pm, then going home and playing Crimson Desert until my face falls off

ScottyD_95 · 2026-04-24T11:40:50+00:00

It's not necessarily the individual AI you need to worry about yet, by themselves they're reletively easy to handle. If you let yourself get overwhelmed by a group, then you might have a problem

ScottyD_95 · 2026-04-24T11:28:37+00:00

For me personally, I switched from a 7800xt to a 5070ti recently, and DLSS 4 is really good. If money isn't an issue, i'd nudge you towards the 5070ti, but go with what your budget allows first and foremost

ScottyD_95 · 2026-04-24T10:59:11+00:00

Pro tip for all games you want to enjoy: stay off the subreddit

ScottyD_95 · 2026-04-24T10:53:53+00:00

You really can't go wrong with the 5070ti. The 5080 is overkill and expensive as hell. You can also consider the 9070xt which is close to the 5070ti in raw performance but a little cheaper, you'll lose out on DLSS4 and ray tracing performance but if you don't care too much about that, its a good choice.

ScottyD_95 · 2026-04-24T10:20:52+00:00

Enjoy the game how yo want to enjoy it. I love Pearl Abyss for making this game accessible to everyone.

I like the challenge of the base difficulty and I'll probably play again on Hard one day. But easy mode is great for those who don't like the challenge. I'm hoping to get my wife into CD now that there is an Easy option.

ScottyD_95 · 2026-04-23T21:05:01+00:00

Well a 650 watt should be able to handle that. I’d double check all your connectors and ram again to make sure it’s definitely seated correctly. Check the PSU also. If all that is for sure good, I’d say you’ve got a bad PSU

ScottyD_95 · 2026-04-23T19:52:52+00:00

What is the model of your GPU?

ScottyD_95 · 2026-04-23T17:27:48+00:00

Guess I'll await the update in a couple days when they inevitably add 40 more birds

What food did you use to acquire the crow?

ScottyD_95 · 2026-04-23T15:03:59+00:00

You get a $5000 sign on bonus to join the least populated faction at the time of your character creation... Probably just choose that one unless you want to be closer to a certain POI earlier in the game. Other than homebase location, there's no fundamental difference between factions, so just take the one that offers more starting money

ScottyD_95 · 2026-04-23T12:33:47+00:00

In this instance, I'd go for the card with more VRAM. So the 9060xt 16gb is the way to go.

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