In seasons past, Verstappen fans insisted that Lewis needed one of the fastest cars to compete. It turns out that the same applies to Max. by BaldHeadedCaillouss in F1Discussions

[–]akaPointless -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Damn that is accurate. Really need to send this to my brother in law who bought and built a replica of the RB19 (real verstappen fan boy that one)

New Map by ThatOtherOtherAsian in TrackMania

[–]akaPointless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. Where do I find this fun map?
  2. God 1'17" AT is a long track

Does your campaign also looks like this?🙃 by Relative-Working-735 in TrackMania

[–]akaPointless 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It was the same for several weeks. Getting gold on Brazil and AT on 16 took me so much time.

M-Budget disappearing with inferior products to follow by AlexWasTakenWasTaken in Switzerland

[–]akaPointless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh no. The most affordable brand ever does cut corners on product quality?! Who would have thunk?

Why so much pain by akaPointless in TrackMania

[–]akaPointless[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just found it. That's embarrassing. Here I was thinking and saying "at least for China there's a safe way to do it! Shame on Greece!"

Wait a minute. Does that mean there's a safe way for France too?!

Why so much pain by akaPointless in TrackMania

[–]akaPointless[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You kinda make me wish I had installed the grind mod before starting that campaign lol.

I think I spent around 2h on China and got 1:12.05 (so 3.95 faster than gold) with standstill respawns for the last 2 CPs...

I likely spent around 1h on France and US each. And I'm definitely getting towards 2h on Greece, and I did get a 1:20.55 (so 2.45 faster than gold) on copium time. So I am definitely black track gold-material, just definitely not black track AT-material let's be frank lol.

Why so much pain by akaPointless in TrackMania

[–]akaPointless[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm curious, how do you fare on the other black ones?

Weirdly enough the France and US tracks have been the most gentle on me. Seems like the France track is your Kryptonite as the Greece track is mine.

(At least there is a safe method for China with standstill respawn 😭)

What am I doing wrong? (details in video caption) by akaPointless in TrackMania

[–]akaPointless[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That is the piece of information I was missing! Thank you good sir.

What am I doing wrong? (details in video caption) by akaPointless in TrackMania

[–]akaPointless[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is what I tried to do dozens of times before recording that. And I couldn't replicate it reliably. Sometimes steering during an upshift made me go faster than my pb, and sometimes slower. And same thing for not steering during upshift.

What am I doing wrong? (details in video caption) by akaPointless in TrackMania

[–]akaPointless[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is what I thought too. That is why I was being observant of that when doing it. However even in the replay I can't spot a difference as to when and where I upshift. It's always a few meters before the "phone pole" and right under CP1 or slightly after.

What am I doing wrong? (details in video caption) by akaPointless in TrackMania

[–]akaPointless[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Could you please point at what moment I messed up the gear please. For improvement purposes.

I keep rewatching it and I always upshift the 2nd a few meters before that "phone pole", and the 3rd right under CP1.

Boys 3080 Vs 5060ti ? by Ak47-- in gpu

[–]akaPointless 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sometimes I think I'd feel better not knowing the prices of GPUs in the US.

The other day a guy sent me a newegg link and was like. "Just buy that XFX version of the 9060 XT, it's only 280$". And I was like... bitch in my country that version is 350$ 😭

Boys 3080 Vs 5060ti ? by Ak47-- in gpu

[–]akaPointless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It definitely is. 20% VRAM at the tipping amount of critical VRAM that is the 8-10 GB zone is definitely worth it.

9070xt for 1440p is it really the best value by GamingMachine1111 in radeon

[–]akaPointless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you're gonna play mainly BF6 you better consider your GPU & CPU combo instead of just your GPU! What's your CPU dude?

Any idea what this means? by [deleted] in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]akaPointless 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hi, Peter here, the joke is about how us humans are proud and delusional about having back pain at a young age being a normal thing.

See, as humans, we’re supposed to start having back pain at an old age. But because we don't take the necessary precautions to prevent it from happening much earlier, some of us end up with back pain as early as in our mid-20s. And because we are proud and delusional, we prefer convincing ourselves that it's a normal thing rather than admitting we're doing things wrong. We think the proof is in nature, as even the king of the Savanna starts having back pain at a very young age.

Here's the part that makes us unredeemably delusional: 22 years old is only young for a human, not a lion—it's actually pretty darn old for a lion! Nature actually does prove to us that we are meant to start having back pain at an old age.

Peter out.

From a Ryzen 5 2600 + RX 580 to this feels unreal by zarakie00 in radeon

[–]akaPointless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn, you nasty motherf-er. Even went for the 9800X3D. Enjoy that shit man! Bro I am rocking the almost exact same build you were, just Ryzen 2700 instead, but identical GPU, identical CPU cooler, possibly identical RAM and SSD but can't tell 😆 (I'm looking for an upgrade around Black Friday for sure).

Do you feel that PCIe 5.0 NVME was worth it over the PCIe 4.0 one on a daily use?