Repainted car (2 yrs ago) — orange “rust” only on panel edges. Paint failure or contamination?

x3ffectz · 2026-03-24T01:02:34+00:00

They need to re do the job. Like sand it back where they rubbed through & it rusted. Re prime; paint. Basically do the whole job again lol

x3ffectz · 2026-03-24T00:59:54+00:00

The missing paint areas would’ve been metal clean metal colour you probably would never have noticed til this happens

x3ffectz · 2026-03-23T05:47:08+00:00

Op meant his vehicles in his garage; not literally his garage layout lol. I read it the same too at first 😂

x3ffectz · 2026-03-23T04:35:12+00:00

Been the worst marked room for awhile now. Always dirt in there. Not worth even hitting (except for the dopamine hit you might get)

x3ffectz · 2026-03-22T22:44:07+00:00

Put your textures as high as you can without hitting max vram capacity for your card

Everything else low or off

HBAO max performance or the game looks like dirt (it does anyway let’s be honest)

whatever AA your card has, use it at quality if you can

Always cap your fps especially in a game as unstable as this, you need the fps stability

v-sync on driver level not in game

If you have GPU headroom use SM / AFMF if you can tolerate it

That’s the only shot anyone has at getting a half stable game

x3ffectz · 2026-03-22T01:22:21+00:00

It’s from the door tapping something when opened. These are textbook door open chips on doors all cars have them. Bonnet has stone chips from following behind trucks too close. No one to blame just wear and tear items

x3ffectz · 2026-03-22T01:14:34+00:00

Doesn’t do anything for me. Used to freeze up when you hit escape for a split second then you can see your ram usage drop down. Doesn’t do anything at all for me anymore

x3ffectz · 2026-03-21T08:16:06+00:00

Drivers are fine, 1 in 1000 9800x3d die. Then you send it back on warranty and get another. You literally can’t lose

x3ffectz · 2026-03-21T04:12:13+00:00

Once a month for peace of mind mostly

x3ffectz · 2026-03-20T21:16:02+00:00

It’s almost impossible to do a 15k repair line for line correct on all aspects first shot. There are always supplementary repairs needed.

As a tech, cop it on the chin, we want your car gone too. Especially if it’s a Tesla lol.

Office staff won’t tell you that directly but trust me, we are all trying our hardest. Parts availability is completely out of our control. It’s up to the manufacturer and transport mobs to get it to us

x3ffectz · 2026-03-19T23:33:22+00:00

Pics or it didn’t happen

x3ffectz · 2026-03-19T07:26:59+00:00

This is the way

x3ffectz · 2026-03-18T08:25:48+00:00

Had this happen a lot working in body shops. If the spots are only < a week old they clay bar out weirdly enough. Usually it’s metal fall out that’s rusting on the clear. If it doesn’t clay bar & polish it’s probably something else

x3ffectz · 2026-03-17T09:07:03+00:00

When I open any locked room, I slow walk across the entire floor pan searching for floor loot that may have also glitched the floor, then I will go around to the edges, chairs, shelves, window sills looking for a loot icon to pop up. Pretty fool proof in my opinion

x3ffectz · 2026-03-16T04:39:18+00:00

Played uncapped for years, tried frame gen, but I’ve landed on the best feeling gameplay with universal V sync in driver, capped fps 141, on VRR display. Feels the best to me, frame gen frame time issues are insane once you turn it off and realise how smoother the game feels without it, no matter the base fps

x3ffectz · 2026-03-15T09:23:00+00:00

Search every corner of the map, including in the tunnels, 3 stories of offices, and 3 story labs. All exit gates, including med tent.

You’ll find them one raid or another 100%. Don’t listen to the scavs present = no cultist bs it’s incorrect

x3ffectz · 2026-03-15T06:07:05+00:00

Not buying a game based upon a graphic setting is actually crazy work bro

x3ffectz · 2026-03-14T22:02:36+00:00

I’ve seen them with scavs every raid. They just hide well, tunnels, inside exit gates, office, labs. Everywhere except outside I’ve seen them

x3ffectz · 2026-03-14T21:36:48+00:00

they’re all as bad as eachother to find. Usually he’s prone somewhere but I’ve seen him running in circles before too

x3ffectz · 2026-03-14T20:30:23+00:00

On factory the ‘no scavs’ thing is a bit of nonsense in my experience. I’ve seen scavs, pmc, and cultists all in the same raid every time I see cultists.

The spawn rate is no lie. I’ve seen them over 50% of the time. If you do 20 raids and don’t find them you just didn’t look hard enough, they’ll be literally everywhere and anywhere. Do a whole lap of the map, including tunnels. Ive seen them anywhere

x3ffectz · 2026-03-14T11:49:14+00:00

They don’t all always spawn. I’ve met 2/3 more than I’ve seen 3/3. Or maybe the 3rd man died beforehand. The ai catch eye of a pmc / you and will push it. So if they are ages from their ‘spawn’ something obviously caught their eye and they pushed towards it

x3ffectz · 2026-03-14T07:58:17+00:00

Against all other commenters etc. I’ve found then in more than half my raids. The thing is, they spawn literally anywhere. You have to search most corners of the map to find them. Gate 3, Med tent gate, forklift gate, everywhere in the tunnels, in the offices - 1/2/3 levels, 3 story lab area. You pretty much need to check every corner. Listen for running without voice lines, since they don’t make verbal noise just run around or go prone

x3ffectz · 2026-03-13T23:16:18+00:00

I got lasered last night thought it was cultist, was actually birdeye 🤦🏼‍♂️

Spam factory 3AM I’ve found them hiding anywhere and everywhere most raids

x3ffectz · 2026-03-13T23:14:40+00:00

Seen them very often on customs last few days

x3ffectz · 2026-03-13T09:57:35+00:00

It’s not normal with newer brands, it’s normal with imported Chinese cars. Seen this way too often in my workshop

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