Andrew

I've not got mine either or anything saying I need to pay for import fees, but I'm guessing that's because it's being hand sent from the EU rather than from the US. I know @badbull hasn't got his either as of a couple of days ago.

This is mostly down to @Simmons as he is the one who did most of the work.

Well, I found the solution to the VR problems I've been having. Turns out the correct order is: Make sure controller is plugged in and working. Launch the game. Get into a plane at an airport. CTRL+Tab to launch VR mode. Turns out if you launch SteamVR then launch the game, it ends up rendering the game four times, which explains the horrible fps occasionally. The audio also doesn't know what to do, and the game tries to use the Index VR controllers, which is why my Xbox controller stops working. It really would have been nice for Microsoft/Asobo to put this somewhere either in game or on the internet.

Not got mine yet or anything in the mail saying I need to pay for import duties. I am also the furthest away AFAIK so that might also be it.

I have acquired another piece, the front license plate. It is now one step closer to being road legal.

Pie and unspecified cube.

I was browsing the 4chan the other day and found a recipe for butterdogs. They're like hotdogs, but with butter instead. For reference, this is what they're supposed to look like. I messed up the recipe along the way because mine look like this.

Dibs on the Aurous Cat Master. I don't have a cat. I just don't want someone with a cat to have it.

I've not heard anything. Did EVGA send a tracking number? Importing things to the UK is now a PITA and from my experience, they no longer tell you that they have something waiting that needs import duties paid.

Not really surprising tbh. Windows 7 will be 15 years old when they drop support and I don't think anyone is using Windows 8/8.1. In fact, them supporting Windows 7 at this point is incredible. Imagine in 2009, software that regularly gets updates that would still be compatible on Windows 98. Let alone Windows 3.1.

Been using FSLTL recently and it makes the world seem so much more alive with planes in accurate locations to where they are in real life as well as spawning them in at much further distances that makes it seem more realistic. You can now see planes flying at 30K ft+ complete with realistic length contrails. The ground traffic is also more realistic as planes spawn in roughly where they are IRL with realistic liveries. Like this Emirates A380 that departed here IRL at the same time. Even if you don't fly airliners, it's worth getting just because of how much it improves the look with this. I've not noticed any performance hit either. If you are going to get it, do it through the FlyByWire installer. It's pretty easy to install that way. The only real downside is that you have to manually launch it every time you want to play the game. If you forget to do that, the ground and air traffic is non-existent as it requires you to switch off the default AI traffic.

I've downloaded Las Vegas. KLAS is a bit broken. As you can see, all of the lights have stopped working, at least from this angle. I've also been on the FS2020 subreddit again looking at threads for people getting help and it really is like this clip OP: Why is my autopilot not working? Reply 1: What plane is it? OP: It's on Xbox. Reply 1: Okay, but what plane is it? OP: Airbus. Reply 1: Which Airbus? What exactly are you trying to do? OP: Make the autopilot work. Reply 2: Press the Autopilot button. OP: I did it's not working. Reply 2: What exactly are you doing? Have you put all of the information required into the MCDU? OP: Pressing the autopilot button on the Airbus. They also get really rude in the replies for the kind of help that 10-15 years ago would have cost you $25/hr on the phone. I really don't understand this. If you want help with something, you should at least give the bare minimum amount of information needed, and if you don't know what that is, ask what information is needed. If you've been asked what on certain things that are pretty crucial for making it work and you ignore it, don't get rude to the people trying to help you for free. /rant

They sure weren't saying that 3 years ago when they were able to put up the prices of their GPUs by 50% and now they've kept them there.

I use Finish Line Dry. It's designed for bicycle chains instead of electronics so I don't know if I can recommend it. I've not had problems so Guy guys should be careful, it's a slippery slope.

That's quite a gap.

FS2020 and Assetto Corsa are taking up an incredible amount of space.

I thought it would have worked because it has custom hardware settings. I know the T300RS isn't officially supported for obvious reasons, but I could get it to work. And I'll tell you, flying a 747 with a steering wheel is not an easy task. Does it work with any other game/inside Windows itself?

The clouds are soft.

Yeah, I just wanted to make that stupid joke lol

It wasn't that long ago that he said he used to use "the hard R" pretty often and that it was normal back (being 2003/2004) then. And now his youtube channels are hard F'ed. I have heard that people can access your session cookies if you open a malicious PDF in your google drive and that this is something that's been happening for a few months. If this is how they got the Linus Group, then there is no excuse for it not being fixed by now.

Ye It's a fan render. Only thing confirmed is that it's called the Capri and it's an electric crossover.

A week ago, Ford announced they're going to bring back an old nameplate as a reinvented Ford in Europe. A week ago, I said it was going to be a crossover or SUV most likely called the Sierra. Turns out, it's not the Sierra, it's the Capri but it is a crossover.

I have the 737-700 and the -900. Thought I might as well complete it by getting the most popular variant, the -800. I'm still missing the -600 but tbh I don't really care. Only 63 were ever made and there are only 12 left. This is out of the 1164 -700, 5205 -800 and 557 -900. This is a pretty good livery. Unsurprisingly, the cockpit is nearly identical. There are a couple of very small differences between the -700 and the -800/-900. The most notable difference is the aircon panel. I was getting 175Mbps, which is a lot better than the normal 60-80Mbps I used to get, but it is still a long way off what it could be.

Nah, this won't be the last Counter Strike. There will still be Counter Strike GO 2: Episode 1, Counter Strike GO 2: Episode 2 and finally a VR Spinoff, Counter Strike: Natasha.

You're going to be disappointed with the MSFS servers lol Before this update, I'd be lucky to see more than 50Mbps downloads. I'm now getting 170Mbps during this update, but it's still a long way off my 600Mbps. I would recommend getting it on Steam vs getting it on the Microsoft store unless you plan on playing it on Xbox as well. Steams policy on refunds exclude the download and install time it does so the 2 hour time window starts as soon as you get in the main menu instead of as soon as you launch it. The Steam download is only a few MB, once you launch it, it downloads the rest. If this is your first flight simulator, I'd recommend not spending any money on hardware. The last thing you want to do is dump a few hundred dollars on something that you don't enjoy. Start off with an Xbox/PS3/4/5 controller if you have one and try it out for a bit. If you do enjoy it, then go for a joystick. The TCA Airbus joystick from Thustmaster is a pretty good entry level one. If you're willing to spend a more, the Thrustmaster HOTAS Warthog + Thrustmaster Pendular Rudder are worth getting, but they are very expensive. If you have the space for a yoke and are willing to spend a lot of money, the Honeycomb Alpha along with the Honeycomb Bravy Throttle Quadrant and rudder pedals are worth getting.