u/Dark_Emotion

Is a 34” Ultra wide sufficient?

I’ve been using an old 27” 4k work monitor as a starting point for my sim rig that I’ve had for last 4 months. It’s only 60hz so I’m now thinking of upgrading it.

As per the title. Is a 34”, 21:9, 1440p sufficient in terms of size? I’m sat 65 cm from the screen.

Amazon in the uk currently have the lg 34gx900a-b for £643

Keen to hear from people who have a similar setup?

Also, are there any other monitors you would recommend I look at?

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u/Dark_Emotion — 2 days ago

Septime

I’m heading to Paris in a month. I’ve wanted to try Septime for a while. Is it still any good or should I look at alternatives?

Edit- is it difficult to get a reservation? I see that they open up 3 weeks ahead at 10am

Edit 2 - if I can’t get a reservation. What are good alternatives?

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u/Dark_Emotion — 7 days ago
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How many hours have you had to put in to get reasonably good?

I’m relatively new to sim racing. I bought my rig last Christmas so have been slowly getting up to speed. I’m finding formula easier to handle than sports cars at the moment.

Anyway, how many hours have you had to put in to get reasonably competitive?

Edit - adding a bit more context. Although I’ve had my sim rig for around 4 months. Due to my busy work schedule, I only get on average a few hours per week racing. I’m need to carve out more time to practice for sure. I currently have an irating of 1400 on formula and 1100 sports cars

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u/Dark_Emotion — 7 days ago

How long have you been on the waitlist for the SIPP?

I’ve made a request to open a SIPP weeks ago and I’m still waiting. Have many of you been able to actually open an account?

At this rate I’m considering opening one elsewhere

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u/Dark_Emotion — 8 days ago

When you sell an ETF do the funds become available immediately to trade?

I’m looking to sell some of my position in VWRP tomorrow morning. I can’t find anywhere on the UI that states if the proceeds become available to me immediately to trade or if I wait to wait for settlement.

Does anyone know?

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u/Dark_Emotion — 13 days ago

For those of you with 10+ year old models, how are you getting on with upkeep and maintenance?

I’m thinking well ahead about my next car. I sold my 718 a few months back, which I loved and got into a Tesla M3 (story for another sub). I’ve got the Tesla for 3.5 more years and would then like to get back into a Porsche.

My dream car is a 911. A 991.2 on CPO in the uk
is around 60k GBP. I’m hoping by the time I need to buy in 2029 the 992.1 is around the 60-70k gbp mark. Anyway is the maintenance cost of an older model significantly more? I’m wondering if it is then I should go for another model such as a 718 GTS 4.0.

Reason I’m asking this now is so that I set money aside to be financially prepared. As soon as I bought the Tesla I already started to save money on a down payment.

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u/Dark_Emotion — 20 days ago

I’ve recently changed my profile photo after a few years and no matter what I do it looks compressed and a little blurry after it’s been uploaded. I’ve formatted the original photo to 1:1 and set media upload quality to HD but no matter what it looks terrible.

Is anyone facing this issue? I also tried updating via the Mac app. I don’t know what else to try.

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u/Dark_Emotion — 24 days ago