Quoting: PatolaFinally, one curiosity/question I have. You just said his words have negative consequences. You never even touched the merit of whether they are true or not. Doesn't it matter? If he says something that is absolutely true but it has "likely negative consequences" according to your take on the subject, must Brazil's president should also be censored/cancelled/deplatformed? And we're talking about one of the most powerful persons of a culture you don't even belong to, imagine what you want to do with the little joes of your own culture.

Snipped the quote down to the important bit, but you really did go for all the right-wing keywords in your post, didn't you? :D

Your point about the "truth" of his words is more than a bit disingenuous. As you said yourself, we're talking about ideology here, not easily verifiable statements. Policies are true if their effects pan out as claimed. Nobody can accurately feel the truth, no matter what certain public figures say.

Let's see, what are Bolsonaro's policies again? Loosening up gun control to increase security? Doesn't really seem to work that way, the US serving as a prime example. Working against efforts to legalize abortion? Well I guess the only goal here is to make certain Christian groups happy, so I guess this pans out, no matter the negative consequences. Privatizing state-owned companies and essential services to boost the economy? Sure, this has pretty much never been a net positive for the general population but it might push up the GNP I suppose, and make the rich even richer. And how about denying deforestation and climate change, getting out of the Paris agreement? To an outsider, this one looks like just another favour to rich landowners and businesses at the expense of Brazilians and the world for generations to come. But at least he thinks people should all carry guns so they can fight the law when they decide they don't like it. Freedom to fail spectacularly, amiright?

Go ahead, cry "fake news" on anything and everything you disagree with, regardless of merit. It will make all reasoned debate impossible, but that ship has sailed I suppose.

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Already on my wishlist. :)

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Quoting: barottoI remember playing the first one on a 286 @ 10MHz with 1MB of RAM back in the day.

I'm pretty sure I played it on an Amiga 500 @ 7MHz with 512 KB of RAM. Did I win? :wink:

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Quoting: s0laIt looks really nice, but feels just a bit "lonley" or empty..

I bet it feels a little less lonely when they get around to implementing multiplayer. :)

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Quoting: CatKillerI was getting some framerate drops every ~5 seconds that are completely gone running it in Proton.

I couldn't make it stutter even by bumping up the render resolution to the maximum 400%. I wonder why it ran so much worse for you?

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Quoting: DuncSo come on then... times. :smile: Anyone manage a sub-30s run yet? I did a 30.4 and it nearly killed me.

29.515, but i'm not good with controllers :( need my wheel support lol

I just started it up again to see if the controls were actually bad or if I was just tired last night. And got 29.284 on my second run. :P

Yeah I guess the handling is not quite as horrible as it felt the first time I tried, but the car still feels more floaty than I'd expect from a 4WD open wheel buggy on loose sand.

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Quoting: Liam Dawe

Quoting: scaineI can't play the video right now... but did you use your G29 wheel, Liam? I can't wait to play this, and I'm curious if it's good enough that I splash the cash on a G29 myself... I'm not a HUGE racing fan, but honestly... this game. Just wow.

No wheel, they said that's planned for an update during Early Access. Logitech F310 works great though for now, only a demo after all.

The demo looked pretty and ran well for me, but the handling felt really weird. Unwieldy, not just unforgiving like Dirt Rally. Or maybe it is realistic and carts like this are just horrible to drive? I guess I'll keep my eye on reviews.

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Quoting: GuppyFrom your post I guess you think it's racist, and your entitled to your opinion - I tried and failed to change it. But the developers clearly don't they just rolled over and took the easy way out, I don't really blame them considering the PR hell they would have likely encountered otherwise in the current political climate.

The developer didn't intend to offend, that seems clear. But if someone points out that you inadvertently did or said something offensive, like perpetuated a stereotype, there's no good reason to double down on the issue if you can simply make it right. Sometimes the easy way out is the best way out.

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Quoting: Guppy

Quoting: tuubiJust like tomahawk-wielding, scalp-hunting, firewater-guzzling, feather-wearing savages in a modern game would be in bad taste, don't you agree? Or tiny buck-toothed yellow men with coolie hats if you prefer that particular outdated trope.

That's just the point this wasn't *anything* like that and people seeing the blow guns as joins might want to read up on freud.

The dev apparently disagrees with you, seeing as they changed the model. All this controversy and drama seems external.

Quoting: Guppybut it's getting clear this is not a issue we will ever agree on so there is very little point in continuing this discourse

I guess so. I mean I won't agree that people who complain about racial stereotypes are attention seeking outrage addicts, whereas people who get in a huff and complain about them get a pass.

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Quoting: Liam DaweHopefully with multiple games going in development they won't have bitten off more than they can chew, especially as ENCODYA looks so promising.

ENCODYA seems to be doing fine. The game is completable and playtesting is under way. Of course there's still plenty to do and months to go before launch, but doesn't seem like there'll be too much overlap between the two projects.

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Quoting: GuppyIn this case having characters that are black wearing masks with bold red lips is mocking black people.

I wonder what these paragons of virtue would think if they ever visited a museum or studied native african tribal masks;

These people didn't complain because they thought the characters looked similar to traditional masks. Their opinion was that these little joint-sporting dreadlock goblins promote a harmful stereotype. Just like tomahawk-wielding, scalp-hunting, firewater-guzzling, feather-wearing savages in a modern game would be in bad taste, don't you agree? Or tiny buck-toothed yellow men with coolie hats if you prefer that particular outdated trope.

In the end, the developer wasn't censored or forced to do anything. They chose to alter a character model a bit because they heard some complaints and didn't want to be jerks about it. Nothing of value was lost.

BTW, the style of traditional African masks can be used respectfully in games. I think The Journey Down got this right. And Shadow of the Tomb Raider didn't seem to anger too many indigenous Americans. It's all about the context.

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