I hope the performance in this one is better than MEL, since that one performed poorer than Portal 2 from Valve.

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Last week I gave a little speech* about not getting a game on release, but hot damn. The "want" is strong on this one.

Since it is from a developer that did a solid Linux port from a previous game and this is not a multi-millionaire AAA game, looks like will not be problematic taking it on the first week, I hope...

*I talked about loosing a 45hrs save in Batman AC on its launch, and now Cyberpunk 2077 is corrupting saves... Poor bastards.

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I liked it. I firmly suggest people give the demo a try.

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Quoting: Liam Dawe

Quoting: M@GOid

Quoting: whizse

Quoting: M@GOidI was not so fond on the controls of their previous game, Absolute Drif. The cars lost control too easily, making it very frustrating to control on a gamepad.

I hope this one do better in this regard, like what you get in Sega Rally, for example.

It is made to play with a gamepad, but Sega Rally it's not. It's described as a "simcade" but it feels much further to the sim end of the spectrum.

Demo on itch [External Link] if you want to try it, don't think it's available on GOG/Steam?

I downloaded it from Itch and your description was spot on. It indeed have borderline simulator controls.

Unfortunately this is not my cup of tea. The simulator like controls and the camera angle made it a no-go for me. If I wanted a more simulator inclined game there is Dirt Rally (that I already own), with much better graphics and camera options. If this was a true arcade one with more camera options I would buy it.

Then might I suggest Bloody Rally Sim. Might be perhaps more for you.

Indeed! The camera modes are more flexible and the controls are more arcade like. This one I may buy.

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Quoting: whizse

Quoting: M@GOidI was not so fond on the controls of their previous game, Absolute Drif. The cars lost control too easily, making it very frustrating to control on a gamepad.

I hope this one do better in this regard, like what you get in Sega Rally, for example.

It is made to play with a gamepad, but Sega Rally it's not. It's described as a "simcade" but it feels much further to the sim end of the spectrum.

Demo on itch [External Link] if you want to try it, don't think it's available on GOG/Steam?

I downloaded it from Itch and your description was spot on. It indeed have borderline simulator controls.

Unfortunately this is not my cup of tea. The simulator like controls and the camera angle made it a no-go for me. If I wanted a more simulator inclined game there is Dirt Rally (that I already own), with much better graphics and camera options. If this was a true arcade one with more camera options I would buy it.

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At 2:04

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P99qJGrPNLs [External Link]

Oh, the irony...

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I was not so fond on the controls of their previous game, Absolute Drif. The cars lost control too easily, making it very frustrating to control on a gamepad.

I hope this one do better in this regard, like what you get in Sega Rally, for example.

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Quoting: Rooster

Quoting: TheSHEEEP

Quoting: GuestIt's almost sad, to see Valve stepping up with so much effort into something that's reportedly so buggy..

On PC, it is at least playable, though.
Enough so that many have/had a pretty great time with it despite the bugs.

Yeah, but what's the point of buying it now, when you can just wait half a year and get a much better experience for less money?

I learned my lesson almost 10 years ago, when I bought 3 big games on launch:

- Rage took a week to work because it needed updated drivers;
- Batman AC worked well until it run away with my 45 hour save, so I had to start over...
- IL-2 Cliffs of Dover was so bugged the developer had given up on it after a while.

Now, if I look to buy a AAA game, I patiently wait until the dust has settled. Let the paying beta testers dust off all the bugs for me.

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It could be simply their lack of time to fix everything before launch, but it makes you wonder that 2 thing occurred in this launch:

- SMT is disabled when a Ryzen CPU is detected, leading to worse performance compared to their Intel counterparts. Some enterprising gamers managed to re-enable it using a Hex editor on the game executable;
- Ray Tracing is also disabled on AMD GPUs.

Together with the Hardware Unboxed scandal over RT coverage, makes you wonder if it didn't have a Nvidia finger on this wrecked launch, since they sponsored it.

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They cornered themselves badly with those prices. $390 bucks is PS5 money, and a XB Series S is $300.

They need a $150 price tag fast or this thing will be a collectors thing in a couple months.

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