script of displaying CPU utilization with the ring LED's

Now someone finally did something useful with RGB LEDs on a PC!

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Just a small nit pick: the CPU is a R1606G, not RG1606. For a moment I thought they changed it, but is just a typing error from their PR staff.

I really wish they do well, but I continue to think this CPU is under-powered for modern indie games. There is quad-core embedded CPUs that AMD can offer (the V-series), too bad they chose one of the cheapest ones. For the $200/300 they are asking for it, is very tempting to simply build one yourself with a better and upgradable AMD APU.

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Quoting: GuestI love this game. I almost sold my house for it.^_^ But my parents decided it would be better for me to buy this game with cold cash!Of course I'm joking:) But I as I said I love this game because it reminds me of top gear, which was published in snes long ago.Oh those were the days. We played top gear with my friend many hours every day. We were totally fascinated by this game at that time. That's why I like Horizon Chase Turbo game cause I'm still a fan of Top Gear:)

Is not a coincidence it reminds you of Top Gear, since it was made as a homage for it. Even the original composer made a couple of the original music remixed for it.

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Quoting: Patola

Quoting: GuestThe problem with this "game" is there is no goal. So nothing to do really.

The game is amazing, which does not mean it is perfect, far from it. I until resent the developer's decision to not make the trucks get damaged, dirty or even deliver smoke to not "damage" the public image of the licensed truck brands.

It may be that they didn't have a choice on that. All it takes is only one truck manufacturer to say "here is your license, but make our trucks look good, or else", for them to avoid letting the truck receive damage or dirt. It used be exist a mod to create damage, but it ceased do be developed. AFAIK.

And they are not alone on that. Other games like Gran Turismo also did not show damage on cars because some manufacturers like Ferrari didn't allow it.

PS: E ae Patola, lembro de vc dos tempos do BR-Linux.

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Quoting: tuubiMy biggest gripe with the graphics is the lack of functioning AA. The game (and ATS too) lets me pick SMAA, but the setting has no effect that I can see. And no matter how much I bump the internal resolution, there's aliasing and moiré effects all over the place.

Despite all this, I love these truck sims to bits. Perfect games to relax with.

These games are notorious for aliasing problems, even on Windows. My solution used to be running the game at 400% scale, at last AMD cards, didn't get a big performance penalty. But since about 1.33 that was not a option anymore, with big performance loss.

The last updates on ATS (1.36) got the SMAA functioning more or less properly, so a combination of 200% scaling and SMAA on high is giving good results to me (on a RX570) so far.

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Quoting: The_AquabatToo bad that the game still runs on OpenGL they updated the windows version to DirectX 11 but no Vulkan update.

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Quoting: The_AquabatToo bad that the game still runs on OpenGL they updated the windows version to DirectX 11 but no Vulkan update.

It's a shame that devs choose DX11 as API instead Vulkan. I can't understand that being a multiplatform game (Linux, Windows and Mac) they do this. I'm certainly worried that they have made this decision concerning Linux support.

While they didn't say anything about upping the OpenGL version, is very clear to me that something is changing on the Linux version, on ATS, that got the 1.36 update. Performance definitively got a uplift. Is not Vulkan, but they did not forgot Linux, that is for sure.

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Maybe a Nvidia driver issue? I and the two AMD guys above do not have this problem, but the Nvidia ones do?

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So Liam, can we expect you will try that controller to see if it works on your Linux machine?

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My problem with this game, apart from they taking forever to finish it, is that they had put the gamepad support as a afterthought. The button layout is bad and that mouse sight is really distracting, since the option to hide it is not working. Is a mouse/keyboard game first with gamepad as a option.

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Quoting: DesumYou'd think any controller that supports standard D-Input or X-Input would 'just werk'. Is there even a place that lists gamepad compatibility? I've been eyeing some more Retro-bit controllers after being happy with the official Genesis pad they did.

The problems is not the controllers per se, but the way games implement gamepad support. Most do it the right way, using SDL2. But some developers are stubborn and try to do it themselves, which generally didn't end well, with white-lists that narrow things down to what the developer have at hand. That's when you have a problem.

So far, if you really cannot be bothered with teaks, the XB360 Controller is the champion, with the Logitech ones just a nose behind. But since the former is not produced anymore and the latter is not something I can recommend with a strait face, grab a Xbone S controller or a DS4. Both have excellent ergonomics and proven reliability. The small list of games that wont work with them always can be made to work one way or another.

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