Surprise! NASCAR: Dirt to Daytona is seen as one of the best classic NASCAR games, but it always had a downside of being locked to 30 FPS. This changes today: I uncapped the physics simulation updates, achieving perfect 60 FPS, just like Heat 2002 did. cookieplmonster.github.io/updates/2025...

Ready for NASCAR 25 today?

Hey I was in Japan last week and got to play so much good shit. Gigo 3 let me play a ton of racing games for the first time, including Dirt Dash and Thrill Drive. Some went better than others but I could have spent four times as long here. Cameo by @kylempatrick.bsky.social on Scud Race there.

Super Woden GP 2's menus channel that Gran Turismo 2 energy perfectly

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It is a Rally Trophy Volvo Special Edition day

You don't hate Rockstar enough, once again circumstances prove that the negative stories about them aren't exaggerated, but watered down. gtaforums.com/topic/100418... Boeing of gaming companies.

The year is 2077 GTA V re-re-re-re-re-re-releases on PS13 GTA VI delayed just one last time, pinky promise

Spot which of those Colin McRae Rally games didn't receive a SilentPatch:

Cool to see that this time they're paying attention to gamepads (unlike pCARS) - soon enough we'll see if it's drivable.

I was hoping Yakuza 0 is free of this bug, but it's there just like in Kiwami 2 - as you can't switch the filters in the PC port, it seems to have resulted in a bug where emulated arcade games randomly start with either nearest (sharp) or bilinear (blurry) filtering 😭 Looks crap

American cars coming to Japanese Drift Master is a good excuse to try the game again (now maxed out) and tear the highways once more 🐍 I should pick the game up again and finish it, I think.

You're speaking my language

October Status Update has been published on Patreon and GitHub Sponsors! This month, I further continued work on SP for GTA, and worked on some chores in third-party projects, like PCSX2. Available for all Patrons & Sponsors, starting from $1/month. www.patreon.com/posts/status...

Welcome back, NFS Hot Pursuit 2 forest tracks? This looks great, I'm feeling optimistic about Screamer tbh.

RIP WOOF and MEOW (2012-2025), you have served me well in three different PCs, but it's time to replace you with a faster, bigger drive, and retire you to a secondary PC. 13 years with zero issues is a legendary run for a HDD.

What if Grand Theft Auto III was the last 3D era game released? Well GTA LC01 answers that question, reimagining, remastering and revamping GTA3 to include a design and look that take into account the events and lore of VC, SA, both Stories titles AND GTA Advance! youtu.be/5SYptu2UJiU

Working in support studios has its benefits, instead of working on one game for 10 games and maybe seeing it cancelled so you can't talk about, you get 20+ entries that have shipped

Speaking of different versions of San Andreas, the Quest 2 port is surely out soon, right?

Looks like I was right in my assessment

Wreckreation doesn't offer an in-game option to switch between metric and imperial units, instead it... checks the keyboard layout?? Each next thing I learn about this game has me more surprised, especially since this is a harder way to get this done, and they broke it anyway...

I spent an impossible amount of time in Sim City 4 so I'm more than interested 👀

WARNING : THIS IS A TEST NOTE : THIS DOES NOT CONTAIN NEW TYRE PHYSICS / VW SCIROCCO / ROCKINGHAM

With every next game having the same set of repeatable issues, I'm increasingly considering turning those review-pre-checks into a service, tbh. However I can imagine not many entities would be willing to admit that the existing QA is lacking and they need a "QA firefighter" 😅

Current status: Psychic debugging Wreckreaction's stutter issues on PC - and looks like I may be right, as 100KB worth of "cached PSOs" is nothing compared to ~1.5MB worth of PSOs gathered for users by the game.

Second coming of Chris Sawyer

1. ExoCross, two-man-team using own Orontes Engine (TBU in IndyCar). 2. Rush Rally 3/Origins, solo dev using own Rush Engine. 3. Unnamed F1 simulator from Marcell Baranyai, using own tech. 4. The Driver Syndicate from Soapy, using own tech. Pre-made engines aren't your only option.

So far I have not seen any reviews (video or text) that mention performance, PC options, graphics settings, scalability and so on. This tells me that maybe my style of reporting is more niche and undersaturated than I initially thought?

Soon we'll know what happens when a game DROPS Unreal Engine in favour of a less generalized solution (Giants Engine powering the Farming Simulator games).

It's finally happened! Be sure to wishlist Mach-1 on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/3272280/... #mach1 #indiegame

Surprise! @retroachievements.org set for Gran Turismo 2000 now supports my Car Select patch that now ships with the latest PCSX2 Nightly. All achievements now work correctly regardless of the car used, and all six cars got their own leaderboards! retroachievements.org/game/22999

Well, probably safe to call it a failed attempt now.

The Epic Games Store listing is gone, Steam page is still up but at least the game wasn't purchasable there in the first place.

Here's what I found out so far: * TAG (Fusion Fix author) WAS contacted, they were unable to reach me because of a lost Discord friend invite (despite my e-mail being public) * Movie IP rights holder appears to be unaware of this * Store listings were put early in error Oh boy.

This release reportedly ships SilentPatch and Fusion Fix, and none of us were contacted about this in advance (which isn't necessary as per the license, but would be nice). I KNOW that the holder of the Scarface license wasn't willing to re-release the game, so this is suspect.

Exo Rally Championship is a pleasant surprise - a challenging Dakar-like experience in space? with surprisingly detailed gameplay mechanics and damage model, and an amazing tutorial that eases you into them. The HUD totally doesn't resemble Gran Turismo 7 😁

Saying something like this with a straight face, maybe Leslie should have gone into comedy instead of game development? Insane claim.

There were a few vehicles cut from Sega GT during its development, most remain as nothing more but text strings and placeholder logos.. except for one. Whilst there's no Saleen Mustang 351 in game, it does have a unique hidden placeholder; A Castrol racing liveried Isuzu Gemini/i-Mark.

I hope Endurance Motorsport Series is in a better state than their playtest registration form.

Well, being constructively critical of the demo is surely one of the valid ways to be invited for a playtest, right?

It's so cool that Bus Bound Demo gives us whole 17 buses to try 😁

Can't wait to see if GTX 1070 will handle it

Bus Bound Demo? More like Bus Unbound, as this bus is supposed to be locked off.

"Files over 256MB don't compress properly through symstore.exe, the command reports success but produces a corrupted file" "Issue closed due to not enough info" What a joke @visualstudio.com, and thank you for quietly corrupting my symbol store. developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Compressio...

I have mixed feelings after trying Bus Bound Demo from @sabergames.bsky.social: On one hand, I thought the gameplay loop that includes e.g. route and fleet planning is pretty cool, and I enjoyed driving around the city. HOWEVER, I thought the technical state of this demo is dire: (1/4)

ngl @drivethegame.bsky.social has pretty interesting cars

For a moment I thought @scssoft.com really made the Halloween area a single road but nope, turns out it has a network of hidden roads! Channeling that Hard Truck 2 energy, I like it.

FLOW received another update fixing the remaining issues I reported! Leading AI now reverse rubberbands against the player so you can catch up, and some more UI annoyances were fixed. Now it's a nice little indie game!

Trying to fill that Codemasters-shaped void perhaps