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  • I’m so torn about stories like this and GTA online. Because on one hand, people play these games, and people won’t switch to Linux if they can’t play them.

    But on the other hand, I just cannot give a single fuck about live service trash like this. I struggle to understand how people play games products like these, and I absolutely don’t understand why anyone would waste their time cheating in them. And yet they’re absurdly popular.

    Despite gaming being such a big hobby for me, I feel so disconnected from what the average gamer values.








  • I have a work-in-progress list here, strictly games I would consider “must play” in the genre. Notably missing the Ridge Racer and Tokyo Xtreme Racer games because I haven’t played enough of them to have an opinion.

    https://howlongtobeat.com/user/atmur/lists/40754/Peak-Racing-Games

    Mostly arcade and simcade racers though. If you’re interested in sims:

    For modding, Assetto Corsa is basically the modern rFactor.

    For offline racing, Automobilista and Raceroom have pretty solid AI. Note: Raceroom’s pricing model is dumb, kind of like iRacing just without the subscription.

    For career mode, Project CARS 2 (not 3) is basically the only sim that even tries.

    For online racing, ACC and iRacing are unmatched.

    For rally, you’re already playing DR2. Richard Burns Rally is also shockingly good for its age.




  • Oh hell yeah I’ve played almost all of both series.

    Flatout 1 is alright, hasn’t aged especially well. Suffers from being completely overshadowed by its sequel in every way.

    Flatout 2/Ultimate Carnage is still my favorite Bugbear game, with Wreckfest being a close but firm second.

    Flatout 3 is.

    Flatout 4 is honestly not terrible, but still feels like a cheap imitation of the first 2 games.

    Burnout 1 also suffers from sequel shadow.

    Burnout 2 is a great arcade racer that no one talks about because…

    Burnout 3 is quite possibly the best arcade racer ever made. Absolute masterpiece.

    Burnout Revenge is somehow just as good. Whether I prefer this or 3 depends entirely on how much I enjoy traffic checking on that day. I posted Junkie XL - Today to the music community a few days ago because I was playing Revenge recently, what a soundtrack.

    Still haven’t played Dominator, should probably get around to that.

    Burnout Paradise is also excellent in its own right, but I think going open world took away some of the charm that the previous games had. Tracks were so well designed in 3 and Revenge. Still love Paradise too, but 3 and Revenge are just absurdly good.







  • I was just pointing out the state of things on an up-to-date distro like Fedora as many times a newer kernel fixes stuff like this and no one bothers to update old reviews. I was already aware of the link you provided (it’s literally pinned to the top of the blog post I linked in my main post), but it’s irrelevant when I’m talking about the out-of-the-box experience. I only tried the input-remapper fix because someone pointed it out and I wanted to confirm that worked for me.

    I didn’t make this post to complain about issues or ask for solutions, I’m here looking for interesting ideas and questions about this super cool hardware. This thing’s fucking awesome and I wanted to share.