kittenchomp:

sorry bro i cant hang out today i used up all my mana

I am not disappointed by the Mission R’s sound in Forza Horizon 5. The way it winds down and then builds back up through the hairpin, for example? Love it.

Though I’m not sure it’s entirely accurate. Not so much the way it sounds, rather the way the sound reacts and behaves. On‑board videos of the actual car (and the related Cayman GT4 ePerformance) seem to have this sputter/stutter when, I’m guessing, the throttle is being feathered, whereas it’s very smooth in Hoirzon. That’s something for Forza Motorsport to improve on, I suppose. Can’t wait to drive the Mission R there around Bathurst.

Also: don’t know how much is because of this specific track, but this car really doesn’t seem to like any turn‑in under braking.

It may be stretching, but I’m hoping that the deliberate, separate branding and marketing of Ryzen Z1 and Z1 Extreme chips can be taken as a sign that AMD has discovered this category to be viable both technically and financially, and therefore worth investing in. In turn, it’s also worth working with Microsoft and Sony on custom SoC for potential handheld Xbox and PlayStation consoles.

Handheld Windows or Linux with (ported) games has its place, not going to deny that. But there really should be actual Xbox and PlayStation hardware. (Not just because Windows does not currently have a launcher suited to this form factor.) Microsoft and Sony can specifically tailor their chips to their platforms. Remember that Microsoft and AMD added custom hardware to the Xbox One to enhance 360 emulation. And the LPDDR5 memory in the Asus ROG Ally has much lower bandwidth than Xbox Series S, so I imagine something will have to be done in both hardware and software to make existing games compatible and run as‑is, unmodified. Potentially, too, the custom SoC can be optimised for the workloads of their libraries, allowing it to achieve better performance‐per‐watt than a “generic” Z1 chip.

Aside from the silicon, Xbox and PlayStation have console‐unique controller features that I’ve not seen replicated completely on the Steam Deck, Ayaneo, GPD et al. The Impulse Triggers on the Xbox controllers, the incredible DualSense haptics, PlayStation’s touch pad, the back paddles of the Elite, the Share/Create button.

And because it’ll be first‐party hardware, I’m really hoping that attention will be paid to display and audio calibration as well.

I’m just worried that Microsoft and/or Sony are now much more eager to push and make cloud gaming happen, rather than local gaming and the business of thin‐/zero‐/negative‐margin hardware.

Yes! Squee!

bogosbinted:

Microdosing gay sex by just closing my eyes and thinking about it 😔

Never noticed before:

  1. The way the player character’s torso and lower body clip when seated in the car.

  2. Where the shorts rip but the legs end allow you to see through to the seat underneath.

  3. The player character doesn’t sit fully in the seat, leaving a gap between the back of the seat and their back.

Me:

(sends message with Invisible Ink on iMessage)

@lyster:

I love that you use Invisible Ink.

@lyster:

Also, hot.

Me:

You did when you sent me NSFW stuff before, so I figured I ought to.

Me:

Though I do send it raw to others.

@lyster:

R A W

I imagine tissue brands have done life cycle analyses and envrionmental reports on their tissues. Growing the trees, production, transport, disposal.

I imagine they also have some idea how their tissues are used. Percentage for one use case, percentage for another etc.

So I wonder if it’s possible for them to know, environmentally speaking, how much wanking costs every year, globally.

Anyway. Earth Day thought.

Ah! Now these — Porsche’s Mission R, and 935 to a very‐slightly‐lesser extent — are very good reasons to get back into Forza Horizon 5.