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  • 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.



  • Yeah, I think that’s definitely one of the roadblocks Lemmy is facing at the moment. Even though I deleted my Reddit account after the API nonsense, I’m absolutely still appending every DDG or Startpage search with “reddit.” Especially with the flood of AI-generated garbage filling search results, it’s the easiest way to get quick answers from (probably) real people.

    However, that also relates to Reddit’s other advantage, in that it actually has a decade and a half of content to be indexed in the first place. The magic of Reddit is that every question has been asked in every way at least 5 times over, Lemmy just doesn’t have that history yet.



  • 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.








  • atmur@lemmy.worldtoPrivacy@lemmy.mlWhy don’t you like Apple?
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    5 months ago

    I’m being hyperbolic with that last part, but there’s so much basic computer stuff that the iPad can’t do that it feels like Apple only expects this to be a device to watch Netflix on.

    I want to install VS Code (or a comparable IDE) and run/debug some Python scripts, can’t do it.

    I want to open a terminal and use basic utilities like ssh, curl, tar, yt-dlp, rclone, rsync, etc, can’t do it. I literally need to install a separate app that lets me ssh into a Linux box so I can do basic stuff there. I’m SOL if I need to work with any data on the iPad’s file system though.

    I want to install Godot and continue playing around with game development on the go, can’t do it.

    I want to install Steam and play some indie games, can’t do it.

    Procreate is pretty good, but I’d rather use Krita.

    Which means despite the fact that I want to use it for more, all I do with my iPad Pro (“Pro,” lmao) is watch movies and TV from my Jellyfin server, occasionally draw if I don’t feel like sitting at my desk with a proper Wacom/Krita setup, and write my shopping list.



  • atmur@lemmy.worldtoPrivacy@lemmy.mlWhy don’t you like Apple?
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    5 months ago

    Their way or no way

    The one Apple product I still own is an iPad and I run into this constantly.

    • Support for network shares in the files app is barely functional at best (“Just use iCloud!”)

    • Mouse support is still super limited (“Just use touch!”)

    • You can’t install applications from anywhere but the appstore (“sECuRIty”)

    • You can’t install a proper browser or browser extensions (I don’t know even know what Apple’s excuse for this one would be)

    • You can’t disable or modify window tiling (“It’s just like an iPhone, because fuck multitasking!”)

    Apple sells the iPad as a computer replacement, but basically all its capable of is watching Netflix or basic note-taking. The longer I use this thing the more I want to buy some x86 tablet that I can just install Linux on instead.




  • atmur@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.mlIt is so convenient and free.
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    6 months ago

    Google -> DuckDuckGo, sometimes fall back to Startpage if DDG has bad results

    Discord -> I use Discord, but incredibly rarely. Haven’t bothered finding an alternative

    Windows -> Linux, obviously

    Whats App -> Signal

    iCloud -> Selfhosted storage + Proton Drive

    I don’t want anything like TikTok, Instagram, or the rest of them, so I don’t use those or their alternatives.

    Edit: arrows