My issue with the DSG’s I’ve driven is that they are alien and have no sense of engagement. Sure its nice that they can shift gears fast, but they remove all driver engagement while shifting in a way that no human has ever felt. Meanwhile, around town, they engage the clutch in a jerky way, and attempt to crawl like…

Yeah, I’ve come to accept that I’ll always be in the minority in actually thinking the SMG is a perfect match for the e46 M3's character. Both hands on the wheel, revving out to 7k+... I feel like the purist idealism surrounding proper manuals is justified, but only really in the face of the slushbox automatic as an…

But... there aren’t a bunch of other SMG’s out there to burn. SMG isn’t some generic term, its really only in a couple of BMWs and a few similar transmissions in a few exotics. I think a lot of people confuse the SMG with a ‘tiptronic’ or something, but it’s its own thing. Sequential Manual Gearbox... It’s the entire…

I couldn’t believe it... but when i test drove both the manual was clearly the tacked-on sure-it’ll-work-whatever option that the engineers just applied without any thought. The clutch is heavy and the engage point is really high. The shifter is long and vague... one of the worst manuals I’ve ever driven. The SMG…

All they need is a thread. I don’t need to keep my Warlock, Hunter or Titan per se, but as long as there is a narrative thread that connects my guardian to the new world, then the feeling of continuity and ‘legend’ can be achieved. Getting that right is really a matter of writing more than it is game design.

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No. Under my conditions, any game is VR if it is designed with VR in mind. The point I’m making is that games like this underscore that VR is a medium, with all of the breadth and depth and potential that a nascent medium has. Limiting the sense of ‘presence’ to first-person player presence is a fallacy. Game…

I share your concern: not that this will lead to a video game crash, but that the current crop of VR will crash and be a passing fad like it was 25 years ago. However I base that concern less on the dangers of the purported false promise or expense of room-scale. I think that room-scale is (and will likely be for some…

You were on the right path until you swung the pendulum right past reasonable again and started to dis room-scale. You’re right, these are VR games. You’re right, too many have this idea that an immersive first-person game is the only way to approach VR. However, when you throw those types of experiences out because…

You’re right! Scientists, Corporations and Universities everywhere have just been dragging ass and not trying to make batteries better. Good thing you told ‘em!

I like this whole buy-one-vehicle-we’ll-throw-in-another-vehicle thing. More vehicle purchases should come well paired.

Cayenne been a capable off roader. It is known.

The gaudy, enigmatic setting reminds me of the description of Villa Straylight from Neuromancer.

Moreover, it is equally important to me that these implementations also include all of the computer ‘accessing’ sound effects. I NEED to be able to shout “Computer!” to my internet of things and hear that series of chirps and tweets. There are specific patterns and tones for prompts, positive and negative responses…

Whoa! You managed to make it uglier! impressive!

Man that shit BEEN cool, and if you ain’t think so you BEEN trippin.

How is this better than effectively reducing the compression ratio via VVT-based EGR? Genuine question.

I have seen exactly one of these in the last 5 years since I became aware of their existence. I’ve flirted with shopping them. one day...

It is not a different thing. Marginalization is a gamut. Some marginalization happens to be more... severe and complicated than others. I understand why you felt responsible to preface your story vs stories of racial marginalization, but to a child, especially, the pain is real enough. As long as society gives…

The answer is MIDA + buddies... which is sort of just true about a lot of things in Destiny come to think of it...