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As one of the OG buyers of this game they've given me loads of ingame shit to make up for the fact it's now free. Unfortunately any chance of a decent experience is let down by lag, latency, net code. Its poorly optimised and a complete waste of time unless that gets sorted out...

Coming back from Spain last summer I picked up 200 Silk Cut for £45. Saved me around £100. It's all tax 😥

Still blows my mind that we sold Dembele when we did. Most underrated player in football imo. We were never the same after that, even with Eriksson.

Yeah, I much preferred the 360 for CoD, mostly because of the controller tbf

Post Streets update with a bunch of changes and fixes. Patch notes below. We present the Escape from Tarkov 0.13.0.4 patch notes. Changes: Updated Nvidia DLSS to version 2.5.1 and AMD FSR to version 2.2; Configured sound positioning settings on Reserve and Shoreline; Adjusted sound positioning settings on Streets of Tarkov; Increased the cloud size and spread speed of smoke grenades by 30%; Added an in-game mail notification system for banned players based on player's report; Adjusted the user interface for placing an offer on the Flea Market, taking into account the disabling of barter offers; Expanded the quest area for Assessment - Part 1. Fixes: Fixed one of the causes of disconnects while loading into a raid. The remaining possible causes are being researched and eliminated; Fixed multiple visual issues with scopes when using the DLSS/FSR of older versions (such as blurriness and artifacts during movement, lack of clarity, etc.); Fixed the indoor fog glow on Interchange and Reserve; Fixed the excessive vegetation sway that occurred during long raids; Fixed the effect of street lighting glow which flickered when overlapping obstacles. The issue was mostly present on Streets of Tarkov at night time; Fixed some texture memory leaks that caused excessive RAM consumption when the game was running for extended periods of time; Various optimizations in lighting system components; Fixed some object culling issues on various locations; Fixed incorrect visuals of some buildings in the background of Streets of Tarkov; Fixed incorrect audio system behavior at the first indoor gunshot or explosion; Fixed the possibility of incorrect character visuals when trying to operate a stationary weapon by two players at the same time; Fixed the ability to install conflicting attachments on some weapons; Fixed incorrect matchmaking behavior after pressing "Ready" while the co-op mode settings interface is open; Fixed Error 228 when failing all QTE stages in the Hideout gym; Fixed an issue with loading into The Lab in co-op mode; Fixed the ability to look through some walls on Reserve, Interchange, Factory, The Lab, and Shoreline; Fixed incorrect player spawn points on Lighthouse and Streets of Tarkov; Fixed an issue when loading into online raid after a co-op mode raid; Fixed an issue with insurance for an item with an enhancement that was previously returned by insurance.

I saw the Linus preview on it, the display and fps look great. I'm looking forward to more and more of these handhelds being created, hopefully a SteamDeck 2 in future too.

I saw this today. Devs were challenged to make the worst UI interface for volume control. Some of them are amazing 😅

Yeah funny that, they also had a problem scoring goals when Potter was there. I love how everyone keeps buying their players and they just shrug it off and get even better.

PS3 used to be the console everyone on this forum played CoD. As you say, the 360 was the better console, but as far as I recall there was no monthly fee to play games online with the PS3, which is definitely a tick in its favour.

I think Potter is a good manager but does seem to have a problem with his teams getting the ball in the back of the net. Once Chelsea rediscover their ability to score goals they'll be a force to be recognised, as other than that they have excellent players in abundance...

Wow, Potter now as well! Talk about a Super Sunday, not for prem managers 🙄

I see Brendan has been sacked by Leicester, that team really has fallen off. Knowing my luck he'll be the next Spurs manager🙈

Here's what I've come across so far today 🙂

Does this still exist lol? Here's my exclusive preview: it's going to be shit 😅

All the big boys are having their own events it seems. I don't care about E3 but would like to see some new IPs or footage of games that I'm waiting to play.

A word from Steve

So, had a quick go at lunchtime and yes, the driving has changed for certain. I've had to change my TC to 2 for Gr.3 races. Driving feels less arcadey and requires a little more skill. For this week's daily race A, in the SambaBus I'm currently 306 in the world 😅

As its a PlayStation thread I won't labour this point too much but I do see a much better line up this year on the Xbox side of things. My two most awaited games, Starfield and Stalker 2 will be via Xbox gamepass, although most likely on my PC...

This launch was very janky, possibly the worst and most buggiest they've ever dropped. The introduction of persistence definitely had an impact on the database. Running much better now but a patch is due shortly to fix what else needs fixing.

I usually try out the new daily races each week to see what laptime I can get. Sometimes on a Monday lunchtime I'm in the top 1000 but that doesn't last long 😅 Yeah I know sweet FA about tuning and have no desire to do so with an game engine that clearly needs tweaking.

Very strange offering. But then last month offered up BF2042 and I don't know if anyone bothered with that either 🙃 PS5 has been out a good while now and i must say, other than shorter loading times and a better controller, I'm seriously underwhelmed.

The last bit silverware after a good run of cups in each decade, the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and noughties lol but nothing for 15 years but bread and water 🙈😢