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Offline Masherbrum

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Re: Gaming and getting old
« Reply #30 on: July 04, 2016, 10:27:12 AM »
When I am not playing Mechwarrior Online after having been reunited with the highest skilled core of 1st FW's from WoT?   I am playing Assetto Corsa.   Best physics on the market right now and challenges my abilities. 

I just recently purchased the HTC 10 and the only game on it is Hill Climb Racing. 

BTW, PC gaming is not going anywhere, anytime soon.   There will always be quality PC gaming.   They are what is keeping the fresh updates of hardware in check.
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Re: Gaming and getting old
« Reply #31 on: July 04, 2016, 10:56:31 AM »
Mash, have u played iRacing lately?
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Re: Gaming and getting old
« Reply #32 on: July 04, 2016, 11:29:49 AM »
Mash, have u played iRacing lately?

I used to and enjoy the incredible physics of Assetto Corsa.   Not to mention the eye candy.   I was in the alpha's of both rFactor and iRacing.  I stopped playing rFactor when the Second one was proposed and stopped tinkering with iRacing about two years ago.
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Re: Gaming and getting old
« Reply #33 on: July 04, 2016, 12:01:56 PM »
Sounds very immersive!   :old:  :D

To quote MxR, "Immersive as f%*£"  :D
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Re: Gaming and getting old
« Reply #34 on: July 04, 2016, 12:52:02 PM »
You might give it an another try. The tire model on the road cars is much more tuned. No more of the 'unrecoverable rear wheel break'. Plus like AH, the skill level online is severe. (and I'd get to race against you or with u as teammate in an endurance race).  :cheers:
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Re: Gaming and getting old
« Reply #35 on: July 04, 2016, 07:01:17 PM »
Iracing is fun but i did not have a good week racing at Daytona so its break time from racing for a bit. thinking about trying the Aces high beta now while waiting for WoW to release legion
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Re: Gaming and getting old
« Reply #36 on: July 05, 2016, 09:00:54 AM »
Daytona 500 or the 24H of Daytona?
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Re: Gaming and getting old
« Reply #37 on: July 05, 2016, 09:05:26 AM »
I sold my old GameCube recently and I hooked it up to test it just to make sure that it worked.  I put in 007 Nightfire which was my favorite game on the platform and I could not even manage to walk around, let alone shoot anything.  Proficiency with the console controllers definitely takes a nosedive after a decade.

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Re: Gaming and getting old
« Reply #38 on: July 05, 2016, 11:50:15 AM »
If you like driving you can rally with us at r/simrally every week.

What is rallying? It's more or less the opposite of oval racing.  :D

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Re: Gaming and getting old
« Reply #40 on: July 05, 2016, 04:56:37 PM »
If you ever make it out to west Texas be glad to give you a ride in a boring work truck. 2014 kw t680 with Cummins isx15@600hp from the factory. It's been worked on a wee bit and puts 950hp to the ground. With both sticks in the big hole in theory it could reach 137 mph or 219.2kph. The truck is governed at 99mph to keep the bean counters happy. Still all in all its not boring

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Re: Gaming and getting old
« Reply #41 on: July 05, 2016, 05:16:24 PM »
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Re: Gaming and getting old
« Reply #42 on: July 07, 2016, 01:44:47 PM »
The other side of the coin, at least for me is video games are really a time killer at best. Having more disposable income, my life is busy. I always have something to do. Or I deal with work, or rebuild one of my car, or I'm working on my house, or I'm working on my land ... my favorite free time is to go hike a mountain, go explore the desert with my wife. When I'm sitting it is to read/learn about how to do something. I don't even have cable TV, I don't go to the movies and I occasionally watch/rent something. Same boredom, movies genres feel so scripted that you have seen that before. 

I have so much friggin crap to do... I often find myself sitting here thinking about whether or not to game, or go try and figure out which project I should get on first.  Then it's 4am and I go to bed.
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Re: Gaming and getting old
« Reply #43 on: July 08, 2016, 02:08:30 AM »
I have four Steam gaming accounts. There are many games on Steam that are just there to appeal to your memories from your early days of gaming. I own just about every game worthy of being played including some that have stopped working (EA Sports mostly) since technology has progressed.

I own every simulation I could find, including many that are so broken they don't really simulate anything more than frustration. I have considered buying out the titles just to make something playable, but then I think that the money spent would never be recovered.

One of my squad members looked into my library and commented that I could never find the time to play them all. He's right about that, probably, but I also have six kids now, and a seventh on the way. My kids will love many of these games. I bought the games mostly to see how games are designed, how they function, and what is working in the gaming world. I play games just three times a week for youtube, and a fourth night for time with the wife. I also paint with Photoshop (for fun), and create sounds a music with programs I found on Steam. Steam is also a really good place to get downloads like Blender, and GameMaker Studio (really easy to use too).

We are putting up a dairy on the family property, so my free time will be decreasing and we may move to the PI very soon depending on the cultural climate here.

I don't feel any ill effects from playing computer games, but we did study how to 'cure' some of the problems that come up and I believe most gaming companies will be making those changes as time goes on. Technology is a wonderful thing, as long as you remember not to back toward the cliff's edge when taking your selfies.

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Re: Gaming and getting old
« Reply #44 on: July 08, 2016, 10:32:52 AM »
I really dont see him "massively sucking" at any game.
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