Q&A: March 8th, 2023 (Patreon)

Joshua Lovejoy Asks
What's the worst racing game ever made and why is it iRacing?

Garfield Kart...

The only way that game could get worse is if it had iRacing's subscription model.

Shadow Wolfe Asks
What would be your ideal sim racing game? What features or quality of life stuff would you have?

iRacing's stability + AC's modability and FFB + rFactor 2's physics + GT's UI and character = Ideal.

Justin Billey Asks
Thoughts on the Steam Deck? I don’t have the know-how to build a PC and sort of looked at it as an entry point into that world. I’ve been loving mine, but as an experienced PC user I’m curious what you think.

Can't speak to it as I don't have one and don't intend on getting one as I don't really game outside of my house, but it's nice to see Steam shaking up the hardware industry in more than just the uber-niche VR market.

It seems they've learned a lot since the days of the Steam Box.

DrDrPepper Asks
If you had to play 5 game franchises and only those for the rest of your life what would they be?

Gran Turismo, Halo, Fallout, DOOM, and Resident Evil.

Though to be honest, I am going off of franchises with lots of entries... not necessarily my favorites.

Nathan Tallent Asks
You ever play Okami? I'm replaying it and realizing the untapped potential of it's world.

Not yet, but the game's lived rent free in my head ever since seeing it shown in multiple 2006 award shows. Game's visually timeless.

Alexander Asks
F-Zero or Wipeout

Wipeout...

Though that's probably just because it's got the better clone game in BallisticNG on PC.

Andylad Asks
Loved the end of the racing video where you showed “Mad Max-esque” concept art for a racing game. If it did get the green light, which studio would you want to develop it?

Considering how great Avalanche did with their game's system, they'd be an obvious pick. It'd be interesting to see Codemasters' do a take on a fantasy racer, especially as they only published Fuel rather than make it.

San_Rayncloud Asks
Like with Max Payne 3 and Mass Effect 3. What's a multiplayer mode in a traditionally single player game/series that you ended up liking a lot?

Most surprising one with Patrons was Bioshock 2.

It's pretty janky in places being that the game is obviously cobbled together from the original game's design and mechanics, but they did remarkable job making that game as fun as it is to play in PvP.

If Bioshock could do it...

Then really, almost anybody could.

Callum Chapman Asks
When your not getting footage for new videos and racing in Shambles, what games do you play in your off time? How did you meet the guys in shambles?

Most of the time, the ones that end up in videos.

I've been mainly playing Gran Turismo 7 recently, trying to get my rank at least up to A-tier.

The times I'm booting up a game purely for capturing footage for a video, are when I've got a primary topic and are launching mentioned games to get B-Roll. I don't boot up games with the specific intent to make a video on them, that just feels unfair to me.

I'll start a game, and if I feel I've got something to say, then I'll start the video. That was the problem with Dead Space 2. I did boot it up with the intention of making a video, only to realize... I don't really have anything to say that's interesting, or at least, doesn't have an interesting conclusion.

I'm already thinking of ways to repurpose my Dead Space 2 impressions in a manner that could, but that won't come out until much later, and only if the topic is appropriate.

Few things annoy me more online than a content creator who seemingly needs to have a take on everything, even things they obviously don't care about or have no personal stake in, so I try my best to avoid that.

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