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    8 hours ago

    Afaik krafton have been insisting for a while that the game is not ready. Founders disagreed and they were ousted. But seeing as the previous two games were in pretty dire state when they released into EA, I wouldn’t really trust the founder’s word on it. The whole “squirreling out of paying them 250 million” thing seems like speculation, but what do I know.

    Besides, the OP is just ragebainting, because we know exactly fuckall about the game’s actual state at this point.



  • I can add a few mentions to your list:

    Tokyo Xtreme Racer - street racing game set on Tokyo’s highway network and featuring a lor of JDM cars. Sim-cadey physics, great progression loop, nice graphics.

    Motortown - not a racing game as such, more of a “drive anything” game that also festures some racing, among cargo hauling, buses, vehicle rescuing and others. Still in early acces but amazingly complete for an early access game. Great physics on this one, too. The developer is also very active and open to feedback.

    Edit: Ooh almost forgot! Dakar Desert Rally - the single most realistic rally raid sim I’ve played. Looks and feels great. Just watch out for CTDs, because you’ll see plenty.








  • I was going to say “because they’re probably state subsidized” but your suggestion is better

    Edit: looks like you’re right lol

    The urgent pace is baked into BYD’s structure. Taking advantage of China’s lower labor costs, BYD deploys about 900,000 employees, nearly as many as the combined workforces of Toyota and Volkswagen, to accelerate design and manufacturing. At its headquarters, BYD promotes a work-focused life through company-subsidized housing, transportation and schools.

    They also combine that with skimping on quality ( admittedly a low bar these days, when even daimler uses cheap chinese interior plastic ):

    Chinese engineers have essentially concluded that global industry-standard vetting processes are a wasteful pursuit of “excessive quality,” Han said.

    Instead, Chinese automakers release good-enough vehicles quickly, with far fewer prototypes and a fail-fast philosophy mirroring Silicon Valley tech startups, industry executives and experts said.

    This sentence makes no sense though:

    The problem: The car had been designed for China’s smooth streets and slower speeds. Now, it had to withstand Europe’s winding, bumpy roads.

    It’s almost as if this was a propaganda article.

    Wang spends many nights in Shenzhen employee housing, eats simple meals and works long days, sometimes in a BYD uniform, two BYD investors and others who know him told Reuters. Unlike many Chinese executives, who are chauffeured around, he often drives himself

    I got it - they’re quoting directly, that’s why it reads like propaganda.