The Daddy wrote:

Facewon wrote:

Plug in a controller you big Jersey.

How appropriate, you fight like a cow.

Yes

Maybe.

Let's call the whole thing off.

I've had the Steam controller for quite a while now (a year or so) but never got around to actually using it.
Been testing it with a few games recently and....
It's such a mixed bag. Definitely a first gen product and I really do hope Valve will keep refining it's design.

For starters, ergonomically the pad in hand feels like the xbox og whopper pad and that is not a compliment. Big, fat, unwieldy, awkward button and trigger placements; it feels like a leap back in ergonomics, certainly compared to contemporary xbone and ps4 pads. It also feels weird the dpad and right anologue sticks are missing and replaced with haptic trackpads. You get used to it eventually but there's definitely an acclimatisation period.

On the upside the pad is ultra customisable. There are so many settings for trackpad behaviour alone it can be a bit bewildering. It's fantastic for mouse style point and click games and that includes fps, strategy games and point and click adventures. Because the dpad is missing things like streetfighter and 2d mario become a bit trickier though not impossible. I also don't understand why on the left side they implemented an analogue stick and trackpad when they could have gone for a dpad and trackpad (which much like an anologue stick allows anologue input) instead, which would have made a bit more sense as it makes the pad more versatile.

To conclude, great first effort pad with enormous potential. Valve isnt quite there yet though, crappy ergonomics are holding it back from being the perfect gaming companion. Nothing that can't be addressed with a redesign. I wish they just stole the in hand design of the 360 or xbone pad. Imo those are the most comfortable to hold for extended gaming sessions and therefore the designs to beat.

Quick, free on Humble - Amnesia Dark Descent and A Machine for Pigs.

Mememe!
If it's still there..

....when I get on my desktop, as I don’t seem to be able to log in on my iPad.

Bugger, too slow.

What (if any) mods are you running?

The AI seem to never forget. I declared war on China (after they had already attacked me twice, unprovoked) and everyone denounced me as a war monger. Almost 500 years later, after no war, they are still denouncing me as a war monger.

Why the hell would Dirt default to not having v-sync switched on? Hit windows button before, and it didn't' automatically change back when I went back in, after being annoyed at screen tear, I notice v sync is off. Does v-sync require a fair bit of cpu or memory usage?

I think with V-Sync if you can't maintain 60 (or whatever your display's refresh rate happens to be) then you will get stutters as it drops straight down to 30 or half refresh rate.

V-Sync will add a bunch of input lag, not ideal for anything fast paced. Which is why adaptive refresh in displays is such an important tech, basically solves all these annoying issues.

If your PC's hitting the required frame-rate, you won't be dropping frames and the input lag will be minimal (not that it's actually that big if you're loosing frames, either).

I play most games with v-sync on, it's only if you're playing something competitive or twitchy that it's much of an issue. For instance, it's common for console games to have it on these days.

There's always input lag, I guess it depends on what kind of games you play and how you play them as to what you consider minimal. I'd class under 40ms as minimal, which is more than most v-sync would cause.

I'm quite happy playing at 30fps and would rather up the detail and put v-sync on to keep a solid 30 than lower detail or remove v-sync to get 60. All up to personal preference.

Such a classic game. There's something about the visual design that makes it still really playable, plus on modern hardware you can crank everything up including resolution and it'll run just fine.