I haven't touched a GT game in many years. That's to be expected though, as I didn't own a console for about 8 or 9 years there.
I'm a few days into GT7 and now I kinda want to become "that guy" and buy a force-feedback wheel and racing bucket seat.

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It’s great fun for at least a few hours.

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Okay, finished Elden Ring. It ruled.

Velgauder wrote: Fri May 27, 2022 5:27 pm Okay, finished Elden Ring. It ruled.

115 hours in, at level 85 and I think I'm halfway through. I am dragging my fucking feet. Also, I haven't been paying attention to lore or details, so I am kinda lost. lol

andyman wrote: Wed May 25, 2022 1:51 pm Started playing Elden Ring. I wish I had a bigger TV...

I recently upgraded to a 4k TV and built a new machine specifically to play Elden Ring and make it look amazing while playing. Went back and played a little bit of Sekiro and Red Dead Redemption on the highest settings just to take it all in. Couldn't be happier! You should def get a bigger TV. 55" minimum for the price.

I fully switched from Windows to Linux for gaming since building the new machine and I couldn't be happier. Steam Proton works great, I have no issues playing any of my games so far. For the Epic store, I've been using Lutris, and again no issues there. I use Proton there as well. I am able to launch the store, snag my free games and play the games I already own. I am using an open source driver for the Xbox controllers, and it's way better than my experience on Windows, to be honest. For what it's worth, I'm using Pop OS with an AMD chip and an AMD gpu, since Pop has native AMD drivers.

Does anyone have (or have played) any of the Arcade1Up machines?

I've been dropping hints to my wife that I need one of these for Father's Day

https://arcade1up.com/products/the-simp ... de-cabinet

This guy wasn't a fan. Bad sound and uncomfortable control layout it seems.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeOsa9anuoY

Having built-in online play sounds cool, but that's a lot of cabinet just for two games IMO.

This may not suit you at all, you might just want an online Simpsons cabinet that works out of the box - but I had fun acquiring and restoring some original vintage cabinets from the late 70s/80s (mine are from the 70s but it's the typical 80s style). It's not too difficult to do, and parts are readily available.

With a JAMMA wiring harness in there, it's easy to swap out the electronics. You can stick an original arcade board in it and it will run just like it always did. But these days you have all sorts of other options. You can stick in a GameELF (these are a bit crap, but cheap and have thousands of games on them) or a raspberry Pi with JAMMA interface running MAME (which is what I usually use), or to a MisterCade which is the latest thing, FPGA-based. Or you could get an old Neo-Geo MVS and put a 200-in-1 cartridge in there... all kinds of options.

May not be your thing at all; you might just want the Simpsons cab and fair enough. But I think I'd get bored of The Simpsons soon enough and want to change it up. And depending on where you live, you might still be able to pick up an original cabinet going cheap.

Former Space Invaders became a Bomb Jack sometime in the 1980s, now has a Raspberry Pi in it.
It still had the Bomb Jack board in it when I got it but it's glitchy; it needs repairing. Also pictured - a GameELF (blue) and Neo-Geo with multi-cart. Not pictured: The Raspberry Pi. But they are about the size of the GameELF.
Two cabinets so you have one vertical and one horizontal monitor, you see...
Well, it's more old-school than most people like to go with these things, and also not the authentic Space Invaders restoration that would please a true nerd, but I like them.

Each cabinet has a cheap wireless keyboard sitting on top. These are able to connect to the Raspberry Pi inside the cabinet in case you need to mess with settings etc.

Anthony Flack wrote: Fri Jun 03, 2022 1:20 am Former Space Invaders became a Bomb Jack sometime in the 1980s, now has a Raspberry Pi in it.

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It still had the Bomb Jack board in it when I got it but it's glitchy; it needs repairing. Also pictured - a GameELF (blue) and Neo-Geo with multi-cart. Not pictured: The Raspberry Pi. But they are about the size of the GameELF.

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Two cabinets so you have one vertical and one horizontal monitor, you see...

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Well, it's more old-school than most people like to go with these things, and also not the authentic Space Invaders restoration that would please a true nerd, but I like them.

Each cabinet has a cheap wireless keyboard sitting on top. These are able to connect to the Raspberry Pi inside the cabinet in case you need to mess with settings etc.

Adore these cabinets and anyone trying to obtain anything similar. I’m confident one day I’ll have a serviceable street fighter machine somewhere in the house but for now it’s the switch on a bit tv with all the arcade compilations. I also live not too far away from an arcade that restores and maintains all the best shit. I sincerely hope these places stay open forever.

None in my city any more, sadly. But "Video World" was a local arcade back in the 80s. I once got my bike stolen from outside...

Unexpectedly I found somebody selling a "Video World" marquee in another part of the country, and it was the right size to fit in my cabinet, and I needed a replacement marquee for that cabinet, so I bought it. And sure enough the fine print on the glass lists a local PO Box number, so it's from that very arcade from my youth, now an Indian restaurant.

IIRC the copyright date is 1980, and it is a piece of actual glass; screen printed.