u/Existing-Air-3622

You can draw a parallel between the evolution video game graphics, and the transition from drawing to photography.

In short, before being an art form, drawing was a way to represent reality, and photography made that purpose way more effective.

You can see the same trajectory with video game graphics, that were primary made to imitate reality, and as technology evolved, that has never been easier. Pretty much anyone can run Unreal or Unity, pick some photo-real assets on the store, put some lights and create a somewhat realistic scene (and yes, that's big shortcut, because someone actually had to create these assets, but you get the idea).

So I was thinking about what made "retro" graphics so appealing for some people, and nostalgia probably plays a big part, but I don't think it's the main factor.

If I reuse my drawing/photography analogy, if I have to capture a random scene, I could either painstakingly pain it, or photograph it.

Obviously photography can be an art form, you can spend a lot of time choosing a specific lens, framing the picture, arranging the scene, placing some additional lights, and even modifying the picture afterwards.

But you also can just pick your smartphone, vaguely aim at the object, press a button and voilà, and it would be good enough in a lot of case.

Whereas you can't "cheat" with a painting, to get an accurate result you have to put efforts in. But more importantly, you have to put intent in every-line, every splash of colour. Not a single drop of paint would be placed randomly, it's there because the creator wanted it to be there.

If given the choice between a dull photo of a random street, and the same scene painted by a not very talented painter, I guess most people would still find the painting more interesting, because at least the personality of the painter is shining trough.

It's the same thing with "retro" graphics, when you didn't had real time dynamic lighting, real time physics and so on, you had to fake everything by hand. And so the way every single object was lit was made with specific intent. Maybe it was made to look more real, but maybe what the dev thought was realistic was not, or maybe the dev just thought it was cool, whatever the reason, they have to put actual thought into it.

Of course this can still be present in modern games, even with a realistic graphic engine you can fake some effects to get more dramatic results, it's what separate an interesting looking game from a store asset flip shovelware that may be photo-real, but also completely flat and lifeless.

But again with "retro" graphics you can't cheat it, you have to actually think for every small detail, so by default it gives more life and personality to every single details.

I get why devs add rubber banding, it fixes the issues of races becoming boring when the player get too far away from the pack, especially in high octane racing games where the core experience is less about perfect racing line, and more about jousting with other cars.

But my main issue with this system, is that the player skill become meaningless, you can play with one hand while doing your taxes, it doesn't matter, just focus for the last kilometre and you'll win.

I think Burnout (at least Takedown, not sure how the rest of the franchise works) has a good middle-ground. AI cars rubber-band like crazy, but ONLY when they are behind you, You simply can't shake them, no matter how good you drive, you will always see them in you rear view windows. But when they get ahead, the rubber banding stops, so they can easily get a 20+ seconds lead if you drive poorly, they won't wait for you.

That means as long as the race is not over, you will never feel safe, but at the same time, you have to play well to win.

Some may find this unfair or frustrating, but let's not pretend playing a single player game is supposed to be a fair competition. In Burnout AI can't use boost, your car seem to weight twice as much as your competitors when you collide, and let's not even talk about the most unfair cheat the player is constantly using without thinking about it : restarting a race. Just imagine for a second if the bots could restart a race the moment they knew they couldn't win.

And as for Burnout, having opponents staying close is also an opportunity for the player, it means you have cars you can crash to farm boost.

So of course it means you can end up in situations where a race can't be won any more. But again, that just means it's time to use your most busted ultimate joker : restarting the race.

Je cherche un modèle de vélo hollandais pour une connaissance.

Elle utilise une épave pour faire quasiment tout ses déplacements en ville, c'est des déplacements relativement courts (le principal c'est le boulot, environ 5-6 km AR), mais quotidiens.

Elle fait AUCUN entretien elle-même, elle se contente simplement de l'amener à un réparateur (ou moi) quand elle fini par avoir un problème qui peut pas être ignoré.

Les fois où j'ai fais du vélo avec elle, j'ai remarqué qu'elle changeait quasiment jamais les vitesses, pour une raison qui m'échappe.

Je me dis qu'un vélo hollandais ça serait parfait pour elle, ultra simple, solide, peu d'entretien. Je trouve plein de modèles dans les prix que je cherche (300-400 balles), mais ils ont des freins V-brake, je cherche du frein à moyeu.

Et surtout il y a 27000 marques différentes, je me doute qu'il y ait de la merde dans le lot, mais perso j'ai acheté un vélo Ortler il y a quelques années, je suis même pas sûr que la marque existe encore, en tout cas c'était pas cher, et j'en suis pleinement satisfait, donc je fais pas partie de cette religion qui pense qu'il faut mettre des fortunes pour avoir de la qualité.

J'ai eu des mauvaises expériences avec l'occas, et c'est du boulot en plus de chercher la perle rare, donc si possible je préfère éviter. Et je veux plutôt un truc récent, pour que quand il faudra l'entretenir, ça soit pas l'enfer de trouver des pièces.

Bref, est-ce que quelqu'un aurait un conseil ?