Silent
@cookieplmonster.bsky.social
Game developer, modder, reverse engineer, legacy code specialist. I port games for a living and patch them as a hobby. Also known as CookiePLMonster.
https://cookieplmonster.github.io/
https://cookieplmonster.github.io/
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Surprise! NASCAR: Dirt to Daytona is seen as one of the best classic NASCAR games, but it always had a downside of being locked to 30 FPS.
This changes today: I uncapped the physics simulation updates, achieving perfect 60 FPS, just like Heat 2002 did.
cookieplmonster.github.io/updates/2025...
This changes today: I uncapped the physics simulation updates, achieving perfect 60 FPS, just like Heat 2002 did.
cookieplmonster.github.io/updates/2025...
I will have to benchmark NASCAR 25 at 1440p - because at 1080p, a full 40-car race leans so heavily on the CPU, I am CPU bottlenecked (on a few threads) on both Low and Highest details!
Left - Low, right - Highest
Left - Low, right - Highest
November 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I will have to benchmark NASCAR 25 at 1440p - because at 1080p, a full 40-car race leans so heavily on the CPU, I am CPU bottlenecked (on a few threads) on both Low and Highest details!
Left - Low, right - Highest
Left - Low, right - Highest
Admission time: I only ever played the demos of NFS Most Wanted, never the full game.
November 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Admission time: I only ever played the demos of NFS Most Wanted, never the full game.
Deploy 20 FPS birds
November 16, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Deploy 20 FPS birds
Downsides: TSR is forced at all quality options
Upside #1: With "Dynamic Resolution" disabled, it appears to be running at a 100% resolution so there's no temporal upscaling artifacts
Upside #2: I can disable AA entirely, downsample, and it looks super nice, but maxes the GPU.
Upside #1: With "Dynamic Resolution" disabled, it appears to be running at a 100% resolution so there's no temporal upscaling artifacts
Upside #2: I can disable AA entirely, downsample, and it looks super nice, but maxes the GPU.
November 15, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Downsides: TSR is forced at all quality options
Upside #1: With "Dynamic Resolution" disabled, it appears to be running at a 100% resolution so there's no temporal upscaling artifacts
Upside #2: I can disable AA entirely, downsample, and it looks super nice, but maxes the GPU.
Upside #1: With "Dynamic Resolution" disabled, it appears to be running at a 100% resolution so there's no temporal upscaling artifacts
Upside #2: I can disable AA entirely, downsample, and it looks super nice, but maxes the GPU.
NASCAR 25 may be blocking the Unreal console, but at least it doesn't block Engine.ini overrides, so worst case I can figure out the scaling and AA methods by eye.
November 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
NASCAR 25 may be blocking the Unreal console, but at least it doesn't block Engine.ini overrides, so worst case I can figure out the scaling and AA methods by eye.
things used to be so simple
November 14, 2025 at 7:21 PM
things used to be so simple
It's so refreshing to see a clean, smooth game without any temporal effects and high quality, detailed mirrors. No ghosting, no jittering, no building effects over multiple frames.
November 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
It's so refreshing to see a clean, smooth game without any temporal effects and high quality, detailed mirrors. No ghosting, no jittering, no building effects over multiple frames.
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Did you know that there was a Wii that used wired Wii Remotes, couldn't be accessed by players, yet could swap between 22 retail titles? In our latest feature article, we look at the weird, the wonderful, the Starlight Wii.
dolphin-emu.org/blog/2025/11...
dolphin-emu.org/blog/2025/11...
Starlight Spotlight: A Hospital Wii in a New Light
In the early 1990s, the world found itself at a crossroads of technological change. Electronic entertainment was blowing up just about everywhere, with Nintendo at the forefront of the home video game...
dolphin-emu.org
November 14, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Did you know that there was a Wii that used wired Wii Remotes, couldn't be accessed by players, yet could swap between 22 retail titles? In our latest feature article, we look at the weird, the wonderful, the Starlight Wii.
dolphin-emu.org/blog/2025/11...
dolphin-emu.org/blog/2025/11...
"Most unhinged PC controls mapping screen of the 2020s" award goes to NASCAR 25
November 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
"Most unhinged PC controls mapping screen of the 2020s" award goes to NASCAR 25
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It runs well! I'll note that I didn't see extensive options for things like lighting and global illumination. There were only options for dynamic and screen-space reflections. You'd obviously have a better sense of what is going on under the hood, but I think the result looks great.
November 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
It runs well! I'll note that I didn't see extensive options for things like lighting and global illumination. There were only options for dynamic and screen-space reflections. You'd obviously have a better sense of what is going on under the hood, but I think the result looks great.
Sounds promising! I'm slightly more interested now.
November 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Sounds promising! I'm slightly more interested now.
Ride Fest? A festival racer with motorcycles?
Motor-cycle Festival?
Or maybe
Motor-Fest?
Motor-cycle Festival?
Or maybe
Motor-Fest?
Ride 6 launches in February 2026.
Milestone's latest motorcycle game will feature a new festival-based career mode, off-road racing and celebrity rider cameos including Guy Martin.
Full story: traxion.gg/ride-6-revea...
#Ride6
Milestone's latest motorcycle game will feature a new festival-based career mode, off-road racing and celebrity rider cameos including Guy Martin.
Full story: traxion.gg/ride-6-revea...
#Ride6
Ride 6 looks like Forza Horizon with bikes, launches in February 2026
Launching on 12th February, 2026, Ride 6 will feature a new festival-based career mode, off-road racing and celebrity rider cameos including Guy Martin.
traxion.gg
November 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Ride Fest? A festival racer with motorcycles?
Motor-cycle Festival?
Or maybe
Motor-Fest?
Motor-cycle Festival?
Or maybe
Motor-Fest?
Graphically, it looks very simple even when maxed out, and options are as simple as it gets. No AA options, no upscalers (only a nondescript 'dynamic resolution'), nothing beyond the default options. I can't check for Lumen/CVars due to anti-tamper smacking me for code injection.
November 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Graphically, it looks very simple even when maxed out, and options are as simple as it gets. No AA options, no upscalers (only a nondescript 'dynamic resolution'), nothing beyond the default options. I can't check for Lumen/CVars due to anti-tamper smacking me for code injection.
Looks like I will be able to replace my Deck docked to the TV with a Steam Machine! Depending on the price, it might be a really interesting pick.
Announcing: New @steampowered.com Hardware, coming in 2026:
Steam Controller
Steam Machine
Steam Frame.
Watch our jazzy announcement video and wishlist now: steampowered.com/hardware
Steam Controller
Steam Machine
Steam Frame.
Watch our jazzy announcement video and wishlist now: steampowered.com/hardware
Steam Hardware
The Steam Hardware family officially expands in early 2026.
steampowered.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Looks like I will be able to replace my Deck docked to the TV with a Steam Machine! Depending on the price, it might be a really interesting pick.
NASCAR 25 appears to refuse to run on Steam Deck/Proton due to the use of some packer that either fails, or doesn't even attempt to unpack under Proton. Nasty; I don't blame them for protecting the game executable, but it would be nice if Deck/Linux didn't suffer in the process.
November 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
NASCAR 25 appears to refuse to run on Steam Deck/Proton due to the use of some packer that either fails, or doesn't even attempt to unpack under Proton. Nasty; I don't blame them for protecting the game executable, but it would be nice if Deck/Linux didn't suffer in the process.
Ready to give a more modern NASCAR game a try, and maybe write another tech review? It's a UE5.5 game, and Monster Games' first UE5 game, so I'm curious.
November 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Ready to give a more modern NASCAR game a try, and maybe write another tech review? It's a UE5.5 game, and Monster Games' first UE5 game, so I'm curious.
Surprise! NASCAR: Dirt to Daytona is seen as one of the best classic NASCAR games, but it always had a downside of being locked to 30 FPS.
This changes today: I uncapped the physics simulation updates, achieving perfect 60 FPS, just like Heat 2002 did.
cookieplmonster.github.io/updates/2025...
This changes today: I uncapped the physics simulation updates, achieving perfect 60 FPS, just like Heat 2002 did.
cookieplmonster.github.io/updates/2025...
November 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Surprise! NASCAR: Dirt to Daytona is seen as one of the best classic NASCAR games, but it always had a downside of being locked to 30 FPS.
This changes today: I uncapped the physics simulation updates, achieving perfect 60 FPS, just like Heat 2002 did.
cookieplmonster.github.io/updates/2025...
This changes today: I uncapped the physics simulation updates, achieving perfect 60 FPS, just like Heat 2002 did.
cookieplmonster.github.io/updates/2025...
Ready for NASCAR 25 today?
November 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Ready for NASCAR 25 today?
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Hey I was in Japan last week and got to play so much good shit.
Gigo 3 let me play a ton of racing games for the first time, including Dirt Dash and Thrill Drive. Some went better than others but I could have spent four times as long here. Cameo by @kylempatrick.bsky.social on Scud Race there.
Gigo 3 let me play a ton of racing games for the first time, including Dirt Dash and Thrill Drive. Some went better than others but I could have spent four times as long here. Cameo by @kylempatrick.bsky.social on Scud Race there.
November 9, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Hey I was in Japan last week and got to play so much good shit.
Gigo 3 let me play a ton of racing games for the first time, including Dirt Dash and Thrill Drive. Some went better than others but I could have spent four times as long here. Cameo by @kylempatrick.bsky.social on Scud Race there.
Gigo 3 let me play a ton of racing games for the first time, including Dirt Dash and Thrill Drive. Some went better than others but I could have spent four times as long here. Cameo by @kylempatrick.bsky.social on Scud Race there.
Super Woden GP 2's menus channel that Gran Turismo 2 energy perfectly
November 9, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Super Woden GP 2's menus channel that Gran Turismo 2 energy perfectly
It is a Rally Trophy Volvo Special Edition day
November 7, 2025 at 10:58 AM
It is a Rally Trophy Volvo Special Edition day
You don't hate Rockstar enough, once again circumstances prove that the negative stories about them aren't exaggerated, but watered down.
gtaforums.com/topic/100418...
Boeing of gaming companies.
gtaforums.com/topic/100418...
Boeing of gaming companies.
November 7, 2025 at 12:40 AM
You don't hate Rockstar enough, once again circumstances prove that the negative stories about them aren't exaggerated, but watered down.
gtaforums.com/topic/100418...
Boeing of gaming companies.
gtaforums.com/topic/100418...
Boeing of gaming companies.
The year is 2077
GTA V re-re-re-re-re-re-releases on PS13
GTA VI delayed just one last time, pinky promise
GTA V re-re-re-re-re-re-releases on PS13
GTA VI delayed just one last time, pinky promise
BREAKING: Rockstar has delayed Grand Theft Auto VI again, pushing the highly anticipated game from May to November 19, 2026. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ Is Postponed Again — to November 2026
The release date for the game had previously slipped to May 2026 from fall 2025
www.bloomberg.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The year is 2077
GTA V re-re-re-re-re-re-releases on PS13
GTA VI delayed just one last time, pinky promise
GTA V re-re-re-re-re-re-releases on PS13
GTA VI delayed just one last time, pinky promise