This is probably only interesting for a minority. But eg for those few poor souls using a linux based living room setup with an AMD GPU hooked up to a 4K120 capable TV the struggles are finally over! No more shitty DP adapters which may or may not work with VRR.

Proof:

I thought VRR would only start working with 7.4. But here we are. 4L10 stands for 4 Lanes 10Gbits which isnt the full 48Gbits but the LG CX series can only do 40gbits for whatever reason. Its still 10bit 4:4:4.

It isnt activated by default from what i understand. In my case on CachyOS with Limine i had to add:

KERNEL_CMDLINE[default]+=" amdgpu.dcfeaturemask=0x400"

to /etc/default/limine

and to apply the changes run the following in your terminal:

sudo limine-mkinitcpio

After that reboot.

If you see VRR flickering on your KDE desktop go to the display configuration and set Adaptive sync from "always" to "automatic". With that it shouldnt switch between 40hz and 120hz and vice versa when you stop or start using the mouse in desktop use. But when a game starts it should detect it and switch VRR automatically on.

You could also just wait a few weeks/months until 7.4 drops. Anyway, this makes me so fucking happy. Fuck the HDMI Forum!

Feel free to discuss what a dumbass i am for not buying a display port cabable display device.

Drop-in FSR 3.1 upscaler for Direct3D 12 that runs DLSS's network (Model E) on AMD GPUs

Just tested it on CachyOS with a RDNA2 GPU on a game i ran with Optiscaler and FSR4.1.1.b beforehand. GPU times for the upscaling were halved with HelixSR in my case. Imagequality takes a small hit though(sharpness, temporal stability, smearing). But its still in a different league compared to FSR2/3. Depending on the game/hardware/performance target its a pretty nice alternative to the rather performance hungry FSR4 dlls for older AMD GPUs.

Because of recent news i trust my LG CX Oled even less. It wasnt connected to the internet for years. But that might havent been enough. Also it always annoyed me that i couldnt disable bluetooth via the TV OS at all and it always screamed into the void.

So i followed this 3 minute video guide how to open up the backpanel which should work for most generations of the LG C-Series:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pgsggpR7-M

The daughter board with all the wireless stuff should be in the right corner. Just unscrew that one screw which holds it at place.

Carefully(or not) flip the daughter board over. Open the black tab and pull the cable out. Aside from the cable just put everything back together.

The magic mouse function of the remote wont work anymore. Otherwise its working fine via IR. You will maybe break a plastic tab of the backpanel.

Dont touch the PSU at all, it could kill you in the worst case even if disconnected.

Wifi and bluetooth obviosly wont work anymore. But that was the whole point and took maybe 15 minutes.

There is also a way to root your TV with certain firmware versions and install an homebrew app to disable bluetooth. But i dont even trust LG enough that a software toggle really disables wifi... In my case the only exploit which still works requires a LG developer account and then i would need to connect the TV to the internet and... Yeah, nope.

If you wanted to resell your TV in full "working" condition it would just take 15 minutes again to reseat the cable.

Now i'm going to read up if ethernet over HDMI could be another potential issue. Edit: Probably not.

Hello,

personally i dont have much hope left that we ever get a quality (spiritual) successor to the Burnout series.
But compared to 10 years ago(or even 5) emulation of the Burnout titles on the PS2 emulator PCSX2 got really mature. There are even some QOL patches you can activate inside of the emulator with a few clicks like 16:9 rendering, automatic progressive scan, disabling the motion blur, mph to kph hud and the like if you want. Besides the usual benefits of emulation like rendering in 4K, using whatever controller you want, mapping the axis to a more modern control scheme, etc.

But on top you have the retroachievements integration for almost all of the Burnout titles. Which maybe gives you the needed virtual carrot on the stick to really sink your teeth into one or all of the existing games again. For me atleast it really helped me rekindle my love for the early NFS titles(1-4). tbh i kind of got burned out(lol) on retro racing games when i started to focus on the Burnout titles earlier this year. But winter is coming and i'm starting to feel the need for some quality racing games of the past again.

Some links:

https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Main_Page

https://pcsx2.net/

https://retroachievements.org/hub/3037?filter%5Bsubsets%5D=only-games&sort=-playersTotal

Game files... well there maybe is a certain anarchist instance with a megathread on the threadiverse

If you want to play it on your Android device:

https://github.com/Trixarian/NetherSX2-patch

Just be aware that PS2 emulation needs still a pretty powerful CPU/GPU. Qualcomm Snapdragon SOCs preferred. As a reference a now 5 year old flagship SD865 is barely capable to emulate Burnout 3: Takedown. Which doesnt sound to bad. But there are still tons of phones released to this date which arent capable to emulate it. Just to put your expectations in the right spot. Depending on your phone you could even upscale enough that the game looks great on your TV if your phone has a USB-C DP-altmode or it struggles to keep the framerate before it even reaches its thermal limit.

One other great resource and introduction to emulation if your unfamiliar with it is:

https://retrogamecorps.com/

Besides the written guides he also has a YT channel if you are more a visual learner.

Anyway i can only highly recommend playing especially the Burnout titles with an emulator because of the upscaling. I remember how i struggled to even see where i need to go with an 480p output to a CRT TV with the original console back in the day. While i always was a big fan of motionblur in racing games in the past. I have to say i also really enjoy the visual clarity you can achieve with patches which remove those effects.

I havent seen much talk about that on the threadiverse. But the modding scene in this regard exploded in the last few months. Which is pretty great since official releases are drying up even more since Meta started to focus on AI instead of the 'verse.

But in this corner of the internet its maybe important to mention that a lot of these efforts are heavily relying on AI or are entirely vibecoded. There is definitely some slop around which isnt worth your time. But there are also some pretty good conversions to enjoy if you dont have a strict no-ai policy.

Anyway heres a few ways to keep track of all the different mods i'm aware of.

Flat2VR The 90-day VR mod release report:
https://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://gist.githubusercontent.com/elliotttate/7109af484e6f2c45792b1727841760bb/raw/03594eeaa8087ed771fb439bb51541a645cfd67f/index.html

Flat2VR modding discord:
https://discord.gg/flat2vr

A website trying to collect all VR mods(despite the name also standalone mods):
https://pcvrcentral.com/

Most of the Meta Quest standalone Mods also got conversions to the Pico 3/4/4 Ultra ecosystem. The famous Team Beef ports can even be obtained via Sidequest or from this github repository: https://github.com/Tobbe85?tab=repositories A lot of the other Pico conversions are sadly only obtainable by "even less official" means. You might find them with fmhy. But this website keeps track of most the Pico related stuff. Without linking to sources though: https://ppdata.uk/?tab=Indie&sort=Updates&page=1

Otherwise a lot of these ports get promoted on the VR subreddit. Which still can be somewhat comfortably accessed via: https://redlib.catsarch.com/r/virtualreality
Its contents and users may still cause brain damage...

Still not a big fan of AI. gesturing wildly at everything
But i'll take some pretty well made VR ports which otherwise wouldnt have ever been made.

I havent tried a lot of the mods. So i cant recommend too much. But the Simpsons Hit & Run port is a blast. I had my doubts about the platforming section. But even those work pretty well in VR. GTA Vicy City in VR is also in a pretty good spot. Not the biggest fan of how the weapon selection is handled. Otherwise its already way better than it was in the YT videos showcasing the mod a few weeks ago. HL2 VR on standalone hardware is also pretty sick even though it isnt as polished as the famous PCVR mod.

Dough: Spelt flour, 70% hydration, 2% Salt, lots of yeast, 10 minutes kneading with a dough hook, letting the dough rise for an hour or so.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker_percentage

With autumn coming and lower temperatures i'm going to start to add a bit of sugar to the yeast. Personally just not a fan of long dough rises. Not worth the effort IMHO(!).

The crust got wetted a bit so the sesame would stick.

Doener Kebab pieces are actually textured soy protein. I always thought kebab spices are something fancy. But its basically yoghurt, paprika and oregano. Because it isnt meat i added a bit of soy sauce and yeast extract for a more hearty taste. I tend to squeeze out a lot of water between two cutting boards before i add the spice to the soy chunks. I also pre-fried them in a pan before i put em on the pizza.

The white stuff is just some of the yoghurt that i had left with some added herbs.

Otherwise its what you see. Cheese, tomato sauce, onions and mushrooms because i felt like it.

Hello!
I'm using a G27 with oversteer and new-lg4ff. Archwiki entry for Logitech wheels: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Logitech_Racing_Wheel

Its working great and especially the oversteer GUI and UX is an huge improvement compared to that awful Logitech Windows drivers for that wheel.

My only issue is that the button mappings are wildly different compared to windows. Most games which support a wheel come with pretty good presets for the G27 which are nullified by the different button mappings on Linux. Remapping all the inputs in a game is a minor inconvience. But eg Dirt Rally 2.0 doesnt let you reconfigure buttons to navigate the menus. With that i'm stuck with confirming menu items by shifting into 6th gear. Which is additionally cumbersome because my shifter is worn out af and doesnt recognize inputs half of the time. Maybe there is some .ini of the game to manually edit those buttons but for now i want to leave that option as my last resort.

I already found out that you can reorder the mappings by dragging the buttons on a UI to the "correct" position with jstest-gtk. Which is alright if you have to do it once. Sadly it isnt persitent after reboots. Doing that dance everytime isnt exactly what i'm looking for.

So to finally ask my questions: Is there maybe a different way to remap those buttons persitently and globally by editing a file or with a program i havent found yet? Most remapping tools i found seem be made for keyboards, mice, xbox pad etc and often create an emulated output device which may conflict with the FFB from my understanding. If there isnt another way would it be possible to write a little script to automate the actions i do in the UI of jstest-gtk so its just a one-click solution before i want to use the wheel? Where would i find information how to do that?

Thank you!

Edit: Alright, i atleast fixed the physical shifter. I regreased it a couple of years ago and as it turns out i maybe have overdone it a bit. Cleaned up most of the grease and now every shift is beeing recognized again. Its also so much louder now.