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How a 20 year old bug in GTA San Andreas surfaced in Windows 11 24H2

April 23, 2025

14 min. to read

After over two decades, players are now forbidden from flying a seaplane, all thanks to undefined code behavior.

Solving the mystery of Need for Speed: Underground’s Magazine 22 with SilentPatch

March 12, 2025

6 min. to read

You no longer need to be superhuman to beat the drift record.

Black Box-era Need for Speed – series research

February 22, 2025 (edited March 12, 2025)

3 min. to read

Miscellaneous pieces of info about the Black Box-era Need for Speed games.

A technical dive into the new Tokyo Xtreme Racer

January 21, 2025

14 min. to read

Looking into the game ahead of the Early Access launch with my first impressions, benchmarks, and Steam Deck compatibility.

Tokyo Xtreme Racer – series research

January 13, 2025

3 min. to read

Miscellaneous pieces of info about the classic Tokyo Xtreme Racer games.