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Will such a narrowly focused esports racing sim appeal to Xbox and PS4 players?
Day or night, rain or shine, we race on. [credit: 505 Games ]
On Tuesday, sim-racing options for the Xbox One and Playstation 4 just got a little more diverse with the release of Assetto Corsa Competizione. The game is a companion of sorts to the well-established PC racing sim Assetto Corsa, developed by Italian studio Kunos Simulazioni. First released on the PC in 2019, ACC is a much more narrowly targeted game than its older sibling—this game is focused on a single category of racing, called GT3, which uses modified versions of exotica you might see on the road (or reviewed here at Ars) like Lamborghini Huracáns and Acura NSXs.
ACC is also the official game of GT World Challenge, a collection of race series held around the world by an organization called SRO. That kind of hyperspecific demographic makes sense in the PC world, where most hardcore sim racers live, but the people at Kunos have ported their game to both the PS4 (which we tested) and Xbox One—consoles that have traditionally been better served by more accessible driving games.
I've heard good things about the fidelity of Assetto Corsa over the years, and so I was eager to try out the franchise's console debut to see how it stacks up.
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FCC asks public to describe experiences during last week’s 13-hour outage.
Enlarge / A pigeon rests on a T-Mobile logo outside a mobile phone store, operated by Deutsche Telekom AG, in Munich, Germany, on Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. (credit: Getty Images | Bloomberg)
The Federal Communications Commission is kicking off its investigation of last week's T-Mobile outage by seeking public comment. Government agencies, public safety entities, businesses, and individuals are encouraged to submit comments about their experiences during the 13-hour outage.
"We seek comment on the impact of these outages from the perspective of affected public safety entities, as well as state and local governments," the FCC said in a public notice today. "Are there estimates of how many calls, including 911 calls, failed or otherwise affected by the outage? What was the effect of the outage on public safety activities and government services across the country? Was there a disruption of data services relied on by public safety entities and state and local governments?"
The outage "prevented customers from making calls, receiving calls, and in some cases, sending text messages over T-Mobile's Voice-over LTE (VoLTE) network," and social media reports indicated that 911 calling was affected, the FCC notice said. Besides government and public safety organizations, the FCC is seeking comment on "this outage's impact from the perspective of affected individual and enterprise consumers."
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FCC asks public to describe experiences during last week’s 13-hour outage.
Enlarge / A pigeon rests on a T-Mobile logo outside a mobile phone store, operated by Deutsche Telekom AG, in Munich, Germany, on Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. (credit: Getty Images | Bloomberg)
The Federal Communications Commission is kicking off its investigation of last week's T-Mobile outage by seeking public comment. Government agencies, public safety entities, businesses, and individuals are encouraged to submit comments about their experiences during the 13-hour outage.
"We seek comment on the impact of these outages from the perspective of affected public safety entities, as well as state and local governments," the FCC said in a public notice today. "Are there estimates of how many calls, including 911 calls, failed or otherwise affected by the outage? What was the effect of the outage on public safety activities and government services across the country? Was there a disruption of data services relied on by public safety entities and state and local governments?"
The outage "prevented customers from making calls, receiving calls, and in some cases, sending text messages over T-Mobile's Voice-over LTE (VoLTE) network," and social media reports indicated that 911 calling was affected, the FCC notice said. Besides government and public safety organizations, the FCC is seeking comment on "this outage's impact from the perspective of affected individual and enterprise consumers."
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Dealmaster also has deals on Sonos speakers, USB-C chargers, and Echo devices.
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Today's Dealmaster includes a variety of deals on games, chargers, and gadgets. Some highlights include Ticket to Ride: Europe, our favorite iteration of one of our favorite family board games, down to $30, which is the lowest price we've seen in 2020. A handful of iPads are on sale as well, including the 128GB version of the 10.2-inch iPad for a joint-low of $329 and the 1TB version of the first-gen (but still plenty powerful) 11-inch iPad Pro for a new low of $949. Beyond that, a number of Amazon Echo devices are still on sale, including the lowest prices to date on the Echo Dot with Clock and the sharp-sounding Echo Studio. There's plenty more beyond that, though; you can take a look at the full list after the jump.
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The latest Apple MacBook Air. (credit: Samuel Axon)
Ticket to Ride: Europe is one of our favorite board games for the family. (credit: Ars Technica)
Ori and the Will of the Wisps is a recommended Metroidvania for Xbox One owners. (credit: Microsoft)
The iPad Pro on sale today isn't the latest model but is still powerful enough to be useful for the next several years. (credit: Valentina Palladino)
The Amazon Echo Dot. (credit: Amazon)
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