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Early Access to DF Direct Weekly #33 is now available (Patreon)

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2021-10-16 11:49:54

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2026-06

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You know the score - the weekend officially begins NOW as John, Rich and Alex discuss the latest gaming and tech news, field a bunch of questions from our brilliant supporters.

If you're with us on Discord, you'll know that we're making progress in getting DF Direct Weekly available via your favourite podcast supplier. Right now, we're listed pretty much everywhere that matters except for Apple Podcasts, where we're still waiting for a response. In the meantime, here's where we're at with other sources: https://digitalfoundry.podbean.com/

But what about early access to the NEW DF Direct Weekly? You should have received an email with an RSS link to use but reports so far suggest that hilariously, this may not be working. However, give this link a go, tie-in your Patreon credentials and you should have access to the early access RSS feed: https://open.acast.com/public/patreon/fanSubscribe/593963

Standard downloads are here: https://digitalfoundry.net/2021-10-16-df-direct-weekly-33-forza-horizon-5-star-citizen-radeon-rx-6600-metroid-dread-perf-issues

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DF Direct Weekly #33: Forza Horizon 5, Star Citizen, Radeon RX 6600, Metroid Dread Perf Issues?

Digital Foundry Direct Weekly is - as the name suggests - our weekly show, where the team convene to perpetrate discussion on the latest gaming and tech news. This week, Alex raves about Star Citizen, John has an emotional moment playing Forza Horizon 5 and... what on earth's going on with Metroid Dread performance on some Switch consoles? 00:00:00 Introductions 00:00:33 Citizen Con 00:17:24 AMD RX 6600 launched 00:26:18 GTA Remastered announced, mods taken down 00:31:47 Metroid Dread performance issues 00:38:52 Hackers disassembled Cotton 2's emulation on Switch 00:42:39 DF Content Discussion: Forza Horizon 5 preview 00:48:57 DF Content Discussion: DF Retro Pickups and Magazine Memories 00:51:00 DF Supporter Q1: Sony Bravia TV, discuss, GO! 00:56:03 DF Supporter Q2: Why do we see more shader compilation/streaming stutters? 00:59:18 DF Supporter Q3: Alex, could you do a quick recap on the state of deathloop? 01:04:37 DF Supporter Q4: Will you be testing Starlink for cloud games? 01:09:14 DF Supporter Q5: Could manufacturers tap into 50hz display for 40hz compatibility? 01:12:45 DF Supporter Q6: Do you think that one reason why Navi 2 under-performs when using ray-traced lighting is due to the GPU spending a lot of time swapping data in and out of cache? 01:17:02 DF Supporter Q7: Are there any games for the rest of the DF crew that causes their Chalice of hate to overspill as Metal Gear Solid 4 does for Audi?