DF Direct returns, with John, Rich and Alex sharing their thoughts on Flight Simulator, The Ascent, NEW Mortal Shell DLC, the Radeon RX 6600XT and a fantastic new addition to the MiSTer ecosystem! NOTE: The RX 6600XT has an MSRP of $379, not the stated $349.

00:00:00 Introductions 00:00:55 Flight Simulator on Xbox Series, our impressions 00:18:24 The Ascent review and feedback 00:27:06 MORTAL SHELL DLC 00:29:13 AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT Revealed 00:36:21 MiSTer console casing 00:41:12 DLSS SDK release 00:44:58 Oculus Touch ring cracking 00:50:29 DF Retro Super Star Wars + Reveal of next month episode 00:55:46 DF Retro Play: N64 Futuristic Racers 00:59:13 Supporter Q1: Are there any “holy grails” from offline CG rendering that you’re still waiting to be implemented in games? 01:01:44 Supporter Q2: Do you think physichs and AI will ever start to be at the forefront again? 01:08:12 Supporter Q3: Will the RT performance of the consoles be left in the dust once AMD/Nvidia really hit their stride with hardware RT? 01:13:41 Supporter Q4: As soon as this cross-gen period is over, do you think we will be back to being stuck in 1080p/30fps hell? 01:17:15 Supporter Q5: What are some of the more recent games out today that you most look forward to playing on high end hard hardware 5 to 10 years from now? 01:19:45 Supporter Q6: Given the increasing number of streaming- based switch games, are you planning any performance and/or latency analyses? 01:21:32 Supporter Q6 Part Deux: Any plans for more FSR vs DLSS analyses now when we got games that support both? 01:26:37 Supporter Q7: I’ve had a chance to try DLSS and FSR in some of the games. Is there any way to properly compare the compute perf or quantify graphical quality delivered? 01:30:25 BREAKING NEWS: Sony Beta Firmware to allow Internal SSD Expansion 01:36:51 And now, the conclusion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices