Thursday, January 28th 2021

Elon Musk Teases Updated Tesla Model S Design... That Can Play Cyberpunk and Witcher 3?

Today, Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla, Inc., has announced an update to the Tesla Model S automobile. The new car has seen a design revision for the first time since 2012, and it looks like something straight from the future. The interior has seen a complete revamp, and now it looks very futuristic and minimalistic. The specs of the car are also impressive. It can accelerate from 0-60 mph in just under two seconds. The starting price of the car is 80K USD, and it will be available in March. However, the speed and the price is not the main character found inside the car.

Tesla has announced that the updated Model S design has a new infotainment system that has a Tesla Arcade gaming platform with 10 TeraFLOPs of power. According to Mr. Musk, you will be able to play Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk on the Tesla Arcade, a new gaming platform for Tesla vehicles. Right now, it is undefined what is the exact configuration inside the new Tesla Model S car. However, it is speculated that AMD Radeon Navi 23 GPU is powering the platform. When it comes to the CPU choice, speculations are pointing out that Tesla is most likely using an Intel Atom chip paired with the aforementioned AMD Radeon GPU. All we know is that the GPU is clocked at 2.44 GHz, and possibly has 32 CUs. To play Cyberpunk and Witcher 3, you are would need to own one of these new Model S autos and the whole software stack is running locally. We are expecting to hear more about the final specifications once the car arrives in March.
Sources: Elon Musk (Twitter), Patrick Schur (Twitter)
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38 Comments on Elon Musk Teases Updated Tesla Model S Design... That Can Play Cyberpunk and Witcher 3?

#26
DeathtoGnomes
80k for the most expensive laptop ( or console??) ever, I think best buy might want a cut of that action!
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#27
yotano211
DeathtoGnomes80k for the most expensive laptop ( or console??) ever, I think best buy might want a cut of that action!
I wonder if the scalpers/resellers will buy these to resell.
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#28
R0H1T
ToothlessIf I could've played Pikmin 2
While driving? Or do you plan to go hands on (or handless in this case) with Tesla's autopilot self driving machinations?
yotano211I wonder if the scalpers/resellers will buy these to resell.
I mean if they're able to pull this off, then hats off to them :respect:
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#29
Vayra86
Great, so when The Witcher 4 comes out you need a new car.
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#30
Frick
Fishfaced Nincompoop
ToothlessYou never had to do a 5+ hour drive? If I could've played Pikmin 2 on my west to east coast trip I wouldn't be such an angry person today.
I quite like those trips, always have. We did lots of them when I was growing up, and even today i relish them, especially if I'm alone, and especially if I get to drive through places with few people. It's just me and the car, total silence (I don't even listen to music and radio mostly makes me angry), and my thoughts churning away in the background. It's almost meditative, and I get to see new stuff. New trees, maybe some animals, interesting light, interesting clouds... I even like the endless grayness that is clouded over winter days.

That steering thing is awful. Steering wheels is a solved problem, no need to upgrade them.
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#31
kapone32
yotano211The DOT already wants both hands on the wheel, the reason why only automatic transmissions trucks are being built today. 2 years ago, 85% of Freightliner trucks being built where autos, today its higher.
This and fuel savings.
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#32
LTUGamer
I can play Need For Speed in my VW Golf
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#33
dragontamer5788
FrickThat steering thing is awful. Steering wheels is a solved problem, no need to upgrade them.
Downgrade you mean.

Without an area to grab the top, you won't be able to do a "shuffle steer". Hand-over-hand steering (not recommended anymore due to airbags) might be possible, but would be complicated by the missing section...
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#34
bug
ZoneDymoI mean sure, you could play cyberpunk...but why would you?
Judging by the trend of video card prices, soon a Model S will be the cheaper option to play these games.
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#35
Caring1
The answer to the question in the title is no, the Tesla cannot play games, the driver and passengers possibly can. ;)
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#36
AusWolf
Usual Tesla... trying to win people over with features that have nothing to do with cars, while their cockpit is still ugly AF. I mean, where's the steering wheel? They seriously can't ecpect people to steer a car with that... thing. :kookoo:
Caring1The answer to the question in the title is no, the Tesla cannot play games, the driver and passengers possibly can. ;)
The driver should be focused on driving. Even the passengers playing games on the centre console provides a possible distraction for the driver. Bad idea. Same as putting climate controls and radio volume settings on a touchscreen.
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#37
bug
AusWolfUsual Tesla... trying to win people over with features that have nothing to do with cars, while their cockpit is still ugly AF. I mean, where's the steering wheel? They seriously can't ecpect people to steer a car with that... thing. :kookoo:


The driver should be focused on driving. Even the passengers playing games on the centre console provides a possible distraction for the driver. Bad idea. Same as putting climate controls and radio volume settings on a touchscreen.
What about when you have a couple of hours to kill, waiting for your battery to charge? :D
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#38
AusWolf
bugWhat about when you have a couple of hours to kill, waiting for your battery to charge? :D
I'd more likely spend those couple of hours on trying to find the heater controls in the menu. :laugh:
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