If you thought your Steam library couldn’t get any more portable than the Valve Steam Deck, just wait until you can play your favourite games on your Tesla’s center console.
“We’re making progress with Steam integration,” Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Friday (via Tesla North).
The company has been working on bringing PC gaming to for quite some time now, and it looks like they’re finally getting close. “Demo probably next month,” Musk added.
We’re making progress with Steam integration. Demo probably next month.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 15, 2022
A recent Tesla software update even added support for multiple controllers via Bluetooth to enable multiplayer modes in games, so a Steam demo may not be too far off after all.
Gaming on a Tesla makes more sense than one would think. Tesla needs quite a bit of computational horsepower under its hood to enable Autopilot, Full Self-Driving, OTA updates, a host of connected features, and more, not to mention power the Media Control Unit (MCU). That computation muscle translates quite well to gaming.
All of Tesla’s newer models are equipped with pretty powerful AMD Ryzen chips that feature the company’s RDNA 2 graphics — the same as the PS5, although the chip powering Sony’s console is custom-built by AMD.
Nevertheless, the Ryzen chip in Tesla’s electric cars is more than capable of playing a wide range of PC titles. Tesla launched Tesla Arcade in 2019, bringing some casual games to its cars. However, making AAA games (and more) playable on a Tesla would take things to the next level.
Tesla even showed off Cyberpunk 2077 running, at 60fps nonetheless, on demo vehicles at its Model S Plaid delivery event last June.
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WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG
It seems like gaming is disabled if the car is driving, though I don’t know if anyone have managed to circumvent the safeguard.
Idiot drivers probably already game on their phones. Well, those idiots who have figured out to how fool the driver inattention detection.
It will be hacked, guaranteed. 10 years ago I had a Cydia add-on that removed the app restrictions on my Pioneer App Radio. I could open any app on my phone on the screen of my head unit. If I was dumb enough, I could have played Lux (a lite variation of Risk) during my commute.
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The car is battery powered. Game playing uses power.
If used, the feature will shorten your driving range by some amount.
Anyone who buys a Tesla will have a cellphone they could play games on that uses a completely separate battery.
Game playing doesn’t make the car faster, safer, or more efficient.
Why would anyone want this?
First of all you won’t be able to play any Steam games when the vehicle is driving. Now when the vehicle is stopped for what ever reason, then you will be able to play those Steam games. As far as battery concerns, when any Tesla is driving around, then the computers are constantly processing tons of data, from all the cameras, radar, sensors, and it’s using AI to control the vehicle driving, and/or warning systems. That is a ton of computing power that is used for all of that data processing. Yet these Tesla’s still get their projected ranges. Now if you sit in your Tesla for 10-12 hours playing games, then sure, I can see the battery life go down some.
My head is aching from the absolute stupidity of this company.
I guess while you wait the 3 hours for your vehicle to charge so you can drive 200 miles (about 3-4 hours in and of itself, you need to be able to have an excuse to justify the insanely high price paired with meh build quality.
Slight exageration, a lot more range than that, but that’s even assuming you can find a supercharger.
I wonder how many accidents will happen after this gets hacked? Also waiting for the privacy and security issues that are surely to come up sooner than later.
My head is aching about the stupidity of your comment.
– Supercharging (Level 3) takes 15 – 30 min to charge
– 240V (Level 2) takes 6-8 hours to charge. Good for charging at home or work.
– Yes Range is higher
– Most main cities have multiple superchargers. You can drive across the country using the Supercharging network
– You can play games or watch netflix if you want while charging. They dont work while driving. You might use 0.5 to 1%, who cares?
– “Hacking/Jailbreaking” is not a thing.
Shell Canada has laid out its plans for a major expansion of its electric vehicle (EV) charging network across its network of service stations. The company has announced it will install 79 Recharge fast charging points at 37 of its forecourts located along major corridors from the British Columbia to Ontario by the end of the year. Not to mention by 2030 Shell plans to install a few thousand of these fast chargers across Canada.
Look vehicles that drive on the roads, and highways contribute around a 1/3 of the Green house gas around the world. At the end of the day EV’s are here to stay, so get over it.