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Would this game run properly on an M1 Macbook Pro? Does a trackpad and keyboard cut it as in interface for a game like this?

I'm so out of the loop with gaming and gaming hardware, but I've been half watching this one for ages and have to admit that I'm tantalized.

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Based on NMS performance on my 2010 era i7 and middling graphics card back in ~2017, I'm guessing that it will look and run great on the M1. I'm installing on my M1 mini, I can report back in about 6 hours on performance.

I imagine you could have fun with the trackpad, it definitely works with the KBD/mouse combo.

When they announced it at WWDC last year part of the developer context was talking about their new "MetalFX" upscaling system, which NMS is using. I imagine any ARM Mac will handle it pretty well with that up their sleeve.

And the Mac Mini has a fan (unlike the Macbook Air) which should be a big help in sustained workloads like gaming.

>Does a trackpad and keyboard cut it as in interface for a game like this?

It should, you don't need twitchy mouse speed like fast-paced shooting games, even though it's an FPS/vehicle game.

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