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by nottorp 55 days ago
Every game logic update, not only physics, should run on a timer that's fully independent from the frame rate.

The only place where that doesn't matter is fixed hardware - i.e. old generation consoles, before they started to make "pro" upgrades.

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> i.e. old generation consoles, before they started to make "pro" upgrades.

And before it was realistically possible to port a game to run on multiple consoles without a complete rewrite.