I don't think it's just you; it's the current crop of racing games. Not only are the vast majority geared, as you pointed out, towards the hardcore car fans, but even the 'arcade' ones like NFS and Forza Horizon bear a lot of baggage for the sake of some realism. The likes of Burnout, Flatout, and the old NFS games just don't exist any more. I participated in the NFS 2015 beta, and it did the same for me that EA Access did for you; saved me from a bad purchase. The only hope is, as mentioned on the latest Bombcast, that the NFS license performs so miserably this time around that EA considers rebooting Burnout to make up for it. Whether it would do the series justice or not, well, that's another question.
I have this behaviour with Groove Media Player, but not with YouTube or VLC. Have you checked your Realtek control panel for any sort of sound effects, or the Realtek audio properties in Device Manager? Maybe try turning off enhancements in the Realtek audio properties and see if that makes a difference.
For as good as the core of Windows 10 seems to be thus far, the intensification of its data collection cannot be dismissed. Even if your personal data can be protected, most users are not going to be aware of how to, or that they even need to. Microsoft is leveraging their private information without their knowledge, and that just leaves a sour taste in the back of my mouth.
Also, having dealt with many large-scale organisations in my career, I know that upgrading OS software in an office environment is a slow, painful, and often nightmare-riddled task. I suspect any competent network administrator will institute an update policy to prevent automatic Windows 10 installations, but I can see there being a few headaches in companies that unwittingly walk in one day to find all their computers running a different OS and none of their proprietary software functioning correctly.
At the risk of losing my Hitman 'creds', I have to say that I loved Absolution. I also loved Blood Money, Contracts, and Hitman 2 (never got around to playing the first one, though it's sitting in my Steam Library). Sure, Absolution adopted less of a sandbox structure than the previous games, but I thought it retained enough of the thrill of dynamic assassinations to be thoroughly enjoyable.
@mikelemmer Man, coding a 50,000 word novel sounds daunting. Scrap that, I can't even wrap my head around how you'd go about it! The best of luck; I would quite like to hear about your experience if you do tackle it!
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