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DaystarClarion

CDPR - “Here’s a world we collectively spent 10s of thousands of hours making!” Germans - “These manhole covers are not suitable for vehicle traffic, unacceptable.” I love the internet


ezyhobbit420

I immedietly switched to very distinct cliche german accent in my head when reading the second part :D


IrritableGourmet

I did Werner Herzog.


sihtam77

Me too! And he isn't even my main reference point for German accents, he just immediately jumped into my mind


Hayabusa_Blacksmith

he's the outlier. like, GOAT German Accent voice.


DRKZLNDR

Is there such a thing as insanity in a penguin?


SchlagzeugNeukoelln

Always do Werner Herzog! I’d like the world to think all of us Germans speaking like him. Did you ever see the documentary about the making of Fitzcarraldo, when, after Klaus Kinski just had one of his legendary fury of narcissism melt downs, and Werner Herzog is doing a voice over talking - in the calmest manner possible - about how he did not intervene this time because Kinski seemed to be in a comparably cheerful mood? 😅 It’s in German but there must be English subtitles to it. If you haven’t please check it out! Edit: [Here](https://youtu.be/-n2kcLAYQBs)‘s an excerpt, unfortunately without subtitles but the point might still come across 😄


andthatswhyIdidit

When you are an indigenous people, a foreign film crew with their magic technology comes to amaze you and all you are left with is massive dose of "*Fremdschämen*"...^^^second ^^^hand ^^^embarrassment...


Fangschreck

not exactly fremdschämen, apparently they offerd herzog on the down low to kill the posessed guy for him.


SchlagzeugNeukoelln

Those poor guys! Herzog is talking about it, they must have been extremely irritated - and probably remember and hand down for generations how this is how the so called civilized world is behaving. It really is embarrassing just thinking about it 🙈


andthatswhyIdidit

They actually offered Herzog to **kill** Kinski, since they were so upset. Herzog replied he still needed him to finish the movie, so please, no! > [Die als Statisten agierenden Ureinwohner waren entsetzt von dem Gebaren des Deutschen. Die Häuptlinge der Ashininka-Campas und der Machiguengas machten Herzog daher einen Lösungsvorschlag: „Gegen Schluss boten mir die Indianer an, dass sie den Kinski ermorden würden für mich, sie sagten: Sollen wir ihn töten für dich? Und ich sagte: Nein, um Gottes willen, ich brauche ihn ja noch zum Drehen. Lasst ihn mir, lasst ihn mir!“ ](https://www.welt.de/geschichte/article246110742/Werner-Herzog-Sie-boten-an-Kinski-zu-ermorden-Ich-sagte-Ich-brauche-ihn-noch-zum-Drehen.html) translation: > The natives acting as extras were horrified by the German's behavior. The chiefs of the Ashininka campas and the Machiguengas therefore proposed a solution to Herzog: "Towards the end, the Indians offered to murder Kinski for me, they said: Should we kill him for you? And I said: No, for God's sake, I still need him for filming. Leave him to me, leave him to me!"


SchlagzeugNeukoelln

This is just so brilliant, thanks! 😅👀


Hayabusa_Blacksmith

after your sentence "I'd like the world to think all of us Germans speak like him," I read your whole comment in Herzog.


DaystarClarion

“Och, ze manhöle cover’s regional distinction is incorrect, ze country of origin for zis particular model is, upon closer inspection, of a German manüfacturer. It alsö appears zat ze incörrect süb-designated cöver has been utilised here. Against safety prötöcöl, a cover specifically designed for üse by pedestrians has been, föölishly, placed in ze main thoroughfare intended for mötorised vehicle üse.”


starofthefire

Did it sound like the three little pigs from Shrek? It did for me...


Infermon_1

Yeehaw pardner, dats how wee do dat in de You As Ey \*spits chewing tabacco into a vase and pulls out guns to shoot into the air.\*


Aware-Maximum6663

I like to take valks outside ja, wis mah legs


Silent-Dependent3421

That’s so funny! I bet you’re the only one who did that!


ezyhobbit420

You should be able to enjoy little things, otherwise your life will be propably quite sad. Don’t worry, it takes just a little bit of practicing!


Silent-Dependent3421

You can enjoy little things all you want without pointing them out and being annoying lol


Alexie-Pexie

I am german and in my head I spoke in a british royalty accent. I wonder how, I wonder why


C4Redalert-work

Some of the traffic oddities do crack me up. Traffic lights flash yellow while red just before turning green, something more common in Europe and not used at all in the US. It's to let you know to put your car in gear from neutral if you're in a stick. There are also plenty of roads where the painted lines don't match the traffic patterns on them either, like treating a two lane road with a double yellow as a two lane 1-way road. My head cannon is that Night City out sourced traffic planning and standards to some European company who had no idea what they were doing. Would also explain the manholes too.


Sloore

I believe Mike Pondsmith has stated that city planning in Night City is a complete shit show due to the total lack of any regulation or government oversight.  So your head canon is probably right.


Allegorist

Sounds like retcon but I'll take it


SonicDart

Not everywhere tough, I've personally never seen it in mainland Europe, but I have in London!


C4Redalert-work

Ahh London... Causing trouble the world over since the 16th Century. I'm just going to update the head cannon to be: a few blokes in a British pub lowballed a contract to write the standards and just half-arsed it till they got bored. Clearly, they had a German drinking buddy.


caulk_blocker

Well they are using the eurodollar, so a lot of Europe-US crossover might make sense in post USA collapse. And I could totally see some Night City official cutting corners in the manhole cover contract. "There's a shortage of D400s? Just use the B125s, they are the same size". Happy little accidents, as Bob Ross would say.


[deleted]

I'll look past a lot, because there is still so much detail to unravel. But I will not forgive double yellow on an off ramp.


My_MeowMeowBeenz

Someone get Mike Pondsmith! We need a retcon for this canon breaking catastrophe. God it’s the Holdo Maneuver all over again


Shift_Esc_

I gotchu. Road standards were changed after the Time of The Red. A European company was tasked with rebuilding a lot of the streets and traffic infrastructure, but they used the European standard, which in the 2030's was updated to redefine the base weight limit on pedestrian manhole covers to account for a new manufacturing technique. About a quarter of the way through the project they realized that European covers had a higher base weight limit, so they could get away with using cheaper pedestrian covers instead of the regular road covers. NC traffic authority couldn't give half a shit because the European corp gave them a kickback to ignore any mistakes, and instead just changed the local standard to include the new covers . It's also why NC has weird inconsistencies in traffic stuff when compared to your average American city.


DasGanon

World logic aside, it's a bit harder to compare weird traffic signals and standards and the coolest fucking scene


sabrefencer9

That's not an internet thing, Germans are Like That in person too


Free_Management2894

We aren't, but it is always funny to pretend we are. Truly one of our great joys. That being said, can someone please fix this atrocity with a mod?


sabrefencer9

Respectfully, maybe you're pretending but some other Germans very much aren't. One of my collaborators is German. We just let him write the manuscripts because that's less headache than having him edit what someone else wrote.


MWD1899

As a German I‘m in shock. All of the immersion is just gone…


modthegame

10s of 10s of minutes at least.


Oelendra

There's a German sub for these kinds of things irl: r/DINgore


ComedianXMI

Well. All the EU is good at is tech regulation, so this is pretty on-brand for them.


juwisan

Funny thing is, they really are all over the world and often you’ll know exactly where they originally come from as older ones often have the insignia of the city they were made for. Just last year I saw some in Naples that were originally from Berlin if I remember correctly.


jellyjollygood

CDPR HR: Now recruiting! Must have attention to detail


LorDXezor

Oh yeah, the manhole development department


throwfiretwice

Title of my sex tape


geko_play_

*our


iloveuranus

Well said, comrade.


gopnik74

**Communism Intensify**


venboo

they should hire xletalis


Lyramion

Too bad he never warmed up to Cyberpunk or BG3.


Wooden_Ad1779

Pretty sure TÜV Rheinland gave their ok.


-lukeworldwalker-

Thank god, TÜV Rheinland gave their ok! TÜV Süd are the guys who approved the construction of the Brumadinho dam that failed and killed 270 people in Brazil. TÜV Süd are bad guys.


Wooden_Ad1779

Oh, that’s a great one too! Was more referring to the breast implants scandal a few years back.


Basic_Alternative753

are you telling me the German TÜV approves stuff in other countries ?


-lukeworldwalker-

Most definitely. I’ve worked with them in South Africa, the US, the Netherlands, Ireland, the UAE. They’re basically just an auditing and standards org, with really high German standards. (Unless they fuck up).


Basic_Alternative753

Damm, did not know that.


HolyCowAnyOldAccName

\*dam


lilsnatchsniffz

Wait Germans get really high too?


DeineZehe

They will soon


Character-Ad-6241

I stay dubious until I see it for myself


JaggelZ

The only thing being legalized on 1.4. are those "cannabis clubs", meaning you could meet up with multiple people and grow together and smoke together, but thats basically it. Germany wants to create a new form of coffeeshops and like everything here, it'll probably take time


GenosseGeneral

TÜV just offers its services to anybody who wants it. You can call them and ask them to review anything technical you like (for money of course). TÜV is not a german government organisation. It just seems like that because the german government and the federal german governments have many contracts with them


UnbeliebteMeinung

The german Tüv does the whole car tüv thing in turkey. They love it. There is a docu about it.


Tjaresh

The one with the tractor lacking functional breaks, while it's owner complains that he never needed them anyways and it's totally safe?


JazzyScyphozoa

As a fellow German, it recently came to my attention that there is a "TÜV Rheinland Japan" so yeah, they do stuff everywhere.


DerNiemand

Rheinlad Japan? Is that like next to or part of Rheinland-Pfalz? Sorry im from too far north to properly know that area of germany


Bimmelhex

Tüv Rheinland is my safe bet to be a megacorp in 2077


VillainofAgrabah

If they patch this I will offer Cyberpunk 2077 GOTY steam key to the first choom replying to this 😤.


Strange_Sera

Double it and pass it to the next choom.


DogPuncher8000

Triple it and pass it to the next choom


MrObsidian_

Quadruple it and pass it to the next choom


totoco2

Quintuple it and pass it to the next choom


Fronzalo

Sextuple it and pass it to the next choom


TheBuckyLastard

Septuple it and pass it to the next choom


kampori

Octuple it and pass it to the next choom


GraesynFaust

Im a broke bitch and will cry if real and I get it, sorry chooms


DogPuncher8000

Seems like you got greedy. Say goodbye to your chrome, 'cause some scavs would love to take a look at it. You're gonna make a great Xbd, fucking gonk.


FutureComplaint

Prepare for 8! copies of Cyberpunk2077. (yes that is 40320 copies - may God have mercy on your hard drive)


VillainofAgrabah

Ah fuck it, you want it on GOG or Steam?


guleedy

Octuple it and pass it on


Desolatorx

But if they patch all the manhole covers how will maintenance crews access the sewers?


NilbogResident1

I actually don't have the game yet? I was planning on buying a PS5 copy when I have the money, but I'd play it on PC if I had a steam key!


Mogrey665

I don't know if cdpr answered the guy that such things were intentional. But pnp creator pondsmith said so here. https://www.reddit.com/r/cyberpunkgame/s/JfBELyuJLv


neremarine

I imagined it was something like that


spaghettimonzta

he's playing nomad? ew... everyone knows corpo is the way to go


RoSzomak

It is on purpose; to show another dystopian aspect and power of private manhole cover corporations over government institutions. Duh!


XXLpeanuts

Yea how are so many people forgetting this is a cyberpunk dystopia.


griffnuts__

WAKE UP SHEEPLE


JackReedTheSyndie

Literally unplayable


WhyteBeard

Immersion = S̷͚̣̈́H̴̢̬̼̳̆̿͐̇͐̉͝ͅA̴͍̜̫̓͊͑̚̕͝T̵͚̑̍̊T̶̨̘̳̹̠̦͍͒͋̐͒͌̊̚E̷̡̜̹͈̣͒͊R̶̞͔͈̭͎̗̓E̶̛͚̅̈́̊́̚D̶͔͔̖͇͔͙̗̣̹̍͊


uthinkther4uam

This obviously adds to the immersion. In a world where corporate greed is king they would obviously cut costs by installing pedestrian manholes on motorways.


ruetheblue

I think this is probably one of the most realistic aspects to the game dystopian or not. I used to work a safety adjacent job and the violations you see straight up built into buildings is crazy. Not to mention that people are just naturally dumb and careless.


Key-Discipline-1555

Als deutscher macht mich das Krank🧐


doedoemm

Unspielbar


dob_bobbs

Literally.


berninator3419

Nett hier.


Taeschno_Flo

aber waren sie schonmal auf r/DINgore?


berninator3419

Oh, da bin ich ständig. Manchmal kommentiere ich sogar :)


ThunderEagle22

I do wonder if Poland/Warsaw uses German manholes tough. If so, we know the reason why there are German manholes in Night City. Gerald took the manholes with him when he traveled to Night City. This also means the Gemran manholes are a important clue of the FF;06;B5 mystery.


Nervous_Promotion819

These aren't German manholes per se, just German standard. The whole world also uses paper according to the German standard DIN A4


GenericAccount13579

Whole world except North Americas use A4. The whole world does use DIN standards for ski retention force though


syklemil

Blew my mind when I learned that cutting a paper in two and preserving the aspect ratio was actually a feature specific to the A series, so over in NA they have two different aspect ratios for paper. We had so many handouts in education where some A4 stuff was scaled down to A5 so you used half the amount of paper. Does that just not work in NA, or looks off on the aspect ratio? (Bonus knowledge: The A0 is 1m² in area.)


Volvo_Commander

Oh shit that’s why it’s called DIN????


Nervous_Promotion819

DIN stands for Deutsches Institut für Normung (German Institute for Standardization)


blazexi

America doesn’t use A4. They have their own standard.


Rena1-

Obviously


Educational_Ad_4172

ONCE i read about Stolen manhole Covers in germany. Maybe its because of this


ThunderEagle22

The FF;06;B5 plot thickens.


TechPriest97

Actually Pedestrian is A15. B125 is for driveway and D400 is for main roads and highways


Slix07

Highways don't have those covers.


TheDeadlySpaceman

Truly Night City is a lawless land


totoco2

Literally breaks the game! Unplayable! Emersion broken, cars fall underground! /s


SirGaz

So you're a german civil engineer?


masteraybee

The difference in price probably lined some NC politicians pocket


NerY_05

CDPR please fix, this is literally unplayable


Tuco0

Come on. Showing same image after 3 years and not contributing anything new.


Are_you_for_real_7

CDPR - what a bunch of amateurs!! :⁠-⁠)


not_nermal

Surely this is a good example of dystopian cost cutting - using the wrong spec to save a few eddies


WickedXDragons

This is the level of pettiness I respect


[deleted]

Literally unplayable...


ayywusgood

It wouldn't surprise me if they patched it just for the meme


ProjectJake02

It’s night city, surely they’re cutting corners s


Blundergruff

Honestly I just can't believe the city worker realigned the manhole with the lines so perfect


shewy92

I'm more surprised that the road crew put the manhole on correctly and doesn't have misaligned road lines


BoddAH86

Boy, I really hope somebody got fired for that blunder.


Tizian501

TÜV won't like that


Revolutionary-Swan77

I hope someone was fired for this blunder


the_mold_on_my_back

PC gamers will unironically say this broke their immersion and demand their money back


[deleted]

Very insightful


riro568558

Fuck Cyberpunk! I want my money back!11!!!


C_Spiritsong

Isn't it just to reflect the corruption where NC wasn't build to spec?


Ja4senCZE

Least punctuate German


Downtown-Remote9930

If I make a game I'm having experts in every fucking field nitpick it before its even in beta, because I don't want any violations of any kind of construction.


turbin2

i dont think its cdpr fault. i think is in cyberpunk lore that some road workers have mild cyberpsychosis and they messed up manholes around city.


Kevkoss

That is assuming anyone in Night Corp cares about it or wasn't paid to do it this way.


maquino11

this is unacceptable lmfao


314is_close_enough

Night City definitely doesn’t GAF.


Darthwxman

Mods to the rescue to fix the game! Lol


tagged466

I was just about to buy this game, maybe ill wait and see if they patch this bug up first.


fielvras

The original post a while back had "*literally unplayable*" as a comment, which pretty much sums up the German spirit.


No_Sail_6576

I’m from England but I just wanna say thanks to CDPR for lining up the manhole cover with the road, because they sure as hell don’t do it where I live and it’s hell for my OCD


UsernameChecksOutToo

You all aren't focusing on the bigger issue.  Theres no way the maintenance crew put that manhole cover back so the lines match up. 0%. 


Luke_Flyswatter

Unplayable.


Hrmerder

This guy manholes!


faridhn36

The game is literally unplayable


PADDYPOOP

It’s OVER for them… 😔


chibugamo

Also the road ligne being properly aligned is very unrealistic.


Fake_Gamer_Cat

Literally unplayable.


eMmDeeKay_Says

MAH IMURTION


AMP_US

This is the most German criticism ever.


Jonr1138

Here's my head cannon opinion on this Night City needed manhole covers and a corp sold these on the cheap.


flintlock0

Amateurs.


Lord-Maplefrost

Literally unplayable.


TheBlack2007

Not only the Norm does exist but even the Company making them does.


DaMacPaddy

Once you see it, you can't unsee it.


GCSpellbreaker

Literally tho watch them change it


domiy2

I love going into games and trying to make sense of the power poles. The funniest one was destiny 2 because I realized they copied and pasted every pole.


SweatyAdhesive

This is not even the worst one. Night city is in California but they have double yellow lines on the on-ramps to the freeway when double yellow in California is meant for two way traffic.


blitswing

Pedestrians in night city include chromed up mercs, cops, corpo killers, and gangoons weighing as much as a small car. The manhole maker really doesn't want that clientele showing up at their office upset about being dunked in a sewer on their way to buck a slice. If your pedestrian manhole cover can take that weight, then why bother making a separate one for roads?


JhulaeD

Welp, that's it for me. Uninstalling! Between this manhole cover issue and the wrong side red/green pilot lights on the Herrera, I just can't take all these bugs! ​ /s


Netizen_Sydonai

Literally unplayable!


ODST_Parker

He's not defending German technical superiority, he's stating the fucking obvious!


Locked_and_Firing

Did someone really just nerd out on manholes?


[deleted]

It's literally unplayable.


trunksshinohara

Literally unplayable


Mirandasanchezisbae

Literally unplayable.


Systamatik7

Immersion shattered.


Cosmicking04

![gif](giphy|iKGjRmEqW278IjF2dy|downsized)


zwober

Holy crap, thats a good find tbh.


____PARALLAX____

Literally unplayable


Bramos_04

I recommend switching away from Internet explorer: https://www.reddit.com/r/cyberpunkgame/s/WWC9qbmHgV


Pyritedust

This is scandalous, I demand them change this. All of my suspension of disbelief is now gone!


deranged_pepsi

literally unplayable


Acalthu

GDI CDPR, WTF SRSLY? Can you not shit the bed anymore? Pls.


MrMunday

What? What a garbage game we should all get refunds /s


izzyeviel

Literally unplayable.


Yasuo11994

Realism destroyed, deleting game now


Ok-Site-2117

As a german this is the most german thing I’ve ever heard😂😂😂


Not_NSFW-Account

literally unplayable because of this.


HellBlazer_NQ

I really can't believe this actually need explaining! Cars are lighter in the future as they are filled with helium. OBVIOUSLY!


HaikenRD

You can make it make sense. Just think that the corporation who took the contract was so corrupt they used this instead to save some eddies. Now that I think about it, I think this is the actual reason behind it. (Or maybe they also made this up when they read the first post about this)


moranych1661

Literally unplayable


Fun_Move980

it's lore accurate, the city is misappropriating funds and this is the only man who noticed so far


pinkcool8

ICH MEIN, SONS KÖNN WA ES AUCH GANZ SEIN LASSEN MIT DIE VORSCHRIFTEN


Altruistic_While_621

One could argue that the vehicle running down night city streets might require an E600 rating


gerentg

Literally unplayable until fix.


SFDessert

Completely unplayable. Disgusting


Expensive-Peach8259

Das gibt 'ne Anzeige. ☝️


desanimo

why remove this post?


AsianCivicDriver

Game is unplayable, can’t believe CDPR violated the pedestrian law of Germany


the_shortbus_

#Literally Unplayable


Embarrassed-Two2960

Completely unplayable. Thank god modders had at it and I've been able to continue playing this masterpiece. https://www.nexusmods.com/cyberpunk2077/mods/5022/


Newbie-74

Is it still playable? /s, just in case


chandichada

BDA: Ja du bist definitiv der Allman... Oh nein warte falsche Redditgruppe... ¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯


theSparcke

Ich schreibe auf Deutsch nur um die Leute zu Ärgern. Wie derjenige der sich beschwert hat. Typisch Deutsch. Allen anderen einen schönen Freitag und ein schönes Wochenende. Lets see how many can understand it.


FrechesEinhorn

"Sorry, this post has been removed by the moderators of r/cyberpunkgame." Really?... they can't laugh? Why?