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When Cyberpunk 2077 spawned police behind you

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When pathfinding is too difficult, simply teleport the problem directly behind the user. At launch, the much-hyped title lacked the code to properly navigate law enforcement vehicles to a crime scene. Their brilliant solution was just materially manifesting fully armed guards precisely two feet behind the player, defying all known laws of reality.

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