It's true, it's bad. Just check the OT and social media. DF tested the day one patch AKA when the game ran at its best.
I can understand that you are sick and tired of it. But I still don't want parity, because everyone should get the best possible version for the console they own. That's my stance and imo parity doesn't stop fanboys as the internet has shown. They'll find the smallest dip and make a screenshot of it. They'll find a bug and make a screenshot of it.
But you are advocating for there to be differences? Clearly, as some devs and journalists have been saying, the PS5 and the Series X are as close as can be. These consoles will never stray far from eachother.
Parity doesn't always mean one console is being held back. What if one console is able to achieve 4K at steady 75 frames and the other can achieve 4K at 65 frames. Both games would get locked to 4K60. There would be parity and that would be absolutely fine because leaving the framerate unlocked would be a downgrade in most cases.
Then you could do other things with the headroom. I dislike the concept of parity in general and just to give a example*, what would you guys think when a game on switch loads in 50 seconds and then loads on next gen consoles in 50 seconds? Parity isn't the best thing that can happen. Parity is bullshit.
I am advocating for developers, regardless of plattform to try their best and take advantage of the customization, specs, ... . Sure, not every developer will, due to funds, talent or time and that's fine. But the goal should be to try your best and to take advantage of the customization of the Switch, Series S|X and PS5. I mentioned current gen consoles here, but really I want every platform to be taken advantage of.
I mean, because it wasn't supposed to. That seems obvious now.
Seasonal rush is a thing in just about every industry that has 'seasons'. If it was just that (week or two before holidays) noone would ever complain about crunch.
How did you do the Gymkhana achievement?I'm a little late for this update, but it's cool that most (all?) of the visual bugs I ran into look to have been addressed, based on the last couple sets of patch notes. My entire play-time across both Series S and Series X (about 50/50 between the Target Resolution vs. 120hz modes) was stable, so I'm appreciative of that even before these new improvements. I had uninstalled when I finished up and heard there was a new issue for people who completed all career events, but that is supposed to be resolved already.
It was on everything, but not necessarily obvious on everything. Like I noticed a Skoda that had an octagonal badge instead of a circular one, for example.
THIS, so much. I called them out on Twitter. Some people liked the comment but noone replied and the Dirt 5 Twitter just ignored it while replying to others.
Its really a fun game. Been a while since I 100% one. You won't regret it.
I'm a little late for this update, but it's cool that most (all?) of the visual bugs I ran into look to have been addressed, based on the last couple sets of patch notes. My entire play-time across both Series S and Series X (about 50/50 between the Target Resolution vs. 120hz modes) was stable, so I'm appreciative of that even before these new improvements. I had uninstalled when I finished up and heard there was a new issue for people who completed all career events, but that is supposed to be resolved already.
Absolutely.
Too bad they can't get bloodborne or other games to get 60 fps patches 😟
Devs confirmed this was a bug iirc.
I disagree. You could easily add dynamic resolution in your example and then not achieve parity. What I want is developers using the unique hardware capabilities of the console and most of them actually do imo. Not to the absolute limit of the console, as this needs studios like ND, TC, ... mind you, but good enough that it shows effort and dedication.
I used the switch to make a exaggerated example and used loading to show how dumb parity is. I think parity is bad as a goal and of course with parity you are holding back a system. In the case of PS5 and Xbox Series X not by much, because while each console has benefits, ultimately they are very close. But still if you go for loading, resolution, ray tracing, framerate, ... parity, then by definition you are hindering one system. Which system you hinder will differ depending on the tasks.
I think you are taking this way too literally. Nobody is asking for exact parity in every single detail where one system is actively held back. They don't have to artificially extend the load time on the PS5 to achieve literal parity with the XSX if it takes a second longer to load.
So basically the game is unplayable for me until further notice. Thats great.
