So they prioritize graphics above performance for the base version.
Stupid choice imo but I wasn't interested in the first place.
Stupid choice imo but I wasn't interested in the first place.
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[Unconfirmed] Crash Team Racing: Nitro Fueled will run at 60FPS on PS4 Pro and Xbox One X.
- Thread starter Lant_War
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I hate this, and I want full transparency day 1 if they're gonna do this next gen. Just say either "we're launching two consoles, a base and a more expensive pro model", or "we're hard at work on a pro model behind the scenes, and it will be coming a few months/a year later", and I'll get/wait for the pro.
One X is fine, but with the PS4 Pro, there are so many games that are one step forward, two steps back in terms of performance increase over the base ones that it's hard to justify an upgrade for me.
One X is fine, but with the PS4 Pro, there are so many games that are one step forward, two steps back in terms of performance increase over the base ones that it's hard to justify an upgrade for me.
It's certainly not impossible, but I'd be very surprised. PR was pretty specific in saying this was the very latest build they were showing at PAX, etc.
This is a racing game, a genre which absolutely benefits the most from good framerate over good fidelity. The fact that it's also multiplayer means PS4 Pro players will have an inherent advantage when playing online, and that kind of gatekeeping is stupid.
Maybe this would've made some sense if this game wasn't a remake of a game that came out in fucking 1999. The choice to double down on a bunch of visual fluff was their decision. They could've gone for framerate but if this reporting is true then they didn't, and that's a misguided decision. I would gladly trade away fidelity for a performance boost on base platforms considering CTR's art design is solid enough on its own for me not to care. When I played Onrush I instantly flipped that shit to performance and never looked back, despite the hit the graphics took.
This seems like last time measure imo. They could target 60fps since the beginning on base consoles and then bump the resolution, textures and so on in premium consoles.
Eh depends on the specs.
I got a GTX 970M graphics card, the danged thing is like 5 years old but for a game like this, it could get me 60 FPS just fine with majority of settings on High (optional bloom and depth of field, but I disable those anyways since games look prettier without them).
Price of a rig comes down to how and what you'd use that rig or its specs for.
CTR NF doesn't look like that demanding a game IMO, and I'd expect base PS4s to be able to target 60 FPS tbh.
What? Not at all.
If you have a weak PC you turn down some settings and play it at 60 fps. Drop the resolution if needed. That is actually the beauty of PC and consoles should at least give you the option between 30 and 60 fps modes.
I took 60 fps for granted, even for Switch. I'm super disappointed that they targeted graphics instead of framerate. Mario Kart 8 feels weird and unresponsive at 30 fps vs 60. It is like completely different game. Now CTR will have that weird feeling after playing MK8 for so long.
Damn, that's disappointing for the base versions, but I'm getting a Pro later this year anyway so it's good to know there'll be a 60 fps console version.
With that said, is this source trustworthy? Don't want to get my hopes up for what may amount to nothing.
With that said, is this source trustworthy? Don't want to get my hopes up for what may amount to nothing.
Hell yeah! This was a constant annoying little thing about this game. Now I'll have to wait for the digital foundry video comparing them. I want the PS4 version for the retro skins, but if One X holds a better frame rate, that's a no brainer
Plenty of reasons:
- People were expecting 30 fps for all versions at this point, so this is a nice surprise if true
- People are baffled at them going for 60 fps on enhanced consoles only, considering a game like this would benefit greatly with higher fps on any console
- No official confirmation yet so a mix of surprise and doubt
Really Crash, Spyro & CTR should have been 60fps even on Base Consoles, i don't think their visuals & especially the corridor levels of Crash justify 30, im obviously not a dev but still this series of remakes being 30 was sad.
Im still hoping for Spyro on PC for 60fps since no patch for PS4 Pro.
Im still hoping for Spyro on PC for 60fps since no patch for PS4 Pro.
if this news is true, they probably struggled a bit to keep a consistent 60 on base models, so instead of optimizing they just locked it to 30 and just went for 60 on pro models where they have the head room.
Does anyone know if the game is gonna come on the disc or is Activison going to pull that shitty scheme they did with Spyro and make you download the whole game.
Whereas if they had targeted 60 on base from the start it wouldn't be an issue. I mean it's a kart racer. It's not like 60fps is an unobtainable target.
agreed, and they could have then gone the route of making the pro/x versions look prettier and run at higher res, while offering everyone an equally good gameplay experience.
I don't understand why 30FPS is even on the table for these remakes. Platformers and kart racers. Remakes from the PSX generation. 30FPS (and Spyro wasn't even solid 30FPS when I played it at launch).
I'm sorry but this isn't acceptable. Forza (mainline series) runs at 60fps on base consoles and that looks fantastic. Same with Mario Kart on switch, what's their excuse?
Probably something like millions of individual hairs on crash animated according from where the wind blows, or something like that that no one cares about lol
Same here, don't want to get excited for no reason just yet.
yeah when you consider the kind of games that can run at 60 on base consoles/switch, their decision to not prioritize 60 fps from the beginning on all platforms starts to look pretty dumb.
I'm speaking from ignorance here but I feel like Mario kart 8 doesnt look too far from this game visually
Are the graphics so taxing that 60fps isn't possible on base systems?
Blows my mind how good Mario Kart 8 looks on Switch while having a rock solid frame rate. Admittedly it's a port of a last gen title, exclusive and developed internally so it has that going for it.
Blows my mind how good Mario Kart 8 looks on Switch while having a rock solid frame rate. Admittedly it's a port of a last gen title, exclusive and developed internally so it has that going for it.
I'd have really loved a option to tonedown the graphics on a base PS4/Xbox One for 60fps. As good as it'd look i'd rather have a framerate that matches a X and Pro.
It's such a bummer because with no PC version and only owning that a base PS4 and a Switch I have no option of playing it in 60fps.
It's such a bummer because with no PC version and only owning that a base PS4 and a Switch I have no option of playing it in 60fps.
