This game looks gorgeous in Quality mode, which is 4k/30fps locked. The game looks “really, really good” in performance/60fps mode…with just a few settings turned down in order to maintain 60fps, with the occasional dip below 4k resolution thanks to dynamic res turned on.
Based on some online reviews it seems Performance mode only occasionally dips down to a lower resolution, and then only briefly, so quickly you may never notice it…effectively making the game appear like a 4k/60 version with some of the settings turned down.
But damn this is a pretty game…would it not be possible to do a 60fps mode…with all the same settings as “Quality” mode…but have that Dynamic Resolution kick in more often or even limit the upper-bar of the resolution setting in Performance mode to 1440 or 1600p so you’d rarely/occasionally get any kind of dynamic resolution kick in?
Here’s my Reasoning: Many of us (dare I say most of us?) are not playing these games on monitors we sit 3 feet away from…when you are on the couch or sofa looking at a 40 or 55 or 65+ inch 4K or lower TV set, you simply do not notice dips in resolution as much as you would sitting right on top of a monitor…but you will notice if the foliage is scaled back or the lighting in a scene or SSAO is dropped down, because those are large effects that change the entire look of a given scene.
In other words, for all of us gaming on large TV’s from the couch or sofa, who won’t be able to tell if the screen goes from 4k to 1440p for a few seconds (to be honest I’d play at a locked 60/1440p all th e time if it were an option!) I’ll bet 60fps with Quality detail settings at 1440p looks better than 60fps with some settings turned down to maintain a nearly full 4k pixel count. The game moves so fast, you won’t have much time to pixel peep. In this game pixel resolution isn’t as important as some other slower games where you have lots of time to spend staring at a screen that slowly changes.
Badically what you’re asking is that devs would remove quality mode and make 60fps mode only mode at 1440p resolution.
Sorry, but I didn’t buy 4K tv to play at 1440p resolution.
Ideally a third option which is a mix of both the Quality preset and 60 FPS would be added with dynamic resolution being added which would be able to downscale to 1440p where needed.
Right, I’m not asking them to change either of the existing modes, but it seems like a sweet-spot is missing from the current lineup…reviewers have already stated that in Performance mode the game already dips below 4k sometimes, but rarely. This, to me, means the game could probably maintain 1440p/60 with more details turned on pretty easily, and I doubt many people could tell what resolution the game was running at without pausing or going photo mode to look at distant objects.
Maybe if you still have 1080p TV. Main problem with 1440p on 2160p screen is blurriness because upscaler will have to guess what colour each pixel is because you can’t just use integers:
2560 ÷ 0,6666666666 = 3840
1440 ÷ 0,6666666666 = 2160
While it’s a lot easier with 1080p:
1920 × 2 = 3840
1080 × 2 = 2160
And 720p:
1280 × 3 = 3840
720 × 3 = 2160
I agree, it would greatly benefit from a Full HD mode with all bells and whistles.
Actually, for reasons unknown, the Xbox Series X doesn’t seem to downscale well from 4K to 1080p, which is my current screen (BenQ MOBIUZ EX2510). There’s still a lot of aliasing as if the console was letting the monitor do the downscaling instead. On PS5 I don’t have this problem, which makes games like Spider-Man: Miles Morales look amazing on my screen.
(on the other hand, the PS5 still lacks VRR!)
A native 1080p mode with better graphics would be the ideal way to play on screens like mine. I know I could just buy a PC, but… have you seen how much an RTX 3070 goes for these days?
What about just adding a third “custom” option, where we can change settings like pc users can? Add some warning to user who might not understand what they’re doing, that setting everything to ULTRA and 4K resolution on your xbox will result in 10 FPS, and let the rest of us tinker a bit and see what we like best?
Good try there but quality mode already runs at almost highest settings. Ultra settings are waste of performance in many cases anyway. For example shadow quality set to ultra is bad in many games because image quality you gain compared to very high or high in some games is so small that you can’t even see it while at same time you can lose up to 15-20% fps.
I didn’t mean I want a custom option just to run the game on ultra It’s about giving people choice, since not everyone likes the same thing, or are playing on the same tv/monitor. I get why options on consoles are dumbed down, to make it as accessible as possible for everyone, but I just find it weird that there can’t also be an option for people who’d like to change things to their own preference - instead of the limiting “these two options fit all” approach.
Agreed 100%. I’d love for performance mode to have all the ultra/extreme settings of quality mode, but sacrifice more resolution to keep it at 60fps. One thing that frustrates me in performance mode is LOD pop in. The plants “fill-in” to their higher LOD as you get closer, it’s distracting. This is much harder to notice in Quality mode. I won’t sacrifice 60fps to get better LOD distance, but I’d happily sacrifice resolution.
I’m not a fan of the performance mode image quality hits, so I’m hoping in a future patch they implement Dynamic Resolution. If the game runs at 60fps at nearly 4k all the time, it can also easily run at 60fps with full detail at nearly 60fps…with a more aggressive dynamic resolution setting internally.
With the motion blur and the full environmental effects going on you aren’t noticing any resolution dips, and if you do then guess what…the 30/4k or 60/4k-lowered detail modes are for you.
It’s about giving people choice, since not everyone likes the same thing, or are playing on the same tv/monitor. I get why options on consoles are dumbed down, to make it as accessible as possible for everyone, but I just find it weird that there can’t also be an option for people who’d like to change things to their own preference - instead of the limiting “these two options fit all” approach.