Driveclub was a headline game at the start of the PS4’s life. A fabulous game – eventually - but what now, with the servers turned off? Is it worth your time? JDR starts its engines in today’s Brutal Backlog.
Digital Foundry : Whether it's via FPS Boost or bespoke software upgrades, backwards compatibility on the current-gen consoles delivered an unexpected delight - the ability to liberate older console games from their 30fps limits, running them at 60 frames per second or even higher. FPS Boost did the business for Xbox Series consoles on an impressive range of titles, but there was always the sense that PS5 could do more. It's a hunch that checks out as a range of frame-rate unlocks are available for PS5, covering many must-have games - the major caveat being that only exploitable consoles running on older firmwares are invited to the party.
you love to see new life being breathed into older titles but damn the process to get there. It should be automatic that these work for everyone... not just those who exploit their systems. Really wish Sony and MS would keep this program going officially.
Damn this sucks. I want this shit so bad, but I’m not jailbreaking my console. And frankly I shouldn’t have to. I’m not a tech person, but is it really that hard for developers to unlock the framerate? Or would that have to be a large patch?
"but is it really that hard for developers to unlock the framerate?"
I guess it's not.
But it has become a profitable business if you do so.
So no one would pay for only the framerate patched to being unlocked. So studios need to offer more than that.
But this would take more time, polishing and would cost more money. So they shy away, but won't unlock the framerate, either.
That's just my personal assumption. But from what I can comprehend technically, it shouldn't be difficult to unlock framerates via a patch for older games.
... if it hadn't became a business.
frame-rate unlock should be free ...
We've seen many devs offer free patches and updates to pretty old PC titles, even bonuses ... so why can't devs offer the frame unlock patch for free (in consultation with the platform-producers) for a title from just a generation earlier?
RaidenBlack
"frame-rate unlock should be free ..."
Obviously the result of that thinking is that developers aren't even going to do it.
If they had been allowed to charge $5-10 you would see incentivized developers doing it way more often.
People just always want everything for free, but it's not free to make the patch, people have to code it then other people have to test it, and there will always be other costs involved.
If people want dollar store gaming then expect to get what you pay for.
Raiden I might be wrong but last I thought it cost money to put patches out on consoles.
As far as me paying for it, I'm not all that interested tbh. Not enough to pay for it with older games, and newer games have been pretty decent about it for the most part.
Sounds like the modder has to go in to make changes to unlock it on a game by game basis. "Simple" enough to do it unofficially, but to have it done officially, they need someone to go in a make that change, put out a patch and put it through certification, which I believe is not necessarily a cheap thing to do. It's questionable if going through this would then give them enough sales to make it worthwhile.
Many games still have physics tied to framerate, i think it's cause they wouldn't want to go in and do anything extra. Then there's the 10 dollar upgrades they rather charge. The problem is that there's no compromise, cause if I could mod my PS4 and all I'd lose is online play then id jailbreak it immediately. Mods have done so much for PC games and they could do the same for consoles, but manufacturers hafto be willing to compromise.
It's not to hard to do and there's youtube videos that break it down really well. ANyway most of us here arent able to break are console anyway due to being up to date on firmware from playing
Yep, this sucks having to require a jailbreak for something that should be standard in our industry by now. I learned my lesson when PS4 was jailbroken and I didn't keep a console on low firmware for years, but now I'm holding onto two low firmware PS5s specifically because there are features I'll be able to do that you can't do on official firmware, so this will pay off for me soon enough.
Cultured Vultures: We won't stop until everyone appreciates how brilliant Driveclub is/was.
i went to the article and theres only a couple racing games, cant find the button to move page on through all the adverts.
Dirt rally doesn't even make the list? Errm OK then.
Driveclub is over rated as well, with middle of the road handling and the 30fps killed it upon arrival for me.
GB: "Join us as we try and rank the PS4’s abundance of memorable exclusives."
ohh at last someone gives Bloodborne the throne it deserves -->the throne of the best exclusive game on PS4 and i would add the best game/new IP of this gen
Also at last one article that includes The Last Guardian in top exclusives list .....i would change its position though and i would rank it higher ...TLoUS 2 and FF VII Remake dont desreve to be in the top 5 list (at least FF7 that imo is an incomplete game)
Gaming bolt with their 30 pages for 30 exclusives. Can someone please do everyone a service and list all the titles. Much appreciated.
The last of us, uncharted 2, horizon zero dawn, god of war 3, metal gear solid 4 and Ni no Kuni are my all time favorites.
definitely not clicking on that one. I refuse to visit any site or scroll through page after page on any site that pulls that BS.
side note: how the F can you do only a top 30!!?? That doesn't even leave room for Rise of Honor [PS2], Genji [PS2], Folklore [PS3] and some, rather, many other dam solid exclusives that are deserving to be called out in a Top of list. And those two of those are possibly highly debatable, perhaps obscure titles but I loved them... Crap, I can rattle off what could be considered 30 top PS exclusives from the top of me head. Then again, how many people are actually going to click through 50-100 pages to see an entire list. My point has been argued and mute. but seriously...
I am terrible at hard games like Bloodborne but I am hoping that the zero loading screen on PS5 will make my billion noob deaths more bearable and I might stick to it 😆
@toxic-inferno I believe you 😆 but any loading combined with the death animations is too much when you die as much as I do lmao.
@toxic-inferno
Im guessing you didnt play it at launch. The patched the loading times much later on to improve them but i remember them being horrible
Tlou 2 most certainly deserves to be in the top 5. Ff vii remake was incredible and universally acclaimed too, so i have absolute no qualms about those games being in someone's top 5, because those games deserve the recognition. You can say what you want about TLOU 2, doesnt change the fact that it is a technical masterpiece, if anything, and the gameplay is top notch as well.
Agreed sonic, still the best even now. Tbh tlou2 doesn't deserve to be on the list full stop.
However you look at it, that’s an unforgettable generation of titles to have put out. Sony’s has EARNED our trust, my money will be there day 1 to see and support the future of games they have in store. Super grateful, still working on my platinum of GhostsOT.
Aw man, I just started act3, this game is pressing all the right buttons and hitting me in the feels.
There's a new patch live right now. Not sure what it does. New game plus or resetting camps fingers crossed.
Edit. Apparently travelers attire gets visual and audio clues for pick ups not just Rumble. And bug fixes. That's it.
My only regret this gen is not having enough time to play... So many of those gems I barely touched.
I'm starting next gen fresh though I dont want to work on my backlog when I get a PS5... Unless there is a drought at first then I'll get around to completing GoW :)
Such a fun game!
Bikes expansion might be one of the most underrated games of last gen. Incredible driver and bike animations + DC weather is craze.