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Early Access to DF Direct Weekly #49 Now Available (Patreon)

Published:
2022-02-19 14:01:02
Imported:
2022-03

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A somewhat bizarre week as due to the status of various projects and the surprise arrival of the Cyberpunk 2077 1.5 update, almost nobody was available to film the latest Direct. Rich and John stepped forward to film though, making this an episode quite unlike any other. The invitation for Chad Warden to guest will always remain open though, obviously...

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DF Direct Weekly #49: Cyberpunk 2077 Next-Gen Patch, Horizon Forbidden West Reaction

The somewhat unlikely scenario of DF Direct Weekly making its way to a 49th instalment has somehow come to pass! Tom, Alex, Will and Audi are all consigned to Rich's basement this week, meaning that it's just John and Rich to tackle the big news of the week: Cyberpunk 2077's 1.5 update with next-gen features landing, Dying Light 2 receiving VRR unlocked frame-rate support on Xbox Series X and - yes - there's reaction to the reaction to Horizon Forbidden West's release. Join the DF Patreon for EARLY ACCESS to every DF Direct Weekly, pristine video downloads, behind the scenes content and much, much more: https://bit.ly/3jEGjvx Podcast RSS Feed: https://digitalfoundry.podbean.com/ Subscribe for more Digital Foundry: http://bit.ly/DFSubscribe Want some DF-branded tee-shirts, mugs, hoodies or pullovers? Check out our store: https://bit.ly/2BqRTt0 00:00:00 Introductions 00:00:55 Cyberpunk Patch 1.5 is out 00:17:07 Dying Light Xbox VRR Mode 00:20:07 DF Bonus Supporter Q: Hey guys, did you have any chance to look at the Dying Light 2 VRR mode for Xbox? 00:22:28 Nintendo announces the death of 3DS and WiiU storefronts 00:27:52 Chrono Cross Remaster filters can be disabled 00:30:14 Final Vendetta - Bitmap Bureau's new game 00:31:52 Elden Ring Recommended Specs are bizarre 00:37:11 DF Content Discussion: Horizon Forbidden West 00:41:31 DF Bonus Supporter Q: SkillUp's review for Horizon Forbidden West showed significantly more noticeable pop-in than Digital Foundry's. Any idea why that might be? 00:45:16 DF Bonus Supporter Q: Do you think there is enough headroom for a 40fps mode? 00:46:20 DF Bonus Supporter Q: Do you think AMD FSR would be the better choice for the performance mode of Horizon Forbidden West? 00:49:12 DF Bonus Supporter Q: What do you think about the fact that all Decima games we've seen so far only lightly utilise TAA? 00:50:30 DF Bonus Supporter Q: What graphical elements of Horizon Forbidden West could benefit from an eventual PC port? 00:56:49 DF Supporter Q1/2: Would it be possible to make a kind of generation comparison video? 01:01:00 DF Supporter Q3: Is there a setting on LG C1 that is suitable for 30fps games? 01:03:21 DF Supporter Q4: What are some great HDR implementations in games to really convince somebody that HDR is as amazing as some people say it is? 01:06:13 DF Supporter Q5: Who would you recommend to buy AMD GPUs assuming the cards are available at MSRP? Do you think AMD can catch up with Nvidia in RT/ML and does the coming XeSS help AMD? 01:12:42 DF Supporter Q6: Do you think we're going to start seeing larger and larger gaps between 30fps quality modes and 60fps performance modes? And do you expect some games to drop their performance modes all together? 01:15:08 DF Supporter Q7: What do you think is responsible for the lack of four- and even two-Player split-screen multiplayer on modern consoles? 01:19:27 DF Supporter Q8: How do you decide which platform to buy a game on?

Comments

d0x360

Ps5 version of cyberpunk 2077 has some things censored unfortunately. None of the other versions do though. Also I played on a high end PC like John at launch and it was much better. This new update though... It looks better, runs better, plays better and this is really just the start.

Anonymous

I'm loving 2077 so far, but don't see a huge difference with rt on.

Anonymous
>>78215265

Geez...does Sony seem to be getting heavier-handed with this censorship?

d0x360
>>78215265

Yeah it's an odd thing to be doing, especially when Nintendo isn't. I live in upside down world lol. Also it's sonys fault I'm so tired. Horizon forbidden west is hard to put down.

d0x360
>>78216825

Really? Did you take screenshots? Like 1 screenshot with it off then pause, enable and take another? I only ask because the difference is quite large. Not just lighting itself but shadows and reflections too. The higher your output resolution OR using DLSS no higher than Balanced mode can mess with the quality of some ray tracing elements.

d0x360

Oh to whoever asked about the LG C1 and HDR... Make sure you have black level to auto, peak brightness to high (not panel brightness or regular brightness), also disable any power savings and ai or auto features and things like noise reduction, super resolution etc. The channel HDTV Test on YouTube has a video about the best settings and why. Personally I think HDR is a better upgrade than going from 1080p to 4k. Oh Dolby Vision... It's even more stunning than HDR! Last thing, make sure if a game supports HGIG to first set it up in the console itself but also make sure the tv is set to HGIG. If content isn't HGIG then enable dynamic tone mapping. Lastly lastly lol, no dynamic contrast, sharpness should be 0 but if you must raise it then don't go higher than 10, color upgrade... Don't use it and color temp should be warm 50 in HDR for reference settings

Sven Dahlin

Great video! However, I was hoping for a short revisit by Alex on the PC version of Cyberpunk 2077 with the 1.5 patch. The new RT shadows and performance improvements(?) would be the topics. Still hoping for that!

bigboss69
>>78218566

Totally agree, dolby vision is insane, I actively look for dv versions of films. The difference in Basic Instinct is night and day, goes from a dark with no shadow detail in a bar scene with hdr10 to warm rich and inviting with dv on. Stunning!