The Crew Motorfest - PS5/Series X/S Tech Review- A Great Series Return - But Only 30FPS on Series S

As the series' third outing The Crew Motorfest hands in a solid 60fps experience on PS5 and Series X consoles. The open world design is in the same mould as Forza Horizon, and translates well to each. However the result on the 4TF Series S console isn't up to the same standard, where all gameplay is fixed at 30fps - with issues in frame pacing and tearing to boot. Tom investigates the quality of each version.
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[@rickrodriguez6244]

“A welcome change from the USA setting of The Crew 1&2”…. Someone tell Tom that Hawaii is still the USA.

[@stephencroft1612]

you know what he actually meant, be serious

[@bigchris145]

Lol, I had to pause the video a min in Just to come to the comment section about that one line 🤣🤣🤣

[@atlien1988]

I think he meant continental US 🤣

[@WayStedYou]

​@stephencroft1612 dunno he didn't know Niagara as in Niagara falls as a game engine the other day and called it ny a gara

[@dreammfyre]

We need more arcadey sports games like this so kudos to Ubisoft for actually trying. Gaming used to be bang full of those and snowboard/skateboard ala SSX. Something I miss very much at least

[@MadX8]

Agreed. For some reason "Arcade" has become a bad word these days... People don't know what they're missing.

[@alphasenctum9507]

Disagree strongly

[@damianramirez9788]

@@MadX8 They are not missing anything... Because all of open world race games know to date are arcade... Always been this way... unless some Studio step ups and bring something way different... Open World Sim Racer...

[@hawken796]

@@MadX8Seriously, people use arcade as an insult when it comes to certain games. Like not everything has to be painstakingly realistic, we also want some fun games

[@steel5897]

The current "simulator but not really" meta of racing games is pointless when they stuff the games full of driving assists to the point it needs to play itself on a controller anyway, all those detailed physical simulations get lost in the shuffle when you do that. I want more stuff like Burnout, Burnout 3 is still a joy to play.

[@ShadyPaperclips]

There's something so weird about the lighting in all Ubisoft games, I can't put my finger on it

[@MadX8]

The Division 1 (haven't played 2) looks amazing. But The Crew has always been a bit dull for sure.

[@ShadyPaperclips]

@@MadX8 Yeah I always forget about The Division, those games sure do look amazing. Most other titles do have that weird lighting I was mentioning, I think it's more visible in Far Cry 6 and the new Avatar game

[@bnhm1871]

​@@ShadyPaperclipsI remember The Division used the Snowdrop engine, and Far Cry ran on the Dunia Engine I believe. Though it seems that avatar is using Snowdrop as well so that doesn't fully explain it.

[@ShadyPaperclips]

@@bnhm1871 yeah could be an artistic choice, I just find it weird. Like the shadows are very dark, idk how to explain

[@aussieknuckles]

Best physics in an arcade racer I've played in a long long time. Total overhaul of Crew 2's floaty weightless physics.

[@chettlar212]

That's good to hear. I heard 2 was the same as 1, which is what I'm playing (or was, until the servers stopped letting me log in), and god this is one of the worst racing games I've ever played. The physics are horrible and take forever to get used to.

[@aussieknuckles]

@@chettlar212 yes 3 much bettwr

[@IceQuiky]

Forza Horizon is so much better than The Crew and any NFS game. But finally Motorfest is a good game for ubi$hit soft

[@addaedans]

Strange that there was no talk about the broken HDR setting...It was so broken at launch that i needed to use the sRGB option. Hope it will be fixed...

[@alanharrison2726]

i noticed video footage of options of game on video , sRGB , I thought that's an option i would have changed. An now you say this it wouldn't surprise me if HDR is messed up ,,, See for a pixel peeping channel you would have thought DF would have mentioned this like you have , An honestly on modern displays bad HDR is probably as bad as poor resolution if not strangely worse , Saying that it don't surprise me from DF ,,,, comparing a series X To a ps5 is like comparing same car in different colours while making shed loads of money .

[@bwcc]

BTW the one who founds Honolulu's streets on a open world racing game was Eden Games with the original Test Drive Unlimited on Xbox 360. It was for sure the best racing game at the start of X360's life cycle.

[@Arcona]

Nah, it was cool having the island to explore, but a lot of the map was samey samey, and the vehicles physics and handling were pretty poor. PGR3 looked much better and handled way better. If only they did a big open world PGR, that would have been awesome.

[@highmm2696]

​@@ArconaTDU1s and handling physics were okay, much better than TDU2 I thought. Can't compare it to PGR, different type of game, which is amazing in its own right.

[@ClassyTechCalibrations]

A lot of the team at Eden Games are now this team. The Crew has essentially been TDU this whole time.

[@offspringfan89]

​​@@ClassyTechCalibrationsA spiritual successor?

[@ClassyTechCalibrations]

@@offspringfan89 more than that since it's basically a rebadge after they were bought or absorbed by Ubisoft.

[@XwendellbrX]

Loving this game on the PS5. The online is so fun

[@kevinchadwick9108]

I’m happy playstion users get a forza horizon experience. Not fully but the similarities are definitely there and in some cases motorfesr actually does some things better

[@mr.2cents.846]

Can I play this game offline too?

[@mxg8475]

​@mr.2cents.846 no. I was excited for the game until i leaned u can't play offline and always need to be connected to the internet. I'm not paying 70 for a game I won't be able to play in a few years when they take down the servers. I'll grab it when it like 30 on a sale

[@zappawaits4969]

you dont need PS Plus/xbox live but you cant play offline@@mr.2cents.846

[@fgpt4828]

Mom can I have Forza? We have Forza at home

[@zucar1tas]

Weird that the game had 60fps on the beta on the S but not now, it worked great in the beta, maybe it will come again in a patch, classic ubisoft shenanigans

[@gordoncampbell7858]

Even weirder that ubisoft are not doing anything about it

[@50H3i1]

Forza has 60fps on series s this isn't higher quality than them

[@Novskyy621]

​@@50H3i1 Its not about quality lol

[@50H3i1]

@@Novskyy621 it's Bout what then lol

[@kenroyforrester156]

​@@Novskyy621then what's it about tell us

[@dinkomalinko8585]

I feel like the online stuff contributes a lot to the stutter stuff. The game is surprisingly gorgeous and pretty decent details / scenic roads / off-road

[@W-meme]

😂😂😂😂😂 surprisingly gorgeous

[@danifit24]

Haters 😂😂😂 The game indeed looks really good and much more enjoyable than FH5.

[@3KPK3]

Missed Tom's reviews. He needs to review more stuff when compared to the others if you ask me.

[@Floodsye]

Absolutely, apart from Rich, he's the most journalistic out of them. It's flat out, unbiased facts about the game and only very slight mentions on what the game plays like. Alex is especially bad with letting his own bias slip into projects due to his love of ray-tracing...which is actually seems to be on the way out for now in gaming, it's just too expensive and most people want 60fps and higher framerate gaming, not ray-tracing at 1080p or something like that.

[@ScyrousFX]

@@Floodsye Tom's videos also tend to be very surface level and don't go in-depth at all, unlike John's but especially compared to Alex's videos. Alex is definitely the most stern reviewer of the bunch, but I think that's a good thing. And no, ray-tracing is not ''on the way out''. That couldn't be further from the truth. We've seen more and more titles ship with ray-tracing features every single year. As technology improves it'll only become more prevalent.

[@GaminylGames]

You must either play on an older mid AMD card or exclusively play on the older mid AMD GPUs in the consoles. It's expensive, but DLSS is an absolute game changer I love all the DF gang but Alex Rich and John are by far the best simply because they do add opinions. I like hearing them talk about what they love and don't love about a game, even beyond the tech stuff. I feel like if you just want hard specs then you should just go read the articles on Eurogamer Oliver and Tom are good too but their videos are usually much more "raw numbers" and they tent to take a pretty middle-of-the-road stance on things. Which is fine lol it's still A+ content but the original team is in a whole other league. By far my favorite gaming channel cause of them

[@timytimeerased]

Tom reminds you DF is way better at objective analysis of the tech than reviewing things in the middle of a tech analysis. Linnerman's highschool poetry in 30 min videos where you only need the 10 min of tech analysis has just made any video he makes a no-go to me.

[@Rebelscum264]

Tom is part time at DF

[@Ironexodus]

The pop in on performance mode is WAY to NOTICEABLE!

[@timytimeerased]

Have 40hrs in the game, its not after a while.

[@drummer7557]

Grass is SO important I know I try to mow my yard in 4K as often as possible, but sometimes is drops to 1080p. Damnit!!

[@Astro1554]

Mine likes to drop down to 480p 😭

[@purebaldness]

📎📎📎📎📎📎📎 Beamish

[@Dookie69uk]

Had a great 40h on this on my PS5 the online racing keep it alive along with different monthly championship's that change. Great effort from Ubisoft when you don't have access to the forza series on PS5.

[@PearlJam891]

Get a PC or somewhere to play Forza when you can. It’s really fun and playing both now fills my sim racing and arcade racing

[@SolarErazer]

​@@PearlJam891nope forza sucks

[@PearlJam891]

@@SolarErazer cringey bro

[@hassosigbjoernson5738]

I do play it via Ubisoft+ on Series X and S because I wanted to try AC: Mirage as well. Despite the performance problems in Motorfest a quite cheap Series S (bought mine used for 160 €) could be a fine addition to a PS5 for everything outside the PS ecosystem.

[@Lorenzo_That_Vegan_Dad]

An arcadier forza horizon. The art direction looks like Crusin' USA

[@ajmiles2]

00:48 Hawaii is a welcome change from setting the past two games in the USA. Interesting geography!

[@cdmanjak]

Hawaii probably doesn't want to be recognised as a US state I don't see it as that myself

[@Blackson187]

If Forza games can run in 60 on Series S there's no excuse for this game not to.

[@moha.F]

I don't think third-party put a budget like Microsoft for the series s version

[@Wobbothe3rd]

​@moha.F apparently it was 60hz in the beta.

[@HiLoMusic]

Its egregiously bad that they couldn’t get a fucking RACING game running at 60 - the state of gaming right now is a mess

[@fezzy5591]

@@HiLoMusic Calm down. It's a Ubisoft issue

[@HiLoMusic]

@@fezzy5591No, it’s a game industry issue. You see it everywhere, relative graphical upticks for twice the loss in performance, companies jumping foolhardily into UE5 for nanite and lumen but being woefully unequipped to optimize new systems. Irking every inch of a game’s graphical output and completely letting the backend be a jumbled mess.

[@TheSurfheart]

1440p and an unstable 60 fps so much for the 4k/60 future announced before the start of this gen by the console manufacturers

[@Sivec5054]

The uneven frame pacing is also here when playing 60 FPS within a 120 Hz container. It also causes VRR flicker when enabled

[@uncertainpickles]

The game doesn’t support vrr so yeah

[@rafaelpernil]

I have VRR flicker too

[@ConnorH2111]

I really enjoyed this game even though I'm more of a sim racer.

[@ActNasty5]

Felt that

[@justanorange2038]

The 30fps on Series S seems to be a bug with their VSync. See the prelaunch footage.

[@djayjp]

4:43 Tom, you forgot to mention that the ground texture here is completely missing POM or tessellation in the perf mode....

[@johnellis3383]

I find it hard to believe Series S couldn't do dynamic 1080p 60

[@beowulf848]

"a welcome change from the USA setting of the first two"... is Hawaii not part of the USA anymore? (and yes i realize what he meant 😊)

[@12coco100]

BTW there's a glitch on PS5 where on resolution mode, if you turn on VRR the game will have some kind of stutter consistently as if the game is locked to 26fps. I don't know if that's causing the stuttering you see with the xbox systems

[@Kaz850]

Please make us a video with the PS4 Pro and Xbox one X version.

[@MrInuhanyou123]

Hawaii is apart of the USA Tom 😂

[@Mr_Battlefield]

I think he doesn't know the lingo. Most people call the mainland "the States" or something like that. But yes, Tom is wrong in a way. Hawaii is a part of the United States.

[@matthewponton5632]

​@skaterricky but what is a U.S. "setting" anyway... All of America is as geographically diverse as Europe. Just a weird comment. Colorado looks nothing like Arizona does, etc

[@Denshaaa]

"APART" BTW

[@technik27]

0:50 I'm pretty sure Oahu is still in the USA...

[@MyGamingLibrary_07]

Took you long enough 😁

[@spikepsych]

I cant believe there is no option to remove the floating yellow line of the GPS I wish I could have just the minimap for the GPS

[@crypto1300]

My 13 year old son absolutely loves this game! He plays on Series S and I don't think he's ever complained about 30fps or frame pacing. 😂 I, on the other hand, would complain, but I only play PC games on my 7950X3D/ RTX 4090 system. 😉

[@brunoutechkaheeros1182]

well, we were kids once... i also didnt complain about 30fps on PS1(below 10y old), PS2 (from 10y to 16y), X360 (16y to 23y), Series S (23y to 26y). now i have a PC with 3090.

[@bernout]

@@brunoutechkaheeros1182 I still remember me complaining to my dad who upped the resolution of LotR: The Return of the King from 800x600 to 1024x768 for "ruining the visuals". It was not until I played my first FPS until it got to me.

[@theanimerapper6351]

​@@brunoutechkaheeros1182that's because you hardly ever had to deal with 30fps on your PS2.... Vast majority of games were 60fps. Games are going backwards 🤷

[@xtr.7662]

​@@theanimerapper6351definitely not lots of games were 30 on ps2 all gta games for example

[@tylerm5862]

​@theanimerapper6351 that is legitimate not true at all. Idk what PS2 you were playing but majority of games were 30fps. 60 fps was rare.

[@05DonnieB]

Slight correction, Hawaii is the USA

[@OwtDaftUK]

I really hate screen tearing but if it's super rare it might be the better trade off for the slightly better stability over PS5.

[@mazzalean077]

Vrr

[@maxminy5634]

Vrr solves frame drops though not screen tearing.

[@mazzalean077]

@@maxminy5634 vrr helps with screen tearing also

[@x0Fang0x]

@@mazzalean077 by lowering frames (slightly).

[@x0Fang0x]

@@maxminy5634 VRR solves screen tearing it is the purpose of it, not the other way around. Frame drops cause screen tearing which is why vrr was made.

[@WH250398]

I hate the trend of racing games being always online.

[@HugoStiglitz88]

What trend? Was nfs? Cuz other than the crew and nfs none else are Oh shit. I forgot about forza 8. Yea that's insane

[@WH250398]

@@HugoStiglitz88 nfs 2015 and rivals were, Gran Turismo Sport and 7 too...

[@TheGodofWarfare]

The crew just changed that trend

[@WH250398]

@@TheGodofWarfare Well I hope do. Pretty crazy to kill a singleplayer game.

[@SushiBandz]

I'm from the future. The crew Motorfest is getting an offline mode

[@THU31]

I never understand why so many Series S games are locked to 30 FPS. It has basically the same CPU, so it should be just a matter of resolution. And if you lock it to 30 with uneven frame pacing, it's just unplayable. This has to be an optimization issue and developers not willing to put in the effort.

[@blueplumber6970]

It was a bit of a blurry mess but it was present in the beta albeit a bit unstable. Wasn't perfect but I don't understand why it was outright removed

[@sEaNoYeAh]

Absolutely. They should at least offer the option of even 720p60 for those who would prefer it in a lot of these games. Often it would be closer to 900p in many cases, and I suspect a fair amount of Series S owners are still on 1080p TVs anyway.

[@Mr_Battlefield]

Hopefully a future patch will fix these issues on PlayStation 5. Nothing game breaking but would love a butter smooth experience.

[@infinitysynthesis]

Use a VRR display.

[@idakev]

​​@@infinitysynthesis"Just spend loads of money for something that could be easily patched. Problem solved."

[@infinitysynthesis]

@@idakev If you're not using a VRR display in 2023 then I don't know what to tell you. It's a must have.

[@kostasbousbouras2654]

No real problems here, the video says it runs 99% at 60fps. And the 30fps is totally stable.

[@fifteen8850]

For both consoles

[@Rcad76]

We Seems to be getting diminishing returns in performance on these current Gen systems. Choices being made in hardware functions that don't really make the game look better.

[@Wobbothe3rd]

No, it's that AMD sucks, their hardware is underpowered. A console using better hardware could easily be more impressive. The industry made a deal with the devil when they allowed AMD to hold a duopoly over BOTH high end consoles.

[@50H3i1]

​@@Wobbothe3rd😂

[@Rcad76]

@@Wobbothe3rd you figure we'd be better off if Microsoft and Sony pitted Nvidia against AMD to drive up performance per $ ? I'm thinking perhaps the opposite arguement could be made in that if AMD didn't have as many Chips to make as they do perhaps the cost would be higher ?

[@andyward8430]

@@Wobbothe3rdamd has been really slow to deliver on all of their software based solutions that would allow for the visuals to be pushed harder (vrr, fsr, ml upscaling, etc) and it seems like it’s really hurt the end product. Realistically we should be getting higher resolutions AND higher frame rates instead of one or the other based on the hardware. There isn’t hardly anything being done in current gen games that wasn’t already done last gen. Hell there are games from the beginning of last gen that still compare favorably in terms of visual fidelity. That hasn’t ever happened in previous generations.

[@GENKI_INU]

@@Wobbothe3rd Not really. Console hardware being "underpowered" is just a byproduct of them not being able to keep up with PC hardware, which can easily be upgrade every year, unlike with console generations. When the PS5 and Series X came out, they were equal to RTX 2080's in terms of GPU performance, which was faster than 90% of ALL gaming PC's at the time, when everyone was still using GTX 1060/1070 or RTX 2060/2070.

[@originalambival]

Hawaii is in the US.

[@formulaic78]

All I heard was the Hawaiian Island of Oahu. That doesn't mean Hawaii ain't part of America.

[@originalambival]

@@formulaic78 He followed that with "and not set in the US like the previous titles."

[@JohnWick-9050]

they should've optimized the Series S version better, if this console can get 60 fps on cyberpunk and the witcher 3 while looking clean, it can also get 60 on a car game

[@Mondochiwan]

It isn't 60fps on Cyberpunk is it? Runs at 30 for me

[@andrewsqual]

Why should it be optimised for series s? The only first party series s/x ONLY games Xbox have released to date is Redfall and Starfield and NEITHER is 60fps. If Xbox can't do it themselves, then where does this expectancy for 3rd party dev come from??? On top of that, those 2 games aren't even at PS4 levels of visuals like GOW (linear sort of game) or Horizon (open world game) and both their sequels too. Forza is their newest game. I'm sorry but if Xbox proved it can be done easily, you would have an argument and we already saw the DF analysis of all the lies and downgrades Forza received, to get it running on both consoles too. Plus its only set on smaller tracks, its not an open world racer like The Crew. And surprisingly, as a current gen only game, the new Forza isn't even an overly impressive looking game, like 9 year old Driveclub still looks like at times compared to most modern racers.

[@andrewsqual]

Err and, yet again, Cyberpunk and The Witcher 3 are last gen games, they SHOULD run at 60fps on series s.

[@vinyminotaur2694]

@@Mondochiwan There is a performance mode mate.

[@kendog0013]

its strictly down to devs not giving a rats ass about 'old' hardware; why they didnt just make it a 900p 60fps performance mode for the series s boggles my mind (oh wait, i know why, because microsoft doesnt want their 'new gen' console already playing at 900p only a few years later, which is fair, but at the same time microsoft/devs need to realise that framerate>resolution when it comes to fast paced games like these)

[@Crix525PR]

I thought the crew motorfest was 1080p 60 on Series S at launch

[@CLARI7Y-HHH]

Why didnt they reviewed the HDR10 optiones? Far from that the Game is really fun. Hope the pop-in shadows could be patched. Because they're pop in to late for me. 😅

[@carpetfluff35]

Too much else to play at the moment, but I do look forward to giving this one a spin when I have a gap; looks fun.

[@Austin-l1j]

It is very fun

[@eSKAone-]

This game is the perfect addition to GT7 💟

[@betrion7]

How's the handling?

[@markieman64]

"A welcome gear change from the USA setting of the Crew 1 & 2" makes it sound like you don't realise Hawaii is in the USA. I assume that's not how you meant it, but that's how I heard it...

[@zybch]

Shame the HDR10 / sRGB options weren't examined. So long as you have an HDR capable TV the default (sRGB) is painful but you HAVE to manually switch to HDR10, no auto detect (on my XSX anyway) and the difference is fantastic. Shame no Dolby Vision option was there.

[@PapaBread149]

I’m with you. I thought they would for sure analyze the HDR implementation in this game.

[@TimeMakerMan]

I'm getting both this and Forza on the series X. This year had great games

[@suhaaschennapragada5711]

after playing horizon 5 and this, I can confidently say that this game is better. The car mechanics, graphics, map, and just overall fun factor is much better in motorfest

[@nicktronson2977]

TBH They should have called it The Crew: Ribfest.

[@mattmanley7118]

Glad I jumped to a Series X I really was seeing the problems of the S myself. It’s a good console but it’s just that. Good. I’ll wait to try this for sure.

[@ActNasty5]

Pc > ps5 > xbox

[@VidiSLTU]

@@ActNasty5 ps fan boy

[@ActNasty5]

@@VidiSLTU i put pc first buddy

[@TheBean87]

@@HiN00bs12don’t be so salty you own a PlayStation.

[@amunra1743]

No the S sucks😂

[@ianwood6438]

Fun little game I’m enjoying it on PS5 nice break from GT7 and Forza

[@kostasbousbouras2654]

People should realise that XSS is way closer to Xbox One X and PS4 pro than XSX and PS5. And don't expect "miracles".

[@Max86421]

🤔 Looks like a fun game

[@DJFIRESTONE92]

You know this is still a usa setting right?

[@citizensky]

biggest letdown is the always-online model, there is no offline?

[@turilli4]

I was like "oh yea, this looks interesting" but then i was like "oh yea, UPlay..."

[@Entertainment-ev6ob]

Soo wait. On an Xbox one x It can run multiple other racing games that look better and run at a locked 4k 60fps but then theirs this game on current gen consoles that looks worse and can’t maintain a locked or even dynamic 4k 60fps? And even then it’s using FSR meaning internally it’s likely 1080p? And people aren’t calling this out? These lazy developers need to be acknowledged we paid hundreds for these consoles. I’m not supporting this. If they put it on Xbox one x now what… would it run at 540p because lack of fsr?? I’m dead.

[@mr.2cents.846]

Since Forza Motorsport doesn't ship for the One X and I don't have the Series X and don't want the Seties S, plus the game is not really that good, I'll gladly settle for Motorfest on my Project Scorpio. 😉😎

[@JeremyLouisGaming]

Graphics aren’t that good, but this game is a lot of fun.

[@stewardappiagyei6982]

Forza Horizon 5 looks better and runs at 60fps on Series S. Not seeing anything so crazy graphics wise here that they couldnt do it.

[@spacebeets]

I checked this out on PC and was BLOWN AWAY. What an incredible game!

[@gamebizz]

You know.... Hawaii is part of the USA LOL

[@nightowl3582]

Looks fun. Might scratch an itch that FH5 surprisingly didn't for me.

[@MadX8]

Funny enough same here. The last Forza Horizon I really loved was Forza Horizon 3. Hoping for a 6th episode in Japan, who knows... The Crew is a little bit worse when it comes to cars handling (I was hoping that they would focus on cars only this time but they kept their "car/boat/plane" stuff) but overall it's fun and that's all that matters.

[@brunoutechkaheeros1182]

progression in FH5 is shite... i was bored only 1 month later after its launch... then only played a bit in the later months, then dropped it at end.

[@kevinchadwick9108]

One thing Richard didn’t pick up on is the lag/ stutter freeze I experience on series x in the open world it’s very frustrating

[@NF_Redux]

i'm really enjoying Motorfest. it's almost literally Forza Horizon, but actually has more variety in the way of bikes & planes, etc. all set in a wonderful location. it has graphical issues for me on Series X, occasional freezing, screen tearing, blurriness, etc. depending on mode choice, but it's still a lot of fun. i do wish there were an offline mode like Horizon, as i feel that would greatly reduce the technical issues the game has.

[@Miadaskate]

This game is so gorgeous on PS5. Cars run and handle really well too. A great take on the Horizon series.

[@nanosmiizadjestominanosue6913]

why i have no option of performance mode on my ps5 only brightness settings

[@nanosmiizadjestominanosue6913]

cuz on my ps5 is running on 30fps

[@Bmanhp]

Would be more interested in this without the always-online component. Same with GT7.

[@N3xlow]

series s beta runs at 60fps no a idea why they decided to cap this "final" version at only 30fps 1440p

[@marcoganz6276]

What's the tune at 1:25 ?

[@quanhair5023]

I feel like a 120hz 40fps would be perfect

[@RedPillAlways]

I truly find no fun in any of those types of games. Online multiplayer and games-as-a-DISservice garbage are a bore an waste to me

[@phyxirian]

Gameplay > fidelity. Immersion really doesn't work when you get the basis wrong. Why focus on more modes on the higher end modes if those are running like crap anyway. Give S some love

[@bioshock6935]

The only car racing game i ever played on the ps was the first ridge racer game this looks good shame it has frame rate issue's like all games seem to have why i don't play them anymore

[@DanielPerez-hy6qi]

The resolution high quality move looks to be a mess on the series x, but smoth on the ps5..

[@davidabraham2913]

Series S 30 fps? I am backing out. 😅😢

[@natenate33]

it looks decent to me but id definitely put it in my upscaled xbox 360 game category with the forza games

[@SolarErazer]

Didn't mention the HDR issues

[@bobbysworldrox]

You don't recommend a Series S for main console ?

[@pocketsand76]

Whenever SX does something better it’s always a “minor win” with these guys lol

[@davyspark3435]

Where is the FSR3 analysis?

[@bigweedonly]

"Gear change from the US setting" Hawaii is a part of the states lmao

[@Elyxos]

What about the HDR settings?

[@ar12.]

Looks good I’ve been wanting to like the crew for awhile this looks more, forza horizon 3 like in some ways I might give it a try on pc.

[@gabor-toth]

This is the best, and best looking racing game this year, I have incredible fun with it, especially after the boring and uninnovative Forza Horizon 5. This is a fantastic experience all around.

[@NurfMusic]

Think the game has a bug that won’t let u play it after the trial is up even tho u bought the game I’ve tried reinstalling and everything and still nothing and no help from support for days

[@BlackTone91]

The amount of ghosting behind the car on PC is unacceptable and I wonder why no one pays attention to it

[@gustavosantana7711]

Beta on series s was 60

[@thedudely1]

"the new backdrop is a welcome gear shift from the USA setting of The Crew 1 and 2" ... it takes place in Hawaii... lol I still get the sentiment though. It's not like Hawaii should be a US state anyway.

[@Groink1]

Let's take Test Drive Unlimited and slap Forza Horizon onto it...

[@MohdAsif-Alpha]

60 fps would come future, chillax

[@pheapkim978]

Devs just didn’t care enough to make it 60fps on series s it’s not that demanding it’s a racer

[@petrlazar5240]

Oh come on, you are already using FSR2, you could use it to get the game running at 60 fps on SeS.

[@beattleman9303]

What about old gen consoles?

[@1997Ghost]

Best on xbox! Another win! And they just acquired activision! What a console!

[@kostasbousbouras2654]

Worse 30fps mode and screen tearing. Did you even see the video at all?...

[@CyberThug1080i]

​@@kostasbousbouras2654 He said it runs more stable on Xbox Series X with the occasional screen tear when one frame drops. While PlayStation 5 M.Feast drops to the low frame 50s often.

[@christianwurm4022]

How is the pc version?

[@Enigmalake]

Glad I didn’t get a series les(S)

[@EnaTenkiyoGamer]

Cope lol

[@Enigmalake]

@@EnaTenkiyoGamer I actually got one in December for $138. Solid for the spare room

[@EnaTenkiyoGamer]

@Enigmalake Gotta keep coping hard huh Nintendo switch fanboy? 🤣

[@Omie-Wan-kenobi]

why on pc is it capped/locked to 60?

[@Gkhn32]

I don't know why people don't talk more about Series X's forced 120hz container when selected. Skyrim has uneven framepacing in this mode, GTA V also suffers from severe framepacing and input lag problems in 30 fps 120hz containter scenario. Some old Xbox One games with backcompat also suffers from Series X's 120hz mode. Why didn't they make it like Ps5 ? If a game is 30 fps or 60 fps it just locks itself to 60hz containter but still uses hdmi 2.1 feautures. 40 fps 120fps goes to naturally 120hz containter. But on Xbox series consoles, if you select 60 hz it caps itself to hdmi 2.0 limits(ycbcr 420 - 8 - 10 bit etc)... If you want 2.1 feuatures you have to select 120hz. Changing the refresh rate game by game basis drives me crazy. Ps5 is much more comfortable in this regard. Everything is automatic. A couple miliseconds reduction of screen response time from forced 120hz containter isn't worth it.

[@1984dannz]

I've been playing in quality mode. It's solid as hell and does not distract

[@samtech889]

This best racing game

[@Cez-ario]

I have not see anything about the ps4/pro and the xbox one/s/x versions yet, anyone know how do they compare or they are basically locked at 30fps like the series S?

[@stealth0n]

Fun part is that the game doesn't support Smart Delivery, so if you buy an Xbox One version on Series S - you'll get 60 fps, as there's no fps lock in that version

[@IIAnointedII]

Microsoft has already said there will no pro version console this generation. Only God and AI upscaling can save the series s

[@kenroyforrester156]

This just isn't Optimized a person with common knowledge would say that. Take a look at Forza 5 that game is leaps ahead of this but yet it runs 60ps on series s

[@JaimeIsJaime]

Series S' GPU is very small. It doesn't have enough DP4a units to run any meaningful AI upscaling or AI in general. Series S is probably the main reason why DirectML upscaling was never implemented by Microsoft.

[@kenroyforrester156]

@JaimeIsJaime the GPU isn't the problem the real problem is the RAM issue as many developers said

[@JaimeIsJaime]

​@@kenroyforrester156 Sure RAM is an issue in game developing. But that is only a part of the limitations Series S has (the biggest one but absolutely not the only one). I am talking about what the original comment said about AI upscaling saving series S. It can not. AI upscaling relies heavily in GPU compute because it is tied to the amount of DP4a units the GPU has. Consoles don't have matrix accelerator units (Tensor cores on Nvidia GPUs/XMX cores on Intel GPUs) so the only way to do AI somewhat efficiently is using the DP4a instructions. The least amount of DP4a units available in the GPU the highest the performance hit of running AI upscaling algorithms. An AI upscaling algorithm would probably run pretty decently in Series X hardware but can easily go beyond diminishing returns in a small GPU like the one Series S has due to the measly 4TF of Compute. And that is assuming the AI algorithm doesn't interfere with the small amount of RAM/Bandwith Series S has.