Need for Speed Hot Pursuit Remastered: PS5 vs Xbox Series X Head-To-Head!

Hot Pursuit Remastered launched in the midst of the next-gen console release frenzy, so we couldn't cover it at the time. In this video, John and Rich checks out the game and examine its latest patch that unlocks 4K 60fps gaming for PS5 and Xbox Series X users.
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[@danielmo87]

I like how he chose a green Porsche for the Xbox version and a blue one for the PS version at that head to head comparison.

[@tufflucal4037]

Again & Again, PS5 has the upper hand of graphical fidelty and Performance to MOST New games and even last gen games over the Series X!! How?!?!

[@BIGNOIDS]

@@tufflucal4037 Magic, a whole lotta magic.

[@jc_dogen]

@@tufflucal4037 The higher GPU clock seems to benefit certain games a bit more than you might expect. That's probably it.

[@tufflucal4037]

@@jc_dogen lol nice

[@tufflucal4037]

@@BIGNOIDS lol

[@2Beasty]

Every game should ship with a maximum mode for future console generations.

[@Silencer_Matrix]

They can't sins they don't know the power beforehand

[@LiNK52500]

@@Silencer_Matrix Maximum mode would just mean max PC settings.

[@Silencer_Matrix]

@@LiNK52500 and what about fps? 😅

[@LiNK52500]

@@Silencer_Matrix Just like PCs are extremely variable and you can customize settings, there should be the ability to customize console settings too.

[@Silencer_Matrix]

@@LiNK52500 but then it won't be the way the manufacturer intended it to be for the maaaassssss audience 👌🏻 Pluss on console u make a standard look for the games, it's easy sins it has 1/2 standard configuration On pc it has to be opened sins pc has wassssstly different configs then console

[@pegasusdrive12]

The car colour matching the One X and PS4 Pro comparison was a nice touch.

[@Lil_lit_Bruh]

bruh i didnt notice that

[@bdre5555]

Good catch

[@teamblaster257]

Wow i didn’t notice it ! Nice catch

[@OugaBoogaShockwave]

that's so they don't get confused which video is from what console, it was smart to do. i guess nintendo would have a red car ?

[@eliteh8597]

Although they didnt test photo mode this time :/

[@MegaTerryNutkins]

The thing I loved about the original 2010 game (and Hot Pursuit 2 before it) was that they had that Outrun vibe where you're racing cool cars through beautiful landscapes, something missing from a lot of racing games and I'm glad it was mentioned here.

[@zef9151]

Kuru said it correctly. Nowadays racing games are so dead on freeroam that you only get to drive on that one map. Even The Run did it much better on landscape. Not every single thing has to be freeroam but there will be extremely vocal people that demands it

[@HorseheadNebula85]

Burnout 3: Takedown needs a remaster so bad. I would lose my shit.

[@VSaccount]

@@DocRobotnik because the version of Revenge that is backward compatible is the Xbox 360 version

[@skelehase]

Some cool guys reverse engineered GTA 3 and Vice City and made an open source version. The even better thing about it GTA used the RenderWare Engine, so a native open source Burnout 3 could be possible.

[@VSaccount]

@@skelehase id lose my shit

[@coleposton2430]

In my eyes it’s still the best arcade racing game ever made, might not be open world like paradise but it’s track layouts and ai are perfectly balanced to make every encounter in a race feel like a fist fight for the next position

[@loneponderer495]

I'd like a new Burnout Game, but The Criteon of Today is almost completely devoid of the people who made those games. Particularly the leads. Not saying a good Burnout can't be made. I'm sure it can with the right people with the right passion. Just saying it's not going to actual be made by most of the same people even if the company name is the same.

[@KineticCalvaria]

Can't make a new NFS that's decent? Just remaster an old one.

[@BlackHaZe_]

NFS Heat was great

[@markus9641]

@@BlackHaZe_ The issue with Payback and Heat is they prioritize story over racing. Older nfs games prioritized racing over story. Which honestly is fine, if the story is at least half decent. The acting, the animation, the voice acting, is all sub budget level dogshit.

[@nickmotsarsky4382]

The 2016 NFS was pretty damn good.

[@petwisk2012]

Can't wait for Most Wanted (original) to get a remaster

[@igorkujavaas]

NFSU2 remaster when

[@thanksbetotap]

I can conclusively agree with others that the Xbox performance issue was fixed-tested it using the LG OLED VRR info box in both Career and Freeplay, at both 60 and 120 Hz output, and with VRR on and off. No matter what the game never drops frame rate now in that coastal region.

[@iseptimus]

Need for Speed Most Wanted 2005 would be a great remaster.

[@Astro1554]

agreed

[@anthonyclayton8283]

Yes oh yes

[@Pieman523]

My thoughts exactly.

[@DarkReturns1]

I actually loved the 2013 one...would love a remaster of that. My favorite NFS since the Underground games!

[@penyuwan]

And the Underground including Carbon.

[@hermangplays3911]

NFS Underground 1&2 deserves a remaster.

[@pigsy2400]

Just make Underground 3 ffs...

[@onlineMarketer77]

The best nfs games ever

[@bradrules49]

Like god damn were the ppl really asking for a hot pursuit remaster?

[@kojot0976]

100%

[@duck74UK]

I imagine EA would have jumped on remastering underground/mostwanted/carbon a long time ago if it wasn't for licensing. They couldn't even bring back all the cars for this hot pursuit remaster, imagine asking all the companies for their 20 year old models of basic road cars like vauxhall corsa's and dodge neons. They'd be like "wtf, no, use our 2021 models or none at all."

[@benkenobi7649]

I like how they still introduce each other after all the videos they made together. This "special guest"style shows their respect for each other. Keep on the good work guys.

[@tufflucal4037]

Again & Again, PS5 has the upper hand of graphical fidelty and Performance to MOST New games and even last gen games over the Series X!! How?!?!

[@benkenobi7649]

@@tufflucal4037 like they say..this is not a hardware problem. It's software based..

[@tufflucal4037]

@@benkenobi7649 mmmm interesting....

[@kylecomics101]

@@tufflucal4037 you gonna keep posting this in every comment?

[@tufflucal4037]

@@kylecomics101 no, I just like sharing my opinion! And look closely, I did say something different depending on which person I was talking to!!

[@malazan6004]

I love how people dislike DF videos when they hear results they are unhappy with... They legit just report their findings? Go complain to the devs/EA

[@subjectivereviews]

It's the tools bro😂how can they do this to the full RDNA 2 tools😂

[@eliteh8597]

Nothing photo mode can't fix

[@marcusmoore4819]

Or the PS5 is simply the better console

[@antwango]

@@marcusmoore4819 no hiding the facts ps5 consistently stealing all yo xbx fans 3rd party exclusives yo XD! evil cerny face meme!!!

[@marcusmoore4819]

@@antwango Yeah man lol These Xbots are mad as fuck 😂😂

[@Clay3613]

Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit II needs a remaster/remake based on the PS2 version.

[@cubanref9670]

YES!!!!!

[@richboy900]

Yea, totally. My mate and I used to play that non stop lol

[@ayushnegi7477]

Exactly

[@mr.anthonyramos]

As a Series X owner, the fact that I expected the Series X to have the better multiplats/back compatibility I am disappointed. The PS5 seems to fair better in most games and all the Xbox fanboys eating up Phil Spencer’s excuses need to grow up and realize there is definitely something wrong. So many excuses and too little results.

[@samuelcunningham7045]

I mean... your not wrong haha

[@saruboss18]

Cry more, u have only your stupidity to blame. I doubt u can notice those frame drops without the graph

[@winning2273]

@@saruboss18 lol someone is mad

[@smartguy5838]

@@saruboss18 Crybaby Xbox fanboy

[@mr.anthonyramos]

@@saruboss18 You are a prime example of an xbox fanboy. Talking about stupidity, it seems you have plenty, a drop from 60-50 will definitely be noticeable. You can even notice the drop in this very video. Anyway, guess who was able to score a PS5....me...

[@vivekantoni2134]

That classic NFS 3 Hot Pursuit soundtrack

[@ddogwr83]

Im glad someone else noticed. Im only 20, but some of my first gaming monents was taking el niño through the canyon

[@usargh354]

Why digital froundry takes so much to make videos of xbox series comparisons x vs play 5 ??? easy, because it costs them to find games where play 5 has at least 1 advantage hahahahaha have had to go to the xbox 360 for that hahahahaha and this that is a game without patch for xbox hahahaha getting more and more patetics digital foundry ...

[@joeljodrey5310]

Question about the soundtrack for this game.. How are they getting the NFS 3 Hot Pursuit tracks to play with this? Is it a mod or something you unlock as you progress in the game? ✌️🙏

[@SteveRohrlack]

If only this game had the nfs 3 soundtrack… or even better: just remaster the old nfs games! A man can dream, right?

[@joeljodrey5310]

@@SteveRohrlack Absolutely agree

[@UncleSev]

These fps drops are even present on the PC. It's a bug that was present in the old version as well. The solution is to uncheck CPU core 0 (Affinity in task manager).

[@raresmacovei8382]

Not necessarily uncheck Core 0, but just mess a bit with Core Affinity in Task Manager.

[@StefanTheMongol]

I confirm this too.

[@alexperez1519]

Not present on ps5 at all, so is it really a bug? I thinkits more of an asset decompression problem. We been seen lots of this examples when it comes to 3rd party games and XSX having problems with loading assets properly, problems that by the way its ps5 counterparts never manifest. At this point I'm 99% sure it has to do with the velocity architecture, because XSX should have no problem running this game, and even the weaker ps5 has zero problems.

[@VerticalStrafes]

@@alexperez1519 did you watch the video? Same thing on One X, mostly likely just a bug

[@Thomas-qj6gi]

@@alexperez1519 wtf IT is a Bug like IT is on PC too. Comon IT is a old game fanboy. Xbox one x strugles too compare to ps4 Pro. The xbox one x have 50% more gpu power 20% faster cpu and more faster ram.

[@Beaut_Beau]

If only they had of remastered Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 from 2002. It's still the most fun NFS game and could really do with a graphics & performance remaster.

[@souljastation5463]

Yes, finally someone that agrees with me. NFSHP2 is one of the best NFS game, visually though it kind of still holds today. Sure it doesn't look like a modern game, but played in 4K it's still beautiful, it must be the artistic direction.

[@prodigy84bg]

It was a very good NFS game, but still the weakest Hot Pursuit game. The original one and Hot Pursuit 3 (2010) are both superior.

[@usargh354]

Why digital froundry takes so much to make videos of xbox series comparisons x vs play 5 ??? easy, because it costs them to find games where play 5 has at least 1 advantage hahahahaha have had to go to the xbox 360 for that hahahahaha and this that is a game without patch for xbox hahahaha getting more and more patetics digital foundry ...

[@DAMN11KIDS]

Burnout 3 is hands down one of the best racing games of all time ❤️

[@icarus9980]

Such a fun game

[@brunitch]

Blur wants a word

[@theichi4135]

Nope burnout revenge is the best lol

[@ptrcrispy]

@@brunitch Blur is severly underrrated but certainly not up there in terms of arcade racers.

[@brunitch]

@@ptrcrispy honoury mention Flat out 2 ultimate carnage .. my top 2 'cade' racers ✌

[@KizaruB]

1:18 I like how the music stops when Richard insults Criterion’s modern output

[@Aamonnater]

Ajs time skip guy?

[@KizaruB]

@@Aamonnater I do that occasionally

[@Aamonnater]

@@KizaruB lol recognized your pfp

[@RainingFlow19]

@@Aamonnater I bet you didnt notice the name.

[@Aamonnater]

@@RainingFlow19 k

[@ravenXcozmo]

I love these guys at @digitalfoundry always so knowledgeable and professional they’re my go to when comparing or showing of specs for anything gaming related keep up the outstanding work. Just a fan of your channel guys. Cheers from California !!

[@eliteh8597]

Yeah they're intresting to watch, not sure why they didn't check the photo mode in this video though

[@jch010]

I remember this came out first year University and me and the floormates played this game until every single track was gold. Those were some good days.

[@VGDocs]

"The ONE spot" but since you encounter it over and over again you could call it a "SERIES of spots"

[@mustafaahmedsalahaldeen9767]

I see what you did there XD

[@eliteh8597]

Nothing photo mode can't fix?

[@GoogleUsedToLetThisNameBeLong]

@@eliteh8597 Why do you keep posting the _same_ comment under different threads? On an even stranger note, you made this 3 hours ago and another one 7 hours ago. That means your spending multiple hours on the one KZbin video *reposting the same shitty comment* over and over and over..... Kinda cringe amigo. (Edit: Scrolled down to read more and found another one I give up....w/e to each their own I guess?) (Editx2: Found 2 more, at this point I'm legitimately concerned my dude)

[@CV-lm7pv]

@@eliteh8597 Shut the F*** up kid, Series X is the king of photomode and you know it.

[@usargh354]

Why digital froundry takes so much to make videos of xbox series comparisons x vs play 5 ??? easy, because it costs them to find games where play 5 has at least 1 advantage hahahahaha have had to go to the xbox 360 for that hahahahaha and this that is a game without patch for xbox hahahaha getting more and more patetics digital foundry ...

[@keithnmoore2]

I hope they consider an Underground remaster, the soundtrack was amazing, and it came out when the early Fast and Furious movies were out

[@biggrizzy718]

Yesssssss. I agree

[@user-xg6tv5hl6s]

Ron dow dow down..dow ..they dow dow Down

[@ayaan7031]

🎶Riders on the snow🎶

[@mgf909]

Thx to our current age of easy copyright restrictions, half of those songs or more wouldn’t be able to be re- released.

[@Astro1554]

and a need for speed most wanted 2005 remaster would be nice to

[@resonatingraptorid6519]

Need for Speed Hot Pursuit: We Need Money Edition

[@hars11itgupta]

🤣😂😂🤣

[@alphaj9]

want* 😉

[@AllanBakrMHMD]

EA just being EA

[@WH250398]

Eh. Never played the game before, and I only have a ps4 pro. For me it was nice.

[@honotron]

Pretty much

[@Nexus.Achiles]

This game is pure arcade fun driving cool cars in a beautiful scenery and drifting at 200kph+ in tight corners. Such a blast and it reminds me of Outrun SP2 on PS3 indeed, which by the way was already running at 1080p back in the day. Other NFS games don't have that simple gameplay where you just grab a car and race at high speed and drift like a maniac through the bends. This Remastered version at 60fps and great AA/AF is amazing and all I want from an arcade racing game. It is in fact so good that cars have gained in handling (low input latency at 60fps) and I'm having no issues easily beating my old PS3 time records. This is my favourite NFS ever for what I value in an arcade racer. No grind, storyline, missions, speedlist, speed points, hiding etc. Simple, to the point. I just want to race at high speed and ideally not in cramped urban areas.

[@MrMikeTheDude]

Increase the resolution = BOOOOM REMASTERED!

[@anthonysundberg6861]

Thats basically what a remaster is... yes. If you're wanting more than a boost in resolution, youre looking for the term REMAKE. Not the same things.

[@SougoUltimateSadist]

yeah preety much this since ps3/360 era. If you fallow emulation news, you probably noticed how amazing some of these "old" games scale with resolution boosts.

[@MrJeanjean2009]

@@SougoUltimateSadist I'm gonna get hated for this but here we go.. Or if you play the same game on pc years later. Sorry guys I brought it up, the no no word.

[@MRTOWELRACK]

@@anthonysundberg6861 A resolution bump is more of a port than a remaster. For a remaster, I expect updated assets, added fanfare content, etc. A remaster should be more than just tweaking the kinda settings that are already standard in many PC graphics menus.

[@Calibr21]

@@anthonysundberg6861 command and conquer remastered shows otherwise.

[@numetal4304]

Photo mode update needed to beat PS5

[@eliteh8597]

I think if they add a photo mode, based on history, it might boost frame rates👍

[@billpogi23]

😂🤳

[@bryankowalczyk3982]

😆😂🤣

[@CV-lm7pv]

People calling digital foundry bias after PS5 wins every comparison. Digital Foundry: Time for some photomode follow up.

[@KjetilBalstad]

@@CV-lm7pv Every?

[@VaydaladaVodalada]

No midroll ads! Thank you!

[@birdman4birdlegs]

I had a 750ti (rather an 860m) that run this game at 1080p 60fps back in 2014 easily. I really struggle to believe that the "remaster" was so intensive that the original xbox one and ps4 couldn't handle this at 60 as well.

[@BeyondEllisBeck]

If there is a PS5 available near you get it. You will not regret your purchase. it's an absolutely fantastic console.

[@ianminto5917]

😂😂🤣

[@nemodemolishedgamer7440]

Don't Buy PS5 If you have 1440p MONITER Just go with series X Lol 😂😂😂😂

[@exaltedreverse4463]

@@nemodemolishedgamer7440 Or get a job and afford a 4k TV. If you can afford a next gen console, 4ktv shouldn't be an issue. Or better, get a pc instead of a series X since all their exclusives are going to be there

[@Kylo_Ren_2033]

I hope NFS: The Run can get a remaster. The landscape in that game is simply amazing

[@fabriziomanni6890]

Why in the Title there is not ""a clear Playstation Advantage"", as it would be the case if XSX was the superior version, and Digital Bias Foundry wouldn't have hesitated to put in capital letters ;""but what's wrong with the PS5 version"" or ""a clear XSX advantage"".

[@gonzaloxd2]

Are you talking about the hitman 3 video? 4K over 1800p is a clear advantage, this is just one outlier. So far hitman 3 is the only game where one console has that kind of advantage over the other.

[@gonzaloxd2]

@Rodrigo Oliveira that would be true if it was 40 fps for the whole game, but at one little stretch of a massive map the difference in avg fps is minimal. Hitman 3 also had better settings enabled on xbox, so far that game is the only next gen title with that kind of advantage between systems, hence the title.

[@50thgz]

How many looked at this and wondered when a Midnight Club 3 Dub Edition remaster would ever come?

[@iv.nt.]

I have ps3 for this game only

[@mbsfaridi]

If they every decided to remaste rthat game the i’d prefer if keeps the visuals and physics as close to original as possible with 120fps/60fps and go push them as hard as want at 30fps.

[@SouL-pm8dx]

You guys forgot the photomode to find at least one little advantage over the ps5

[@samuelcunningham7045]

I wish I could like your comment twice haha

[@aideyp7333]

I just remember the hook of autolog! Either beating or seeing your friends overtake you on the board...

[@samalton5837]

I don't think that drop on Series X is a bug; the rocks are probably pushing a lot of geometry and Series X has a lower culling and triangle rasterization rate than PS5 (by over a billion, 7.3 gpolys/s vs. 8.9 gpolys/s). That might be impacting the performance because they probably didn't reduce the poly count on them and are still trying to hit performance parity with PS5 (while probably having a slightly higher resolution).

[@supermadkid]

this is an xbox 360 game are you high? forza horizon 4 is 100x more detailed than this yet runs at flawless 4k60. there's probably more polygons in one car in forza than there is in all these rocks combined. xbox has incredible culling capacities and we haven't even touched mesh shaders yet.

[@maxminy5634]

I’m glad they mentioned this here for the series x because the same applies for the ps5. BC games depend a lot on the old code base, which is why ps5 performs worse with division 2 and ghost recon. Nothing to do with the console as we can clearly see on newly developed game: outriders, Valhalla, fenix risings it always performs well. Hitman 3 probably has a code base issue on the ps5 as it looks a lot like a rehash of hitman 1-2, similar assets.

[@jayevans20]

False. The console depending on its design, can make an old or new game look good. See the series X. The games you mentioned either play best on the X or they're matching the PS. The PS is fine but I expect the gap to widening as time progresses.

[@maxminy5634]

@@jayevans20 I don’t agree, but we’ll see. Pretty much every new game has been only a marginal difference when enough development time has gone into it. The BC games like division are based on old code base and engines, so I expect those will be the larger anomalies. I expect the series x to have 15 percent gap in future games, but even that does not seem to be consistent throughout the game. The only exception was hitman 3 so far. Let’s see if it continues.

[@Whisper117s]

NFS III Hot Pursuit from 1998 sound tracks in the background ? NEEAT ! We need a follow up on the first NFS retro John !

[@gun1987gunn]

Usual thing. Series X just can't do a constant 60fps like the PS5. Despite the Series X having better specs... I honestly don't get it.

[@TheMrpeace360]

Smart shift

[@faremath]

ps5 has better optimization tools. The xbox was behind in giving developers tools. In a year, almost every game should run better on xbox.

[@madmax2069]

Pretty sure it's due to the majority of games on PS5 are running at a lower resolution, and Xbox is running at 4k. Notice most games the Xbox series X is running at a native 4k, while the PS5 is running at a lower resolution, so of course it's going to be easier for the PS5 to lock at 60 FPS. but with this game both are running 4k because it's pretty old and easy to run at this resolution. But the issue here is something else entirely. It's the game devs fault on this one. I have a suspicion that it's down to DirectX, either it's an issue with the game engine on how it handles DirectX, or it's DirectX itself. Because the same issue is in the PC version in the exact same spots, both the Xbox and PC version use the DirectX API. The PS5 is usually a different API altogether, so it gets around this issue entirely.

[@MrRafie82]

The specs on Series X isn't night and day compared to the PS5. It's pretty comparable. The Series X is stronger, but not leagues stronger.

[@Lockieez]

It's obviously a game bug since it only occurs in one spot and is also present on One X and PC. Nothing to do with specs.

[@outsideredge]

I already had the original on PC, but I bought the remaster when it was on sale. The PC original never got the DLC that the console versions did, so if you ever only played this game on PC you are getting stuff you haven't seen before. It's still a fun arcade racer.

[@-Grifter]

I actually really liked Hot pursuit. I played with mates a lot and Autolog was great to see friends beating you on tracks. Why I preferred this over many NFS is the fact it was more linear. No driving around hiding from police before you got to a race. This was just pure start to finish racing which I was drawn to. I found it cleaner without all the pottering. Having said that I love Forza Horizon which is open world but not in NFS. Don’t know why!

[@SupaRush]

This game has the most satisfying drifting, speed boosting and drive feel.

[@usargh354]

Why digital froundry takes so much to make videos of xbox series comparisons x vs play 5 ??? easy, because it costs them to find games where play 5 has at least 1 advantage hahahahaha have had to go to the xbox 360 for that hahahahaha and this that is a game without patch for xbox hahahaha getting more and more patetics digital foundry ...

[@wut4665]

@@usargh354 what?

[@budthecyborg4575]

If this is nearly running 4K60 on Last Gen, why does it have a 60fps lock now? This really should be a 4K120fps title.

[@budthecyborg4575]

@@somegit7113 Crap. I guess that just means we need to use this as precedent to say that Framerate Caps are a Crime Against Humanity.

[@budthecyborg4575]

Someone needs to write up legislation stating that videogames are not allowed to be developed with hard coded framerate limits.

[@PantsaBear]

There is no 4k 60fps mode on last gen, rewatch the beginning of the video

[@lfcobrikom5612]

At least 4k 120 with option to lock to 60fps

[@maxminy5634]

The game wouldn’t run on 120 without more tweaking to the BC code. Maybe at 1080p they could get this to work but it’s probably more troublesome without rebuilding from the ground up.

[@romanbellic810]

Burnout Legends and Dominator were awesome too, especially on PSP.

[@drd5455]

Download ppsspp and play then on android

[@klurikon3004]

@@drd5455 yep I play them regularly in my phone

[@TheMahin95]

I played hell lot of burnout dominator on PSP

[@honotron]

Missing: 1.72 Tflops ,any information of its whereabouts please send to Phil Spencer

[@legacyrxt7570]

dev problem

[@webhead4414]

@Takln Trash using your own logic you've just admitted that the PS5 hardware is better. You're not wrong, so well done.

[@glorious240fps6]

@Takln Trash says the xbots who has been taking Ls since console launch and AC valhalla.......when will xbots learn? It's been 4 months already.

[@futureskeletons66669]

Got this and Paradise Remastered. I hope for NFS Most Wanted Remastered, too. I didn't really get a chance to play much of any of them on Xbox 360.

[@twosnakse]

Can’t wait to play this on PS5 in 2025. One of my favourite racing games ever, Criterion were absolute gods of the genre.

[@turkey6913]

Tools havent arrived yet

[@vTANKv]

And they never will.🤣

[@opaz3530]

Just you wait for E3 we’ll get the tools and the fridges a-a-and h-hAlO iNfInItE w-will b-beat all p-p-PlayStation games, I hope. Just you wait😢🙃.

[@mikemclain2582]

Lmao.. well I guess you missed that last 3 videos of xbox vs playstation.. xbox own that ass.. and they said in their video.. it not a xbox problem..

[@opaz3530]

@@mikemclain2582 which ones were those?

[@Rebelscum264]

@@vTANKv hitman says hi

[@Mickice]

PS5 is so buttery smooth.

[@Rcad76]

Someone at EA or Criterion is reading these comments and thinking " I know why it does that" but has signed an NDA and can't say anything. LOL 😆

[@danielbadger4985]

I wouldn't doubt it lol

[@abok6]

I really appreciate the Need for Speed III music running in the background - truly the best NFS OST of all time

[@VideoGems117]

Man it’s too bad Microsoft opted for a 4 TFLOP GPU on Series S, if they would’ve just bumped it to 6 and added 2GB of RAM it could’ve run all the one X versions no problem

[@ThDragoomba]

Yeah. I mean even a last gen console namely PS4 pro and xone x have more Tflops. Goes to show that Tflops don't actually matter as much as people say

[@aminbagheri9044]

I really think about it too half the power of Series x makes Solid 1080 60fps console not a sub1080p xbox like what it is now

[@boomstickpd79]

I think the series s could run at 60fps. It is using the Xbox one s upgrade instead of the Xbox one x. DF literally said it in the video that it could do it. Plus I’m sure the 4tf of Zen is more powerful than 6tf of the old Jaguar from Xbox one x.

[@reno_2200]

@@ThDragoomba "It's not the size, mate - it's how you use it." - Nigel Powers

[@TheRealist1.]

@@boomstickpd79 tippy know they ignore what doesn't fit the narrative...

[@dannonyogurt98]

The back compat on xbox is clearly very accurate. Which is normally awesome but to fix it means they would have to go back to patch the OG version. My guess is they won't bother. Should've just moved SDK. Unlocked frame rate on last gen is not worth it.

[@MrRezQ]

6:41 okay but no one is gonna talk about the cop just rubber banding flawlessly to the lead for the spike?

[@zimonyini]

this is exactly why I always felt cheated as a kid in NFS games... of couse back then I had no clue what my problem exactly was, but this is just so cheap

[@brunitch]

What i learned all the way back in driver ps1 was.. Use the rear view mirror. They will always crash as they can't ghost through cars when ya watching them..

[@richtayls5908]

I remember the final 30 minute race in this game back on the PS3, I always got passed with 2 corners to go, I eventually realised that the solution was to stay in 2nd place before passing the leader at the end, it took me over a minute longer but meant I won the race.

[@BrunoLiraArraisMaia]

the tools are coming!

[@matthewsmith1779]

Haha

[@spidersilva147]

Lmao

[@mrqwerty005]

TOOOOOOOOOOOOLS

[@jaiganticpooey3012]

The tools meaning all the ps fanboys

[@spidersilva147]

@@jaiganticpooey3012 You got offended haha

[@fendykurniawan3614]

B-BU-BUT IT EATS MONSTERS FOR BREAKFAST THO LMAO 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@rtst_dj]

Rich: "S TO S is Bigger than X to X" Rich in Requiem for a Dream: "SSSSSS TO SSSSSSSS"

[@bloomingteratoma]

why did i laugh at this lame ass joke lmao

[@usargh354]

Why digital froundry takes so much to make videos of xbox series comparisons x vs play 5 ??? easy, because it costs them to find games where play 5 has at least 1 advantage hahahahaha have had to go to the xbox 360 for that hahahahaha and this that is a game without patch for xbox hahahaha getting more and more patetics digital foundry ...

[@chrisbullock6477]

Its called typical Microsoft Engineering, in the pursuit of being able to tout the biggest numbers, meanwhile SONY tends to have a more logical and smart approach to their Hardware and Feature Designs.

[@jaytaybrae3766]

Man gtfoh. Where was your comments on the other games where xbox smack the shit outta ps5 oh wait you was quite as usual when the roles are revised.

[@eliteh8597]

@@jaytaybrae3766 I agree! And If they had a photo mode here the frames would be running at 120 not 45

[@jaytaybrae3766]

@Rodrigo Oliveira sure bud. Keep telling yourself that. What's the next thing you going to say when more and more games come out and Microsoft gets the upper hand ? Oh wait I know what your gonna say.... XBOX HAS NO GAMES.

[@lilcuteli5843]

Now I want to know why Xbox Series X performs worse than PS5, it's more powerful! It's been a long time since the devkits were shipped, so it shouldn't be the issue. You were talking about something holding back the console, my guess is that quick resume (idk why) is kinda holding the performance back, but I'm just guessing. Could you guys make a video on a gameplay where there are 6/7 games on quick resume vs the same thing except you closed all games and apps? That would mean a lot.

[@DVRKSTXR]

I don’t think that has anything to do with the XSX’s performance bottlenecks, but I’d like to see that video as well.

[@lilcuteli5843]

@@DVRKSTXR Yeah, it would be weird but it's the only thing I thought of.

[@GODEYE270115]

Is that why Hitman 3 performed better on Series X or Ghost Recon, the Series S matched the PS5 resolution? Y’all stay real quiet when that comes up

[@DVRKSTXR]

@@GODEYE270115 The PS5’s performance was comparable to the XSX’s on Hitman 3. Both consoles output 60fps. The only difference is the XSX output native 4K60, while the PS5 output 1800p60. Less shadows and lower resolution on the PS5, but the same level of texture quality on both versions of the game.

[@artvandalleigh7894]

@@GODEYE270115 Objection; relevance!

[@pigsy2400]

Green Porsche for Xbox, Blue Porsche for Playstation; Nice little detail...

[@tyadams2897]

This looks amazing but can we PLEASE get a a MIDNIGHT CLUB 3: DUB EDITION Remaster?

[@brockgundich]

I'd love a midnight club la remaster

[@DoctorCyrax]

Xbox Series X the beast, running 2009 games at 40fps lmao

[@costaskl6589]

Lmfao

[@andrewwilson5154]

🥱

[@autolife2785]

It's actually a 2010 game, but you definitely are right!

[@ROBSILVERGUN]

The FPS hitch is fixed on that section on the Xbox Series X.

[@oaka5639]

Nice, DF is raising awareness and we all benefit from it

[@MadX8]

Thank you

[@thanksbetotap]

There wasn’t a new patch, though? Was it really fixed?

[@ROBSILVERGUN]

@@thanksbetotap, 1 year ago.

[@thanksbetotap]

@@ROBSILVERGUN Ok will test it out myself. Really hope so! Did they finally fix the PC version as well??

[@gabrielm.lamaswala4571]

Strange how there's always a defence for something going wrong on SX. But they, more often than not, just accept something not right on the PS5. PS5 out performs SX, DF: we don't know what's happening... It's not the hardwares fault. It can be fixed. SX outperforms PS5, DF: oh yeah, just as we expected. No surprise here. 😒🤦🏾‍♂️

[@KiJiHoon]

I'm guessing but it's probably because the Series X is 12.55 TFLOPS and PS5 is 10.28, so in theory the Series X should perform better, however it's obvious there's more to it than that.

[@sm5925]

exactly, it's so obvious

[@maxpawa9282]

@@KiJiHoon Ps5 is 9.2Tf sustain.

[@gabrielm.lamaswala4571]

@@KiJiHoon Theoretical performance and real worl performance are different. The way the machines are put together is very important.

[@gabrielm.lamaswala4571]

@@maxpawa9282 who cares?

[@fancyslimoshady]

Yesssss the background Songs you choose are legendary ! Especially the first song !

[@basedplants]

Digital Foundry on twitter: "It stinks that fanboys use our videos for their console wars." Digital Foundry on youtube: "PS5 VS Xbox Head to Head!"

[@lysandros765]

DF sponsored by 'tegrity' farms...

[@Lil_lit_Bruh]

bruh not the fanboys again

[@guybrushthreepwood8174]

This just hit game pass baby I'm jumping in on series x

[@TerraWare]

Yup I've been binge playing it on my pc via game pass.

[@chaseburrell1789]

Any good?

[@realitycheck8294]

Guess the Devs haven't got those Series X tools yet 😂

[@kingmilwaukee890]

Naw they said the tools were here when hitman 3 came out 😂😂😂

[@danielbadger4985]

@@kingmilwaukee890 so ur say they should understand all the tools completely after 5 weeks?? Cause hitman 3 came out on January 20th 2021.

[@-Grifter]

Hopefully bugs will get ironed out. It is still in the middle of a pandemic. I’m still working from home as are probably most developers. It is a bit frustrating though. I have a series X so far, I don’t want it to be better than the PS5, and want them to both perform on these games without bugs and drops. They can both do it so why arnt they?

[@-Grifter]

@Black Phillip Yeah, it does seam true. They seam to be on at xbox all the time. Like the kids that support man-u that live in the south. A bit fixated on exclusives etc. Well anything that they can change the narrative with they will. Theres a few on the xbox side too but not as many. Maybe if the xbox ever outsells the PS then maybe they will be the greater evil. Who knows. I may get a slim with PSVR2 later down the road when there are tons of cheap games in stores but until then Im happy with my series X. Maybe it will be a bit like Rocky vs Ivan Drago. The underdog may just come through

[@HardRockCafe-qt5ey]

It's weird that almost all xbox series x games with 60 fps enable has some spot or place or whatever that makes the frame drop. It's not a big deal but it's interesting at least.

[@samalton5837]

Hints at either a design flaw or a major bottleneck that *maybe* can be fixed over time (if it's a design flaw, they'd need a whole new design/revision to address it). I wouldn't even harp on this if Microsoft themselves didn't do early marketing/messaging on "TEH POWAH!!" and pushing power narrative so much as if they knew for an absolute fact they were more powerful than PS5. Like the old saying goes, "let the games do the talking". Microsoft should remember that for now on.

[@suyashsngh250]

It could just be a Driver/API overhead, or small architecture problem. One thing is clear that it will definitely improve as time goes on... I mean at the rate that they are giving new updates and feature, it wouldn't be too far to say that all the games will 4K/60FPS locked on XSX without any frame drop.

[@CommodoreMudkip]

@@samalton5837 games at the minute are being primarily developed on PS5 devkits because Microsoft couldnt send out Xbox SX devkits until much later. the performance differentials will line up with the power differential in time.

[@MisterReen]

@@samalton5837 no exclusives, more hype about the Ps5... so their only marketing tool was the 12 TF and DolbyAtmos, DolbyVision promises. From a marketing perspective this is all totally reasonable.

[@samalton5837]

@@suyashsngh250 Yeah but MS's problem is that a narrative's already formed among a lot of early adopters and core/hardcore gamers (who are vast majority of early adopters) that PS5 performs better in games. Results like these are only reaffirming that. Why should people wait a year (if not longer) for Microsoft's system to live up to its paper specs and perform better in all games, when they can get a PS5, the system that's performing better in 90% of game releases so far, right now? And where the early adopters go, the mainstream and casuals tend to follow. Maybe MS should rethink a few design choices for their next Series models, certainly for 10th-gen.

[@MetalJody1990]

I played the non-remastered one at 1080p 60 fps with 4x sparse grid ssaa. It looked soooo gooood. I had a blast. I'm glad that console players can now see it in all its glory (well, the ones that were fortunate to get their hands on the new systems).

[@11bravo1789]

PS5 running clean again. Figures

[@kevinlee6003]

Obvious development issue on that few turns.

[@samuelcunningham7045]

Control, Valhalla, seems to happen a lot with Xbox

[@lysandros765]

Dirt, 120 FPS modes of DMC, COD.

[@loitersquad93]

Dropping of the frames never a good thing ima have to go with ps5 for me ‼️

[@TheRealist1.]

You gonna have space to put it?

[@loitersquad93]

@EliTheRealist1 yeah I'll just clear off my desktop and sit it on top of that

[@TheRealist1.]

@Rodrigo Oliveira I know the both of you know what I'm really talking about...

[@Nazraq04]

I have a lot of love for Hot Pursuit, but I also really enjoyed Need for Speed: The Run. I wish it was more successful so we'd possibly get a remaster of it. That's a huge long shot considering the fact that we never got a Dead Space remaster.

[@brianw9475]

I want them to remaster another Need for Speed game. Preferably Underground.

[@DV-ou1yu]

100%, but they better not charge more than $30. I don't think that game has enough content to warrant a $40 price tag

[@sullivans2004]

Imo they should remaster NFS Underground 1&2 in some sort of bundle type thing....with all of the unused content from the original two games included....idk....

[@TheBrazilRules]

Underground 2 was the best to this day

[@johnhp6565]

I'm probably unique with this, but I want them to remaster Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed.

[@DV-ou1yu]

@@johnhp6565 Yes!!!

[@anonymusunknown9199]

Such a shame they didn't update the framerates on the Series S. It remained 30fps while the console could easily do 60fps. Sad days

[@SebastianSkadisson]

Wow that frame dip is a blast from the past to me - i had that issue on the PC back then too. That exact area killed my framerate.

[@mindrover777]

Which area?

[@thanksbetotap]

@@mindrover777 The one they spend a third of this video talking about.

[@mindrover777]

@@thanksbetotap let me go though it again

[@thanksbetotap]

@@mindrover777 To be fair I don’t think they “named” a specific place, but hopefully it’s discoverable enough from the footage.

[@kingmilwaukee890]

I thought the tools came in lol

[@faremath]

The stutter issue in this case is a bug, even occurring on the Xbox one x. It’s port is lazy. The tools still have not fully come in, there was an update in January. The main thing is devs are just more aware of the challenges that the series consoles bring when developing. That’s why you see games like hitman 3 having the graphical edge on Xbox, not because the tools have arrived.

[@malazan6004]

what tools? What do iI keep hearing about xbox and tools?

[@souljastation5463]

Many people seem to not have realised that the Xbox devkits are developed by Microsoft, the guys that brought you windows, internet explorer, bing, zune, etc... So, good luck to all Xbox owners.

[@kingmilwaukee890]

Bruh it’s not the lazy developers shut that up the series x has bottlenecks the ps5 don’t. What next Gen tools are you speaking of that’s needed to run this last Gen game? Hitman 3 is crossgen game Bruh it’s going to get worse when next Gen actually arrives.. And btw Microsoft waited on rdna 2 features Sony didn’t want because it doesn’t benefit it’ console architecture and chose a more custom route.. watch the huge difference in quality of first party games favoring Sony by a hell of a lot

[@kingmilwaukee890]

Bruh that’s just some dumb shit Microsoft got there fanboys running with.. I’m the first person in the world who noticed Microsoft changed there slogan from most powerful console in the world to the most powerful Xbox.. When the launch games came out Microsoft never said anything about tools they said they were going to look into the situation lmaoo the fanboys claimed it’s tools🤣🤣🤣

[@pinheadhell]

Trashbox lost again, what's new?

[@davidmolnerjr3348]

All look at you trying to cool

[@camarijean2789]

Lol ps5 couldn’t even run the division or ghost recon in 4K💀💀👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@kyle-zm6dq]

fanboys really need to get laid 😂

[@WodverWizard]

15:08 Well, no... You can just press the home button and see if it says 'Auto HDR' in the top right corner. It's not that hard, guys.

[@thes3riesman444]

Not very hard at all lol

[@EthanLeitch]

Great video, just picked it up for the PS5 for that smooth 4k/60. Always awesome content.

[@PhantomX786]

We want the underground series remake!

[@dbradstreet]

I like how need for speed gets a ps5 upgrade before fucking Warzone does.

[@musty8748]

Outriders is also performing better on PS5

[@TheRealist1.]

Go play it...

[@markwilliamson3043]

these clowns forget GDK's were late to the table. all.winding down now. outriders is fkn pish man

[@cruelwraith2games926]

Outsiders A demo count bro the game ain't even release yet

[@johnhp6565]

Even tough I don't really care, could the frame rate issues for XBOX be within their APIs Direct X.

[@Kretenn]

This would be a glitch, a matter of developer not even testing it in said area

[@varno6793]

@@Kretenn Yeah, it very much appears the developer didn't even wanna fix issues the old Xbox One version had. They just ported it over with the "new" version.

[@stugtodd2778]

@@varno6793 Thanks to this biased channel. Thankfully it's looking a dead cert that the devs will need to fix the Xbox version. A win win on this occasion.

[@malazan6004]

@@stugtodd2778 Digital Foundry is biased? they call out ps5 when it under performs just like they do with Xbox..

[@iriotales]

Amazing analysis as always! Too bad for the Xbox bug, but hey, when the worst scenario is a very specific hitch on a very specific part of the map, it's still an amazing experience

[@TristanTheVRGamecat]

Except it's dropping frames throughout the footage in other areas , just not as bad as that one spot......but they ignore that because it's Xbox garentee if it was the other way around they would be bashing playstation for it ......they always sound so dissapointed when they gotta say the ps5 is outperforming it , they always say it's a bug when it comes to Xbox........odd that

[@supermadkid]

yeah 10 year old game which runs at 60 fps on a toaster shouldn't have dumb bugs like this

[@varno6793]

@@supermadkid thats on the developer/publisher. If EA didn't wanna put the work in (or more specifically, the money) to fix old issues that were present on the Xbox One version... then yeah, those same bugs will pop up again when they port it in their "next-gen" patch.

[@varno6793]

@@TristanTheVRGamecat Did you watch the Division 2 next-gen video? Digital Foundry were quite clear the PS5 was underperforming due to bugs on the day-one release of that patch. "they always say it's a bug when it comes to Xbox".... cuz they are mostly software side bugs?

[@milk6765]

@@TristanTheVRGamecat b******* quit making s**t up dude it's the one area like they said and they just kept replaying it over and over God you guys got to find something to f****** nitpick about everything

[@aj-kl7de]

I remember playing this game on my Nintendo Wii. It was running at 480p 30fps and I thought It looked great then.

[@bdre5555]

Another win for King PlayStation

[@ertugrulbae46]

Oh the terafloppy xbots are gonna be mad As for the cliff zone. Both XSX and 1X suffer. But if you look at the chart. PS4 pro also has the exact same pattern as X1X/XSX. The dips are the same. So its not an issue of SDK/xbox. Its a more demanding region which taxes the performance of the console more. If its optimization issue. Then it should also exist on PlayStation since it follows same pattern. But PS5 overcame the obstacle. XSX couldn't

[@quantumwitcher9376]

I've seen more people saying people are gonna be mad than people actually being mad

[@huawafabe]

It can't just be that spot, because even though the PS4 Pro struggles there as well, it's the only point where the Xbox One X goes below the PS4 Pro. So it IS an optimisation problem on the xbox. And not a hardware issue, because in 99.9% of the game, xbox one x is ahead.

[@ertugrulbae46]

@@quantumwitcher9376 yeah exactly....they're not going to comment. They weren't this quite since hitman 3 OR control (where the PS5 actually had global illumination, and had better RT,Reflections, light density etc)

[@legacyrxt7570]

@@ertugrulbae46 better rt, reflections? Did you even watch the video? No, you are blind

[@legacyrxt7570]

its a bug

[@Jrobb1999]

My favorite racing games were the Project Gotham Racing series. But I do remember growing up and being excited when a new Need for Speed or Test Drive game came out since back in the day they weren’t annual releases

[@slingshotdon]

Project Gotham 4 needs to be on xbox

[@Supersayainpikmin]

With how close the PS4 Pro and Xbox One X get to 60fps while running in 4k, makes me wonder why the preformance mode is only 1080p for both consoles. I feel like they could have gotten with 1440p on the Pro and about 1800p on the One X.

[@kclamer]

Background NFS3 music is awesome. By far my most favorite NFS soundtrack.

[@likestoospooge]

I can't wait until 2026 when all the content you're posting lately becomes relevant. You know, when the 4080, PS6 and series X2 is released and I can finally buy a 3080, PS5 and series x. It's gunna be glorious!

[@darktempest53]

4080 or Hopper/Lovelace will be out by 2022

[@freemanzweidreifunf8025]

nice comment, but i assume in 2026 we wont have the 4080 but something like a 8080 ;D also Series X 2 is to specific, from X box i expect something more ambiguous like X Box version S&X ... cant miss out on confuesed parents, girlfriends and grandparents buying some wrong versions of a console for their kids for christmas ;D

[@pipikakachu]

Even when the 4080 is out you won’t be able to get the 3080

[@freemanzweidreifunf8025]

@@pipikakachu well thats also true, because i dont think 3080s get produced anymore... at least not for playing videogames ;D

[@pipikakachu]

@@freemanzweidreifunf8025 i have a 3080 and I know for a fact that these cards weren’t tested thoroughly...it works well 95% of the times....sometimes you have to undervolt them.....stick to getting a 2080ti if you can or spam Nvidia for them not to give cards to scalpers.

[@morpheusx9794]

Mark Cerny sends his regards

[@mrpiratefox4497]

Its literally a bug that happens in all Xbox version, not just Series X, kid

[@legacyrxt7570]

mark cerny will celebrate for 1 week until its fixed

[@ILikeGoodMusic313]

@@mrpiratefox4497 okay, enjoy you 44fps xtrash.

[@glorious240fps6]

@@legacyrxt7570 Since release and every new game launch,i've been hearing that "for a week" excuse. It's been 4 months since release,still ps5>XSX

[@lukastemberger]

@@ILikeGoodMusic313 Boys, calm down. I love my PS5 too, but no need to be rude :P You don't need to put people down for not having the same things as you do...

[@legacyrxt7570]

clear software/bug/optimization issue. DF are the experts, not me, not you and they said what i said to you at 12:56

[@kingmilwaukee890]

Not at all. Ps5 is just better. Get use to it

[@BenoHourglass]

@@kingmilwaukee890 We see the exact same problem with the One X vs PS4 Pro. That clearly makes it a software issue.

[@datruth4766]

Yeah, but Xbox is "the winner" when the PS5 runs in back compat at the resolution of the Ps4 pro. That's not even a software issue, it's the intended programming of the game!

[@kyle-zm6dq]

yeah, I'm going to let a minor difference in performance run my life 😂 both versions run great, get used to it

[@marcusmoore4819]

LOL PS5 Once again beats the Series X. And Xbox fanboys calling it weak yet it’s outperforming the Series X aka the mighty so called powerful RDNA 2 12 TFLOPS console 😂😂

[@taransingh9548]

12 TFLOPS YO 😂

[@marcusmoore4819]

@@taransingh9548 WAIT FOR THE TOOLS LOL

[@taransingh9548]

@@marcusmoore4819 The Series X isn’t as powerful as Xbots said it would be. The Series X is a joke. Lol 😂

[@taransingh9548]

@@marcusmoore4819 I can see Xbox fanboys being salty and damage controlling in the comments. Lol 😂😂

[@marcusmoore4819]

@@taransingh9548 For real like shouldn’t the worlds most powerful console be outperforming the PS5 in everything? Lol Oh wait it’s not the most powerful console it’s the most powerful Xbox console LMAO

[@afronautexplorer144]

12 flops of failure 🤣🤣🤣

[@KaiSchSp]

I actually love this game. It is so fun and hilariously over the top.

[@8BitRetroMonkey]

Series X is always dropping frames, hitching or has a ‘bug’ 12 tflops of lies

[@lotusson]

As a Series S owner, sometimes this back compat kills me because it's limited to the One S version. That's a lot of hardware power being wasted.

[@3mileisland516]

It is a shame...

[@mitchelljenkins4815]

I wonder why they didn't just put the maximum mode into the S version too.

[@CV-lm7pv]

Popular opinion: Series S shouldn't exist. Sony did discless better imo

[@DanDaMaN95cov]

Just got the game on Switch during the black friday sales. Only $20 aud. Had this on 360 back in the day and while it would be nice to play this game in 40k 60fps its just so cool playing this in handled mode

[@JBrinx18]

Need For Speed High Stakes needs to be remade, that game was absolutely fantastic