THIS is How You Play Sonic Unleashed in 2024!

Sonic Unleashed is about to turn 16 years old, which is honestly kind of crazy to think about. It holds up well in the gameplay department, and the art direction rivals AAA games coming out today, let alone other Sonic games. But there’s an issue in regard to playing it nowadays… What’s the best way to play it? The original versions on 360 and PS3 are low resolution and have framerate issues. The Xbox One is better but still not great. The Xbox Series consoles added the option for 60 FPS gameplay, making it the definitive version on console right now, but is it really the best way to play Unleashed? I beg to differ. Let’s try playing Sonic Unleashed on PC in 2024.
Here’s the links to all the mods/software I used in this video:
Mods: gamebanana.com/mods/491083
gamebanana.com/mods/344657
gamebanana.com/mods/393182
Software: gamebanana.com/tools/6765
github.com/xenia-canary/xenia...
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Linktree: linktr.ee/PieStudios

[@PieStudios]

I AM AWARE I MESSED UP THE AGE OF SONIC UNLEASHED, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO COMMENT THE SAME THING 20 TIMES OVER I am also aware that Vulkan exists. I did not talk about it it because it forces you to play at 880x720 which looks awful, at that point just play on an Xbox. 6:55 to clarify, you need to look up “Sonic Unleashed Xenia Patch” on Google and download it first. I should’ve been more specific in the video lol

[@officialrazing929]

your not wrong

[@lil_s24]

How do I get sonic unleashed on my Laptop legally 😭

[@ProcyonYT]

​@@lil_s24 legally you buy your own xbox 360 copy of the game and dump the xex file onto ur pc

[@WindPearl]

you can fix the age of sonic unleashed in the description

[@PieStudios]

@WindPearl I forgor 💀

[@justchan2443]

I'm going to be in my 40s begging Sega to port Unleashed on PC

[@DatOneGuy901]

Im already in my 40s....begging Sega to port Unleashed on PC

[@djbandagegirl]

god, i'm turning 27 next month and i've been doing just that since gens came out on pc. turning to dust as we speak

[@takityphoon]

I think the HDR fix for this game alone makes it the definitive version. In a lot of areas i found that the colour palette of unleashed looked a little too warm, and the HDR fix just makes everything pop so much i love it.

[@jackhumphries1087]

I’m pretty sure the series X version has HDR, but you need a 4K tv for that, but mine can only output a max of 1080p, and there wasn’t a 1080p patch for unleashed on series X like they did for generations on series X

[@freeedleo]

​@@jackhumphries1087series s and x are great but it's even lower than 1080p, it's 880x720p, which means that it's 720p stretched horizontally to fit a standard 1280x720 aspect ratio

[@brenscott5416]

Can we please stop pretending that hdr and 4k are life changing upgrades? While they can be "nice" they just don't make enough of a change to make anything definitive. No one is staring at individual pixels long enough for it to make any real difference. Sick of people treating 1080 to 4k like it's 480 to 1080. Nowhere near as noticeable. Hdr is also not much different from putting a color filter on your monitor or TV. Again these things can be nice bur aren't game changers

[@freeedleo]

@@brenscott5416 Maybe you don't think they are big upgrades but to some people they are massive, when you get HDR to look right it can be incredible. 4k is also really nice, especially if you're sitting closer to your screen, such as a computer monitor.

[@brenscott5416]

@@freeedleo as I said they can be nice, bur they aren't game changing like people keep saying. 90% of people can't even tell the difference. Reminds me of when oled came out and people lost their shit, like ya it's nice but the difference is subtle enough to be nearly Inconsequential. My annoyance comes from how oversold it is for how slight a change it comes out to. My plasma screen from 2000 really doesn't look much different from what people call "definitive upgrades". All honesty that plasma screen has features modern tvs lost for the worse. Bringing back features like backlight control would be a definitive upgrade

[@MegaDrainProductions]

I venture to guess the reason why it's still 720p on series s/x is because the team working on it also ran into the flashbang and texture issues and couldn't be bothered to fix it. So keeping it at 720p was the easiest and cheapest way to go.

[@PieStudios]

Possibly but I doubt it. Microsoft would have the tools to fix it unlike us. That and their emulator simply works different than Xenia. I wish we could customize the resolution on Xbox so we could see if it does flash bang

[@3ssamssf280]

​@@PieStudiosno it's not, it's because unleashed has an internal cap of resolution and Microsoft was the one doing the fps boost, not sega

[@SantiagoMonroy5]

​@@PieStudios Microsoft ain't spending that much time and money for a 2008 game that many don't care for, Sucks but it's true. And yeah, I feel like Unleashed sadly was meant to only run at 720p, above it just creates problems which sucks.

[@Jack_the_Jackal]

the actual game resolution on xbox 360/series is 880x720

[@diarmikelly4060]

​Well there is xbox one x enhancements for sonic generation so u can play at 4k and make it 60fps aswell woth fbs boost on series s and x. So they coulddo it for unleashed if they wanted to@@SantiagoMonroy5

[@Sawtje2]

"Sonic Unleashed is about to turn 17 years old"" STOP MAKING ME FEEL OLD. haha

[@maomax8922]

Xenia canary build + vulkan api = success

[@sonicthomasgamer]

+ Vulkan FSI = greater success

[@itsnotyboii]

@@sonicthomasgamer what is Vulkan FSI and how to enable it?

[@sonicthomasgamer]

@@itsnotyboii D3D12 And Vulkan have what’s called a render path Open Xenia canary config.toml in notepad In the Xenia-Canary.config.toml Using Ctrl + f Will open a window called “Find” In the “find what” box Type vulkan Change the Direction to “Down” Click “Find next” twice This will take you to render_target_path_vulkan = “” Type fsi in the quotes to “fsi” It should now look like render_target_path_vulkan = “fsi”

[@sonicthomasgamer]

@@itsnotyboii I also recommend deleting the config file after every update, so there will be no conflicts between an old config file and new version of canary. I realized this when my settings weren’t working properly.

[@itsnotyboii]

@@sonicthomasgamer I think you've deleted some of your comment while editing it :")

[@Dima064]

For people who use even older gpu like me - use Vulkan on Xenia as it eliminates the crashes. I was able to 100% the game with my 750ti, so no need to worry.

[@SHADOWXFORCES]

Hi Like you, I have GTX 750ti graphics I finished Unleashed, but the crash problem bothered me a lot

[@deedeelee2524]

I thought Unleashed was unable to finish without a 100% save file

[@SHADOWXFORCES]

@@deedeelee2524 You can finish it, but it needs patience, it crashes in some places New updates may reduce this problem

[@SBGamingPlus]

Been playing unleashed for a while on xenia and I barely get any crashes only like once in a while. I'm able to play the game with no problems and achieve 60fps.

[@SHADOWXFORCES]

@@SBGamingPlus What is your graphics card?

[@SFproductions1]

Wanted to provide some clarification on the Xenia portion. Yes, playing on the DX12 renderer does allow you to play at 1440p but it crashes very frequently which makes it nearly impossible to play the game from start to finish. And then of course there are the visual bugs. Playing using the Vulkan renderer is definitely the way to go. There aren't any crashes or any noticeable visual bugs. Just make sure the 1280x720 patch is disabled and you have the render target path for vulkan is set to "fsi" in the xenia canary config document (this removes the weird werehog fur glitch and green dots) . Unfortunately the game is locked to default resolution but you get consistent framerate with no drops. Shader caching will cause it to freeze pretty frequently at times on a first playthrough but to my knowledge, there's no way around that. But you can also get FPS as high as 110 by tuning the vsync cap in the config file. Yeah the resolution still sucks but this is definitely the best way to play Unleashed if you don't want to fork out 300+ dollars for an xbox.

[@Player_circle]

The sonic unleashed art style looks like a Pixar movie. I am glad they kept it. I bought an xbox x just to play it

[@rev8962]

You did absolutely amazing.

[@ShineSpriteGamer]

thank you so much for linking the flashbang mod, not sure why most guides dont include it!

[@coolgas456]

This video is a very good explanation of how to play one of my favourite childhood games again on my PC. Thanks for the video! I appreciate it!

[@PieStudios]

Glad I could help!

[@5persondude]

4:53 a whole pack of robots? 🤭

[@NotTerravin]

Exciting to see just how far Unleashed on PC has come over the past few years. I think the Series X/S version is still going to stay my preferred way of playing for the time being (just generally prefer a more stable experience and my none of my screens go beyond 1080p anyways), but I can't wait for the day I can load it up on my computer and cut out the console entirely.

[@ChloeVFX]

Love the "Whole Pack-a Robots" reference xD

[@bravebiird]

xenia's come such a long way, it's great to see gonna probably set it up on the steam deck! native res works just fine there ofc, and i saw a video showing it can hold 40 fps pretty solidly

[@TheWaffleFactory]

Unleashed is probably my favorite sonic game next to adventure 1. I think the game runs at something lower than 720p which is why it looks so blurry, it just gets upscaled to 720p for most tvs to recognize the signal. So this game can really use a facelift.

[@HaythamFadhil]

1:00 Happy to see my Colorful Battle UI mod out in the wild :)

[@rainyxdays497]

The Graphics Device Lost Error happens only when you use D3D12 as the renderer, because the emulator is still pretty unstable. It has nothing to do with your specs as far as I'm aware. Using vulkan will fix it, however vulkan causes some graphical errors. If you see stuff like grass stretching out enough to cover your screen pressing F5 should fix it, but other graphical glitches are vulkan related that you just can't fix.

[@PieStudios]

I’ve never had that error on my newer PCs which is why I thought it was due to the age of the 1060, my bad

[@evdestroy5304]

​@PieStudios 3060 user here, nah, it's an emulator issue. Just use Vulkan and it fixes it.

[@PieStudios]

Vulkan has graphical issues tho, which is why I don’t use it

[@evdestroy5304]

@PieStudios Use Xenia Canary

[@davidav1d]

@@PieStudiosWhats the new PC? I’ll be getting a 4070 Super in a couple months so I’m wondering if it’ll be strong enough

[@Spikel3t]

Got this working on steam deck recently using the definitive sonic steam deck guide, it works well on the xenia canary build provided at 40 fps consistently and even with mods! My only problems were at first the AMD grass explosion but one of the mods fixed it in a stage and mainly in another but the only other problem is vertex explosions (which kinda freak me out) but luckily binding a back trigger to f5 fixes it usually so sonic unleashed should be pretty much playable all the way through! (Or you can grab a 100% save file)

[@UltraSonicHero]

Sadly I'm not an Xbox gamer but this video was truly helpful and useful to the viewers. Excellent job on the video!

[@joshuaikujuni8879]

this is a great video, thankkkksss

[@prabpalbhullar2174]

I don't know if you'll see this but I was wondering what microphone you were using during the recording. It sounds amazing!

[@sahelebrahimal-wasti4829]

My first ever sonic 3d game ❤❤ I played the ps2 version.

[@shroomer3867]

I use rpcs3 on Linux and Unleashed runs perfectly well on 60fps for most of the time, except the jungle section in the island levels.

[@eikeshu]

Also, it's worth noting that Xenia does have FSR, which can help with playing the game at better image quality without getting flashbanged by playing at higher resolutions. Just press F6 and it'll bring up the menu, where you can also apply FXAA and adjust the sharpness of FSR if you'd like

[@PieStudios]

It’s FSR1 which is literally just a sharpening filter. Heavy pass

[@eikeshu]

@@PieStudios It does mostly just sharpen the image, and in no way it replicates a higher resolution like 4k or 1440p...but in games where trying to resolution scale might lead to certain issues (like here), it is worth bringing up that it does have the option present. It sure as heck looks way better than the native 720p it'd otherwise run at, and if one wishes to not deal with the flashbangs at all or if their GPU isn't performant enough to run at those higher resolutions, FSR, while certainly not looking like a native 1440p or 4k image, definitely provides a good improvement. I just went ahead and tested it again on my 1440p monitor, and I won't say it looked like true 1440p, but the resulting image was still acceptable. Please do try it if you haven't, I've known that Xenia uses FSR1, but when I first tried it the results honestly impressed me, I thought it'd look so much worse. But above all it's a worthwhile alternative for cases like these (I had to use FSR for other games such as The Darkness due to a similar issue, as well), whether you resolution scale or use FSR, you are making a sacrifice somewhere, and at that point it's a choice of what the user values more. Given that, I just thought it was worth mentioning.

[@naomilii614]

I wanna add my lil bit of perspective. Though its notably less stable, the Steam Deck is a pretty decent way to play the game based SOLELY on the portability aspect. I have a gap in between classes, and sometimes I pull out my Steam Deck and play some Sonic Unleashed. While there is some stuttering at moments, and some clear bugs, it's surprisingly playable, and manages to mostly hover in the 40-60fps range. It's not the DEFINITIVE way to play, but if you're looking to take the game on the go, the Steam Deck works pretty well for that. It isn't too good on the battery, though I remember being surprised at how it didn't drain it as fast as officially supported steam games.

[@shrobbyy]

btw. you don't want to turn on the 1280x720 patch on with Vulkan, only with DirectX. It's hella bugged with Vulkan

[@IlNico]

good video m8

[@tedbasher3000]

I have an i5-12400 and 1650 Super and Unleashed is for the most part 60 FPS at 720p with 0 crashes on Vulkan and if you never tab out rare crashes on DirectX 12, and around 30-40 FPS on 1440p. Sad fact is I'm probably not getting an upgrade until like 4-5 years from now.

[@PieStudios]

Honestly I’d try to sell your 1650 on eBay and buy something better. If you bid smart you could maybe even get a 1070. I was able to get a 1070 for $80 by sniping a bid

[@rface0]

The reason why your framerate dropped to the nearest multiple the first time in an area and didn't again is due to a performance dip as the emulator compiled the shader cache, so the next visit was better performance as it didn't have to do that.

[@aero6349]

I really can’t wait for the day Sega ports this game to steam so I can finally play this game in all its glory, and they’ll get hella money for the next game

[@SammyAnimations]

There are multiple ways to get the game running at 4K 60fps, but they're not cheap either. You could either buy a powerful gaming PC and use Magpie's FSR to play Xenia or RPCS3, or you could get an Xbox Series console and use the remote play feature on a device that can AI upscale the feed to 4K like the Nvidia Shield TV Box. Then again, it's not running 4K natively, and there's still the issue with it potentially introducing input delay, but at least these options exist 🤷‍♂️

[@benjaminmaturanavargas8992]

I played the game on it's entirety on xenia with direct12 API running into a few texture bugs on windmill isle act 1, and jungle joyride act 1, but nothing to worry about. My PC: Ryzen 9 3900 RX 580 8GB 32GB RAM In terms of perfomance: 1280x720 60 FPS 1920x1080 35-40 FPS 2560x1440 28-30 FPS I played the game like it would play on xbox series x, which is great considering that i don't have one. The only parts of the game where i experienced fps drops where on empire city hub world and jungle joyride act 1.

[@sunchs8429]

It's still crazy that Sega hasn't released it on PC all this time

[@ExtraordinaryFate]

Emulation still has issues of crashing depending on your setup, so I prefer the Series X version. I never really noticed it's low resolution, so I'm perfectly fine with it

[@TheOscarGamer_]

2:43 relatable moment

[@XDevonBueno]

Play it on series s/x and then get an upscaler like the photofast one and then you have stability and graphics. Maybe a bit expensive but very simple.

[@blackblurgaming9760]

Sonic unleashed is just one year younger than me lmfao 😭

[@somelazyboi1739]

You think you could link your xenia config in the description? I don't want to go and mess something up on the config.

[@lego174]

How'd you get the Werehog fur to look better? For me it looks kinda glitchy.

[@LonikQ]

5:00 The reason the game keeps crashing with the 1060 is because that the Direct3D 12 driver crashes the game on Direct3D 12. The game works wonderfully with Vulkan though

[@OureimsBag]

Probably with nvidia video cards it will not be possible to achieve a normal resolution for the game, because either you change to vulcan with the inability to increase the resolution (or I did not find one), or wait for crashes

[@Justanotherrando-ny3vr]

Bro you got ryzen 5 7600 That processor is damn good.

[@ABlob]

I *think* if you want to avoid crashes and screen tear, you should also switch the API to Vulkan. I had constant crashes with the default API (DirectX 12) and chose to set it to Vulkan one day and that made it work for the most part (sometimes it can still crash anyways, but it doesn't happen as often). Also, not sure about the 60 FPS patch, because last time I've tried that, it caused some softlocks in Rooftop Run Night Act 1 where the giant rolling barrels don't roll downhill correctly and get stuck on terrain.

[@PieStudios]

The vulkan renderer is broken for this game so I didn’t bother The 60 FPS patch used to be bad but it’s actually really good now

[@ABlob]

@@PieStudios What? Vulkan works for me, what's broken about it?

[@sheimisodd]

graphically, for example, the motion blur also affects sonic and totally blurs him out, and some graphical bugs@@ABlob

[@PieStudios]

@@ABlob most special effects are completely missing and the boost smears the screen, at least for me It could be different depending on if you’ve got an AMD or Nvidia GPU

[@ABlob]

@@PieStudios Hm, the one thing about the Vulkan API that is upsetting is how every optional collectible (records, dokuments) have visible particle effects but an invisible model. The rest is kind of fine to me. The boost should smear the screen because it's motion blur though, right...? And I have an Nvidia GPU, haven't tried playing on an AMD's GPU yet at all.

[@_R11_]

Fun fact: sonic unleashed ps3 isn't capped at 30 fps so you could reach 60fps on 720p, 1080p is actual 720p upscaled and sometimes could lag

[@Brybis]

I also played the sonic generations with mods that put sonic unleashed maps, is the Best way tô play without problems

[@user-en4py6lb7v]

Also, is there nothing to do if you pc doesn't support AVX?

[@supersnivy264]

Wait so there’s no way to fix the exploding grass if you have AMD? I can’t even get past the first level without that happening on Xenia.

[@JacobfromT256]

Thx!

[@haruokumura2977]

my very old pc (i3-4150 2 cores 4 threads, GTX 750 Ti, 16 GB RAM) plays the night stages fine on Xenia, they run better than the original 360, but the day stages are much more demanding and they run like the 360 did; I tried RPCS3 but the fps are horrible, due to my weak cpu

[@2fernandoc1]

My PC's CPU (while not amazing or even great,) is a bit competent whereas my GPU is kind of trash, so RPCS3 (a CPU based emulator) ran a lot better than Xenia (a GPU based emulator), so I could get around 20-50 FPS at 1080p (and higher with lower resolutions like 900p, 720p, and even some absurd ones like 360p), whereas Xenia consistently ran at 18-25 fps at 720p with input delay and muddied colors 💀.

[@karadanianoI]

which CPU are we talking about?

[@quangquang-e]

if you dont want to play on the emulators you can buy sonic generations and install the project unleashed mod

[@taliwave1946]

I think it’s important to state that if you want the best possible unleashed experience on RPCS3 you need some beefy specs, but theres plenty videos of people playing at 4k with perfect performance. Xenia is much better for lower specs

[@PieStudios]

While I would agree, even with an i9 you can’t maintain 60 FPS. While on Xenia, it’s much easier to maintain a 60 FPS lock as long as your hardware is halfway decent.

[@Mrbones999]

no but this is a really good video i might try insalling unleashed on pc later its just i kinda bought my xbox just to play unleashed but yea

[@MiZtaAZuki]

seriously dont bother if you dont know what your doing cuz i tried it and the audio was buggy i could only play the first stage and the end of the stage was always a glitchy mess until i press f5

[@nokidoggo]

The biggest problem I encountered on Xenia Canary is the game constantly crashing and I don't know why since my PC is far from the worst

[@eusoupacos6975]

directx12 crashes the game all the time for me, how do i fix it? i have a rx6750 xt and a ryzen 5600

[@highspeedhighjinx7255]

I have a GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 laptop. Can sonic unleashed run on that?

[@Zetachu]

Were you using a texture pack?

[@PieStudios]

No

[@kbennett365]

It really imo is not worth downloading all kinds of stuff and mods and go through all the hastle to play the game on PC for a few more graphics updates. Just playing on a Series X/S is still the best way to play and even at 720 the game still looks great and with the 60fps boost it helps the game a lot. Plus not having to go through a lot of hoops and the headaches PC has.

[@RetroBusker]

for that xbox emulator I can get unleashed 2024 rom for free?... also I notice anytime I play hacks like these or fan made remasters my joypads dont work on them yet all my joypads work 100% fine with the retro Emulator I use for nes snes mega drive gameboys ect...

[@LRTBh]

Nice guide! Does anyone know if there's a solution for when I get up from an edge in night stages and remain stucked inside some wall or object above?

[@jswayne7546]

My PC sadly isn't good enough. The input lag is so bad I can't do homing attacks correctly and the cutscenes play in slow motion.

[@paradichlorobenzene4132]

Playing new 3ds is the best way to play imo, portable and as far as I know, there's nothing that makes being unable to read the text an issue

[@animex_artz]

What?

[@djbandagegirl]

bluh, came to this with a lot of hope, but unfortunately xenia for me has awful vertex explosion issues (similar to the grass explosion thing shown in this video) even on windmill isle act 1, making even that level unplayable. doesn't seem like this video puts forward any fix for that though, just the flashbangs, which i haven't even been able to play far enough to experience. rpcs3 crashes in one of the first cutscenes for me so i can't play it there despite having a good enough pc for the framerate to be at least tolerable. guess i'm gonna have to get a series s just for this, and it'll still be an inferior experience to emus in some ways 😔 if anyone knows a way to fix the vertex explosions please let me know in a comment so i can play this game without dropping $200 on a series s, lol

[@lpfan4491]

On Xbox Series, the 60 FPS patch causes bugs, including one of the DLC stages not being beatable and I cannot imagine it to be entirely bugfree on Emulator either, even tho fans appearently fixed a few of the issues through mods. I would probably play in 30 FPS regardless for that reason. Though I am still hesitent to give the game another shot after I tried last time after it was "supposedly entirely fixed on this build already, you guys" and then it horrifically crashed on the first quickstep section like always. 2:10 Wait, wait. What? And I assume there is no way to instead just use normal VSync, yes? That sounds kinda bad, isn't triple buffering why certain retrogames had really bad native input latency? I wouldn't want that in a game like this.

[@DomaldVale]

You can do this to other games like saints row.

[@Kahariii]

Can you send me the complete specs of the 250$ dell pc? i want to build one for myself

[@HYPERxSONICxFANx2012]

does this work on a handheld pc like a onexplayer?

[@PieStudios]

It should work on any capable windows handheld, yep! It may work on the Steam Deck as well but I don’t have one to test

[@acidhogalpha1553]

pressing F5 on the Keyboard fixes most of the grass bugs in the game.

[@thermocrat8369]

Sega, this guy is one of many people going to great lengths to play this game on an HD 60 fps system. just port the damn game already.

[@Koopai386]

Its either the iso, or the emulator, but even with the patches, i still encounter graphical glitches on xenia

[@RaziMemeGod]

If you want to use the Vulkan renderer, turn off the resolution patch, if you want it on, switch to DX12 renderer

[@Koopai386]

@@RaziMemeGod how do i do that

[@RaziMemeGod]

@@Koopai386 there's plenty of guides online, but it's kinda hard to explain in a youtube comment section. If you look up Sonic Unleashed PC setup it's probably gonna show up

[@Koopai386]

@@RaziMemeGod so what actually happens is that after the 1st pullie, and 2nd set of robors at the 1st level, when i get to the rb/lb section it black screens. the ui stays while the stage and audio dissapear

[@RaziMemeGod]

@@Koopai386 try pressing f5, that might be a vertex explosion.

[@user-cu6vl5np9i]

Sonic is the whole reason I prefer PS over Xbox, Cuz I played sonic unleashed at the age of 6 on ps3

[@diegofavaratozfilms962]

Can someone help me how to fix this every time I play the first level after a couple of seconds the screen goes black and I can’t play anymore but I can still go back to the main menu does anyone know how to solve this solution?

[@BLOODWRITER14]

I have sonic unleashed on Xbox 360 for the series X and that runs a lot smoother then PC with Emulation software . I also ask : WHY WOULD YOU PLAY SONIC UNLEASHED ON PC INSTEAD OF CONSOLE ?

[@cvetomirgeorgiev2338]

The resolutiin is better I played Unleashed on series x with fps boost and it looked like crap

[@KagatoJarry33]

With Xenia from my experience, Almost ALL games, Will lag for a while when you start playing them, A example is Forza Horizon 1, first launch the emulator is going to say "Compiling Shaders" for awhile, But once you play the game for awhile, The game should balance out, Note that this only happens when you first enter a new area/stage, so you can close the emulator and re open it later with 0 issues, besides just hardware limitations. EDIT BECAUSE IM A DUMB BITCH: I installed Generations and ran a Xenia Patch, After playing some stages 2-3 times, I got a solid 50-60 FPS, The slowdown I noticed was when I saw "Shader Compiling" in the bottom corner but after it finished my frames went back up

[@bladefox5082]

If my isp can see my downloads i’m cooked 😭😭 (maybe idk most of the games i emulate are gamecube and wii games)

[@Justaguythatlovesadventure]

Does hdr fix work with Vulkan?

[@PieStudios]

Don’t use Vulkan

[@WindPearl]

sonic unleashed is about to turn 16 not 17, it released in 2008

[@akaithehedgehog]

Xenia Canary keeps crashing on me every 5 minutes and I was using Vulkan

[@Lazar-ox5bd]

ok so, i need help from tech experts: would a gtx 1060 6gb, i7-950 and 12gb RAM be enough to run this on 768p? Cause emulators eat up performance compared to titles made for stronger consoles.

[@James-mp7lp]

Yeah it should run on 720p or 768p it that’s the highest your monitor supports

[@Lazar-ox5bd]

@@James-mp7lp on Xenia, right?

[@TheSanikFan]

100% I understand your pc situation 😭 ive been stuck with a gtx 1080 for the longest time. i want to upgrade so bad but life can make it hard. i have been able to get a fairly consistent 60fps on 1440p, but ive had to reset my pc multiple times cause its so old, so i lose all the files when i do that. hoping i can follow this video soon to get back to speed-running unleashed!!

[@racym1553]

can't you sell it for like 300 and add 300 of your own money to get a 3080 ?

[@TheSanikFan]

@@racym1553yea, i could, but i also make minimum wage in america, the land of the free, where the worst housing is 90% of my income, and food is the other 10%

[@PieStudios]

There’s no way he’s getting 300 for a GTX 1080 bruh 💀 he’d be lucky to get 200

[@JohnMezzo]

Best way to play? The Windmill day demo on my PS3.

[@bogdansgaming8106]

I think Vsync isn't really worth it, I've had very little performance issues on a way worse gpu (gtx 1050 2gb 😭) with it turned off. I've also had bad graphical issues but pressing F5 removes them for the rest of the level and Vulkan has a lot less stability issues on my system, although when I played (few months ago) it had broken effects in 1080p

[@evdestroy5304]

Unleashed breaks at framerates higher than 60 fps.

[@bogdansgaming8106]

​@@evdestroy5304framerate caps exist, vsync in general adds a lot of unwanted performance issues and input delay, as mentioned. just capping the fps in nvidia control panel or the amd equivalent is enough​

[@leohistorias1462]

Dude forgot the lowend versions on PS2 and Wii!

[@superbonniebros4155]

how do I change the button map on sonic unleashed? I'm pressing everything on my keyboard and nothing's happening. And before you ask, I don't have an Xbox controller, sadly. Edit: At least it works with a PS5 controller, (Yes, I tested it.)

[@PieStudios]

Imma be honest bro, buy an Xbox controller 😭

0:10 bro im 15 and unleashed released a little bit before i was born by like 4 or 5 months. Some of my peers arent 17 and they are older than sonic unleashed. Did you mean sonic 06?

[@PieStudios]

Read the pinned comment :/

[@zydeox1221]

Bro the game is gonna be 16 years old when 8 november hits. You saying 17 just for the shock value. O.o

[@pulse27]

nah, he probably looked it up. when you look up how old sonic unleashed is on google, it says it's 16 years old.

[@magnoliy08]

@@pulse27 www.google.com/search?q=sonic+unleashed+release+date&oq=sonic+unleashed+release+date

[@Jumblefate]

i tried using xenia but when i get to the part shown at 2:25 the entire screen gets glitchy and weird to the point where i can’t see anything, and when i try to return to the me you it crashes

[@davidav1d]

press F5

[@tuffmannyig]

Where can I download sonic unleashed that is easy and safe? Can someone provide me with a link?

[@user-en4py6lb7v]

um I'm pretty sure the answer is no, but can you use a digital copy from your xbox 360 through a usb key that has the game on(i guess) and plug it in your pc to get the game? P.-S.I don't even know what I'm saying but I think you guys understand.

[@NessyBoy64]

REMEMBER ME JOE????

[@Sanker1]

cool

[@RetroBusker]

ye man... I upgraded my PC in 2020 October... cost me 2300£, not including 4k monitor... Is o.k editing on 4k with it, altho the 4k 120, 5k60, 8k 30 will crash easy on.... Like yourself I'd love to upgrade my system as 8k is beginning to get popular... Even tho Iv 330K followers on Tictok, it does'nt even scratch the surface of my food expenses, espcially since this stupid new Beta Fund came in December... and YT I make round60£ per year, lol

[@MrMartellSincere]

Hopefully Sega remastered this game

[@YannOtaku]

Nice video. The best way to play Sonic Unleashed is to use the SonicGMI loader on Sonic Generation PC. It's a 1 click MOD that replaces Generation's levels with the unleashed' ones. (Levels of Sonic 2003 are also available with a simple click)

[@geesama6062]

Do u think it would play as good on a rog ally?

[@James-mp7lp]

You need to specify the specs. ROG Ally computers have different specifications

[@lil_s24]

Ok but what if I have the cd tho. How can I play it on my laptop? I also have Sonic generations cd but idk how to play it on my laptop or any other pc that I have Please help me

[@ElPeloXD]

u shouldnt be able to use the cd to play in pc

[@lil_s24]

@@ElPeloXD but i own a copy 😭

[@Cyberbrickmaster1986]

Sonic Unleashed is nearly 16 years old, not 17. The game came out in 2008, not 2007.

[@harrylarkin3555]

Um actually🤓👆

[@Cyberbrickmaster1986]

@@harrylarkin3555 Sorry. I didn't read the update post from the author. Probably because it was posted around the same time as my comment. Don't know if it was before or after, as 2 weeks ago isn't very specific.

[@getbluespheres3k]

Or you just wait for the whisper decompilation to release