Digital Foundry recently released a review of the next-generation version of "R Star Heirloom 5", and they found that the new light chasing effect of "R Star Heirloom 5" only supports PS5 and Xbox Series X, and the shadow quality on Xbox Series S has also shrunk significantly. Digital Foundry said: "Ray tracing is the new standard for the next generation, and the lack of light tracking is a shame for XSS! This is not new in recent games, Cyberpunk 2077, Marvel Guardians of the Galaxy, and Doom Eternity do not support light chase on XSS, which may indicate that the console has been abandoned by third-party manufacturers. ”
RStar Heirloom 5 offers three image modes for PS5 and XSX, namely the native 4K30 frame fidelity mode (with light tracking), the native 4K60 frame (no light tracking) performance mode, and the dynamic 4K target 60 frame light tracking performance mode. Among them, although the light chasing performance mode is the target of 60 frames, but most of the scenes can remain stable, at present, Xiaobian found that only Perico Island will fall to about 45 frames. (It should be that R star is lazy and did not optimize the map of the island)
R Star Heirloom 5 also performs less well on XSS in frame count and resolution. Only two image modes of fidelity and performance are available on XSS, dynamic 4K30 frames and 1080P60 frames. According to the tests of the Shumao Society, even the 60-frame mode often has dropped frames, and the gun battle scenes will almost always fall to 50 frames, and even to 30 in particularly complex environments.
Taking Marvel Guardians of the Galaxy as an example, although XSS has raised the frame rate cap to 60, there are often frame drops, and it is difficult to maintain 60 frames in combat scenarios. For example, the next-generation version of Cyberpunk 2077 currently only has a 2K30 frames screen mode on XSS (and it is still medium quality), and even 60 frames cannot be supported.
It can be seen that many third-party AAA games have abandoned the in-depth optimization of XSS. So how do first-party games perform? Xiaobian played "Forza Motorsport: Horizon 5" on XSS, although it can be smooth 60 frames worthy of praise, but the picture is really miserable, that is called a paste! Not only is the resolution only 1080P, but its aliasing is also very serious. The distance of the long-range rendering has been greatly reduced, and the vegetation seems to have a mosaic effect, which greatly affects the experience of shopping and watching the scenery.
If you're on a budget and don't care too much about a better gaming experience, then cheap XSS can be your goal. If you want to buy consoles to experience next-generation games, it is recommended to use the PS5 or Xbox Series X. XSS is so cheap and not out of stock naturally has its reasons, at present it is not in line with the positioning of the "next generation".