#DIRT RALLY 2.0 PS4 1080P#
#DIRT RALLY 2.0 PS4 FULL#
#DIRT RALLY 2.0 PS4 PRO#

On top of higher-grade cube-mapping in gameplay, post-game replays show screen-space reflections on PS4 Pro and Xbox One X. Curiously there's a difference in foliage density to the left side here on Xbox machines, though it's potentially a by-product of randomisation. Car bodies and puddles reveal higher resolution cube-mapping on Pro and X. Reflection quality also differs between base and enhanced machines. Also note the huge tail-off in anisotropic filtering quality on that machine.

DRS hits Xbox One S hardest, with drops to 1440x810 at lowest. You'd think that the PS4 Pro would have the power left over to move to 8x or even 16x anisotropic filtering, but unfortunately, improved AF is not a part of Dirt Rally 2.0's feature set on Sony's supercharged console.Дirt Rally 2.0 favours Xbox One X, running at a dynamic 3840x2160, while PS4 Pro sits at 1920x1080, much like the base machines. A higher resolution means a higher level of sampling for anisotropic filtering, meaning that the Xbox One X game delivers far cleaner ground textures in the mid distance compared to any other version.

#DIRT RALLY 2.0 PS4 1080P#

That said, relying on system-level super-sampling rather than native 1080p gives the X version a clear edge - obviously, image quality is on another level, but it's about more than just clarity alone. While this mode seems unnecessary on this title (though maybe the situation changes later in the game), the gesture is appreciated. On the other hand, there have been some titles released on Pro with 1080p modes that X doesn't have, resulting in smoother performance - Anthem, for one. On the one hand, all that this mode seems to do in real terms is to artificially lower overall image quality to match the Pro version.

While Xbox One X runs beautifully smoothly and locked to 60 frames per second throughout our testing, the graphics options include the ability to disable the game's 4K output, internally rendering the game at 1080p instead. There is an interesting wrinkle to the story, however. That said, disregarding the tearing, 55fps was the lowest performance figure we saw on the S, so it's hardly a deal breaker. For the most part, the S does indeed deliver 60fps, but it is the only version that seems capable of exceeding its render budget. When the renderer can't hit the 16.7ms per-frame render time, v-sync is momentarily disabled and final frames are displayed as soon as they're rendered, resulting in noticeable screen-tearing as new visual information is delivered mid-refresh. All console versions use TAA anti-aliasing - also an option on PC, where MSAA is also available.ДЄcross three of the four consoles, Dirt Rally 2.0 delivers a racing experience that's locked to 60 frames per second (though as is the custom, replays run at half-refresh) while Xbox One S uses an adaptive sync to keep response as high as possible during performance stress points - mostly found in the cross rally stages (and the odd moment in forest areas). Only Xbox One S tends to struggle here, with a pixel-count that varies between 1440x810 (but could potentially go lower) all the way up to native 1080p - and even with this more apparent variation in resolution, performance there isn't quite where it needs to be, though still fine overall.

#DIRT RALLY 2.0 PS4 FULL#

Curiously, the vanilla PlayStation 4 delivers full HD (dynamic resolution is a possibility, but all of our measurements resolve at 1080p), giving an overall experience that's perhaps too similar to its Pro equivalent. The standard consoles, meanwhile, both target 1080p, but again, dynamic resolution is in play. Meanwhile, Xbox One X offers a revelatory improvement in image quality, using dynamic resolution to move seamlessly between 1800p and full, native 2160p, depending on GPU load. There are some rendering differences between the base and enhanced consoles, but the only real disappointment here concerns the PlayStation 4 Pro version of the game - limited to the same 1080p resolution as the base console, with only a smattering of visual upgrades. Perhaps the most important takeaway, however, is that Dirt Rally 2.0 looks and plays well on all consoles, with surprisingly little variance in the graphical feature set across all four versions. The quality of the racing experience is superb but Codemasters delivers on the visual side too with a beautiful presentation powered by its proprietary Ego engine - but how do the various console versions compare? The answers are surprising. Codemasters' Dirt Rally 2.0 sees the developer return to the height of its powers, delivering one of the best driving simulations of the current generation and earning a prestigious Eurogamer Essential award.

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