Need for Speed Heat: PS4/Pro/Xbox One/X Tested - A Lighting Showcase on Frostbite? 

I still would rather have 1080p 60fps on the X/Pro consoles. It would be nice to have options.

Do a comparison of NFS 2015 and this game 2015 was a graphical showcase

All games on X or PS4 Pro should have the option of 60fps vs 4K

That water in the daylight scenes is awful.

It broke HEAT'S little heart, when all the reviewers say, you look better in the dark.

I love this channel more and more every day. The work you guys do is amazing. Thank you so much.

Great video as always. I hope they give us an option to disable the aggressive sharpening filter and film grain on PC in a later patch. At the moment, there's only a mod on reddit which removes it.

NFS Underground 2 is still my most preferred nfs game. The night time racing and all the bright neon lights are just breathtaking, especially considering the year it came out

No way should a racer be 30fps in 2019

Need For Speed has always excelled at night time racing tracks. Playing NFS Underground on a PS2 emulator, or even the PC version in 4k, may look somewhat dated, but it still looks fantastic despite its age. The neon light trails and simple reflections from the consistently wet pavement, still make NFS Underground a good looking game after all these years. The problem with the latest NFS looks like a combination of pop up, and texture fade in. The Frostbite Engine always resulted in a few issues on base consoles, and it looks like even though its performance improved, those are still issues. By comparison to other racing games that are on PC, as good as the night time scenes look in the latest NFS, the overall game doesn’t hold a candle to Dirt Rally 2.0, the latest Forza, or the even the original Project Cars, which still looks stunningly realistic during daytime sequences for an older game. That being said, the arcade style handling and the tracks in NFS look fun, and are pretty much the main selling point. Hopefully it does well because it’s nice to have options when it comes to racing games to balance out the huge amount of sim racing games currently available.

I love this channel .. thank you for the great content.

The art style actually reminds me a lot of NFSU2

Man does it look good. I also love HDR. I am sucker for HDR. I might get it. I also love a good upgrade/unlocks/new cars loop in a racing game, so thats good news. In fact, i read and watched quite a few reviews now and no one cared to mention those things. Very well done Digital Foundry. You are always my goto.

Finally! the video we've all been waiting for :)

Whoa, Mr. NPC was ahead of his time 0:08

I now get why they made NFS 2015 entirely at night.

Can't wait for those "Surprise Mechanics"

@DigitalFoundry: there's a 2min private video that popped up on my frontpage -- what is it and what happened to it :)? Looked like a 3rd person shooter game or something

BEST CHANNEL ... CONGRATS GUYS !

11:20 that "per-Haps" 😎👍

I just want NFSMW with these graphics...

Hey. Why was Rdr 2 St. Dennis benchmark video deleted?

You've put the faster hardware on the right instead of the left during comparisons, hurray! :)

1:46 Lucio voice actor from Overwatch

Hey guys well done this was another fantastic video but can you guys test out Borderlands 3 on all consoles to see if there any more changes or are they still the same as before.

Frostbite seems so be legging behind a lot compared to other engines this generation. What a shame, it was a reference on the previous generation. Today, just DICE can get to show its full potential, and even then it is not like other engines can look just as good and are better optimized or suited to a lot more than FPS.

"A literal night and day difference." Haha 🤭

I want a new gta vice city game looking like that night footage.

It’s still 30 FPS even on Series X

Is it the RU-vid compression or do the ground textures really look that blurry? Ambient occlusion seems to be missing as well. The cars look like they're floating.

I’ve had it running on series x now and find it really hard to look at during the day. The cars look great, but the part where you turn the vehicle is where the graphics break down if you look at the background. Specifically the trees. It almost looks like the foreground and background are rendering at different frame rates, and I find that makes the trees blurry AF. To the point where I can’t even watch someone else play it.

Best NFS game in a loooooong time

6:21 if you came for Resolutions

Been waiting on this one

It’s a pretty good looking game especially at night. Hopefully they will either fix or the remove the SSR from the river/ocean in a future update. As you said, its implementation in this scenario wasn’t the best. I’m looking forward to seeing how the long term support is for the game and if they are able to do a few more optimizations regarding graphical performance.

Death strandings hook is superb walking

I have mad Driver *(the game)* and NFS Underground vibes from this game.

It's like an HBO show.. make it dark save on production costs.

the prodigy-the day is my enemy

It looks beautiful even without ray tracing.

So we're not getting a PC analysis and Xbox One X equivalent settings guide for this game?

That SSR on the water makes it look worse than water in games made 15 years ago... How did they manage to screw it up that bad? It looks horrendous.

For those who are playing on the normal Xbox One/PS4 (NOT the Xbox One X and PS4 Pro), are you having any graphical errors/stutters with your game? I’m on the Xbox One and the draw distance is absolutely horrible and textures won’t load unless I’m right in front of them (Also things like buildings and trees fail to load properly unless I’m right next to them). If anyone has any recommendations on how to fix this, I would greatly appreciate the help.

Why no Wreckfest annalysis on consoles? It's a physics heavy game. I'd love to know how it does on each platform, and how it compares to pc.

Even though this looks good, I still believe Need for Speed 2015 had the most photorealistic graphics

Forza Horizon 4 was a good looking game Day and Night

i love ea access, get to try these releases and decide if it warrants a purchase in a crowded holiday game period

But does it have boost mode on pro or Quality and performance mode on X?

I really appreciate the analysis, but for me, this is a return to the basics for the game itself and I'm really okay with it. Awesome analysis though cheers!

What sbout texture popping? Is there texture popping on the consoles, cause on PC there is.

Have u folks seen the crysis remake teaser? Can't wait

That Mustang looks weird. What year is it supposed to be? It looks like a 65 with a 67 rear fascia. Actually, the tail lights look like 69-70 with the trim removed.

Need for Speed: Beauty and the Beast. It looks so much better at night.

Tom is the best,great review and nice breakdown of the details. I watched this on my galaxy s10plus with amoled screen then watched on my lg led 4k tv to see the difference them. Both support hdr obviously but I love the oled look in comparison to my tv. The oled gives you that absolute black levels and great contrast like Tom mentioned. It looks great, I plan to buy a oled tv asap, so many games look so much better with those oled highlights, compared to led TVs.

does the normal PS4 version of this game support HDR?

What a beautiful time of the year

4K on Xbox One X nice

It looks quite good to me, anxious to play it!

The base Xbox One version looks like NFS: Undercover on my PS2. And that came out in 2008.

Can you do an analysis on asphalt 9 for nintendo switch?

Baked lighting doesn't support dynamic objects/time of day but it looks way better than real time GI with everything Dynamic.

I have base PS4 and Xbox One S: which version should I get?

I don't like any of the new NFS games but those rock solid 30 FPS on all consoles is quite an achievement, well done EA.

Being a 6 year old console,base PS4 is such a beast.

Are the reflections on the puddles A form of ray tracing???but this generation and consuls don't do that right???

Good video !!!!!

1:19 and yet

Not in the video but I have the PC version and I can't for love nor money get more than 70 to 80fps when I'm trying to hit 144. Even setting everything to low the frames barely shift above 70s. Using a 5700xt 32gb ram and i74790k.

Who misses need for speed underground?

can someone tell me what is the lightning control is ?

It's a shame it doesn't support rtx on pc. Frostbite supports it and the biggest problem in car game graphics are probably reflections. They're good but anyone can tell they don't look quite right

Just got this game for 2.99$ on the ps store good game

The only downside on the ps4 pro with 2160p is the community wraps they are bugged they scale with resolution this does not happen with 1080p resolution so its clear a bug.

Not the video I anticipated at the moment, but I will still watch and hopefully enjoy 😊

They shouldve made the game set in 80s

Could you test Asphalt 9 on the switch

surprisingly i find out the sense of speed to be better at 30fps

Not trying to defend it, but No-Weather daytime is the ugliest time in every game, they could've picked any other time of day or put some sort of weather into it to add some perceived beauty.

So... Which is the best version to get?

I wonder if they tested the PC version of the game

PLEASE PLEASE please can we have a 60 fps update for Series X/PS5???? Pleaaaaaasseeeeeeeeeeee

Just waiting for another NFS RIVALS 2

why there is no comparison PC vs xbox one X or ps4 pro

DF doing a nfs game?

the dying ight-like day and night cycle gameplay.

This isn’t Red Dead...

Should’ve used a more vivid color palette for Daytime. The light and colors seem so off

How is it on PC?

Forza Horizon 4's physics are just way better for me to give up, plus they added 100+ cars plus two major really good expansions since release. I'd hardly see Heat doing any better in the long run.

Ive literally been playing Most Wanted on my vita this whole week so why does this being at 30fps bother me.

Should've made the game play at night only like in Underground.

how did your username cataferal come about

Wow, how is the day time that bad...

I think EA should make a specific engine for NFS

For me the game looks great, its a need for speed game, i dont expect much graphically, just gameplay and story, i love the game, and i play on pc, but i dont mind playing the game on 30fps, why cause its a racing game, shooter, give me 100fps, racing im ok with 30

where is pc version break down?

It's the difference between night and day

I wonder why they didn't do PC comparison.

I took the risk and got the game. Gameplay wise. I like it. Physics could be better. Since im not a fan of press button to drift. But i enjoy the game for what it is

Daytime still looks miles better in Heat than Payback.