I wonder what the X/Ps5 updates will look like and how well they’ll run!
Digital Foundry Article Technical Discussion [2021]
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Terrific work by Alex. The improvement is incredible, even in SDR.
This looks great. The left looks videogamey, the right cgi.
I would have liked it if he lingered on some comparison shots longer to let me process the differences (even after he finishes talking, say for 5 seconds minimum per split-screen comparo). I also think it’d be interesting if he played with the contrast and brightness in some shots (the one above and the train compartment come to mind) to better approximate the new look (i.e., blow out the whites and brighten the darks, accepting a noisier picture). I realize this isn’t super useful, just somewhat interesting for some scenes.
The doctor scene at ~15:30 is a nice example of a long split-screen comparison between the two lighting engines/versions.
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If they run at 60FPS, then it'll probably look like @Dictator 's recommendations for RX 6700 XT GPUs:
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Apparently, they're quoting a 4k/60 fps experience for PS5 and XSX: https://wccftech.com/metro-exodus-pc-enhanced-edition-dlss/
The RTX 2060 in the Digital Foundry video was doing around 60fps but at 1080p, so really curious to see what's actually pulled off on the consoles.
They also mention in a FAQ that the FidelityFX Super Resolution isn't compatible with their rendering technique: https://www.metrothegame.com/news/the-metro-exodus-pc-enhanced-edition-arrives-may-6th/
Well, they can still use different resolutions there. The RTX2060 seems to perform really well (even if it got just 6GB of memory). So I have no doubt, that it should perform relatively well, even on the series s. Btw, the CPU-Tests show, that even a low resolution (sub 480p) looks quite good
Very nice upgrade. A lot of it is subtle but the scene with the candles on the floor....huge difference. Deferred shading and tiling gave us many lights. Now RT is giving us many shadows.
RT sucks as of now. Few games use it, no decent GPUs to run on sale at sane prizes, consoles' implementation, lol...and so on and so forth.
HDR makes the biggest impact since the transition from 2D to 3D.
So first we should start getting used to lovely HDR and 1000+ nits TVs/monitors becoming the norm and maybe one day RT could shine afterwards. (if you use Auto HDR or SpecialK you will know why it's beautiful)
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Holy moly yes the difference in that particular scene is incredible.
@Dictator incredible job as usual. I really enjoyed the developer walkthrough of the lighting process.
I presume you basically need to remove most or all of the baked lighting?
you can change the left to similar to the right just by raising its brightness.
This looks great. The left looks videogamey, the right cgi.
I prefer the right, but the left prolly looks closer to reality (if they used the outside part from the right, so neither are correct) ). the human eye doesnt really adapt to bright light and dark light together, eg in the other building outside would appear near pitch black I assume IRL.
Still early days so this aint the best implementation but at least this is showing ppl that raytracing is all about lighting and not that distorted impression that we got sold for the last 6-12 months where its used for nice reflections. Unless the game takes place in a mirrored skyscraper world then its of bugger all importance. Take a look around you indoors/outdoors IRL on average raytraced reflections are prolly useful in <0.1% of your view. Lighting effects 100%
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And targeting 60FPS on PS5 and Series X|S.
They use their own reconstruction tech.
https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2021/02/16/metro-exodus-ps5-details/
Totally not biased here, but I recommend watching the video.In Metro 2019 with RT, were the "fake" light sources still implemented btw ? Or it was it full RT and only RT like this 2021 version ? Sorry if it was explained in the video, bad memory
But yeah, every indoor scene or even aspects of outdoor scenes (inside train cars) had fake light sources in them with RT on in the 2019 version.
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so 2019 rt praised version turned out to be completly incorrect :d 4A Games says it will be 4k 60 with gi rt on ps5/xsx, doubt it
This looks great. The left looks videogamey, the right cgi.
Well kinda - there is a difference in post-processing happening there which is not something I can avoid while making the comps. @zed mentions it above. If you normalise post-processing in that scene between versions, you would see less of a stark difference.
The scenes where the outdoor area is not as "over-exposed" shows off the difference much better I think as the post-processing there is more similar:
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As @Globalisateur pointed out, they've released an image showing the features of the console versions. One of those is listed as "Next-gen temporal reconstruction technology", so deffo not native resolution.
It looks surpringly nice in Alex's video. A much cleaner image than other scaling tech (I'm thinking Remedy's and some older CBR techniques - Horizon Zero Dawn looks very low-res to my eyes).
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