Update on EA SPORTS PGA TOUR

Ultrasonic_77
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3 years ago
@JCauthen09 wrote:
@Ultrasonic_77I would have thought if they were going to add a 60 FPS performance mode, they would have indicated that in the press release about the delay. Based on my experience with PC games, it would require nothing more than a resolution drop from 4K to 1080p on the consoles to hit the 60 FPS mark. I think the game would still look great at 1080p, but there seems to be an overriding tendency to stress the value of 4K res as the main target. I say let the game default to 4K @ 30 FPS. Those of us who want the 60 FPS will find the graphics settings menu and gladly drop the res to 1080p to make it happen.

It takes me about 10 seconds to make that change in the settings menu of PGA TOUR 2K23 on the PC version and I don't imagine it took more than a couple of hours of programming to include that option in the games menu. I don't see where it would be any more difficulty to do it in EA Sports PGA TOUR on a console.
On most games the drop in resolution doesn't need to be anything like as severe as down to 1080p, but is usually associated with other changes too like not using ray-tracing. Coming up with a more optimised performance mode that runs at a stable frame-rate would take rather more work than your brute-force approach. Oh, and I don't think most would be happy with it being 1080p by the way.
Re. the delay announcement I did say I wasn't expecting to see a 60 Hz mode at launch, although it would be great if this happened.
- JCauthen09
  3 years ago
  @Ultrasonic_77 I just can't imagine we're going to get to 60 FPS in this game just by eliminating ray tracing. There might be some optimizing they could do that helps a bit. I tried an experiment with PGA TOUR 2K23 today on my PC. I left the game at 1080p, but cut the refresh rate to 30 Hz, locking the frame rate at 30 FPS. Since my PC can maintain 60 FPS with the refresh rate set to 60 Hz, I knew it would be a smooth 30 FPS.
  
  It turns out that that yes, the animation was smooth, but I got a strong impression of feeling like I was swinging the club underwater. It really hurt my touch around the green where the club always felt like it was painfully chasing my my stick motion. I shot a 39 on the front nine of Bay Hill at 30 FPS, then switched to 60 Hz/ 60 FPS for the back nine and shot 31. This experience solidified my desire for 60 FPS in ways that aren't all quantifiable.
  
  I imagine I'll end up buying the PC version if I can cut the res to 1080p and achieve 60 FPS. I have the benefit of being an EA Access member so I'll get to test both versions before making a decision. I just can't see a 4K, 30 FPS XBox Series X version floating my boat like a 1080p, 60 FPS PC version will, but I'm more tactile than visual.
  
  I started a poll at Operation Sports asking console owners if they'd settle for a 1080p res to achieve 60 FPS with EA Sports PGA Tour. It'll be interesting to watch.
  - BuckHasTheBook
    3 years ago
    One key thing to keep in mind here is that the 2K swing is very frame rate dependent and I’m not at all convinced that EA will have that same issue.
    I think the logic and the code for how the swing goes comes directly from the controller into the game engine in a way that is not frame rate dependent… at least not to the massive degree that is true in the 2K game

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