Is it a completely new FAST game, or another spruced up rerelease of the WiiU game though?  Of all the images I've seen, only that last one doesn't look very similar to the tracks I remember.

I'm guessing it'll be a remaster with some added trakcs and features (the announced 'fusing' of vehicles.  The fact that it nowhere clearly says it's a completely new game seems foreboding. I love FAST, but don't think I'd buy the same game for a 4th time.

Jett rocket?

I feel like I'm being gaslit here so I'd like your opinion.

Now I know that Elden Ring runs at 4k with a wavering frame rate of 45 to 60fps with dips into the 20s on Ps5 and Xbox Series X - Digital Foundry

The Series S version is 2k essentially with a worse frame rate.

I'm expecting the Switch 2 version to run at no higher than 1080p 30fps with dips, thats my assumption. So I'm not talking about performance, just image quality or the detail of rendered assests in comparable scenes.

So long story short I came across some comparison footage and when pausing it I noticed some oddities.

For instance on the opening shot, for some reason the Switch version had more foliage and better detail on the rocks than the ps5 version. But stuff in the distance was better on ps5. It might not be like for like as level of detail has something to do with it, the Switch 2 footage is further back so is probably running a lower LOD for all the background stuff, which may pop into more detail when they swap the model out.  But overall PS5 had obviously better resolution.

I nabbed a couple of pics from this comparison video.

Now to me, the hair, scarf, lips, tattoo, all look more detailed on the Switch 2 version. And to me it looks like DLSS as the hair has that almost hyper detailed shimmery look. But DF says there is no visible signs of DLSS in any Switch 2 game.

Okay then, gameplay in the only like for like comparable footage:

So first off the top left of both screens, the wooden spikes and trees appear more detailed in the Switch2 version. The PS5 had more foliage but it's lower quality. I assume this is a case of depth of field? Not being enabled in the Switch 2 version?

But now things get weird, look at the golden rectangular pillar and the stone slabs on the ground below it. Am I going crazy or does that look more detailed on Switch2?

I've also noticed similar oddities on the Streetfighter V video comparisons and it seems like it should be something that needs more investigation. There's also oddities in other games, for instance there's a scene in Cyberpunk where the shadow from a characters arm is rendered fully in the S2 version over the ps5. There's ambient occlusion on a rock texture that pops it up from flat in the ps5 version.

For Streetfighter 5 the Switch version seems hyper realistic and has more detail than the ps5 version. Some people speculated that it's because the Switch version lacks a light scattering effect the other versions have. Others speculate that it may be using DLSS 4s "hyper detail" mode.

Can't remember "exactly" what the feature was called.

Here's another one, Streetfighter 6 Xbox Series X vs Switch 2

https://youtu.be/nIrzBQTjheI?si=yez4JjGUwa25kK_p

If an any doubt the Switch 2 version is more colourful, Ryu looks tanned AF.

SupremeAC said:

Seems to me as a case of the gamma gradong being different. The other consoles' colours seem much more muted, which also explains while detail is more visible on Switch2.

Also, in that first Elden Ring shot with the closeup shadowing is obviously much simpler.

Which Elden Ring pic?

The gamma, the detail differences can't just be down to gamma. The detail difference on Ryus close up chest shot is stark.

I also went through a different video and noticed tons of differences in comparison stills. I'll post tomorrow.

It seems one thing different is Switch 2 they've removed some background characters compared to ps5. Also it seems ps5 is using more depth of field and volumetric lighting, but the end result is that things look blurrier, but arguably prettier on ps5.

But the detail on skin that Switch 2 seems to be bringing out has to be DLSS. I can't process it any other way.

EDIT: yeah the shots from the other video i snapped are vs the PS5 version, the gamma is identical in both, the Switch 2 version still looks more detailed but with worse depth of field, less or no volumetric lighting.

Still you can see in multiple shots, across different assets, switch 2 shows more detail, it's bizarre to me. Maybe PC users familiar with DLSS will find this normal, but it turns my brain inside out.

I see that NS2 Ryu needs to scrub his elbows.

Ravenprose said:

The lighting on the Switch version looks off; it makes it look much darker than normal.

SupremeAC said:

I took a good long look at Ryu's chest, to the point where he was starting to give me strange looks, and I don't see more detail in the Switch2 images. Stuff like sweat and pores are more visible because of the colour grading and shadowing, but they're all there on the other console as well.  Also, look at Chun Li's sleeve. Texture quality there is clearly lower.