MERACE wrote: ↑Wed Mar 16, 2022 10:12 am
I finally broke down and purchased the Xbox Series S (which is readily available almost everywhere). I traded in my Xbox One X and my PS4 (with MLB The Show on Xbox I never use my PS4) at GameStop so there was no out of pocket cost for me. I had some money left over so I used that and $75 to purchase the 1T storage expansion card.
The game (simulation) that motivated my purchase decision was Microsoft Flight Simulator. I was an avid flight sim (mostly combat flight sims) on the PC so MFS was in my wheel house. If any of you guys have even a slight interest in flying games I highly recommend you check out MFS on Gamepass. Make sure you go through the excellent training lessons.
Along with the super fast load times I love the resume feature. I can immediately resume where I left off in Red Dead Redemption 2. Unfortunately, resume does not work in MSF.
I know John is going to wonder what I think of my experience with PGA Tour 2K21 on the 60 fps setting. It does run a bit smoother but not enough for me to play with tempo swing on.
Like John I’m looking forward to seeing what EA and 2K will do with their upcoming golf games.
Well kudos to you Mark and welcome to the "Series" generation. You made a very smart move picking up the 1 TB storage expansion card, which puts you now at 1.5 TB total. I find that I'm continually moving games and apps on and off my Series X, as I'm prone to experiment with a lot of games I ordinarily would not have thanks to Ultimate Game Pass.
I knew you'd be all into the Flight Simulator. I need to take your advice and work my way through all of the training sessions... I've only done two. I just wanted to go sight seeing and did enough to get airborne and use the basic controls. I think I'd do a lot better with it if I had a flightstick. Do you have any thoughts on the more affordable flightsticks?
I've got a burning question concerning the Series S, but I think only a Series S owner using a 1440p monitor would be able to answer. In my mind, the Series S, when connected to a 1440p display, theoretically should be able to run PGA TOUR 2K21 at a higher overall frame rate than a Series X connected to a 4K display. Why? I read that the Series S renders natively at 1440p. If it's connected to a 1440p native display, wouldn't that prevent it from trying to do any upscaling? With that much processing power being capped at 1440p on the processing side, I'd think it would allow for smoother performance.
I know for a fact that PGA TOUR 2K21 looks good enough for me at 1440p on my PC, that I would be fine at putting that limit on the resolution if I got smoother and faster frame rates!
I still have long range plans for a Series S in my bedroom, but I'd have to buy a new TV to really benefit from the S there. I've got an XBox One X hooked up to a 55" 2010 vintage LCD there now, but that 65 ms input lag on that TV makes PGA TOUR 2K21 very difficult to play.