The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene. Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected. May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.įluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fpsįluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fpsįluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. n123 Number of benchmarks for this median value / * Approximate position Fortunately, settings changes are adopted directly within the game, so there's no need to restart. One of the highlights of the graphics menu is Ambient Occlusion (SSAO or HBAO). Gamers may not be completely satisfied when they find the graphics menu - 10 settings options are neither especially many nor especially few. The roaring motors are accompanied by a dubstep soundtrack. In terms of sound, there's little to critique about the arcade racer. The graphics aren't the only aspect of the game that has improved - Rivals' driving experience is also superior ( Most Wanted uses the Chameleon Engine). The changeover from day to night is also well-executed, and there's a nice damage model.
On the positive side, though, there's a high vegetation density, good lighting, great (weather) effects, and - one of the trademarks of the series - snazzy high-class car models. Compared to Battlefield 4, Rivals appears to have both somewhat harder edges (missing anti-aliasing) and to be spongier (no anisotropic filtering, some weaker textures). In order to offer buyers the best visuals possible, the developer Ghost Games turned to DICE's Frostbite 3 Engine. Or did the party responsible forget that you can tailor the game's settings to your own hardware?Īpart from a few disconnects, the game's graphics made a good or perhaps even a very good impression on us. But it still eludes us as to why EA didn't cap the frame rate a little higher, and why they had to penalize owners of more potent hardware. Mouse support doesn't seem to have been on the developers' radar.Īccording to the publisher, Electronic Arts, their goal was to make competition between players fairer ( Rivals combines single and multiplayer elements) and not put players with weaker hardware at a disadvantage. Some gamers will simply shake their heads in disbelief at the fact that to reach the graphics options from the garage, you have to hit either the Page Up or Page Down key twice. We don't just mean the annoying tutorials for the Racer and Cop campaigns - those can't be avoided on consoles either… see this YouTube video for a humorous edit - but more than anything we mean the strange key assignments and (from the point of view of a PC gamer) the uncomfortably-arranged menu. You notice the PC version's defective operation almost immediately. There's no hiding the fact that Need for Speed: Rivals (like most games) was developed primarily for consoles. For the original German article, see here.