Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy has received much praise for its since its debut, so much so that it earned itself Best Narrative of 2021 at The Game Awards. The game astonished a lot of people by sticking closely to the original characters and packing a great soundtrack too.
A recent update has added some new features as well as patching some bugs. One of these new features is Ray Tracing functionality for PS5 and Xbox Series X consoles.
Ray Tracing Added to Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
Initially, there were two performance settings available on next-gen consoles. These two choices were Quality Mode, which aims to maintain a 4K image at 30fps. This means the image quality is higher but runs at a slower framerate. Performance mode however reduces the graphical quality so that the game will run at a consistent 60fps, which allows for smoother and more responsive gameplay. This means you can choose how to optimise the game based on your own preference.
Eidos-Montreal added another mode to this selection last month to enable Ray Tracing, a rendering technique that produces more realistic lighting effects in games. They have uploaded a new video showing the effects of this feature in a test. It also compares graphics between the two consoles.
According to the video, this new mode can be used in instead of Quality mode. Guardians of the Galaxy runs at 30 frames per second with a dynamic 4K resolution when ray tracing is enabled. The only difference from Quality mode is ambient occlusion, which falls anywhere between 2880×1620 and 3840×2160.
The PS5 and Xbox Series X versions are identical; however, because to its lesser specifications, the Xbox Series S does not support ray tracing. The console can play Guardians of the Galaxy at an uncapped frame rate, but it’s not very stable so it isn’t recommended.
Ray tracing is one of the most exciting new capabilities of next-generation consoles and recent PC GPUs, but it’s also one of the most demanding, so it makes sense the Series S was left out. Regardless, it looks like both PS5 and Xbox Series X versions are well-optimized.
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