We've been digging into Need For Speed Unbound over the past few days - in fact, we should have some of our own impressions to share on the game fairly shortly! Our time so far has been spent playing on Xbox Series X, where the game hits 4K / 60FPS for some sweet, smooth racing. However, it looks like Unbound is pretty impressive on Xbox Series S as well, judging by this early test!
The team at EA had already confirmed the tech details for Need for Speed Unbound across all systems, but seeing the game in action is even more impressive. The game hits a solid 1296p and 60FPS on Xbox Series S - with the game shown off in motion in the video above.
This is the first time the series has hit 60FPS on console in years, outside of remasters, and we're happy to see that frame rate target extend to Series S as well. The Xbox Tester seems happy about it too, complimenting the game on being "pretty amazing" and saying it "looks gorgeous" running on Xbox Series S.
Need for Speed Unbound marks developer Criterion's first proper NFS title in a decade, with the team previously leading development on Need For Speed: Most Wanted way back in 2012. It's safe to say the developer has some racing credentials elsewhere though, having crafted the Burnout series over many years on Xbox.
Have you been enjoying NFS Unbound so far? Come tell us down below!
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Must be some kind of mistake because more competent developers couldn't. Right?
I’ve been playing the generous 10hr trial on Series S these past two days, and I concur that Unbound certainly looks and runs wonderfully on the lesser-powered Series console.
As it should be with all games
I was mesmerized the first time I started the game just how fast it loaded, finally we see some good optimization.
Game runs pretty good. Feels like it stutters at bad times while racing. Forza spoils us on the graphic though. Love that I can play a trial of it and that it’s set in my home city of Chicago. Probably won’t buy it and wait for it to hit EA play. Seems like a grind.
Lol, the devs of Gotham Knights and Callisto Protocol should take note of this…
Been playing the trial on my Series S, and can confirm it runs great and looks really good. I have zero complaints. Kudos to Criterion for giving the S some love!
The funny thing is like Digital Foundry said in an earlier vid. Is that there are features built in the Series S & X that help games run at 60fps as standard without taking a hit in performance which is not being used due to the bulk of games just released don't support them as they run on older game engines like Unreal engine 4 etc. Take it EA has upgraded there Frostbite engine & spent time on optimization.
EA really knows how to optimise on consoles. I'm currently playing Battlefield 2042 with two of my mates who play on PC while I'm on series S. Both of them have custom build gaming PCs that are WAY more powerful than Series S, yet I'm always the one waiting for them to load.
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