Dirt 5, on the other hand, is more photorealistic, with many textures and
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accumulates on the back of the vehicles with a lifelike amount of dust and dirt,
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maintains a consistent, smooth 60 frames per second.
While Dirt 5 seems to hit 60fps, Yakuza appears to run at half that, and it’s
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Even with this newest console generation, processing power can only go so far,
and the more complicated or detailed a game is in its textures, animations, and
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frame rate for details, while others might use dynamic scaling to render at a
lower resolution to maintain a higher frame rate. You might even get a choice
between compromises, if a given title features a menu option that lets you
prioritize performance or detail. Still, both Yakuza and Dirt 5 look excellent on
the Xbox Series X.
Games load very quickly, thanks to the SSD. Jumping into saved Yakuza games
seldom took more than 6 to 10 seconds, and Dirt 5’s races loaded in even less
time. If you want to expand your storage while maintaining those fast load
times, you can add an extra 1TB (920GB usable) of storage by plugging a $219
Seagate Storage Expansion Card into the back of the system. It’s much more
expensive than a standard 1TB SSD, but the proprietary connection means
blazing transfer speeds that rival an internal installation. The Xbox Series X/S
also accepts USB 3.1 storage.