It has been awhile since I did a gaming post, with leaps of advancement in emulation I figured this would be a great time to see how far my favorite PS3 games have come along when it comes to playing them on PC.
Using a powerful computer we emulate the code of the Playstation 3 and make it playable on my computer, this provides options to upscale the game and can run at higher FPS’s (with powerful enough hardware) than it ran on console.
I apply the needed settings for the custom configuration of this game, and then add the update files. Using the RPCS3 wiki I find the needed settings for running this game properly, and which update is the max. I can query the PS3 update server and pull the update packages. Amazing that server is still up, I feel like that will not be the case eventually and I really hope some archives the update files before the sunset the PS3 support.
All ready to go I start racing, though its still a little glitchy. We can see that gradient effect in the bottom right corner. Some glitches can only be resolved by lowering the quality of the rendering. Such as the "strict rendering mode" when enabled fixes this, but the textures and shaders do not look as nice. So I guess sometimes I need to pick which glitches I am okay with to keep the higher of the graphics settings persevered.
I still finish first with around a 4 second lead.
Got myself first in the compact car race series.
Won myself a car, now its time to claim it.
Very cool, I think its always the same prize cars. I probably wont drive it, as I used the prize cars mostly in the previous play troughs. Since I updated my game to a newer version I got myself some DLC cars check out.
One of the DLC cars being this Golf R, I use it for the first few races.
All goes well, working my way through the competitors.
Pass after pass I eventually get to first place.
Switching to a Mini Countryman we do a night race.
The Mini is pretty quick, I think its turbo charged.
The next race we are back to day time, seems some of the track is a little buggy. My driver rear wheel seems to be having trouble figuring out where the ground is.
Oh boy it just gets worse.. I will dial in the emulation settings in the future videos to attempt to get rid of these glitches. It just takes some tuning and trying again until the issues are resolved.
I won another race and move on with the series.
It was a lot of fun sitting down and playing this game again. Its been a year or so since I played it last. And glad to see emulation is still making improvements.
