Digital Foundry Direct Weekly

A year on from its initial launch, Xbox Ally gets a brilliant OLED upgrade for the new X20 edition but are we any closer to an actual Xbox-like experience? Meanwhile, Nvidia delivers faster frame-gen and DLSS 5 while Epic acts like a lightning rod for all the AI hate with its latest pivot. Oliver tests out The Crew Motorfest on Switch 2, while John has thoughts on Castlevania: Belmont's Curse.

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00:00 Introduction
02:07 News 1: Nvidia debuts faster frame gen, DLSS 5
18:13 News 2: Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 tested!
32:44 News 3: Epic embraces AI coding for new Epic Games Launcher
48:22 News 4: The Crew Motorfest tested on Switch 2 54:39 News 5: Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse impressions
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In the new AI era, it seems that decompilation, recompilation and unofficial ports are child's play - so what are the chances of an unofficial GTA 6 PC port before Rockstar delivers the real thing? And adjacent to that, how is Sony going to react to the massive impact of the recent PS5 jailbreak? Meanwhile, the panel are asked about the importance of PS5 Pro as it nears its second anniversary and questions are asked about the support level for the recently released QSSR.

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00:00 Introduction
00:50 Supporter Q1: Will Rockstar move up GTA 6’s PC release date because of PS5 emulation?
15:22 Supporter Q2: Will Sony adjust their policies in response to PS5 jailbreaks?
21:09 Supporter Q3: Have you changed your opinions on PS5 Pro over the past couple of years?
26:36 Supporter Q4: Will Sony abandon QSSR?
32:56 Supporter Q5: Can Nintendo force VRR to work on Switch 2 games?
38:05 Supporter Q6: Why do PC graphics vendors not implement upscaling with DRS as a default?
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Dragon's Dogma 2 launched with problematic performance on current-gen consoles, making a Switch 2 port seemingly impossible. But the game improved and now the Switch 2 version is here and it's almost brilliant. The panel discuss the new port in depth, before moving on to their thoughts on the PC version of Star Wars: Galactic Racer. Then it's on to a remarkable native PC port of Hideo Kojima's P.T - complete with ray tracing! - before the show ends on a more sombre note with Sony selling off its VR patents to Meta. And presumably that means the end of PSVR.

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00:00 Introduction
01:37 News 1: Dragon’s Dogma 2 on Switch 2 tested!
15:14 News 2: Star Wars: Galactic Racer PC impressions
25:18 News 3: Star Wars: Galactic Racer documentary discussion
38:31 News 4: Kojima’s P.T. ported to PC
48:33 News 5: Sony sells off VR/XR patents as PS VR3 hopes dwindle
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After the out-of-the-blue, completely unleaked release of QSSR upscaling for PlayStation 5, Digital Foundry supporters and the panel attempt to provide some answers, while tackling the question of whether Xbox Series consoles will receive a similar technology. Meanwhile, what are the chances of The Witcher 3 on Switch 2 getting VRR support - and what dead franchises would the DF team like to see returned and rejuvenated for modern and next-gen hardware?

00:00 Introduction
02:36 Supporter Q1: Why did Sony make QSSR?
14:11 Supporter Q2: Which games would benefit most from QSSR?
19:17 Supporter Q3: Will Microsoft release an INT8 version of FSR 4 for Xbox Series?
26:18 Supporter Q4: Should The Witcher 3 get VRR support on Switch 2 when docked?
31:47 Supporter Q5: What dead franchise would you like to see resurrected?
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DF returns to QSSR coverage with a closer look at Ghost of Yōtei, with John weighing in with his opinions on Marvel's Wolverine too. Rich reveals that Sony isn't the first to port an AI upscaler to a non-AI based GPU, showing FSR 4 running on the RDNA 1 Radeon RX 5700 XT. Meanwhile, John's very happy with the PC version of Gears of War: E-Day. And after sharing some stories on anniversary DF content, the Star Wars Galactic Racer review embargo hits in real-time - and John's got a lot to say about it...

0:00:00 Introduction
0:01:13 News 1: QSSR tested in Ghost of Yōtei
0:25:19 News 2: FSR 4 port on RDNA 1 RX 5700 XT
0:35:36 News 3: Gears of War: E-Day PC impressions
0:53:27 Retrospective: Switch OLED
1:00:13 Retrospective: Mantis Burn Racing 4K60 on PS4 Pro
1:06:46 Star Wars: Galactic Racer review reaction
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