Can a PC Make PS2 Graphics Great Again?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ต.ค. 2024
- The PlayStation 2 is an old system, yet some of the games were quite graphicallly impressive ,at least 15 or so years ago. But how good can you make one of the best looking sixth generation titles look when emulating it on PC, and how will it perform?
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Picks Volvo 240 Wagon
Auto Enthusiasts: "Ah, I see you're a man of culture as well."
Made of indestructible Volvonium.
i wish they had a Volvo 850 T-5 R in the game. because then we are talking of class
Nordic steel brick
That's not even a lie, thats the funny thing about it
@@binksninja agreed as a 2färs owner i get sad over this
For anyone who wants to emulate GT4, make sure to go into the game Options, and then Screen, and change the Video Output to Progressive (480p). This will clean up the picture by a whole lot.
That's only available in the NTSC version, so get that if possible.
Also, the setting will be reset on every startup, but even then it is 100% worth the effort of enabling it every time.
Correct, I need to change the setting every time I launch the game.
Fun fact: The NTSC version supports 1080i on PS2
If its resetting on start-up, use save states instead of saving to the memory card. It will remain persistent if you do this. :)
@@RuruFIN Yep but that 1080i in the emulator does make the image blurry to me again
Dude this looks so clean! Please tell us your settings I would love to experience this game with this kind of clarity!
Agree totally, you can't leave us hanging not stating the emulator used...
@@manc4806 probably pcsx2
@@manc4806 Definitely PCSX2
@@manc4806
These are GT4 specific settings for PCSX2
PCSX2 Settings:
Renderer: OpenGL (Hardware)
Interlacing (F5): Bob tff
Texture Filtering: Bilinear (PS2)
Internal Resolution: 8x Native
Anisotropic Filtering: 16x
Mipmapping: Basic (Fast)
CRC Hack Level: Automatic (Default)
(✓) Allow 8-Bit Textures
(✓) Enable HW Hacks:
TC Offset X: 385
TC Offset Y: 187
Turn down the internal resolution if your PC can't take it.
Ah yes, I think I shall emulate the games I already own, and definitely am NOT going to download off of the internet.
i have many original PS2 games, but i downloaded the ISO from the net just in case the DVDs get corrupted or brake, since the games and console are abandonware i dont think its pirating.
Ah yes, you cant charge me for piracy because I said I WASN'T going to pirate PS2 games
Nah, that kills the fun factor, it's much more nostalgic to play the genuine games with a real console. These days I just download ISOs, put them on HDD and play them with my soft-modded PS2.
A lot of the games are probably abandonware at this point. Doubt Acclaim cares if you obtain an ISO of Vexx in less legit ways.
I usually just emulate off the disc. Most ps2 games are pretty cheap
The PS2 is quite an amazing console: you just have to bump the resolution up to make most games look great.
In PCSX2, you can scale the internal resolution all the way to 5K(2880p).
Same applies to dolphin.
Some games could be played at 1080i such as Okami. Don't play the PS2 version at modern aspect ratios, though. You'll get a mess.
the games looked decent performance on the ps2 was garbage.
And no, good gameplay does not mean otherwise. Yes, classic good games exist. No, the ps2 was not a hardware beast.
The PS2 performance was laughable at the time, but mostly everyone bought it for the affordable dvd player not the console. Development on it was horrendous and most multi platform games ran their worst on the PS2.
Again, this isn't dissing your favorite PS2 games. This is dissing its performance.
@@YellowBriefs I couldn't afford a 4K monitor (not sure a GTX 1060 3GB and i7-4820K could really do 4K much anyway) so I'm stuck at 1080p. Plus I'd prefer a more known brand seeing as my last monitor died in under 6 years. Cheapest 4K monitor of a brand I know is almost $350.
Gran Turismo 4 was my jam back in the day. The photo mode was amazing as well, it was actually the source of my PC wallpapers in 2005/2006
I'm still using it as wallpaper on my laptop
Same. Recently started emulating gt3 and will do 4 too since i found the discs in my closet from ages ago.
I rememeber getting the game as kid back in the good ol' 2010's, and clicking a couple pics with my Merc Slr near McDonald's in photo mode haha
Lemme get a wheel and pedals and I'm going back to this masterpiece. I don't care.
@@lukewood2662 the pcsx2 emulator supports both of the Logitech steering wheels that gran Turismo 4 supports through usb
3:25 I always tried to run that guy over
I always tried crashing through the windows of houses in Colin McRae Rally 2005. Thus far, I've found them to be so sturdy, they can handle a direct impact with a Hum-V without so much as a scratch. ;-)
@@outtheredude Same here with a lot of games. In some motorbike game I managed to get out of the map a few times, loved doing that as a kid... and still do.
Who didn't try and run him over?
Same, also with the chicks that start the races in NFS
you'll just end up going through them
I remember when Gran Turismo 4 first came out on the PS2, it was jaw dropping beautiful. It still looks great and the PC really takes it up a couple of notches.
Ahh the glorious intro.. I can still hear it in my mind.
Original PS1 Sound >>> PS2
(but PS2 still had good start-sound)
Yeah, me too... "Hello everyone and welcome TO another video, now..."
Oh, you meant the GT intro!
@@GerardinhoLPgt4 intro🤣
@@TanmayRevankar
*Orchestra intensifies*
*Ford GT LM spec in various location intensifies*
*Opera intensifies*
*ROCK N ROLL INTENSIFIES*
And then the opera gives way to Panama by Van Halen
The irony of this is that when the PS3 was looked at in more depth at E3 2006, they basically did what you just did to showcase GT on better hardware.
I still have the GTHD demo on my PS3...
Domenic Mitri But it lacked he dirt being kicked from the rear tires on rally tracks probably because the PS2 had faster embedded memory.
You mean the potential GT visions game which had more than 20 cars in a race? That was basically GT4 assets on a development PS3. While it had lots of cars, it ran in the same engine basically and PD threw that in the garbage and built GT HD, which became GT prologue and finally GT5. PS3 was a notorious headache machine for developers but PD finally wrangled it under control enough to produce the first GT game with time of day transitions and weather. GT5/6 had some memorable drives, early morning sunrise at Nur is breathtaking. If you still have those games, give it a try, it makes GT Sport feel a bit sterile in this regard for take a car for a spin and enjoying the scenery.
At the end of the day these games will always live in us that's who we need to remember
But was it 5k res? ;)
2:28 James May would be proud
Yes xD
Mate, the Citroen Xara was a beast back then, in WRC!
Nice video once again!
RGHD apologizing for not having any more physical copies to rip onto his computer is honestly the most refreshing thing I've ever seen. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go pirate Doom Eternal.
You don't have to rip them, for PCSX/PCSX2 you can configure it to run off the original discs. I still keep an optical drive for this reason alone.
PS2:”Someone make me something valuable”
RGinHD:”Oy here ya go”
PC : I gotchu homie
This guy is the most stereotypical brit I've ever heard. This cheeky baastud
It is already valuable, but not in money, in our hearts
I love how you now can see that all these people on the side of the tracks are rendered in 2D. They had such clever tricks back in the day!
Oh crap, this is more than 15 years old. I still vividly remember playing legendary games on this system like San Andreas, Snake Eater, God of War 2, FF12... I feel old now.
"Leave a dislike if you didn't"
~RandomGamingInHD
it's always nice to hear that phrase
@@darkacb8422 i completely agree, it shows that he cares about what we think about his videos' quality
He doesnt't give us a third option. Where we do: **metal voice** nothing!
dislikes are counted as engagement just as much as likes so they still boost a video in youtube's algorithm
negative publicity is still publicity
I'd say yes! The ealry 00s and late 90s PC games I play look amazing on 1440p60+ tbh
true.
All you need is a CRT Trinitron to make PS2 look good 👍
Yes
Agreed, I hope this thing lasts forever. I do not want to go the upscaler route to get my older consoles looking decent. When I got this one and fired it up, I instantly regretted getting rid of my CRT back in 2008.
@Skott Andddd.... you have no idea what the others were talking about because all you thought was the size (that matters). You are so oblivious to the CRT vs modern display differences, and all you could say was how big it was.
@Skott Knowing the differences isn't the same as understanding what those differences meant. And I still stick by you are oblivious of those because that last statement is still wrong. Go search for a video done by DF on running modern game on CRT. And, the reasoning of the first comment is PS2 games already looked good back in those days because it was played and developed on CRT display in mind. Aliasing, motion blur, upscaling blur, input lag etc that later on became a problem on modern display never was a problem when it was played on the intended display.
@Skott Best solution is a multisync pvm or bvm but it is very expensive but can display 240p to 1080i
I really recommand you to play Enthusia professionnal racing, verry underrated ps2 game!
That is an awesome game.
yes, I like it very much, I couldn't run it in high resolution though, I hope now they fixed the emulator.
Enthusia's soundrack is amazing
I'm glad I'm not the only one who remembers it! Very innovative for the time, plus what other game let you drive a Chevy Astro van? :)
@@bwc1976 Or the Saab 9000, it was one of my favourites.
"No adverse effects." Except for, you know, the smoke phasing through through the car.
Yeah what happened there? I don't imagine it was present in the native running game. I don't remember that being a thing.
Smoke is visible through terrain too, and lights do the same. Other than that it pretty much just works
@@lachychops2 honestly that's enough to keep me on the original hardware until somebody figures out a way to fix it, unless it's also present on native environment...in which case I wouldn't have reason not to try it out
@@mrmaniac3 wiki.pcsx2.net/Gran_Turismo_4 Looks like you can fix it by setting GSdx to the openGL renderer and the blending unit to high.
@@MoosyPineappleMan The problem with OpenGL is that performance takes a MASSIVE hit :(
3:37 when you have your trunk full of sand.
Now it starts to make sense!
"Aged like a pint of milk in the sun" lol ... what ? It actually aged very very well. Apart from the resolution itself, it still looks quite realistic.
exactly my thought
This is beautiful and impressive. I wish you'd keep doing SERIES after SERIES of comparisons like this. I can't believe how great old games look now on emulators.
Damn. I think I need to emulate GT4, it's one of my favourite all time games
I hope you have a powerful setup, this game is very intense to emulate, especially at higher settings. I ended up just buying a ps2 instead to play it :/
a lot of these games look already amazing with just the upscaling, shows how good graphics they had even for the time, but were hidden between a small pixel count
This game was an emotional rollercoaster. The licenses were really frustrating and driving sucked because the car won't turn but the graphics were great, the menus were a joy to go through as well as messing with cars. If it didn't have a b spec mode I wouldn't have spend 100 hours in this game. Midnight Club 3 though one of the racing games with an amazing soundtrack and actual fun arcade racing. It's so good I bought it twice because there was a remix edition that added more content. And yeah sim racing is my least favorite racing sub genre.
every Gran Turismo but GT Sport are as arcadish as sim tho
You are a bad driver then wow my tune on a Honda civic made it a drift monster you must be some noob
The car won't turn lol you tried using the breaks
I got GT concept up and running today prompted by this video, astounding how good it looks and still great fun. Thanks for posting!
PS2 + GTA III: Welcome to the self-isolation master-class.
we absolutely love your videos exploring all types of old & classic games, testing them into 4K and even 8K resolution mode.
These analysis help gamers who are also tweaking & testing and changing files configuration of such games.
Saddly, i wasn't able to force high resolution on the following games and i don't know why:
a.) Enemy Infestation (1998) PC
b.) Galactic Civilizations 1 (PC game)
"I needed something with that scream class, something that said now here comes a man with taste."
Me: Yellow Evo
Him: Yellow Turbo Brick
Me: ...At least its yellow
you made my day, the 240 GLT was my absolute all time favourite car.
3:31 the godly fiat panda 1000 fire
Drove a model like that for 7 years, awesome car. I always wished to own that same model with 4x4
The Fiat Panda is the most reliable, beautiful and powerful car ever made. Can easily beat hyper cars and sometimes planes.
@@dodecahedron1 If I recall there was 1.3l petrol engine with turbo. Literal pocket rocket.
I still have my copy also. Even though my PS2 is long gone. This video brought back so many good memories. Thanks!
3:33 Rage your dream intensifies!
@ 3:38 I Like the homage paid to ‘Sega Rally 2’ with animated spectators taking photos and running off the track! 😊
Gt 4 are really hardware intense comparied to other titles.I had an FX 4170 with a gtx 1050 ti and it could not run 60 fps.Upgraded to a r5 2600 and it ran fine.
Same here. I have an FX 4300 and I can play almost every game on full speed. Not GT4
GT4 is a beast.
It runs on my FX 6300 on later daily releases, not the stable release. Not much difference there as it doesn't load all six cores anyway.
The official, stable release is horribly behind the daily releases as far as performance and features go.
emulation is more intensive than for single-threaded performance compared to gaming. Basically just because it's an old console doesn't mean it isn't really really intensive. 1st gen FX cores are beyond horrid so I would not use them for emulating any 21st century consoles. They will definitely play old PC games and might work on new AAA titles.
@@glenwaldrop8166 Have you tried Burnout Revenge on PCSX2 and got perfect framerate? Also is your cpu running completely stock or did you overclock it? Also what are the specs on your memory?
Nah, don't have burnout revenge. GT4 is the most intensive game I've got. I back down to native res for Route 5 but I can play 1080P on most, 720P on just about everything, 4K on a few.
WWE Raw vs Smackdown 2006 showed some massive gains last summer. Previously it would slow to a crawl during battle royals, update improved that dramatically.
My FX 6300 is 4GHz, 4.4 turbo, DDR3 1333, used to be 1600
My i5 6300HQ is 2.3, 2.8 turbo and runs 2.8 99.9% of the time, DDR3L 1600 C9
My Ivy Bridge Xeon is 3.4GHz, slightly overclocked, turbo at 3.8GHz, DDR3 1685ish, C10
My i7 2630QM is dead stock, 2GHz with 2.6GHz turbo, DDR3 1333, like C11 or something horrible.
This goes to show that the PS2 was an extremely capable machine, delivering then state-of-the-art graphics at 60fps when programmed by talented wizards. I wish there were an active homebrew scene for this much loved console. It still is my main console nowadays, even though its CD drive is faulty: I load ISOs off of my laptop through ethernet. Pure joy.
I literally started playing this yesterday again cause I had some nostalgia
There is nothing better than a session of chilling with any of the old school GT games. True masterpieces each and every single one of them.
0/10 no yellow Evo
10/10 No Pink Yaris :).
*GT 2000*
For a ps2 game, it looks great. There was something about older games, the lighting basically was so soothing to the eyes. Nowadays some games use bloom and illumination so much it hurts my eyes.
I like my PS2, childhood made awesome. Awesome video and every joke made me laugh! Solid job.
It's quite a pleasure to simply listen to you. This way of clever speaking is a rare thing these days.
gt4 still looks good only the resolution was low
you get used to graphics after a few hours at max
I was so nostalgic today about GT4 and now that I saw your video about emulating it I will try it lol
3:30 _I'll end this race with _*_a double crash!_*
This is probably my favorite video from you.
One PS2 game that looks absolutely fantastic when you mess around with the settings like this is Auto Modelista
Thanks for making this video. This inspired me to emulate all my old Xbox games on my PC. SEGA gt 2002 is still super fun to play and splinter cell is great as always. Anyways also emulated some ps3 and played some incredibly cursed GTA 5 lol
Why does it still look so good?
I love going back to old games just to scale them upto 4k. This is what these games would of truly looked like and its amazing being able to even go into VR with some of these titles!
I remember when this game was released, the pc master racers had no pc games to compare with. Then in 2007 when Crysis was released, they started comparisons between GT4 and Crysis. Lol
João Paulo And ten years later PS2 hasn't evolved at all. >:)
You can never have enough of the same game you love. That's what I think.
in 2029 i can predict integrated gpu's were stronk enough to ran pcsx2 at 60fps
Well done for featuring the ghastly cars of my childhood.
My dad drove a Volvo 240. That’s a real MAN’S car. He even kept a Yorkie bar in the glove box. What a bloke.
That would of been back when Yorkie bars were good eh. Can't remember the last time I bought one, but I do recall them having less pieces with slightly chunkier pieces, then the chunkier pieces getting flatter.
I like the new thing you've done to your video rendering, it feels like I'm watching 60fps video even when I'm using 480p.
Please make your content like this
0:20 YOU CONSIDER THAT BAD GRAPHICS?! Damn, modern games have really made us spoiled and snobby.
Most of car models in Gran Turismo 5 (PS3) are actually from GT4, only a handful were made from scratch for the new game. This tells a lot about the quality of the car models used in GT4. Those graphics were like real life photos when I saw the first screenshots.
*distant BK4 earrape noises*
This was the pinnacle of PS2 game history, one of the best race simulator back in the days. GT5, its successor, brought the most realistic game to PS3 platform, the reflection, numbers of polygons and physical engine was unrivalled. i can't remember how many hours i spent on the games, it was just pure good memories.
Mad to think Crysis was released on PC only 2 and bit years after this... shows just how ahead PC gaming was at that point (it's much closer now, obviously!).
Comparing it to the PS2 is unfair since 2005/2006 started the seven generation. You should compare it to a PS3 game.
I'm getting a flat 60 fps maxed out with my 3700x and 1060 6gb. Love this game! Awesome video
Now you have to try grab turismo 5 in 1080P on the PS3 emulator
@Lucas Gawor but not impossible
GT Concept works a lot better on RPCS3, 100% playable. Even upscaled
Great video man, totally get your sense of humour. Subscribed
Real chads cut across the grass at 1:15 every time
This game was my childhood, I remember my dad and I both playing this game in the living room. Good memories :)
I've been able to play it on a q9550 and a rx470 at 1080p. I'm listing the settings here, if someone wants to try.
Download the last beta of pcsx2 (1.5.0-dev);
Set EE/IOP Clamping to Extra;
Set VU Clamping to Extra;
In SpeedHacks, set EE Cyclerate to +2;
In SpeedHacks, set EE Cycle Skipping to 1 (play around with these last two settings to find your best combination);
In SpeedHacks, set MTVU to active.
Under video plugin settings:
Set Interlacing to: Bob tff (use blend if shaking);
Allow 8 bit textures and set Internal Resolution to 1080p or 720p;
Under Audio plugin settings:
Set Interpolation to 1 - Linear;
Set "Disable Effect Processing" to active;
Set Synchronizing Mode to Async Mix;
While In-game, change brightness to 0.
This worked for me, although there are occasional drops, it's playable.
Great input sir
absolutely loving all the content you're coming out with, this one of my favorite computer channels on TH-cam.
Buy a CRT and hook up your PS2
Sit on the cold floor close to the TV
Don't forget to bring snacks too
BAM it will look good
I do exactly that myself 😁
But with RGB Scart or Component and forced 1080i or 480p
A crt isn't enough, you we're in the states you need a crt with component video and PS2 or 3 component cables. Composite is ass even on a PS2 with a crt (even worst on a flat screen). Keep in mind PS2 composite image quality in particular, is very poor. Compared to Dreamcast or GameCube for example.
@@retrosoul8770 Or RGB. Or a CRT with a good comb filter, which improves the composite signal.
@@ManOfAttitudeLP1998 Sadly in my country the best I can get is Svideo.
or just use emulator on old PC and hook it up to CRT monitor.
Metal Gear Solid 2 with texture filtering and at 4K is absolutely mental. It holds up way better than it honestly should and hugely benefits from the fine detail gain.
I'm a simple man
I see a Volvo and I click
I like that you can see the wear on the road, so you know what the fastest path is
it really looks like the first Juiced
Damn that game was good
I'm pretty sure I got annoyed with the first Juiced, because of the autosave/pink slip races.
Massive props for the cars you picked.
Xsara is actually a really nice car to drive.
Bangernomics at its best.
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I am going to emulate my old games
* looks at new gaming PC
Oh crap I dont have a CD/DVD drive
doodskie999 *iso’s 🙄
Unless you plan on getting the equipment to dump GameBoy, NDS, PSP games and others... there's the other option, you know what.
Looks nice, but what stood out the most to me was when you had the audience during the rally race, they actually looked really sharp, I'm surprised they used such high-res assets for them given that they weren't even remotely fathoming the game running in 4k at the time. Albeit you can still tell they're flat sprites but they were good looking ones.
But this visual fidelity is how I remember it... oh how the mind plays tricks
@Al Masih Ad Dajjal you're right, with CRT's you did'nt notice the aliasing as easily.
@@oinker4290 you actually do notice the aliasing, but at least it's not blurry :p
Quick information from a car enthusiast: Citroen Xsara was for multiple years the car that Sebastian Loeb drove in WRC earning consecutive titles. Great car.
Please make a detailed guide on how to upscale PS2 on the pc with exact settings for PCSX2, I've tried and I can't get it to work, the games are always in their native resolution.
From GPU settings, choose hardware rendering. Then you'll find a dropdown menu of resolutions. You can either go for custom, or preset ones. 3x is 1080p
@@mariozenarju6461 also it's generally recommended to use the multipliers.
@@jc_dogen Eh, both are meant for same purpose. If the game is well supported on the emulator and if you know how to apply various hacks, 0 visual issues
@@mariozenarju6461 multipliers will require fewer hacks. custom resolutions are pretty messy and don't even give you the resolution you put in. they just don't really work well with how the ps2 works.
love it, would love to see a video of you setting it up.
Oh yeah! Reminds me drove"Big Butt" Cizeta V16T at extreme events and keep losing at #2
how did i miss this video? awesome stuff
I've been currently playing through GT4 in 4k with extra shaders. It's shocking how nice you can make PS2 games look. Final Fantasy 12 has also been amazing in 4k.
Playing Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2 at 6x resolution is always a blast because that game was my childhood. That plus the 16:9 widescreen mod makes it for a great experience. Phones these days are getting close too, with the current gen snapdragon processors being able to emulate it at about 20-25fps whereas the last gen was about 10-20fps. Still not playable but ever since I was a kid, all I've thought about is being able to play that game on the go.
A while back I tried emulating Midnight Club 3 DUB - 1440p @ 50FPS, it was amazing!
Those racing lines though :D
This is cool! I downloaded the emulator a while ago and started GT4 as first game. Got it in a bundle with my original PS2 and really liked how well it worked. Especially with two PS3 controllers connected to my pc!
This was the pinnacle of PS2 game history, one of the best race simulator back in the days. GT5, its successor, brought the most realistic game to PS3 platform, the reflection, numbers of polygons and physical engine was unrivalled. i can't remember how many hours i spent on the games, it was just pure good memories.
I've been playing 100s of hours of GT3 lately. Well timed video
The Daihatsu Midget II D-Type '98, in bright yellow, is my personal go to ride for GT4 awesomeness! ;-)
Bro I've been subbed to you for more than a year, but I'm a Volvo nerd so seeing the wagon in the thumbnail made sure I'll be subbed forever lol
This is my favourite game thank you so much for posting a video on this!
When the screen goes crazy like at 2:58 press start, screen settings, put brightness and contrast to zero. You can then adjust the pcsx2 shader to your brightness settings you need. This allows you to run the game in 480p mode, and its SO much nicer without that interlaced blurryness..
Driver parallel lines was also stunning
„Can AI in near future make everygame ever made, update and auto code itself as the delevoper intended?“
Crazy...had no idea. Thanks for the interesting video.
I'm playing like this MG3 for years, last few finaly in 4K without lags and it always amazes me how much detail was hidden in low res of PS2 and how incredible the game is for a 2004 game.
So glad to see gt content..if possible could you list the emulation used and settings to run at 4k res