

Given a 30fps cap - something we saw in both Red Dead Redemption and indeed GTA5 - we can't help but feel that Xbox One back-compat for this game would run significantly more smoothly, even if this would see a reduction in frame-rate throughput. However, the evidence suggests that GTA4's unlocked frame-rate is causing issues here and in motion, the experience doesn't look or feel quite right. And as we saw in Red Dead Redemption - running on very similar engine technology - games can run more smoothly as a result, much closer to their target frame-rates with fewer dips in performance. Microsoft's Xbox One backward compatibility team has been hitting it out of the park recently - we've reached the point where the virtual machine is capable of significantly improved GPU performance, and even CPU throughput seems to outpace the original Xenon tri-core PowerPC processor.
GTA 4 XBOX ONE PLUS
Horizon Zero Dawn walkthrough: Guide and tips for completing the post-apocalyptic adventureĬomplete story walkthrough plus guides, tips, and tricks for Horizon Zero Dawn. In terms of the quality of Microsoft's virtual machine, this is impressive - GTA4 hits CPU hard, in particular.

It hits the same performance level as original hardware, but can actually deliver anything up to a 5fps advantage. New frames are delivered somewhat unevenly as a result, usually at 16ms and 33ms periods when the game is running well. The key difference here is that the original game operates with an unlocked frame-rate, running above and indeed below the console-standard 30fps. Red Dead Redemption and Undead Nightmare offer up a tangibly improved experience on Xbox One, after all. There's no doubt that frame-rates are improved over original hardware, and in many other back-compat titles, that's a very good thing. We're currently in the process of testing all three releases, but we wanted to get some results to you as quickly as we could, so we concentrated efforts on the original GTA4 - and the results are fascinating. All are now available to play on Xbox One, but is the experience as good - or better - than it was on original Xbox 360 hardware? Grand Theft Auto 4 was a huge title in its day, its popularity only bolstered with the release of its standalone episodes - The Lost and the Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony. Original story: There are now well over 300 titles running under Xbox One backward compatibility, but arguably, this trio of releases are some of the most important.
