PS1 Native vs 4K60 Upscaled Emulation | Gran Turismo 2 Duckstation Comparison

My Duckstation Emulator settings are listed below.

Console Settings:
[✔] Enable Clock Speed Control: 300%

Display Settings:
Renderer: Hardware (OpenGL)
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Crop: Only Overscan Area

Enhancement Settings:
Internal Resolution Scale: 16x
Antialiasing: Disabled
Texture Filtering: Nearest-Neighbor
[✔] True Color Rendering
[✔] Disable Interlacing
[✔] Chroma Smoothing
[✔] Geometry Correction
[✔] Texture Correction
[✔] Culling Correction
[✔] Preserve Projection Precision

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[RowdyGT]

Some people have been bringing up "This isn't how it normally looks, this is exaggerated. This is way better on a CRT tv, etc"

Maybe, yeah. But you can't replicate the CRT look accurately through a YouTube video and you can't expect everyone to have a CRT tv to watch this video or play this game on in 2022... The internal resolution scale shown in this video is that of Native PS1 (1x, not higher or lower) with the exception of a 16:9 aspect ratio, and 9x (4k).

[ThePanacon]

The 4K 60 version is how I remember what playing GT2 looked like in '99. 😅

[dylannaidoo]

Just the fact that the game attempted to have reflective surfaces for a PS1 game is impressive by itself for the time

[BryanSteacy]

That extra draw distance is exactly what I always wanted for GT2 so they don't switch to the low-poly models so quickly. I love it. Looks amazing.

[el.blanco]

The jitter actually helps with the crowds they look alive and seem like they're moving around with the pixels moving around like that

[GAMER_PUNK]

amazing how good the Gran Turismo physics engine was.. way ahead of it's time

[D-generon]

One of the most noticeable shortcomings of PS1 was the draw distance and terrain pop-in. If you're driving fast in GT1 you basically have no clue where you're heading until you're 50 meters away from a turn.

[xxdeadchannelxx]

Those enhanced graphics look very nice. Also, I like how you used my favorite car in this game, the R390 GT1 LM Race Car 97.

[offbeatuser]

That’s a tough one. I’m pretty nostalgic for the chunky pixel/low res look of the original though

[LuisPipoComunica]

Gran Turismo 2 was such a huge deal for me back them when I was young. I remeber having a ball playing this game for hours and hours after school when I had like 7 to 9 years. And speding a lot of nights playing all night with my older teenage brother who at the time teach me the basics and the advanced stuff of the game. Together we beat the game 100% I remember it took us so long! Hell man! This game is jewel from ps1

[Agregatus]

Ахх! 😍 Выглядит шикарно! Обожаю эту игру! Возможно, стоит попробовать вновь ) Возможно, добивание Super лицензии на золото на ненавистном и неуправляемом Dodge Viper в Laguna Seca будет не таким ненавистным :)

[CarsSimplified]

It's been so long since I've played the game that I thought the upscale was the original, and the original was what it would have been like to watch this video on a dial-up connection. Definitely a big difference either way!

[tmacmc]

When playing native on a CRT, especially a good one with RGB Scart, the image was miles better than how it looks here. Still a bit wobbly and of course low rez but the screen technology and the image output of the PS1 jived together so much better than how a PS1 and its games jive with HD/HDMI era displays. Duckstation is a fantastically clever emulator.

[anactualsandwich]

Great comparison video! Im quick to hate on upscaling because it takes away from the original look, but this one is tastefully done. It is impossible to get a CRT look on a modern display, but a scanline box really helps to crisps up the jank and gets you closer to the original look. Although, it does darken your screen a bit, and CRTs were so bright and beautiful so it defeats the purpose... So yeah... Impossible lol but we can get close!

[SnakeOfBacon]

It is absolutely amazing what emulators can do now!
It's also very unfortunate that Red Rock Valley isn't in GT3, 4, 5, 6, or 7 (yet)

[kurtis]

Those menu sounds are so damn nostalgic

[Raijinald]

It's like GT2 ported into the Dreamcast.

[bradrolim]

Both R390 GT1 97 and Red Rock Valley deserve a return in Gran Turismo.

[leadlefthand]

Brilliant emulator! Although, personally, the warping to me was what defined the "PS1 look" and not seeing it feels a little weird. But on a technical level, what the devs did here is mighty impressive.

[youngreckless]

Wow! One of my favorite games of all time. Didn’t expect to see this.