Codemasters officially revealedDirt 5duringMicrosoft’s Inside Xbox eventearlier in May. As a cross-gen title,Dirt 5is supposed to use every last bit of power within the next-gen consoles. During a recent interview withXbox Wire, the technical director behind the game has explained some of the key features ofDirt 5that couldn’t be achieved withoutthe next-gen hardware of Xbox Series X.
According to David Springate, the Zen 2 processors in Xbox Series X is the most impressive part of this next-gen console for him as it’s a very important place in the hardware which enables GPU to use its power in the best way possible. “It would be no good if you had a GPU that can render beautiful visuals at 4K at 120fps if you don’t have a CPU that can generate enough frame data to render that quickly on the GPU,” says Springate. He believes that with powerful processors developers will be able to improve the physics and lower the latency input.
Thanks to Xbox Series X’s SSD,Dirt 5will be a more fluent experience with no loading screens for booting up the races and other stuff in the game. Springate says the SSD in Xbox Series X is more than a PC SSD, and it benefits both developers and players.
With all the incredible capabilities of Xbox Series X in case of hardware,Dirt 5will be using this powerhouse to bring the most impressive technical performance with 4K resolution and 120 frames per second.
Later on, Springate praised Microsoft’s plan in launching Game Development Kit toolset before sending out Xbox Series X dev kits, which made it available for studios to learn how to work with the new consoles before getting the hardware. This has saved a lot of time for Codemasters in developingDirt 5for Xbox Series X.
Dirt 5is set to be launched in October 2020 for Xbox Series X, Xbox One, PS5, PS4, Stadia, and PC.
