A couple of days ago, Rockstar re-released Red Dead Redemption on PS4 and Nintendo Switch. And, as you may have guessed, the Nintendo Switch emulators Yuzu and Ryujinx can already run Red Dead Redemption on PC.
This isn’t the first Nintendo Switch game that was playable on Yuzu and Ryujinx on launch day. Pokemon Brilliant Diamond, Bayonetta 3, Monster Hunter Rise, Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Pikmin 4 were all playable on PC the moment they came out.
Now what’s really cool here is that by using both Yuzu and Ryujinx, you can unlock the framerate of the game. By default, the Nintendo Switch and PS4 versions are locked at 30fps. As such, PC gamers are the only ones that can currently enjoy the game with an unlocked framerate.
Unfortunately, emulation is not perfect yet. At first, Yuzu was more accurate than Ryujinx but the dev team behind Ryujinx has released a hotfix that addressed some visual glitches that could occur with it. Moreover, the emulators cannot run the game smoothly, at least for now. Even when using a top-of-the-line PC system, PC gamers will get frequent drops below 60fps.
So, for the time being, we suggest sticking with the Xbox 360 emulator, Xenia. Xenia right now can run Red Dead Redemption at native 4K with over 60fps, provided you have the appropriate PC hardware.
We expect newer versions of Yuzu and Ryujinx to significantly improve performance in Red Dead Redemption. Until that happens, though, Xenia is the best alternative for experiencing this game on PC.
Stay tuned for more!
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I haven’t played this game since it came out and barely remember it. Is it even worth replaying when you have a game like Red Dead Redemption 2 on pc?
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RDR1 is the superior game IMO. Better, more focused story. No pretentious, pseudo-simulation busy work mechanics.
RDR1 is the superior game IMO. Better, more focused story. No pretentious, pseudo-simulation busy work mechanics.
That’s not how any of this works
Switch emulator still beats 360 emulator. Low end computers can run the game via Switch emulators but not 360 emulator.
I don’t know if it’s true or you’re just vomiting words over the internet, but what i know for sure is that Xenia scales better on high end PCs and has a lot more options to tweak RDR via Canary patches
Instead of vomiting your words why not do the research yourself? Switch emulation is superior to 360 emulation.
Not for RDR at the time we’re speaking
The switch version also looks worse
Not really.
Switch version runs at 640p, but with better LOD, shadows and AFx16.
X360 version it’s just 720p
You can tweak the game to improve the LOD (shadows by default are better on 360 due to the higher native res), AFx16 (+4/2x native MSAA) and 4k upsampling in Xenia with patches.
Also, check your eyes…outside of the more modern anti-alias solution the switch is worse in every aspect visually.
Nope. Switch version has the superior graphics. You clearly have no first hand experience.
Well, I do have first hand experience, with both. The 360 emulated version using Xenia Canary, blows the switch version out of the water.
Switch emu probably better for average systems though, sure high end cpu/gpu go w either of the major ones rpcs3/xenia but even then likely to get huge dips. 30 and below is what most people will get and the game is not that great tbh, it’s like a comic book compared to rdr2 novel. They really needed to not put in New Austin useless stuff in 2 and use that for a remake by now. Watch a full replay on yt.
I think the FPS going below 60 fps is just an inherent flaw in the game’s original code since it always happens in towns but nowhere else. It does it even on Xenia Canary. I don’t think there will ever be a way to keep it being a constant 60 fps no matter what emulator you run this on especially because the game was programmed with just 30 fps in mind and nothing more.
Or you know. Towns are draw call heavy with a lot of AIs roaming whereas most of the rest of the game doesn’t have either.
Yup! Was just gonna say this…
And it do dem pretty well you may add. Its pretty close to constant 60 fps on my 10400f potato. 45-60 fps at starting city, 60 outside, 50-60+ in minor settlements
I am just uploading a Video running on Ryujinx at 4k with Reshade Rtx Image Based Lighting.Colorfullness,Mxao,Hdr Xenia canary i never managed to get Rtgi to work some glithes in Ryujinx have been fixed i get 28-30fps on rtx 3070 and Ryzen 5600x.
So it’s gonna be looking like shieeet
In the attached video I was waiting to hear “the design is very human”.
Disappointed.
Totally! It’s weird to know that the closest we will ever get to play RDR1 on PC is via emulation! It makes no sense! I don’t understand Rockstar/2K at all.
Run this at 25-55fps on ryujinx finished both main game and dlc. Yuzu less cpu usage but huge fps drops to teens and below during firefights and just around, no go there. And I tried all the tricks w settings in yuzu. Xenia is a major pain unless you have high end everything and also minimal UI settings so it’s all notepad, patches, canary, no thanks. Most isos out there don’t include dlc either so this just makes sense for most people. Xenia is a slideshow default not worth the hassle. Just the UI of yuzu and ryujinx makes them better than xenia. Shame on RS for not bothering to just straight port to PC years ago, modders do the rest of the work.