John Linneman recently posted his first entry in a new DF Retro series he’s working on that compares games released on both the Sega Saturn and the PlayStation 1. This video focuses on Driving / Racing games and compares each that were released on both platforms. This is both a really fun series that brings back memories of “Sega vs Sony”, but (as usual) it’s also a really interesting technical breakdown. Definitely check this out, as I think some of the results may surprise you!
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One point John made in the video (small spoiler alert!) is that generally speaking, games that were made for one platform, then ported to another, will almost always run better on the console it was originally designed for. That makes sense, however I’ve always been hearing how much more powerful the PS1 was for 3D stuff, so it was interesting to see it fall behind in some comparisons. Anyway, no more spoilers, go check this out and get back to arguing which console was actually better ;p
