PC gamers be advised; L.A. Noire PC is locked at 30fps

DSOGaming writes: "Okay, this is ridiculous. We’ve been waiting patiently for Rockstar’s adventure game, L.A. Noire, and although the game is finally out in North America, we found out that an awful limitation has been introduced to its game engine. Like some other console ports, L.A. Noire PC is locked at 30fps. Oh yeah, this atrocious feature that PC gamers hated on games like Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and Overlord 2 is back."

[TurboGamer]

Wat did you expect from a console port? Sunshine and rainbows? It's because of this crap that people pirate games. Be honest, would you by a half-assed product at $60 a pop? I only buy quality products. Anyway, expect hacks for this problem and the ICEnhancer(since this game uses the same engine as GTA 4).

[meetajhu]

Let me explain this. You can run at 60fps but their will be a huge problem with their facial animation system as it was captured at 30fps. That is the reason, not because its console port. And they can't call back the actors again and start over at 60fps facial recording just for PC.

[Yi-Long]

... I might have cared, but for a game like LA Noire it honestly doesn't matter much if it's 30FPS.

Not to me, anyway.

[Messatsu290]

Yea, you just explained what TurboGamer said. It was captured at 30fps because the game was for consoles not pc.

[awi5951]

I say thats a lie rockstar is awful at pc ports GTA 4 was a huge mess on pc. Games like deadspace 2 are locked at 30fps also. Console points just suck sometimes.

[steve30x]

It looks much better than GTA 4 though.

[Motorola]

This isnt 60 dollars on PC though smartass.

[LewisDenby]

However, it's otherwise a fine port, with loads of customisation options and seamless switching between mouse & keyboard and a pad. So stop whinging. There's no discernable difference between 30fps and 60fps in a game like L.A. Noire.

[JonahNL]

I've reviewed L.A. Noire on PC and I've had NO issues at all with the 30 fps lock. The game runs and plays smooth as butter. Running, aiming and shooting works just fine. Don't be an asshat when it comes to framerates. Some games don't require 60(+) frames per second.

[papashango]

Well some people can see the difference between 30 and 60 like black and white. Some people cant. you are seriously going to think im a snob but I sold my ps3 and stopped playing 360 because low fps pisses me off. Sorry but 30 fps is just too low for me. Im not even boing to torrent it.

Btw my setup caps at 120fps and its the smoothest most fluid experience you can get. 30 fps becomes almost unplayable when you get used to 120

[john2]

True.dat. Once you get above 50-60fps, you simply can't go back to 30fps

[Sprudling]

While it's true some games don't require 60 fps for optimal gameplay (and I agree that L.A. Noire is one of them), it's still very disappointing that a PC game is locked at such a low fps.

However, saying 30 fps is smooth says something about your perception.

[JonahNL]

I can even distinguish 90 frames per second from 60 frames per second. I'm just saying that the game runs smooth at 30 fps, in contrast to a lot of games.

[Sprudling]

So what are you really saying? Are you saying 30 fps can be both smooth and not smooth to your eyes depending on the game? If so, can you explain why that is?

[JonahNL]

That's indeed what I'm saying here. An experienced gamer can always tell the difference between 30 and 60 fps, but for some reason, I can't really explain it, some games look and feel just fine at 30 fps.

Crysis is a good example of this. At 30 fps that game still looks smooth and it even plays smooth. Now take Call of Duty 4 and play it at the same framerate. It seems to stutter more and it's barely playable.

I'm guessing it's engine related and how well the game has been optimized to be played at lower framerates. Most RTS games are playable at 20 fps, whilst most shooters aren't perfectly playable below 60 fps.

[JsonHenry]

Nothing is set in stone on the PC people. Just google for a custom .cfg file that unlocks the 30fps limit.

[AKS]

Yeah, that's what I was thinking as soon as I read about this. As long as one can change it that way, there's nothing for me to be concerned about.

[kevnb]

do the facial animations look ok?

[Ahasverus]

They aimed for cinematic presentation, that's all (remember, movies run at 24fps)

[Messatsu290]

The thing is we are playing a game, not watching a movie.

[Ahasverus]

LA Noire is a heavy movie inspired game, it plays and it plays right, I get your concerns but if you are interested in the game this shouldn't be a problem (Also, this is not the most fast paced game ever, why would you need 60fps in an interview? :P )

[Sprudling]

Movies run at 24fps _and_ and have proper motion blur. You won't get any cinematic feeling by just having low fps and no (or crappy) motion blur.

[kevnb]

you can unlock it, but many people were complaining of low performance in gta iv because the framerate fluctuated so much.

[kevnb]

I do have one huge problem though, I installed the retail version and it wouldnt launch. Emailed support and they think its my antivirus software, trying again...

[poo342947294792]

I want 120 fps lol my pc can do it so why not

[No_Pantaloons]

While I'm sure it looks nice and fine at 30fps, they seem to forgot that PC gamers are far more demanding then their console brothers, you either give us what we asked for or we could care less what you're offering.

Until companies accept that they will continue to see their pc ports flop.

[kasasensei]

what a joke. No buy for me.

[shockzone]

@ kcuthbertson

I pirated it because its a shitty console port.

[chanmasta]

Congratulations for sharing that with everyone on the internet.

[brish]

If you think it's a "shitty console port" why even bother pirating it?!

Obviously you think it's worth playing or you wouldn't have pirated it.

You're just a criminal making excuses to justify your crime.