Rock solid framerate on PS4. Virtually no screen tearing on PS4. Much better texture streaming on PS4. But yeah, both versions are the same :-/

I love how when the Xbox1 has a slight edge in framerate and suddenly its a huge win (even though it still runs at a lower res ala COD AW) but when there is a clear advantage to the PS4 version in every conceivable way. And now it's "basically the same on both consoles"!

At least admit the advantage when it exists. Especially when its so clearly presented buy a factual and well researched/written article. Did any of you Xbox guys actually bother to read beyond the headline? Digital Foundry know their stuff. Face offs/graphics comparisons are basically their day job. They use expensive equipment and actual real technical knowledge to do very accurate comparisons.

If they say the PS4 version looks/performs better. Then it bloody well does ffs!! No amount of self delusion will change this lol

Except that isn't true. It's mainly the view distance setting that hits the CPU hard and causes framerate drops.

"The particular setting responsible for most of the performance woes faced in the PC version is the view distance slider. Increasing this to its maximum value brings the frame-rate on a Core i5-3570K/GTX 780 PC well under 60fps. By dropping to 35 per cent or less, we find that it is possible to attain a stable 60fps on our system, but going beyond this - particularly over 50 per cent - sees drops performance dramatically. We examined the view distance slider at various intervals to determine how it stacks up on consoles and the results are interesting - the Xbox One and PS4 setting appears to fall below the PC version's lowest possible setting."

"For our test system at least, we feel that dropping this slider to around 35 per cent is a good compromise that provides a reasonable view distance without bottlenecking the whole system. There's a tendancy to ramp up all PC settings to the max, then complain about dire performance - as it is, Dying Light is fairly scalable. On as close to console-level settings as we can get, a Core i3 PC with a GTX 750 Ti managed a console-like 30fps at 1080p."

"Moving onto PC performance, we've already established that the game is fairly scalable, mostly related to how the view distance slider is set-up. While we strongly recommend lowering the slider significantly, it is possible to play the game maxed out with a consistent frame-rate. For capturing purposes, we opted to cap our frame-rate at 30fps in order to represent the PC version at its highest possible image quality settings while achieving stable performance on the i5/GTX 780 set-up used for testing."

Who cares if some PC gamers have to turn down this one setting to around 35 in order to get a stable 60fps? That setting is still well above either console version, which as the article points out the console setting is below the lowest setting on the PC version (i.e. below 0). Or a PC gamer can opt to max out all settings and simply cap at 30fps. Or those of us with G-Sync monitors can max out all settings and get smooth framerates above 30fps on up to well above 60fps. The PC gives you options, depending on your preferences and hardware.

Not to mention all the other ways the PC version is superior. And all that at more than twice the framerate and without the screen tearing and stutter of the console versions.

Here are some other advantages of the PC version:

"we did notice a surprising absence on consoles at night: dynamic light sources. In the PC version, objects such a flaming barrels act as a light source impacting the environment and characters around it, though not casting additional shadows. On the consoles, the developer simply uses a mixture of bloom and alpha effects to simulate bright lights without actually including a visible light source. Standing atop a large building demonstrates that the PC version is capable of drawing these light sources well into the distance while consoles lack them completely."

"Shadow map resolution is at least on par with the PC version's medium setting, for instance."

"HBAO+ is immediately evident throughout the game (on PC) and dramatically improves image consistency."

Summary:

"Between the two console versions we definitely have to give the nod to the PS4 version with its improved frame-rate and better texture streaming, its higher resolution, and a near complete lack of screen-tear. However, anyone with a decent gaming PC should definitely stick to the computer version as it offers excellent scalability alongside further improved visuals."

So you would sacrifice a stable frame rate, less screen tearing, better texture streaming and 1080p all for better draw distance? Makes sense...

Wrong. Draw distance is identical between both consoles. DF confirms this in the article. Its just the vids are not completely in sync.

Nice try though. Clear win for PS4 this time round. XBox1 still performs adequately though. But if you have both consoles, I think you'd be crazy to get the Xbox1 version over the PS4 version.

old man with the lame troll attempt. LOL

And same could be said for you. Here come the fanboys trying to over play the differences like it's night and day. Watch individual videos of both versions, they're basically identical.