Social Experiment: Does this gameplay footage look smooth to your eyes?

[Chrkeller]

Otter said:

Chrkeller said:

Hard to say. High fps improves controls (the biggest get) and videos lack that feedback. Also fps helps with smoothness, not so much the screen coming towards the player, but when panning. The video has basically no panning, and the third problem is it has a lot of motion blur.

I went with low but consistent, but don't think it is a good test, because it lacks panning.

https://testufo.com/

Anybody who has 120 hz, go to the link above. Set the 3 lines to 30, 60 and 120 fps.. tell me there isn't a massive and blatant difference.

I wouldn't call this a problem, the intention is to holistically say how the footage looks, not necessarily let numbers or comparison dictate your experience. For sure though, with games with lots of constant panning, I can see why some hate motion blur. I think it helps sell action and velocity in racing games and like it pretty much everything as long as you can dial it down to your pref

I think we are aligned.  Fps is very game specific.  Like Prime 4, 120 fps is crazy better when panning, not moving forward.  Meanwhile, 120 fps for Luigi or Cpt Toad, meh.

  

Last edited by Chrkeller - on 18 April 2026