Even with the release of DLSS 3, it seemed that Nvidia got a little carried away with the release of the new version. In the recording of the game and the scene that Nvidia itself chose to present the technology, there were visible artifacts, because the image generation could not cope with more complex movement and, for example, the movement of the legs caused the image to break up:
DLSS 3, source: ixbt.com
In various games, UI and user interface problems were manifested, when DLSS 3 cannot cope with moving or, on the contrary (compared to the rest of the image) static elements, which then disintegrate, flicker and cancel. However, sometimes the image breaks up even with linear movement:
Image breakdown in F1 2022 by Hardware Unboxed
In other games, the situation was slightly better or slightly worse, but the situation that occurred in Forza Horizon raises questions about whether Nvidia somehow solves quality control with DLSS 3, or whether it only cares about the maximum number of titles listed in the list of supported games. Turning on DLSS 3 in this game brings only a relatively low (31%) increase in FPS, i.e. quite far below the promise of up to double FPS in games limited by processor power (which includes Forza Horizon).
That wouldn’t be the biggest problem. Turning on DLSS 3 itself, instead of increasing the smoothness of the image, on the contrary, reduces it, so significantly that the effect of the twitching image is visible even on a 60FPS YouTube video. The fluidity is even so degraded that it can be observed even when switching to 30 FPS (480p). In addition to fluidity, there are also complaints about numerous image artifacts in the form of ghosting.
In other words, the benefit of DLSS 3 in Forza Horizon is not little or none, but negative. So it’s a wonder that something like this was released at all.
