The company has already released Star Wars: Outlaws and Assassin's Creed Shadows on the console.
Ubisoft has successfully ported Star Wars: Outlaws from Massive Entertainment and Assassin's Creed Shadows from Ubisoft Toronto to the Switch 2 hybrid console.
Assassin's Creed Shadows is particularly noteworthy, having been released on Switch 2 in early December. The game runs at a fixed 30 frames per second, but fully supports Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) — a feature that, according to official specifications, should only work at 40 fps and above.
In an interview with the French publication FRVR, Ubisoft representatives explained how they achieved this.
We use a clever solution: the same frame is actually displayed twice — in the middle of the interval and at the end. Thanks to this, the console outputs an image with a 60 Hz interval, while maintaining smooth image quality, even though the target FPS remains 30.
The same technique is used in Star Wars: Outlaws. Moreover, Ubisoft reported that it is actively working with Nintendo on the possibility of implementing this algorithm at the system level. If successful, VRR below 40 Hz will become available for all games on Switch 2.
There are no exact implementation dates yet. However, Ubisoft has already implemented this technology into its Anvil engine as a standard feature.
