Скачать или смотреть Forza Horizon 4 LIVE Quality Test 🚗 OBS NVENC Streaming on ASUS TUF A14 (1440p60)

This is the locally recorded version of the same Forza Horizon 4 session, captured using near-lossless AV1 settings in OBS.

The experiment compares streaming quality versus recording quality while testing gameplay capture performance on an ASUS TUF A14 laptop.

⚙️ Hardware Used:
• Laptop: ASUS TUF A14 (RTX gaming laptop)

⚙️ OBS Streaming Configuration:
• Resolution: 2560x1440 @ 60 FPS
• Encoder: NVIDIA NVENC H.264
• Rate Control: CBR
• Bitrate: 20000 kbps
• Keyframe Interval: 2s
• Preset: P6 Slower
• Profile: High
• Multipass: Single Pass
• Look-ahead: OFF
• Adaptive Quantization: ON
• B-frames: 2

🎮 Experiment Focus:
• UI and text sharpness under compression
• Particle effects and unit movement clarity
• RTS readability during battles
• Laptop NVENC performance in strategy gameplay

A near-lossless AV1 recording version of the same match is also available for comparison.

Curious how the live version looks on your device — especially UI sharpness during fights 👇