Original Xbox Games - will the PAL versions run at 60hz?

As the original Xbox launched during the whole 50/60hz drama of the early 2000's for us Europeans (which the Dreamcast tried to resolve and the Xbox did a better job by baking the option into the dashboard), some games, like Halo 1, did not support 60hz and force 50hz.

You could technically softmod the console to force 60hz but it could cause visual issues (Halo and Rollercoaster Tycoon having an incredibly jarring permanent frameskip), or things like gameplay and cutscenes running faster than they should (Onimisha - voices often trailed behind animations in cutscenes). The 360 handled this by forcing 50hz on the title.

Now that the games are not being run from the disc... Will Microsoft instead download the US version when putting in a PAL disc, to avoid that whole drama? Here's hoping they do....

Edit: removed Panzer Dragoon Orta - as that issue was caused by forcing 720p on the PAL version. The PAL copy supported 60hz

Submitted by segagamer | #Specialdealer Special Offer Online Shopping Store 2016