Simply final month, Sony introduced that Cyberpunk 2077 can be getting a PSSR 2 replace, however now CD Projekt Crimson has adopted up with a big PS5 Professional replace that’ll drop on April 8.
Cyberpunk 2077 famously had a problematic launch when it launched on consoles in 2020, and even after it acquired patched up, it has been far behind the PC model. However because the PS5 Professional got here out again in 2024, it has been a query of when, not if, CDPR would launch an replace that’d deliver the sport nearer to the PC model.
Tomorrow’s replace will give PS5 Professional gamers entry to a few efficiency profiles: Ray Tracing Professional, Ray Tracing, and Efficiency. The Ray Tracing Professional mode is the place you will discover a lot of the visible updates made particularly for the PS5 Professional, concentrating on 30-40 fps, with a brand new ‘BVH8’, or 8-way bounding quantity hierarchy ray tracing implementation. CDPR did not element precisely how this works, nevertheless it appears prefer it’ll observe as much as 8 rays of sunshine to create extra reasonable reflections, shadows and world illumination. That is not fairly to the identical stage because the Ray Tracing Overdrive mode on PC, nevertheless it ought to deliver the PS5 Professional nearer to the Ray Tracing Extremely preset on PC.
CD Projekt’s weblog submit does not say a lot of something in regards to the picture high quality supplied by the ‘Efficiency’ mode, solely that it will goal excessive body charges. If it is something like related Efficiency modes on the PS5 Professional, it’s going to in all probability look just about the identical as the bottom PS5, simply with a a lot larger body charge. Then, after all the common ‘Ray Tracing’ mode will sit someplace within the center, concentrating on a stable 60 fps.
We cannot know precisely how nicely this Cyberpunk PS5 Professional replace will look and run till it goes reside on April 8, however the screenshots on the weblog submit look promising. Both approach, I will be downloading the replace and making an attempt it for myself when it goes reside tomorrow morning. If CDPR was in a position to get it wanting pretty much as good because the PC model, it’s going to go a protracted strategy to proving the facility of PSSR 2.
Jackie Thomas is the {Hardware} and Shopping for Guides Editor at IGN and the PC parts queen. You may observe her @Jackiecobra
