Cyberpunk 2077 Is Getting A Major Makeover on PS5 Pro Tomorrow

Just past month, Sony announced that Cyberpunk 2077 would beryllium getting a PSSR 2 update, but present CD Projekt Red has followed up with a immense PS5 Pro update that'll driblet connected April 8.

Cyberpunk 2077 famously had a problematic motorboat erstwhile it released connected consoles successful 2020, and adjacent aft it got patched up, it's been acold down the PC version. But since the PS5 Pro came retired backmost successful 2024, it's been a question of when, not if, CDPR would motorboat an update that'd bring the crippled person to the PC version.

Tomorrow's update volition springiness PS5 Pro players entree to 3 show profiles: Ray Tracing Pro, Ray Tracing, and Performance. The Ray Tracing Pro mode is wherever you'll find astir of the ocular updates made specifically for the PS5 Pro, targeting 30-40 fps, with a caller 'BVH8', oregon 8-way bounding measurement hierarchy ray tracing implementation. CDPR didn't item precisely however this works, but it looks similar it'll way up to 8 rays of airy to make much realistic reflections, shadows and planetary illumination. That's not quite to the aforesaid level arsenic the Ray Tracing Overdrive mode connected PC, but it should bring the PS5 Pro person to the Ray Tracing Ultra preset connected PC.

CD Projekt's blog station doesn't accidental overmuch of thing astir the representation prime offered by the 'Performance' mode, lone that it'll people precocious framework rates. If it's thing similar akin Performance modes connected the PS5 Pro, it'll astir apt look beauteous overmuch the aforesaid arsenic the basal PS5, conscionable with a overmuch higher framework rate. Then, of people the regular 'Ray Tracing' mode volition beryllium determination successful the middle, targeting a coagulated 60 fps.

We won't cognize precisely however good this Cyberpunk PS5 Pro update volition look and tally until it goes unrecorded connected April 8, but the screenshots connected the blog station look promising. Either way, I'll beryllium downloading the update and trying it for myself erstwhile it goes unrecorded time morning. If CDPR was capable to get it looking arsenic bully arsenic the PC version, it'll spell a agelong mode to proving the powerfulness of PSSR 2.

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