Today, Sony announced that an upgraded version of PSSR (PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution) is rolling out globally to PS5 Pro players in the coming weeks.
PSSR is an AI library that analyzes game images pixel by pixel as it upscales them, and it’s been used to boost the effective resolution of over 50 titles on PS5 Pro to date. Resident Evil Requiem is set to be the first title to use this more advanced PSSR, which is helping to maintain both frame rate and image quality.
Capcom’s Masaru Ijuin had the following to say regarding PSSR for the game:
“With Resident Evil Requiem, we focused on enhancing the presentation quality of the protagonist through an upgraded version of RE Engine to deepen the player’s immersion in horror. For example, each individual strand of hair and beard is rendered as a polygon, allowing it to move realistically in response to body motion and wind. The way light passes through his hair changes depending on how the strands of hair are overlapped as well. This detailed expression of texture is one of the many details that we would especially love for our fans to see.
The upgraded PSSR has allowed us to elevate our expressiveness by successfully processing these details and textural particularities, which are traditionally difficult to upscale because of their intricacy. We hope you will experience this unprecedented level of horror and visual fidelity, and the new gameplay feel it delivers.”
Following the upcoming March update, PS5 Pro owners will find an “Enhance PSSR Image Quality” toggle in the console’s system settings. This toggle will allow the new PSSR version to be applied to any PS5 Pro game that currently supports PSSR, even without a specific developer patch.
The new PS5 Pro PSSR upscaler is built on foundations similar to AMD’s FSR 4, but includes an additional six months of refinement specifically for the PS5 Pro hardware. Alongside the above visual fidelity improvements, it aims to maintain higher frame rates while delivering a noticeably crisper and sharper 4K image compared to the original PSSR implementation.
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