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- F1 24 will make extensive use of the extra power of the PS5 Pro, especially for ray tracing.
- When running on a PS5 Pro, F1 24 will enable multiple ray tracing features while playing at 60fps.
- The PS5 Pro will also enable native 4K at 120 fps, as well as an enhanced 8K at 60 fps mode in F1 24.
F1 24 is set to receive some impressive visual improvements on the upcoming PlayStation 5 Pro. Although Sony's marketing for the PS5 Pro so far has mainly revolved around the first-party games, F1 24 Developer Codemasters has outlined some tantalizing updates for the third-party game, such as additional ray tracing features, higher frame rates, and 8K support.
As the latest installment in EA Sports' annual racing series, F1 24 was released in May 2024 for PS4/PS5, Xbox One/Series X/S and PC. Performance analyzes showed that F1 24 it runs pretty well on current-gen machines, offering 60fps gameplay as a base, with PS5 and Xbox Series X players even having the option to bump it up to 120fps. A suite of ray tracing features, namely shadows, ambient occlusion, reflections and dynamic diffuse global illumination (DDGI) is also featured in F1 24although with a big concession.
Just like Gran Turismo 7the ray tracing restriction of, most F1 24His ray tracing features are disabled during gameplay and are only visible in menus, pre-race sequences, and replays. With the debut of the PS5 Pro and its vastly improved ray tracing hardware, however, these limitations will no longer be present in F1 24 when running on the more robust system. Digital Foundry's Oliver MacKenzie, who recently went hands-on with the PS5 Pro, revealed in a new IGN review that F1 24 will greatly benefit from the extra power of the console.
F1 24 Performance Updates on PS5 Pro
- Enabled ray tracing while playing at 60 fps
- Ray-traced global illumination
- Shadows drawn with rays
- RT transparency on paint reflections
- Native 4K resolution at 120fps
- 8K 60fps mode using PSSR
MacKenzie noted that F1 24Its ray tracing features are a “generational leap” on the PS5 Pro, with Game Quality mode adding ambient occlusion, reflections and RT transparency on paint reflections during gameplay. There's good news for gamers who prefer to play at higher frame rates as well, as the 120fps mode's rendering resolution has been bumped up to native 4K, allowing for drastically better image quality. finally, F1 24 will use PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution to deliver stunning 8K 60fps modeentering his ranks Gran Turismo 7 as one of the few 8K supported games on the PS5 Pro.
There was a lot of skepticism about whether the PS5 Pro's performance would live up to its steep $700 price tag, but the previews clearly show that the developers managed to squeeze some seriously impressive results out of the console. Several games that heavily tax the core PS5 GPU, such as Final Fantasy 7 Rebirthhave seen tremendous growth on the PS5 Pro. However, it will be interesting to see how the PS5 Pro fares Dragon's Dogma 2and more such games where the CPU is more of a bottleneck than the GPU.
