Despite stating previously that they had no plans to support the PlayStation 5 Pro with a bespoke update, CD Projekt Red did ultimately reveal that Cyberpunk 2077 on Sony’s higher-end console would be getting a welcome update in the future. Well, the future is now, with the team fully detailing all of the enhancements arriving today for Pro owners – including multiple forms of ray-tracing.

Taking to the PlayStation Blog to detail the update, CDPR’s Kuba Knapik confirmed that the highly-anticipated PS5 Pro update is finally coming to Cyberpunk 2077 today. A full breakdown of all the various tweaks and specificities can be found HERE, but some of the most notable enhancements include:

• PSSR (PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution) support
• BVH8 (8-way Bounding Volume Hierarchy) support allowing for:
  • Ray-traced lighting
  • Ray-traced shadows
  • Ray-traced reflections
• 3 PS5 Pro graphics modes:
  • Ray Tracing Pro (RT reflections; AO; skylight; shadows and emissive lighting at 40fps)
  • Performance Mode (up to 90fps without RT features)
  • Ray Tracing Mode (select RT features at 60fps)

Curiously, CDPR did not make any mention of target resolutions, aside from the confirmation of “4K visuals”. Of course, seeing as how the Pro version makes use of PSSR, the final result is able to look perceptively sharp while technically running at lower resolutions. Regardless, this latest update is a massive one for PS5 Pro owners.

Given just how impactful ray-tracing has been for Cyberpunk and the world of Night City, bringing over a majority of these features to the Pro version should make for an immediately noticeable increase in visual fidelity and grounded realism.

It’s been a long time coming, but the PS5 Pro update for Cyberpunk 2077 seems to have been worth the wait.

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Forza Horizon 6 is less than two months away, and Playground Games has now revealed full PC system requirements for the game. As with Forza Horizon 5, there are multiple spec tiers, ranging from minimum through to an “Extreme RT” configuration for high-end hardware.

Forza Horizon 6 will invite players to race across the streets of Japan, around a highly detailed recreation of Tokyo and beyond. The game is launching on the 19th of May for PC and Xbox Series X/S. The game is also coming to PS5, as Microsoft continues to focus on its multiplatform strategy.

As for PC system requirements, the game is relatively accessible with its minimum spec, which calls for:

• CPU: Intel Core i5-8400 or AMD Ryzen 5 1600
• GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 or AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT or Intel Arc A380
• System RAM: 16GB
• Storage: SSD
• Windows version: Windows 10/11 (at least 22H2)
• Additional notes: Graphical preset: Low, Resolution: 1080p, *Target FPS: 60

The recommended spec makes the jump to:

• CPU: Intel Core i5-12400F or AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
• GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT or Intel Arc A580
• System RAM: 16GB
• Storage: SSD
• Windows version: Windows 10/11 (at least 22H2)
• Additional notes: Graphical preset: High, Resolution: 1440p, *Target FPS: 60+

The ideal “Extreme” spec, which we assume targets 4K/60FPS at very high settings, calls for:

• CPU: Intel Core i7-12700K or AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
• GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
• System RAM: 24GB
• Storage: NVMe SSD
• Windows version: Windows 10/11 (at least 22H2)
• Additional notes: Graphical preset: Extreme, Resolution: 4K, *Target FPS: 60+

An additional “Extreme RT” spec is also listed for ray-traced visuals:

• CPU: Intel Core i7-12700K or AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
• GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
• System RAM: 32GB
• Storage: NVMe SSD
• Windows version: Windows 10/11 (at least 22H2)
• Additional notes: Graphical preset: Extreme RT (ray tracing enabled), Resolution: 4K upscaled, *Target FPS: 60+

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