With Sony asserting the PlayStation 5 Pro earlier this week, loads of consideration has now shifted in the direction of how the improved energy of the console may be used to boost each video games available on the market, and those who may launch quickly. As one of many largest video games on the horizon, it is unsurprising that Grand Theft Auto VI has been included within the dialogue, significantly round its potential to run at 60 frames per second.
Sadly, it appears that evidently even with the extra GPU energy of the PS5 Pro, this may not be attainable. That’s based on Richard Leadbetter, editor at famend video games and tech evaluation outlet Digital Foundry. Echoing statements he made in the course of the preliminary reveal of Grand Theft Auto VI, Leadbetter says that the limiting issue relating to operating video games like GTA VI at larger framerates is the CPU, and never the GPU. And for the reason that PS5 Pro shares the identical CPU because the less-powerful base PS5, it is unlikely that Sony’s new console will supply up a lot of an enchancment.
“Grand Theft Auto video games have all the time run complicated simulations that push the CPU laborious, which is why each GTA recreation has initially launched on their goal platforms at 30fps (or decrease!),” Leadbetter defined to (*6*). “The PS5 Pro makes use of the identical CPU because the PS5 and it could be extraordinarily difficult to hit 60fps if the bottom PS5 model is focusing on 30fps. This is not a GPU downside, it is a CPU downside.”
If you happen to’ve been taking part in Rockstar’s video games on console completely, none of this ought to be too stunning. Grand Theft Auto V launched on Xbox One and PS4 in 2013, and was confined to a 30fps restrict even after the launch of the PS4 Pro and Xbox One X. This solely modified comparatively just lately, with the sport being patched to help 60fps on PS5 and Xbox Collection X in 2022. Pink Useless Redemption 2, one other recreation that originally launched on the earlier technology of consoles, continues to be locked to 30fps on current-generation {hardware}.
Sony revealed the PS5 Pro as a solution to clients that drained from having to decide on between constancy and efficiency modes in video games. The console was pitched with the thought of with the ability to ship picture high quality equal to (or higher than) video games on constancy or high quality modes, however with the smoothness of 60 frames per second. This does not imply that the choice between efficiency modes will disappear fully, and it is believable that bespoke 30fps modes might return as builders try to make use of the extra assets obtainable to boost visible constancy even additional on the expense of framerates.
Grand Theft Auto VI continues to be in energetic growth, and so nothing might be stated for sure about relating to what the Rockstar may be focusing on as a baseline for efficiency. However given the route the studio has traditionally taken, coupled with the reasoning behind why such an enchancment may be attainable on the PS5 Pro, it could appear optimistic to assume in any other case. Grand Theft Auto VI is predicted to launch in 2025, with no precise launch date but introduced. The PS5 Pro launches on November seventh, beginning at $699.