Did you watch the brand new GTA 6 trailer and suppose, ‘Wow, the bubbles inside that bottle of beer look actually, actually good?’ You’re not alone. Hundreds of tens of millions of viewers have now watched the second Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer and marveled on the technical brilliance on show. And figuring out that the trailer footage was all captured on PS5 is simply mind-blowing. But are we being set as much as be fooled?
IGN spoke to Digital Foundry’s Alexander Battaglia to assist break down what we noticed and perceive whether or not there are any takeaways we are able to glean from the most recent GTA 6 trailer and the way it may translate into precise gameplay expertise on console. And it seems, we are able to.
“The trailer is working at 30 fps and is totally made up of — presumably — real-time cutscenes and never gameplay — therefore the black bars on the highest and backside of the display,” Battaglia says. “I think about the sport’s main goal for such cutscenes is 30 fps, and it’s possible the identical for gameplay.”
30 fps on PS5 and Xbox Series X is nothing new. Games typically include both a constancy mode, which prioritizes as much as 4K decision at 30 fps, or a efficiency mode, which targets 60 fps at decrease decision. But with the launch of the PS5 Pro, Sony has made efforts to bridge the 2 modes, and it’s one thing Battaglia says we’ll possible see pushed nearer to the sport’s launch.
“Given the picture high quality within the trailer, which could be a use of FSR1 (AMD’s AI efficiency enhancing device and the premise of PS5 Pro’s PSSR) from a low inside decision, PS5 Pro might improve picture high quality by means of using PSSR making a much less aliased, extra detailed picture with much less blur.”
Personally talking, I are inclined to at all times go for efficiency mode over constancy mode, however one of many key promoting factors for PS5 Pro is that you just don’t need to make that selection, you’ll be able to have each. So whereas Digital Foundry thinks PS5 Pro can enhance picture high quality, the massive query is: Will GTA 6 run at 60 fps on console?
On the Digital Foundry tech breakdown posted on YouTube, the panel appears to agree that GTA 6 will be unable to hit 60 fps on console. “As quickly as you might have RTGI [Ray Traced Global Illumination], an enormous open world, these issues have a tendency to not run effectively at 60 fps… I believe every thing factors to this being a 30 fps sport, possibly with a 40 fps mode on some [consoles].”
At the center of the matter is ray tracing, which Digital Foundry says appears integral to GTA 6, not simply from a tech perspective however a creative one. “You can’t eliminate RTGI. It’s inherent to the way in which the sport works. And they’re all through the trailer, so that they clearly made them part of the gameplay.”
Leonida, Rockstar’s model of the Sunshine State, is stuffed with mild. Whether it’s from the solar itself beaming on vibrant seashores and suntanned our bodies, or the neon lights illuminating Vice City’s nightlife, ray tracing feels core to GTA 6’s artwork route, and in addition why it possible received’t run greater than 30 fps. It is also the place PS5 Pro gamers discover probably the most pleasure over their PS5 and Xbox Series X counterparts: “The trailer makes use of ray tracing extensively, which could possibly be additional enhanced on PS5 Pro,” Battaglia says.
While the ray tracing enhancements on PS5 Pro are speculative, you solely have to check the brand new GTA 6 trailer with the primary one to see that Rockstar is hammering the significance of RTGI to the look of GTA 6. “Real-time ray-traced transparency reflections are way more apparent on this trailer, so glass on beer bottles, vehicles’ windscreens, constructing home windows, and extra look significantly good.” The bubbly beer that lots of of tens of millions of GTA followers are obsessing over is why GTA 6 won’t run at 60 fps, but additionally why GTA 6 may look even higher on PS5 Pro.
While 30 fps appears to be the default throughout consoles, PS5 Pro’s higher ray tracing capabilities imply this key GTA 6 characteristic ought to get a greater showcase on Sony’s extra highly effective console. To date, the enhancements PS5 Pro provides over the bottom console varies wildly from one sport to the subsequent, with Assassin’s Creed Shadows currently the best showcase for what the console can do. But I’m hoping Rockstar and GTA 6 take it a step additional and make the distinction much more noticeable.
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At the alternative finish of the powerhouse scale is the Xbox Series S, which is at the moment the weakest console that may play GTA 6 (there’s no phrase but on whether or not Rockstar will convey GTA 6 to Switch 2). Digital Foundry says that to get GTA 6 on the Series S, Rockstar could have to sacrifice ray tracing utterly to run the sport at 30 fps, with sub-1080p decision. But the Series S nonetheless has the identical ballpark CPU energy and storage as Series X, so it’s not not possible.
There’s nonetheless a complete yr till GTA 6 hits cabinets (sadly), and with solely two trailers launched to date, there are nonetheless lots of unknown variables. But even the modifications from the primary GTA 6 trailer to the most recent one reveals a great deal of attention-grabbing technical particulars, from a relentless 30 fps captured on PS5 to the improved ray tracing. And with historical past telling us that Rockstar sometimes solely releases 30 fps GTA video games, all indicators are pointing to the identical for GTA 6 – though if the trailers are something to go by, the collection has by no means regarded higher.
