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Returnal

Game Details

Genre: TPS, Roguelike

Developer: Housemarque

Publisher: Sony Interactive

Release Date: April 30, 2021

PS Studios Game? Yes

PSVR2 Compatible? No

Metacritic Score: 86

Enhancements

PSSR? No

RT? Yes

RT Types: Ray traced audio

Highest Resolution: 1728p to 4K

Highest FPS: 60fps

Extra Information

Pro has a very frequent internal resolution of 1728p (infrequent DRS floor of 1350p) that outputs to 4K. Whereas base PS5 is a fixed 1080p, then reconstructed to 1440p before upscaling to a 4K checkerboard. This roughly 2.5x resolution increase leads to a significantly less noisy/grainy image with less aliasing/flickering on Pro, though some image instability remains. Both PS5 consoles have framerate dips into the low 50s, but this occurs less often on Pro, and even the largest dips are within VRR. While there's other forms of RT outside of audio, this is only for background calculations, not for visual improvements, so it's not listed.