When Sony rolled out the upgraded version of PSSR to PlayStation 5 Pro owners in March, it confirmed most recent PlayStation 5 Pro titles would ship with the improved upscaler going forward and that more existing games would receive patches over time. ARC Raiders is the newest to make the jump. Embark Studios has announced the upgraded PSSR will arrive within the hit extraction shooter as a part of update 1.26 on April 28.
The upgraded PSSR uses a unique neural network and reconstruction algorithm than the unique version, with Sony claiming sharper effective details, more stable motion, and reduced ghosting on translucent effects. In keeping with Embark, the improvements show up most within the sorts of busy scenes ARC Raiders is stuffed with: foliage swaying within the wind, ARC drones cutting across the screen at speed, and rain effects that previously had visible ghosting. PlayStation 5 base model players will proceed using TSR upscaling, which isn’t changing with this patch.
ARC Raiders’ dense environments and constant motion are precisely the sort of content that exposes older upscalers, so it’s a natural fit for the upgrade. Embark says the improvements come with no hit to performance, which makes the patch a free win for PlayStation 5 Pro owners on April 28.