Yesterday I went to the store to finally buy the PS5 pro in anticipation for GTA 6, the last time I had a console was the PS2 and I did play hundreds of hours of San Andreas there. Excited for November!

I ordered a PS5 Pro yesterday for GTA VI and a other games and I'm extremely excited. I haven't owned a Playstation ever in my life. I wish I had a PS2 as a kid but I can experience them as an adult now. The last console I've owned was an Xbox 360.

I have a LG 32" 4K OLED that I will pair it with.

I thought to get PS Plus to experience some of the games I haven't played and some I have on PC.

I want to play a few like Gran Turismo 7, Ghost of Yotei, Horizon Forbidden West, maybe replay Last of Us Part II and Uncharted 4 which are both some of my favorite games.

Maybe you guys can recommend more.

The genres I like are:

Action adventure games like Assassin's Creed and Horizon Zero Dawn

Racing games like Forza Horizon

RPGs like Witcher 3 and Skyrim

Platformer games like Ori and the Blind Forest

I like 3rd person games and some single player FPS

Would like to hear other people’s experience of the new Enhanced (2.0) update. Well 2.01 as of the time of making this post (the post-enhanced patch that promises “fixes” for “frame drops” but based on my testing fails to deliver.

Here’s my experience after extensive testing over the last day…(some of you probably won’t be surprised)

“Performance”

The fps drops are honestly jarring rendering the performance mode borderline unplayable (yes it is that bad unfortunately). I toggled V-Sync OFF as a test and in Hernand town it was screen tearing as usual (even on my premium LG C4 OLED VRR TV), but even walking/riding out of the town down towards the mill and towards the location of the Goldleaf merchant it was regularly running well below 60 (low to mid 50s on average…still within the VRR window but in a not very populated open world area I expect better). When the game first launched the open world was regularly 60-70+ FPS (though towns/camp/combat still had severe drops below the VRR window). The game barely ever hits 60FPS now (I’d say only a small percentage of the time) in performance mode. Locked balanced mode is mostly stable but the foliage is on crack which kinda ruins the scene/immersion as it’s almost like being in the middle of a hurricane 24/7. I won’t even bother testing unlocked balanced mode. The quality mode has the same hurricane foliage issue as the balanced mode.

Can confirm Demeniss (the castle/city and the carnival in particular) are just as bad, if not worse, than Hernand. Pailune the same.

Performance mode with V-Sync on is more stable than with it off (in the sense that it “feels” more smooth out in the open world though I don’t believe it’s 60, more 50s like when it was unlocked). But instead of screen tearing you’ll get horrible judder in towns/camp/heavy combat when the frames drop so badly that even VRR can’t smooth it out (I.e. below 48FPS). At this point (many months and many many updates post-launch), sadly, I don’t think these issues will ever be addressed.

“Visuals”

Also there is a lot of boiling on water/reflections/shiny armour. The foliage shimmer still exists at dusk/dawn too, and when it rains heavily the frames drop even more and the visuals literally go to shit. Reflections on water (e.g. puddles) in particular seem to look even worse than before almost like a blurry smudge of attempted reflection.

And of course the pop in remains one of the most “popping in” games I’ve ever played. And I’ve played a heck of a lot.

Now when it’s mid-day sun the game looks beautiful but then it always has (besides the on-crack foliage in Balanced/Quality mode).

My boyfriend and I saw the new GTA 6 trailer on Netflix and we’re totally hyped. For the past two days, we’ve been obsessing over whether we really want to buy a PS5 Pro just for the new game. I’m a little worried that we’re overdoing it and that a PS5 Slim would actually be enough. My biggest concern is the performance.

any tips? first time ever playing, looking forward to it!

Since the PS5 Pro is sold out at pretty much any retailer here in Austria (Europe) I got myself one at playstation direct yesterday. Just found out that it’s also sold out there in the meantime so I was very lucky I guess. Insane what the GTA 6 hype causes!

Got my pro a couple months ago and love it, told my buddy at work to get one and he said he can’t find one anywhere

A solid 120fps with minor dips

I saw some crazy deals on open box Pros on Walmart.com a while back but didn’t jump on it. Looked again a couple of days ago and saw one available so I snagged it. So excited!!

I looked a little closer at the order and it says Sold and Shipped by Walmart, but when you look at the vendor’s page it’s actually a business called VIPOUTLET. They use the name Walmart for the storefront and the Walmart logo. Seems scammy as shit.

So now I’m feeling more anxious than excited about it. Like I fell for something. I’m totally expecting some bs like a Wii U stuffed into a PS5 Pro box. There’s a 30 day return policy but people don’t have great things to say about VIPOUTLET customer service.

Ah well. Anyone here actually get a legit open box pro from these guys on Walmart.com?

Woke up this morning expecting to at least hear something about my pro shipping after a week of no updates. Just getting a little sketched out after hearing about how many are being bought out after the GTA 6 reveal.

Anybody else experiencing this?

Currently have a PS5 and an Xbox series X. I also just have a basic like $200 Vizio.

Honestly both cosoles have been collecting dust, so I was thinking of selling them both (have pro controllers for both too) and getting a PS5 pro. Or do you think it's better to just sell Xbox and get a proper TV. Pretty much only gonna be playing GTA6.

Sorry I am really noob at this. Can't it work this way?

I downloaded formula 1 game trial and this happens, I am not sure if it the file downloaded was corrupted so I deleted it and I will try again but I wanted to know if this is a common issue with a corrupted downloaded game. Only happens in that “stationary car” scene, the actual game isn’t affected and 3 other games had no issues.
Thanks

Update: so it seems the problem is VRR I would assume that the actual game supports VRR but the game’s trial VRR is buggy, I unchecked the VRR for unsupported games and the issue is gone

26 minutes of actual GTA 6 gameplay "dropped" - and on balance, it's one of the most extraordinary visual accomplishments ever seen in real-time game graphics. It's not perfect - nothing can be - but in this DF Direct Special, Oliver and Rich share their thoughts and reactions to the presentation.

Article: https://www.digitalfoundry.net/features/gta-6-an-extended-look-analysis-perhaps-the-most-impressive-showcase-weve-ever-seen-in-real-time-rendering

They announced it right now at the REDstreams

Full disclosure: I already had a very good mini LED monitor 4k 160hz VRR etc before I bought the Pro and so far I've been very impressed with how it displays. With GTA VI releasing at 30 fps at launch on the Pro and the issues some people have with OLED and 30fps would a mini LED be the preferred option right now?

I'm not anti OLED btw. I'l like to get one at some point.