Alan Wake 2 will fully utilize the PlayStation 5 Pro hardware to enhance the experience further and finally offer a ray tracing option on console.
The game's Quality and Performance modes in the game are both improved on the PS5 Pro, taking full advantage of the PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution upscaler to deliver better visuals and performance. Quality mode will offer 30 FPS gameplay with ray tracing and ray-traced reflections (opaque and transparent) with an internal resolution of 2176 x 1224 upscaled to 4K.
Performance mode, on the other hand, will sport significantly higher output resolution and more visual detail compared to the base PS5, offering better image stability, fog, volumetric lighting, and shadow accuracy. In this display mode, Alan Wake 2 will run at 60 frames per second with an internal resolution of 1536 x 864 upscaled to 4K, a much higher output than the base model's 1440p.
To better show how Alan Wake 2 is improved on PlayStation 5 Pro, Remedy Entertainment shared a couple of early comparison videos, which can be found below. The game's official website also offers some more insights on how the developer took advantage of the upcoming console's power to improve one of the best-looking games ever released.
Alan Wake 2 is now available on PC via the Epic Games Store, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X. An anniversary update with plenty of quality-of-life improvements and the Lake House expansion will launch tomorrow, October 22nd, on all formats.
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