Key Takeaways
- GTA 6 is rumored to utilize “PSSR 2.0” on PS5 Pro.
- The second iteration of the PS5 Pro’s AI-driven resolution upscaler will reportedly offer “mind-blowing” image reconstruction in GTA 6.
- Sony may bundle GTA 6 with PS5 Pro consoles as well, but Rockstar Games has yet to confirm any of this.
A supposed industry insider has made some bold claims about the “mind-blowing” enhancements Grand Theft Auto 6 could see while running on the PlayStation 5 Pro. Although Rockstar Games has yet to confirm PS5 Pro support for GTA 6, this rumor suggests the developers are leaning hard into the console’s AI-driven PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution upscaling technique.
Although there has been a lot of consternation around the PS5 Pro’s $700 price point, many of the console’s adopters have concurred with its powerful capabilities. PSSR has especially been a highlight in PS5 Pro enhanced games, offering better image quality than AMD’s FSR upscaler in many cases while helping push higher framerates. One can imagine, then, that a dense open-world juggernaut like GTA 6 would greatly benefit from the PS5 Pro, but so far, Rockstar has been tight-lipped about support for the beefier mid-gen machine.
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Rumors are all that GTA 6 fans can look to right now, and a new one alleges ambitious plans for the game on PS5 Pro. According to a recent tweet from industry insider HipHopGamer, GTA 6 will use an enhanced “2.0” version of PSSR on the PS5 Pro, which will supposedly be enabled with a firmware update sometime in the future and will allow for “mind-blowing” image reconstruction. He stated that Rockstar developers are working on PSSR 2.0 in a “big way,” and that the current iteration of the upscaling technique is its first.
PSSR’s Current Issues Lend Credence to a Potential 2.0 Version for GTA 6
The latter notion does make sense given that games like Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, the Silent Hill 2 remake, and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor are facing issues on PS5 Pro, particularly image quality artifacts borne from PSSR upscaling. Sony is most likely aware of them as well and is working to help fix the PS5 Pro games currently afflicted with the PSSR issues, in addition to improving the upscaler for future iterations. GTA 6‘s in-depth PSSR integration wasn’t the only claim HipHopGamer made, though, as he also said the game would be bundled with PS5 Pro consoles to help shift units.
This somewhat aligns with a previous rumor alleging that Sony had inked a GTA 6 marketing deal with Rockstar Games. Previous marketing deals between the two gaming giants, such as for GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2, entailed console bundles as well. Therefore, this pattern could repeat for PS5 and PS5 Pro units if Sony will indeed partner with Rockstar to market GTA 6. All of this information and the above is ultimately unconfirmed, though, so GTA 6 fans should exercise caution until Rockstar itself says something.
