Key Takeaways
- Base PS5 offers two graphical settings: 1440p/60FPS (Performance) and native 4K/30FPS (Quality), equivalent to ‘highest’ PC settings, plus native resolution rendering.
- Both PS5 and PS5 Pro versions receive world graphical improvements including new atmospheric/sky simulation, improved color tone and light intensities, darker nights, improved screen space lighting, and double shadowmap resolution.
- PC version gets DualSense haptic feedback support, accessibility features, world graphical improvements, and double shadowmap resolution when Shadow Quality is set to Highest; Broken Road DLC ($10) adds Horde Assault, Permadeath mode, Speedrun mode, and Enhanced Photo Mode.
Sony’s other zombie game, Days Gone is getting a remaster, and if you plan to play it, we now know what kind of graphical settings the re-release will bring to PS5, PS5 Pro and PC.
Based on the information provided, Bend Studio is making the game look as good as it can without a full remake. It’s understandable that there’s only so much developers can do to improve performance and graphical quality.
Days Gone Remastered Performance Modes Explained
Players on the base PS5 will have the option to choose from two graphical settings, with an additional 40 frames-per-second coming via a later patch!
Base PS5 Graphics and Performance Modes:
- Performance: 1440p/Target 60FPS
- Quality: Native 4K/ Target 30FPS*
According to Bend Studio, the base PS5 rendering settings are the equivalent of “highest” on the PC version of Days Gone. It also takes advantage of native resolution rendering instead of the PS4’s checkerboard rendering.
PS5 Pro Graphics and Performance Modes:
- Performance: 1800p/Target 60FPS
- Quality: 2880p/Target 30FPS*
- Enhanced: 1584p/Target 60 FPS with PSSR
Per the devs, PS5 Pro Quality mode will supersample down from above 4K.
Added Graphical Improvements (Applicable on PS5, PS5 Pro):
Bend Studio also aims to apply several world graphical improvements compared to the PS4 and PC versions which include:
- New Atmospheric/Sky simulation using ozone and spectral light simulation
- Improves overall color tone and produces more accurate light intensities for the sky and sunlight
- Significantly darker night time
- Improved screen space indirect lighting and ambient occlusion effects
- Double shadowmap resolution
- Additional improvements
As for those who own the game on PC, you’ll also be getting a slew of new features and updates.
New Features and Updates for Days Gone PC:
- DualSense haptic feedback support***
- Accessibility features
- World graphical improvements
- New Atmospheric/Sky simulation using ozone and spectral light simulation
- Improves overall color tone and produces more accurate light intensities for the sky and sunlight
- Significantly darker night time
- Improved screen space indirect lighting and ambient occlusion effects
- Double shadowmap resolution when Shadow Quality is set to Highest
- Additional improvements
If you purchase the Days Gone DLC “Broken Road” for $10, you’ll receive the following:
- Horde Assault – A survival arcade mode
- Permadeath mode
- Speedrun mode
- Enhanced Photo Mode
For those on PS5, don’t forget, you won’t be eligible for the $10 upgrade if you claimed the game via PlayStation Plus as one of the month’s free titles.
Days Gone Remastered will be released on April 25 on PS5 and PC.
