Key insights
- F1 24 will make extensive use of the PS5 Pro's additional power, particularly for ray tracing.
- When running on a PS5 Pro, F1 24 activates several ray tracing features during gameplay at 60 frames per second.
- The PS5 Pro also enables native 4K at 120 frames per second, as well as an upscaled 8K mode at 60 frames per second in F1 24.
F1 24 will receive several impressive visual improvements on the upcoming PlayStation 5 Pro. Although Sony's marketing for the PS5 Pro has so far focused primarily on first-party games, F1 24 Developer Codemasters has unveiled some enticing upgrades to the third-party game, such as additional ray tracing features, higher frame rates and 8K support.
The latest edition of EA Sports' annual racing series F1 24 was released in May 2024 for PS4/PS5, Xbox One/Series X/S and PC. This is what performance analyzes showed F1 24 runs quite well on current generation computers and offers base gameplay at 60 frames per second, with PS5 and Xbox Series X players even having the option to increase it up to 120 frames per second. A range of ray tracing features, namely shadows, ambient occlusion, reflections and dynamic diffuse global illumination (DDGI), are also included F1 24albeit with a major concession.
Similar Gran Turismo 7Most ray tracing limitations F1 24The ray tracing features are disabled during gameplay and are only visible in menus, pre-race sequences, and replays. However, with the debut of the PS5 Pro and its vastly improved ray tracing hardware, these limitations will no longer exist F1 24 if it runs on the more powerful system. Digital Foundry's Oliver MacKenzie, who recently tried out the PS5 Pro, revealed this in a new IGN analysis F1 24 will benefit greatly from the additional power of the console.
F1 24 performance improvements on PS5 Pro
- Ray tracing features enabled during gameplay at 60 frames per second
- Global ray tracing lighting
- Ray tracing shadows
- RT transparency on color reflections
- Native 4K resolution at 120 frames per second
- 8K 60fps mode with PSSR
MacKenzie noticed this F1 24PS5 Pro's ray tracing capabilities represent a “generational leap.” The game's Quality Mode adds ray tracing ambient occlusion, reflections, and RT transparency for color reflections during gameplay. There's also good news for gamers who prefer to play at higher frame rates: the rendering resolution of the 120 fps mode has been increased to native 4K, allowing for significantly better image quality. Finally, F1 24 will utilize PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution to deliver a breathtaking experience 8K 60fps modewho joins the ranks of Gran Turismo 7 as one of the few 8K supported games on the PS5 Pro.
There was a lot of skepticism as to whether the PS5 Pro's performance would live up to its hefty $700 price tag, but previews clearly show that developers were able to get extremely impressive results out of the console. Several games that put a lot of strain on the base PS5's GPU, such as: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirthhave seen huge improvements on the PS5 Pro. However, it will be interesting to see how the PS5 Pro performs Dragon's Dogma 2and more such games where the CPU is a bigger bottleneck than the GPU.
