It’s official, the VRR will land on PlayStation 5 this week! In a post, the PlayStation teams announced the big news, but also a list of games that will benefit from a patch to accommodate Sony’s new feature. Let’s go back to this announcement, and to the details of the VRR.
What is VRR?
This is the variable refresh rate support on PlayStation 5. The new feature of course brings more fluidity in video gamesincreasing the visual performance of the PS5. How ? Simply by eliminating the “visual artifacts”, such as frame rate or screen tearing issues. By synchronizing the refresh rate of the display, the VRR therefore allows players to fully immerse themselves in their gaming experience, without being disturbed by jerky images, or completely buggy horizon loadings.
It will be available for all games on Sony’s latest console, although its effectiveness on some will depend on the TV or graphics setting of the output device. It is also important to specify that this option works on compatible screens and televisions HDMI 2.1 and VRR.
List of games offering VRR support
The games listed below will feature soon a fix to provide VRR support:
PlayStation clarified that this is just a sample of the games that will feature VRR support in the coming days. Also note that it will be possible to deactivate and reactivate the VRR functionality in the console menus for any PS5 game. Those listed above are those that have been specially optimized for the arrival of the VRRbut it will be possible to activate it for other video game productions in order to have a smoother rendering.
Enable and disable VRR
The VRR will be available throughan update to the PS5 console, and will be, once its installation is complete, automatically activated if the console is connected to a TV or screen compatible with VRR and/or equipped with an HDMI 2.1 port. To deactivate it, you will have to go to the system settings, then to the category “Screen and Video”as shown below.
The VRR system will be deployed this week, to the delight of PS5 players who will therefore be able to benefit from an even smoother gaming experience than it already was. A boon !
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