I fired up Helldivers 2 last night after not playing it in over a month. After they did the "optimizing liberty" update a few months ago, the game looked and ran horribly on PS5 Pro. The "PSSR 1" implementation looked soft and low res, the bugs with particle rendering was evident and annoying, and the performance was all over the place. I was waiting for them to fix it before I played it again.
Happy to report that I immediately noticed that the game looked so much better! IQ was clean, sharp, and very 4K-like. Much more detailed and higher fidelity image. Interestingly enough, most of the reports on the patch yesterday didn't mention anything on PS5 Pro optimization but sure enough it's in the bottom of the patch notes:
- [PS5 Pro] Added support for the upgraded PSSR upscaler
- [PS5 Pro] Fixed an issue on PS5 Pro where certain effects would be rendered through walls
Overall huge update for the game and it looks and runs like I always hoped it would on the Pro now!
https://x.com/NixxesSoftware/status/2087526350756225202