F1 24 Details PS5 Pro Updates

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Key points

  • 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 will enable several ray tracing features while gaming at 60fps.
  • The PS5 Pro will also allow native 4K at 120fps, as well as an 8K 60fps mode upscaled to F1 24.



F124 is set to receive several impressive visual improvements on the upcoming PlayStation 5 Pro. While Sony's marketing for the PS5 Pro thus far has mostly revolved around first-party games, F124 developer Codemasters has outlined some enticing upgrades for the third-party game, such as additional ray tracing features, higher framerates, and 8K support.

As the latest installment in EA Sports' annual racing series, F124 launched in May 2024 for PS4/PS5, Xbox One/Series X/S, and PC. Performance analyzes have proven this F124 it runs quite well on current-gen machines, offering 60fps gameplay as a base, with PS5 and Xbox Series A suite of ray tracing features, namely shadows, ambient occlusion, reflections and dynamic diffuse global illumination (DDGI) is also included in F124albeit with a big concession.


Very similar Gran Turismo7the ray tracing restriction of, most F124Ray tracing features are disabled during gameplay and are only visible in menus, pre-race sequences, and replays. With the debut of the PS5 Pro and its vastly improved ray tracing hardware, however, these limitations will no longer be present F124 when using the more robust system. Digital Foundry's Oliver MacKenzie, who recently tested the PS5 Pro, revealed in a new IGN analysis that F124 will benefit greatly from the console's additional power.


F1 24 Performance Updates on PS5 Pro

  • Ray tracing features enabled while gaming at 60fps
    • Global illumination with ray tracing
    • Ray traced shadows
    • RT transparency on paint reflections
  • 4K native resolution at 120 fps
  • 8K 60fps mode using PSSR


MacKenzie observed this F124's ray tracing capabilities represent a “generational leap” on PS5 Pro, with Game Quality mode adding ray-traced ambient occlusion, reflections, and RT transparency on paint reflections during gameplay. There's also good news for gamers who prefer to play at higher framerates, as the rendering resolution of the 120fps mode has been bumped up to native 4K, allowing for drastically better image quality. In the end, F124 will make use of PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution to offer incredible 8K 60fps modejoining the ranks of Gran Turismo7 as one of the few games supported by 8K on the PS5 Pro.


There was a lot of skepticism about whether the PS5 Pro's performance would live up to its high $700 price tag, but the previews clearly show that the developers were able to get some truly impressive results out of the console. Several games that put a strain on the GPU of the base PS5, 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 The dogma of the dragon 2and other similar games where the CPU is a bigger bottleneck than the GPU.

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