Grand Theft Auto 6 is shaping up to be one of the most impressive feats of real-time rendering in the history of video games - but the lineage of Rockstar's RAGE engine in the new game can be traced back to prior titles... and what better comparison point can there be than GTA 5 Enhanced Edition, running fully maxed with all RT features enabled on a high-end PC?

so far it runs well and looks pretty great on both my pc and steam deck but since its one so many of us never thought would get ported im extremely curious how its doing on every platform.

Daniel Vavra, director of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, tested the leaked version of NVIDIA DLSS 5 directly in the game.

According to him, the technology does not change character geometry or redraw their appearance. Instead, it uses existing data to enhance lighting and detail especially on faces and hero models.

Among the most noticeable improvements:

— significantly more detailed skin and faces;
— more realistic skin lighting;
— enhanced ambient occlusion;
— shadows from hats, helmets, hoods, and small details like buckles and bags;
— more pronounced and darker shadows within hair;
— minor improvements to shadows and textures of the environment and vegetation.

Vavra says that as a result, characters look much closer to how the developers originally intended them. And, in his opinion, this is by no means "AI-slop."

While Grand Theft Auto 6's gameplay reveal somewhat overshadowed proceedings, it was indeed Gamescom 2026 this week and with Rich's legs giving out, it was down to John to represent us at the show. So, after dispensing with some gaming and technology news, John delivers his own "best of" tour of Gamescom, discussing the titles he loved.

Remember when Unreal promised us those Matrix demo quality graphics in 2021? Finally 5 years later we get that kind of quality with GTA6 and unfortunately 30fps on the PS5.

Imo bf6 blows it out of the water just curious to know what others think.

Here's the S2 vs PS5 comparison.

Obviously there's a difference but it's not immensely huge and nothing deal-breaking. Considering the S2 is a handheld.

I tested both campaign and multiplayer mode on the S2 and I think campaign looks really nice. I don't notice it's "only" running 30fps at all. Visually it looks really nice.

In the multiplayer mode in some maps there are some rough parts, especially in the larger "ground war" maps. But my favorite modes "mosh pit" look good.

I was surprised to see how much hate this beta has gotten from Switch 2 community. Usually we are much easier to satisfy. I mean I myself am completely happy to play games like the recently released remastered MGS4 version which is from almost 20 years ago but still looks fine in HD quality and because it's a great franchise. I don't always need the most visually stunning game as long as it's fun and has either good story or good gameplay.

And here with COD because we can compare it to PS5/pro and PC versions maybe the expectations are much higher.

When I read all the negative comments from the S2 community on reddit I was expecting the COD beta to look like complete dog poo and I mean the worst of the worst. But no it's not like that at all. Like I said, especially the campaign version looks really nice and it's really in most cases on par with games like RE9 Requiem. At least in the Raccoon city parts.

Will be interesting to see what DF says once they do a comparison of the S2 vs PS5/ PC versions.

I kind of got to thinking about this after watching the gta 5 stuff from df.

But DS1 came out 3 years after the release of the current gen machines.

These game is set to 60 fps by default, the HDR is calibrated perfectly if you did the console HDR calibration. The game even had support for 3D binaural audio.

Current gen machines didn’t have dedicated hardware for upscaling (came out before the ps5 pro) so they ran the game internally at less than 1080p with a custom version of FSR2 out putting to 1440p, and honestly it looks as good as the DLSS 3 (CNN model) the majority of times. I’ve never seen a fsr 2 game look this stable, sharp and clear.

Only problem I think the game had was an issue on PS5 with VRS and they patched that….and not having a remake of DS2

Since it looks like the game will be running at 30FPS even on the PRO; Is it true that OLED performs worse at 30FPS? From what I’ve read it’s because of the instant response time.

I have a 77 C4 and did go back and play RDR2 and noticed how heavy feeling it was when just walking. Horseback wasn’t that bad though.

Anyone’s thoughts on what I can expect with GTA VI would be appreciated

With more proper coverage of DLSS 5 probably coming soon, I’m wondering if Digital Foundry can still be fully trusted.

After the death threats they got for their initial impressions, part of me worries they might pull punches or frame things differently next time just to avoid another wave of harassment from the anti-AI community.

Does anyone else feel the same, or do you still take their analysis at face value?

DLSS5 simultaneously has worked better and worse than I expected. The NBA 2K27 demo was both mind blowing and horrific. The lighting and detail in some stills made it legitimately look like a real basketball game. But the animation is so game-y that it looks horrifying in motion a lot of the time. John talking about how it was hard for him to appreciate the detail in Gears E-Day at first also was how I was thinking as well. It’s obviously much more detailed and realistic in terms of materials, but the animation quality just isn’t close to matching it and makes the game look so-so.

GTA6 is a game that obviously has far better animation than basically every other ever made, but it also cost around a billion dollars to make. We don’t need more power right now, we need a way a make great animations more easily.

I just started playing this game, and saw DF's RT mod video, so I installed that. Then all this DLSS 5 stuff started happening, so I combined the two, and it is a world of difference. Without the RT mod, the AI doesn't look nearly as good. The mod definitely improves the base image before the AI is added.

Curious what you all think.

All images are: Stock - RT - RT+DLSS 5

We all know generative AI has terrible issues when it comes to continuity. It's a surefire way to tell if something is AI if scene to scene there are discrepancies such as different clothing, hair, scenery etc.

Whilst DLSS 5 only effects the games lighting I'd be incredibly interested in some in-depth analysis of a characters appearance across a variety of environments, animations and cutscenes to see if there's any real discrepancy or continuity of appearance and I've not seen anyone talk about this let alone do any investigation.

We've all seen how drastically DLSS 5 can effect the look of a character, particularly in the face and we've all seen before and after comparisons.

Do you not wonder whether these changes in appearance hold up in different scenarios or do they look different like most AI generated characters tend to?

So I watched the DF Foundry video on GTA 6, which you could initially view, but now YouTube locks it both on the site and also through browser embedded behind age verification. A lot of people dont have YouTube accounts or try to not give their personal info to YouTube/google so can't view these videos.

How is Digital Foundry going to cover GTA 6 coverage if every video on it just gets censored? I'd imagine most of their views from their latest video was from before their coverage was censored.

Id imagine if their videos are not censored from the get go then they risk account issues as well?

It also seems kinda ridiculous because DF is a journalism outlet covering a form of art, imagine if streaming sites and broadcast TV put age verification on the news.