Supermassive Games has the long-awaited patch 1.060.000 for The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR An update has been released that primarily aims to resolve the reported graphics issues. It can be obtained as an automatic update via the PS5.
Nachdem The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR When it was released in March, many players showed (and we too) quite disappointed with the quality, as the visuals fell far short of what PlayStation VR2 is actually capable of.
This should now be a thing of the past, and the following problems have been fixed with the approximately 8GB patch. The changelog is also significantly more extensive than initially expected.
“We thank everyone in the community for their patience, understanding, and cooperation while the Switchback VR team worked hard behind the scenes to bring you this highly anticipated patch. We will continue to support Switchback VR with further updates, so check back here in the coming months for more information!”
To celebrate the release of this crucial update, Supermassive Games has released a new trailer showcasing further in-game footage.
[UpdateA first quick look at the game confirms that the visual aspects, in particular, look significantly better, and the atmosphere has also been considerably enhanced. The rumble effects in the headset are now clearly noticeable as well, which is why a second look at the title is definitely worthwhile.
The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR This is now the game that everyone expected at launch. According to the developer, further updates are planned.
Switchback VR Changelog Patch 1.060.000
General
- Introduction of FSR (Flexible Scaled Rasterization) and FR (Foveated Rendering) support to significantly improve visual quality.
- Temporal anti-aliasing (TAA) enabled for a smoother image
- Throughout the game, optimizations are performed to improve performance and prevent objects and textures from "popping" when moving the car.
- Improvements in memory usage
- Various crash fixes
- Reduction of loading times
- New and improved models and textures for environment objects
- New, higher-quality textures for multiple enemies
- Improvements to visual effects throughout the game, including fire, headshots, and more.
- Dynamic hit reactions added for multiple enemies.
- Improved lighting on multiple levels
- The appearance of fog has been improved throughout the game.
- Various corrections and improvements to enemy animations
- Various fixes for clipping problems in the game.
- Improvements to headset vibrations caused by obstacles.
- Fixes for cart/track audio and haptic feedback on the controllers. Improved fading effects for destroyed materials.
- The position of various objects in the game has been adjusted so that they no longer float.
- Missing materials added to various objects.
- Various improvements to collisions that make shooting objects easier.
- Various corrections to checkpoints and reload stages
- Various adjustments to the enemy's route
- Shadows added by the car headlights.
- Improved rendering of blood and oil
- Added wet effect to hands and weapons when the player is standing in the rain.
- The charging symbol lights up when it spins faster.
- Reducing audio sound effects does not eliminate the haptic feedback.
- Added sound effects for non-harmful headbutts.
- A problem has been fixed where the player's vision became increasingly dark in several levels.
- Several streaming issues that caused the environment to "pop in" during gameplay have been fixed.
UI corrections
- Various corrections to subtitles in several languages
- Various corrections to the voiceover and subtitle timing
- A problem was fixed where an incorrect score was displayed on the leaderboard screen after each chapter.
- A problem has been fixed where text was cut off in the "Past Trip" screen in several languages.
- A problem has been fixed where subtitles were visible in the pause menu when subtitle settings were adjusted during dialogue playback.
In addition, there are tons of improvements for each individual level that you can read here can. It remains to be seen whether The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR Now the game is what it should have been in March.
