{"id":261,"date":"2025-12-05T12:25:39","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T12:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bowmanfox.com\/2025\/12\/05\/starfield-on-ps5-pro-is-no-lazy-port-pssr-adaptive-triggers-with-unique-weapon-feel-and-a-60-fps-mode\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T12:25:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T12:25:39","slug":"starfield-on-ps5-pro-is-no-lazy-port-pssr-adaptive-triggers-with-unique-weapon-feel-and-a-60-fps-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bowmanfox.com\/?p=261","title":{"rendered":"Starfield on PS5 Pro Is No Lazy Port; PSSR, Adaptive Triggers With Unique Weapon Feel, and a 60 FPS Mode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Bethesda Game Studios<\/strong> has revealed the specifications of <strong>Starfield<\/strong>&#8216;s imminent <strong>PlayStation 5<\/strong> release. Owners of the <strong>PS5 Pro<\/strong> hardware will be able to choose from two modes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pro Visual<\/strong>, which targets a 4K resolution output to maximize visual fidelity at 30 frames per second<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pro Performance Mode<\/strong>, which targets 60 frames per second for a smoother gameplay experience<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Both modes integrate PS5 Pro&#8217;s <strong>PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution<\/strong> (PSSR) upscaler. Bethesda didn&#8217;t clarify whether it&#8217;s the first or newly released iteration of the upscaler, but it doesn&#8217;t matter that much, as <strong>there is a system toggle that PS5 Pro users can enable<\/strong> to upgrade PSSR-supported games like Starfield to the latest version of the algorithm.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Related Story<\/strong> \u2018Night and Day Difference\u2019: Starfield Fans Defend NVIDIA DLSS 5, Finding It Transformative<\/h5>\n<p>All PlayStation 5 consoles, including the base model, support SSD optimization, Trophies, and the full suite of <strong>DualSense<\/strong> controller features.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Adaptive Triggers: <\/strong>These adaptive triggers provide the controller&#8217;s L2 and R2 buttons with physical resistance and feedback, giving different types of weapons (both ground-based and starship-based) their own unique feel.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Light Bar:<\/strong> The DualSense light bar keeps pace with the action in Starfield, changing color to reflect the player character&#8217;s health on the ground or the starship&#8217;s status in space, pulsing red when there&#8217;s imminent danger and returning to white once health is recovered.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Touchpad:<\/strong> Quick presses and swipes make it easier to stay in the flow while exploring. Players can switch POVs by pressing the left side; open the map by pressing the right side; press and hold the right side to activate your hand scanner; and swipe in different directions to access key menus such as Inventory, Missions, and Skills.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Controller speaker: <\/strong>Audio logs and ship intercom chatter play directly through the DualSense controller speaker, boosting immersion by making the players feel as if they&#8217;re truly receiving the communications via radio.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It is currently unclear whether the DualSense features will also be available on the PC version of Starfield when using the controller. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bethesda Game Studios has revealed the specifications of Starfield&#8216;s imminent PlayStation 5 release. Owners of the PS5 Pro hardware will be able to choose from two modes: Pro Visual, which targets a 4K resolution output to maximize visual fidelity at 30 frames per second Pro Performance Mode, which targets 60 frames per second for a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[13,19,18,263,264,265,266],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bowmanfox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bowmanfox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bowmanfox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bowmanfox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bowmanfox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bowmanfox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bowmanfox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bowmanfox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bowmanfox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bowmanfox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}