Everything We've Learned From The Big PS5 Pro Leaks

Improved graphical fidelity is a focus of the PlayStation 5 Pro as it was for its PlayStation 4 counterpart. In more specific terms, a core component of those improvements will be better, more natural lighting by way of improved ray tracing harnessing a GPU that's 45 percent faster than before. What is ray tracing? Simply put, it's a technology used to simulate light rays, "tracing" their paths so that light in a video game generates accurate reflections, refractions, and shadows while also better simulating indirect lighting. To demonstrate the difference this can make, YouTuber BENCHMARKS FOR GAMERS created a telling comparison video of "Watch Dogs: Legion" with and without ray tracing. Puddles of water, in particular, look significantly more realistic with ray tracing enabled.

According to the leaks, the PlayStation 5 Pro has two to three times the ray tracing capabilities of the regular PS5, with a 4x increase possible in some cases. In The Verge's report about the leaks, reporter Tom Warren noted, "Sony appears to be encouraging developers to use graphics features like ray tracing more with the PS5 Pro, with games able to use a 'Trinity Enhanced' (PS5 Pro Enhanced) label if they 'provide significant enhancements.'"