ARC Raiders — PS5 & PS5 Pro performance
Technical analysis last updated
Arc Raiders utilizes Temporal Super Resolution (TSR) on the base PS5 to render its complex environments. On PS5 Pro, update 1.26 replaces standard upscaling with an upgraded version of PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR). This ML-driven upscaler delivers a cleaner, more stable image with reduced temporal shimmering, clearer motion, and significantly reduced ghosting on particle and weather effects without impacting performance. While both platforms maintain their core rendering setups, the PS5 Pro patch offers a noticeable image quality uplift.
Graphics modes on PlayStation 5 Pro
Latest analysed patch: 1.26
Update 1.26 upgrades the PS5 Pro support to an improved version of PSSR upscaling, providing cleaner image reconstruction, reduced shimmering, better motion detail, and less ghosting on translucent effects like rain.
Standard Mode
PS5 ProUnverifiedUses updated PSSR ML upscaling to reduce shimmering, flickering, and ghosting on particle/translucent effects.
Graphics modes on PlayStation 5
Latest analysed patch: 1.26
Standard Mode
PS5UnverifiedUses standard TSR upscaling.
PS5 vs PS5 Pro
Side-by-side comparison of graphics modes, resolution and technical features.
Patch 1.26 upgrades Arc Raiders on PS5 Pro with an improved PSSR ML reconstruction model, substantially reducing visual artifacts, motion shimmer, and particle ghosting without sacrificing frame rate.
| Metric | PS5 | PS5 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| PSFoundry Score | Unknown | Unknown |
| Recommended mode | Standard Mode | Standard Mode |
| Modes available | 1 | 1 |
| Highest target FPS | Unknown | Unknown |
| Highest verified capability | Unknown | Unknown |
| PSSR | No | Yes |
| Ray tracing | No | No |
| VRR | Yes | Yes |
| 120 Hz support | No | No |
| PS5 Pro Enhanced | No | Yes |
- PSFoundry Score
- Unknown
- Recommended mode
- Standard Mode
- Modes available
- 1
- Highest target FPS
- Unknown
- Highest verified capability
- Unknown
- PSSR
- No
- Ray tracing
- No
- VRR
- Yes
- 120 Hz support
- No
- PS5 Pro Enhanced
- No
- PSFoundry Score
- Unknown
- Recommended mode
- Standard Mode
- Modes available
- 1
- Highest target FPS
- Unknown
- Highest verified capability
- Unknown
- PSSR
- Yes
- Ray tracing
- No
- VRR
- Yes
- 120 Hz support
- No
- PS5 Pro Enhanced
- Yes
Known issues
Users report multiple game crashes per session on PS5 Pro hardware.
Video analysis
Independent technical videos referenced in our analysis.
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Sources and verification
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- UnverifiedEmbark Studios announced patch 1.26 for Arc Raiders, introducing an upgraded version of PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR) for PS5 Pro. The updated upscaler improves overall image clarity, rPlayStation Blog2026-04-27
Embark Studios announced patch 1.26 for Arc Raiders, introducing an upgraded version of PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR) for PS5 Pro. The updated upscaler improves overall image clarity, reduces fine-detail flickering and shimmering, and minimizes ghosting artifacts on translucent effects like rain without lowering performance.
Open source
Frequently asked
Answers built from the verified data on this page.
Does ARC Raiders use PSSR on PS5 Pro?
Yes. At least one PS5 Pro graphics mode of ARC Raiders uses PSSR, Sony's machine-learning upscaler, according to the sources cited in our analysis.
Is ARC Raiders worth playing on PS5 Pro?
Patch 1.26 upgrades Arc Raiders on PS5 Pro with an improved PSSR ML reconstruction model, substantially reducing visual artifacts, motion shimmer, and particle ghosting without sacrificing frame rate.
What is the best graphics mode for ARC Raiders on PS5 Pro?
Best overall balance: Standard Mode — Standard Mode.
Patch history
Only updates that changed graphics modes, resolution, frame rate or visual features.
We only log updates with a documented effect on graphics modes, resolution, frame rate or visual features. None have been verified for this title yet.
The players' verdict
Recent player impressions of how the game runs on PS5 and PS5 Pro.
We publish player impressions from Reddit, ResetEra and specialist forums only when they discuss how the game actually runs. They never affect the PSFoundry Score.
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