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War Thunder Art Director Tells Wccftech There Was "No Reason Not to Implement DLSS 5"
Wccftech • • technology
Key Points:
- Gaijin Entertainment released War Thunder's Eagle's Shadow update, introducing new vehicles and exclusive NVIDIA DLSS 5 support for PC, making War Thunder the fifth game to adopt this AI-based rendering technology.
- DLSS 5 enhances War Thunder's visual fidelity with improved lighting, metal highlights, soft shadows, and subtle color grading, complementing existing features like ray tracing and path-traced global illumination.
- Art Director Kirill Stupin praised DLSS 5's integration, highlighting quick implementation and artistic control, while acknowledging increased GPU power consumption and addressing mixed community reactions to the technology.
- Future improvements desired from NVIDIA include better frame stability, more transparent settings control, separate particle and cloud adjustments, and independent color control to fine-tune the visual output.
- Gaijin is considering adding DLSS 5 support to their other Dagor Engine-based games, Enlisted and Active Matter, with official announcements pending.
