The Last of Us Part II Remastered: One single PS5 Pro mode at 4K60, PSSR-upscaled from 1440p. On original PS5, only offered native 4K30 or 1440p60. It’s clearly far sharper than 1440p60 (the grass!) and far smoother than 4K30. Some slight details in the original native 4K30 arguably look better.

Scheduled to launch on November 6 (for PS5, Xbox Series X /S and PC), I’m counting down the days until release. But earlier this week, I was given the opportunity by Planet Coaster developer Frontier to get an early preview of this park-building simulator sequel, and after playing two hours of Planet Coaster 2, my hype levels are even higher.

PlayStation's most powerful and most expensive console ever. Bloomberg's Ed Ludlow gets hands on and tests the games he's already played on the prior generation. (Source: Bloomberg)

When the PlayStation 5 launched, fans expected a higher level of fidelity in games. The previous generation already pushed visuals to near Pixar-like quality and many expected that this could be the console where visuals would move up another notch thanks to ray-tracing.

Back in March, Nixxes’ PC conversion of Horizon Forbidden West provided a gorgeous and silky smooth experience for those lucky enough to own one of the best gaming laptops. The porting specialists then followed that up in May with the best PS5 port I’ve ever seen in Ghost of Tsushima.