Spider-Man: Miles Morales & Remastered get 40FPS & VRR support in new patches

Stefan L 26/04/22 Comments Closed

With the PS5 Variable Refresh Rate update rolling out this week, Insomniac Games has started updating their PS5 games to support the new adaptive sync technology. Spider-Man: Miles Morales and Spider-Man Remastered have both been updated with new 120Hz and VRR graphics modes.

The 120Hz support is actually based on a mode that we’ve seen before with Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart: 40FPS Fidelity mode. This maintains the highest graphics fidelity, but lifts the frame rate to 40fps on TVs and monitors that support 120hz. On a 60Hz screen, 40fps would be a horrible juddering mess, but with a 120Hz, the clean subdivision into 40fps means that you can have reduced input latency and a smoother feeling frame rate, without sacrificing resolution or graphics settings like a 60fps performance mode requires.

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Alongside this there’s also now VRR. VRR syncs the refresh to when a new frame is ready to be displayed, avoiding jarring stutters and screen tearing. With 120Hz off but VRR on, the two Spider-Man games increase dynamic resolution targets, basically pushing the game engine a bit harder and allowing for performance dips. With 120Hz support and VRR both enabled, they just unlock the frame rate to vary within a range.

Ratchet & Clank is also on the list of games that will be updated to support VRR. The game already has a 40fps mode for when connected to a 120Hz screen, but we can expect to have similar VRR improvements as we now see with the Spider-Man games.

Here’s the patch notes for both Spider-Man: Miles Morales and Spider-Man Remastered.

Spider-Man: Miles Morales Version 1.013 (PS5)

120 Hz Display Mode (together with system settings)
- Reduces input latency
- Increases frame rate target of Fidelity graphics mode to 40 fps
Support for VRR via system settings
- When 120 Hz Display Mode is off, slightly increases dynamic resolution targets
- When 120 Hz Display Mode is on, unlocks frame rate to vary based on gameplay
Improvements to ray-traced reflection quality at glancing angles in low-dynamic-resolution scenarios
Improvements to TAA upsample quality

Spider-Man Remastered Version 1.007

120 Hz Display Mode (together with system settings)
- Reduces input latency
- Increases frame rate target of Fidelity graphics mode to 40 fps
Support for VRR via system settings
- When 120 Hz Display Mode is off, slightly increases dynamic resolution targets
- When 120 Hz Display Mode is on, the frame rate is unlocked and varies based on gameplay
Improvements to ray-traced reflection quality at glancing angles in low-dynamic-resolution scenarios