Black Myth Wukong on PlayStation 5 uses AMD FSR 2 instead of TSR, and this is likely due to a few factors, including the use of the first version of Unreal Engine 5.

Tech experts Digital Foundry recently spoke about Game Science’s decision to use AMD’s upscaler for the PlayStation 5 version of the game, highlighting how this may simply be a leftover from when the game was being developed in Unreal Engine 4. Frame generation, which is used in Performance mode, may also have played a role in the decision. The most likely reason, however, may be that Black Myth Wukong uses the first version of Unreal Engine 5. In this version of the game development engine, TSR is more demanding than in the latest one and lacks specific optimizations for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. Still, console users don’t seem to be missing out on much, as while TSR looks better than FSR 2 in some scenarios, producing less ghosting and flickering, it’s still not particularly good.

Black Myth Wukong has yet to release on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, as Game Science is reportedly handling some critical technical issuesBut Digital Foundry seems confident that the Xbox Series S isn’t causing the lag. The game isn’t CPU-bound, and Unreal Engine 5 isn’t VRAM-heavy, which should make it easier for developers to scale things down and get the game running decently on the system, though features like Lumen and other visual settings including resolution will obviously be toned down. A subpar experience, however, could be caused by the team’s inexperience with console development, as the PlayStation 5 version highlighted. As long as weird optimization choices aren’t made, like using Performance mode frame generation to go from 30 to 60 FPS, everything should be fine. There’s also the chance that Game Science could choose different options, resulting in a slightly better experience than what’s currently offered on the PlayStation 5.