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It's good that you got some sort of acknowledgement of the problem, that's great! Not sure about that "Boost Mode" suggestion though... sounds like more mumbo-jumbo from R*'s tech support, I doubt it's going to help, couldn't hurt trying *shrug*. All Boost mode will do is overclock the CPU and GPU for non-Pro Enhanced titles. Sony do state right under the option that there may be some odd behavior if you have it turned on, but I literally had it enabled since I bought my console and played almost all of the PS4 exclusives with 0 oddities.

MN32410 Red_&_Dead, I PM'ed you. I'm not an expert, not at all, but I don't think there's any user controlled settings that can help with our problem. Sure, 1080p with PS4 Pro's super-sampling disabled does look a *bit* sharper, but that's not a real solution. We can make enough noise and hope R* notices, if they haven't already. Btw: If you manage to stop a video capture of RDR2 at the exact frame after a loading screen or a cut, you'll notice that it's quite less blurry due to the fact that the TAA hasn't kicked in yet (no temporal information from previous frames); it is still somewhat muddy though.

I rarely post on forums to discuss problems with a game, such as the problems with RDR2, but I have been waiting on this game since I played the original RDR back in college and was amazed by how ahead of its time it was. To start with the technical details - I'm running the game on a PS4 Pro CUH-7115B and a Sony X900E. I've had my TV calibrated using CalMAN and a Klein K10-A colorimeter. I know what I'm doing, I'm also familiar with graphics and 3D rendering. Secondly, RDR2 is a gorgeous game. The attention to detail is amazing. But it's a blurry mess on the Pro 4K mode... All other PS4 Pro Enhanced titles that I've played (GoW, HZD, Spider-Man) which are using a reconstruction method to output to 4K look absolutely great on my TV, as other forum members have already stated. The softness of RDR2 in '4K mode' on PS4 Pro is a multifaceted issue, but so far, I believe it can be contributed to mostly: - Reconstructing horizontally from only 1920 pixels. - Adding an aggressive temporal anti-aliasing (R*'s TAA) solution on top of that reconstruction to 'soften' things even further. So far, this will be enough to ruin the texture quality and sharpness of some objects for some scenarios and quite badly so. Then, we add other graphical engine features that can soften the image even further and we've got a blurry image as a result. I think on their own they add to the game's visual quality but having to work with only 1920x2160 (this is essentially 2 times less the resolution of the One X), they are actually detrimental: - Per-pixel motion blur in high movement moments. - Generally high-quality depth of field. - A ton of volumetric fog and lighting. This is partly why I always go for FXAA or SMAA on my PC and reduce or completely disable motion-blur, especially if it's badly implemented. There's motion blur, then there's motion blur and then there's the poor man's motion blur, like back in the 2008-2012 days. HDR doesn't have anything to do with all of this, but since RDR2's 'HDR' implementation is actually not HDR, it washes out the colors and takes away the color 'pop' that even some SDR games can have. This means that, allegorically, some if not most people playing RDR2 in 4K mode with HDR (especially if you follow their ridiculous recommendation of 100 nits for LCD TVs) will feel like HDR makes the image even softer. So, is there a problem? Yes, there is. Have Rockstar acknowledged it? No, they have not. Are they doing anything about it? We don't know, unfortunately, unless someone has insider information. I found a single post about this blurry/soft image on PS4 Pro problem on the official forums from the 26th of October and it was downvoted and ignored: I stopped playing the game after about 4-5 hours in, because my eyes hurt. I've never had this problem with any other game and I have good eye-sight, just as some other dudes here were pointing out. I can't enjoy it properly and it's an unpleasant experience.