Cyberpunk 2077's HDR is broken on PS5 and Xbox Series X

Cyberpunk 2077's HDR is broken on PS5 and Xbox Series X — what to do next

(Prototype credit: CD Projekt Red)

Cyberpunk 2077 is suffering from yet some other problem, this time with what appears to exist a faulty implementation of high dynamic range (HDR) to that list.

Players accept noticed that Cyberpunk's HDR is far from functional, with poor contrast and muted and diluted colors. And the problem isn't constrained to one platform either, affecting the game on PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC.

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A video from HDTVTest shows the poor HDR implementation in stark clarity, regardless of what setting players employ. The video fifty-fifty shows how there's a lack of truthful black on OLED TVs that can usually deliver deep black shades.

In fact HDTVTest suggested that HDR is more than like upscaled SDR, rather than rendering a true HDR, and not a specially good implementation of upscaling either.

The problem could stalk from Cyberpunk 2077 being a cross-generation game, and running in a backward compatibility mode on the PS5 and Xbox Serial X. An optimized version is coming next year, and then that could solve the HDR trouble. But it doesn't explain poor HDR for Cyberpunk 2077 on the PC.

The PS5 and Xbox Series X volition output in HDR by default; this tin be disabled at a console level in the settings. And in Cyberpunk 2077 there's an additional HDR toggle in the settings, which HDTV test recommends keeping that switched off, as SDR is currently offering the better experience.

This HDR problem is another to be added to the long listing of problems people have been experiencing with the game since it launched last week. The biggest outcome, of class, is that the game is a mess on the original Xbox One and PS4 consoles , to the signal where the game is basically unplayable.

Likewise PS5 and PS4 owners have to wait longer to download the game's all-encompassing Day One Patch, because the file size is nigh double that of the Xbox Series Ten'southward and PC's download.

There accept been a slew of other frustrating bugs and glitches flagged past players, so much and then that developer CD Projekt Red has been offering refunds to those who want one.

If you were on the fence nigh picking upwardly Cyberpunk 2077, our advice is to wait a flake. The game is clearly in need of some work, so you lot're better off waiting several months so they tin can be ironed out.

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