If you have a hackable PS5 model, you’re in luck. Following his demonstration last week with Gravity Rush 2 running at 60 FPS on PS5, scene developer Illusion has now ported Lance McDonald’s 60 FPS Bloodborne patch to the PS5. The PS5 being a more powerful machine than the PS4, this mode comes without any of the typical limitations we’ve seen in the past for such patches (such as reduced resolution or frame drops).
Bloodborne 60 FPS on PS5
Now to be extremely clear, this is the PS4 version of the game, and this requires a hacked PS5 to do the trick.
Illusion has recently demonstrated that it is possible to patch PS4 and PS5 games at runtime through the PS5 Kernel exploit, using in particular the work laid out by Astrelsky‘s libhijacker. Today he showcased a port of Lance MCDonald’s 60 FPS Bloodborne, running on the PS5.
Here it is, Bloodborne at 60 FPS from @manfightdragon on a hacked PS5 (Firmware 3.00-4.51) pic.twitter.com/LbApmT6wDK
— illusion (@illusion0002) August 7, 2023
How libhijacker makes PS5 mods possible
Libhijacker is a mechanism to run separate processes (homebrew) on the PS5, “escaping” the initially hacked process (either Webbkit or BD-JB). This means, among other things, that exiting the original Webkit/Bluray player process doesn’t close the exploit anymore, so running a game (official or homebrew) while still being in a “hacked” context is now doable.
In other words, this means things such as running a homebrew, or, in this case, modding a game such as Gravity rush 2 at runtime is now a possibility. Think patches, cheats, 60 FPS mods, and the like.
This is exciting because developers such as illusion have a huge library of mods and patches for the PS4, including a lot of 60 FPS mods. While those were often constrained on the PS4 due to limited resources, compromises were often necessary, such as the need to reduce resolution to run at 60 FPS. The PS5 being a much more powerful machine, this opens the possibility to patch many PS4 games for 60FPS support, with little to no compromises.
PS5 Patches: More to come soon?
Illusion has also recently showcased other examples of PS4 games running at 60 FPS on the PS5, such as Shadow of the colossus and Gravity Rush 2.
Libhijacker Download and updates
The hacker hasn’t published a writeup on how he’s been running the 60 FPS mods. However, libhijacker, which is enabling that, has been getting regular updates by Illusion and Astreslky recently, so I’m assuming the technically minded can probably have a go at it. The code can be found here. Details on how to hack your PS5 can be found here.
source: illusion
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