RPCS3: November updates boost God of War 3 performance and fix graphics in TLoU

The RPCS3 emulator developers have posted a new video showcasing a bunch of fixes and performance optimizations brought by recent patches for God of War 3, Gran Turismo 5, and The Last of Us.

According to internal testing, the new God of War 3 patch delivers a major performance boost. Running the game on an AMD Ryzen 7 3700X, for example, yielded an impressive 10 FPS increase.

Besides boosting GoW3 performance, the team also tackled graphical artifacts in The Last of Us. The latest patch fixes rain rendering and finally gets the bloom effect working properly.

The icing on the cake is the ability to unlock the framerate in the fan-favorite, highly detailed racing sim Gran Turismo 5.

Check out the video below:

As a quick reminder, you can now download game patches directly within the RPCS3 client. To do this, head to the "Manage" dropdown menu and select "Game Patches":

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Then, click the "Download latest patches" button at the very bottom:

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Once that's done, you can toggle individual patches on or off. In the screenshot below, we enabled the patch to unlock the framerate in Gran Turismo 5:

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Finally, with these latest emulator updates, God of War 3 is now fully playable from start to finish. Keep in mind, though, that smooth emulation of Kratos' third adventure requires at least an AMD Ryzen 5 3600 or an Intel Core i5-8400.

As for The Last of Us, the game still suffers from plenty of issues alongside rather mediocre performance. Still, a fully playable state doesn't seem that far off.