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25.09.2023 - 12:45 / wccftech.com / Alessio Palumbo
A new Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty graphical showcase has been released, showing CDPR's Cyberpunk 2077 expansion running with more than 30 mods with path tracing in 4K resolution.
Last week, CD Projekt Red released the free 2.0 update for Cyberpunk 2077 ahead of the release of the paid Phantin Liberty expansion. Some days ago, we reported that, with the release of the 2.0 update as well as Phantom Liberty, CDPR has once again set the benchmark for PC gaming when it comes to visuals. "Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty couldn't be a better swansong for the RED Engine", our very own Alessio Palumbo wrote last week. "The question is whether CD Projekt RED can replicate this quality and performance with Unreal Engine 5, the engine of choice for the studio's future projects, including the new The Witcher trilogy and the Cyberpunk 2077 sequel currently codenamed Project Orion."
Ahead of the global release of Phantom Liberty tomorrow, German YouTuber and digital artist 'Digital Dreams' has released a gameplay video of the game running on his high-end setup and his own 'Beyond All Limits' ReShade preset as well as plenty of mods. The result is quite stunning and indeed shows what a powerful setup can achieve nowadays. Fans will surely appreciate this graphical showcase. Check out the video below and judge for yourself:
Those interested can download the creator's ReShade preset via his Patreon account. The full list of used mods can be found on Nexusmods.
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty is out tomorrow for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X.
Be sure to check out this post to find the official release notes for last week's 2.0 update
(which lowered the target resolution in Performance Mode on both PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X). If you're into modding, you can also check out these mods for the 2.0 update that pack performance improvements as well as visual improvements.
Happy Friday, Polygon readers!
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