Unreal Engine 5 The Old West: Northwood Demo Receives NVIDIA DLSS 3 Support and Next-Gen Visual Enhancements
The Unreal Engine 5 The Old West: Northwood tech demo has recently received a significant update, bringing a host of impressive next-generation visual improvements and support for NVIDIA DLSS 3. This update allows owners of RTX 4000 series cards to experience the capabilities of Frame Generation in Unreal Engine 5.2. Additionally, players using other GPUs can still enjoy acceptable performance with the update’s AMD FSR version 2.1.1.
NVIDIA DLSS 3 support is just one of the many exciting enhancements introduced in The Old West: Northwood’s latest update. The demo now boasts reworked lighting, resulting in a more realistic ambiance. Volumetric effects have been refined, weather conditions have been improved, and landscape textures now exhibit higher quality. Furthermore, streetlights cast contact shadows, sound and animations have been enhanced, overall performance has been improved, and graphics presets have been fine-tuned. To experience these enhancements firsthand, interested players can download the latest version of the demo from the provided link. For a comprehensive list of changes, the full patch notes can be found here.
While independent developers have been able to showcase the power of Unreal Engine 5 effectively, larger studios will require more time to release games utilizing the engine. One notable UE5-powered game is Bloober Team’s Layers of Fear, which serves as an outstanding visual showcase, as highlighted by our review.
