As popular asDeathloopis proving to be with both audiences and critics, it hasn’t been immune to performance issues that pop up after the public gets their hands on the game. One of those issues has been input lag causing notable command delays which, in some instances, can be the reason for startingDeathloop’s time loop over. Nvidia is now offering a solution to this problem thanks to its own latency toolkit available for most Nvidia graphics card owners.
Nvidia Reflex is the latency toolkit available to download for any PC owners sporting a GTX 900 series or newer graphics card in their setup. The toolkit is marketed, primarily, as a boon for multiplayer titles where players are looking for a slight edge over other players.Apex Legends,Call of Duty: Warzone,Destiny 2, and the upcomingBattlefield 2042are among thegames with Nvidia Reflex support.
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Nvidia announced Nvidia Reflex support is now available forDeathloop, along with the multiplayer shooterSplitgate. Once downloaded, Nvidia Reflex will help reduce latency in Arkane Studios' game up to 40% so commands are more responsive while trying to eliminateBlackreef’s eight villainous visionaries. According to Nvidia, Reflex can reduce latency on a PC using the RTX 3080 Ti by eight milliseconds and the same PC using an RTX 3060 saw latency reduced by 16 milliseconds.
WhileDeathloopis not a multiplayer-focused title as other Reflex-supported games, it offers its own unique twist through game invasions. Players can invade another players game as Julianna in the hopes of catching players off-guard, kill them, and forcing them to restart the loop. Reducing latency will be a helpful tool for players inCole and Julianna’s bootsas they venture across the island of Blackreef trying to eliminate the other.
Reflex support will help with the game’s latency issues, but there are still players suffering from notable stuttering caused by framerate and mouse usage. Arkane Studios is aware of the stuttering and is currently working on a longterm solution set to arrive in one of the game’s upcoming patches.
However, the addition of Reflex and Arkane’s commitment to fix other issues hasn’t kept the game from beingreview-bombed on Steamby players frustrated with the performance issues. It is a symptom of the modern gaming space, especially on PC, when games launch in a state players believe have failed to meet their expectations. It isn’t exclusive to gaming, either, as notable films likeCaptain MarvelandStar Wars: The Last Jediwere also review bombed online.
Deathloop is currently available on PC and PlayStation 5.
