Can your PC handle it?
It’s an action roleplaying game with a focus on traversal, covering large distances with speed and fluidity.
That involves a huge amount of streamed data, so this is perfect for the PlayStation 5.
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How Does DirectStorage Work?
DirectStorage is part of the latest DirectX API or software Programming Interface.
This is a set of standard software functions that handles communication between software and hardware.
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This is why game developers no longer have to develop their games for specific graphics or sound cards.
As long as the hardware and software comply with DirectX, it should all just work.
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DirectStorage handles the loading of files from high-speed SSDs.
It accelerates the speed at which data can be read from these drives in several ways.
For example, it allows for data files to be requested and loaded in parallel.
But perhaps most importantly, it allows for hardware decompression.
This increases the effective read speed of the drive beyond its actual maximum speed.
You’ve effectively shifted double the data, even though the drive only moved 100MB.
What you oughta Take Advantage of DirectStorage
The version of DirectStorage shipping with Forspoken isDirectStorage 1.1.
Although version 1.0 has been available for some time, no game developers have yet taken advantage of it.
This is likely because 1.0 lacked the asset decompression feature that makes 1.1 so compelling.
