What changed over the course of two weeks in EA Sports PGA Tour Road to the Masters? A lot, quite frankly. Besides the usual daily and weekly challenges and tournament updates, EA has found reason to have all virtual golfers update their systems with the release of Patch Notes 4.5. Players who golf on a console will be especially intrigued by this as 60FPS Performance Mode talks that’s been headlining.
In this post, we’ll be discussing if EA has added 60FPS Performance Mode to consoles, how to change your settings to support it, if possible, and what all came with Patch Notes 4.5.
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Is EA Sports PGA Tour Performance Mode Available on PS5 & Xbox Series X|S?
As of now, yes, EA Sports PGA Tour supports 60FPS Performance Mode on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S consoles. The talks of adding the feature have been a long-standing promise, but EA has finally delivered on that promise.
In-game, 30FPS is now referred to as Quality Mode, while 60FPS is regarded as Performance Mode. Both modes have their pros and cons, and it will be up to the player to decide what they prefer and what’s visually more pleasing to them.
How to Change From 30FPS to 60FPS on Road to the Masters
To change from Quality Mode to Performance Mode in EA Sports PGA Tour, you need to go to settings on the main home screen menu, wait for the next list of options to open, and then select Visual. After selecting Visual, scroll down to the Visual Quality option. On the right of the screen, you’ll find a description of what each mode offers and how it improves your gameplay experience.
Related:What was included in EA Sports’ Season 3 Update of PGA Tour Road to the Masters?
Top Tip:If you want to see what’s the difference between the two modes, leave the settings as is, enter a game mode, and change between 30FPS Quality Mode and 60FPS Performance Mode there instead. If you’re not happy, it will change back to the previous settings with no hassles. If you are happy with the visual improvements made in the recently added mod, you’re able to finish your game of golf and change the settings permanently after testing the two.
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Bug Fixes Included with Patch Note 4.5
To make sure the game continues to deliver a quality gameplay experience, EA jumped on some pressing issues before the game’s next major update. In this update, there have been a number of improvements made, such as to the gameplay, golf courses, branding, and more.
Certain courses’ visual issues have been addressed. Most of theseissues that have been looked at by EAare problems picked up in the flyovers of the courses. Here is a list of the golf courses that have been improved:
Only one golfer has been updated in the game.
Branding for the US Open is still being added to the game.
What’s a Patch Note update without any UI improvements?
General Stability
Stability, crashes, and softlock issues have been seen to and will be continuously looked at.
Last but not least, the last fixes that were included were Improvements made to the Misc.
Another update that sees EA score way under par. An already impressive virtual golf game just got more impressive. To learn how to change your Swing Mechanics in Road to the Masters, you can read:How to Change a Golfer’s Swing Mechanics in EA Sports PGA Tour.
Ashley Anthony
Ashley is a Freelance Contributor for Prima Games and has been writing content for the web for eight years and counting, striving to provide readers with the best content possible. Ashley has recently entered the realm of video game journalism, starting his journey in 2022 and focuses on most of the sports video game titles such as Madden NFL, EA Sports PGA Tour, EA Sports FC, and more. Other genres that Ashley focuses on are RPGs, FPS, Action, Adventure, and Stealth games.
