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Over the weekend, Watch Dogs: Legion producer Lathieeshe Thillainathan hosted a Reddit AMA focused on the game. During the session, many questions were answered and the query that our headline derived from asked about the features that next-gen console owners can expect when playing games.
In answer to the question “What are some of the features that the Ps5 and Xbox Series X have for Watch Dogs?” the official Watchdogs Devs account replied “Ray tracing, 4k, 30fps on PS5 and Xbox Series X”. Leafing through the responses, it appears that the touted performance isn’t good enough for most Reddit responders, with many questioning whether disabling ray tracing could mean that consoles could hit 4K 60fps. Unfortunately, Ubisoft did not respond to questions about the graphics options.
Ubisoft recently updated the PC spec matrix for Watch Dogs: Legion. If you go to the Ubisoft store page, select an edition and scroll down, you will see the matrix that I have reproduced above. Click on the image to zoom in, as there are so many permutations that it will be very difficult to read at 700px wide.
You can see a quartet of settings for ray tracing off and a trio for ray tracing on on PC. 1080p PC gamers have many options with and without RTX. However, when switching to 4K Ultra settings with ray tracing off or on, there is no recommended AMD graphics card on the list at the moment. In 4K Ultra with ray tracing off, you are asked to invest in an Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti or RTX 3080. If you want to improve graphics quality by turning on ray tracing (and DLSS), your only option is the GeForce RTX 3080 according to the new sys-req table.
Other points about running Watch Dogs: Legion on PC that are worth noting are that; runs at unlimited frame rate, there are a multitude of graphics settings to adjust to optimize your performance / experience, there is multi-monitor and widescreen support, DX11 is supported but DX 12 is recommended, and there is a benchmark of Dedicated Legion ray tracing for you to run.
Watch Dogs: Legion comes out on 29th October on PC, PS4 and Xbox One. It will be available on PS5 and Xbox Series X / S at launch. Nvidia offers the game for free in a GeForce RTX 30 Series bundle.
