Control Ultimate Edition Gets Tasty Update Including DLSS 3.7… But Still No DLSS 4
A hefty update for the popular game control that aims will bring with it many graphical improvements, outfits and missions to the game. One of these improvements will be the inclusion of DLSS 3.7 in the game. Why is there no DLSS 4? I don’t know.
Control Update
The March 2025 update for Control on PC significantly enhances the player experience by unlocking previously exclusive content. Pre-order outfits, including the Astral Dive Suit, Tactical Response Gear, and Urban Response Gear, are now available to all players through the Control Point in the Central Executive Sector. Additionally, the “Dr. Yoshimi Tokui’s Guided Imagery Experience” mission, featuring voiceover by Hideo Kojima, is now accessible to everyone who finds the Dr. Tokui Tapes collectible, removing its former PlayStation 4 Digital Deluxe exclusivity.
PC Enhancements
A substantial portion of the update focuses on graphical improvements catering to modern PC hardware. Key additions include HDR support, a new Ultra ray tracing preset for enhanced visual fidelity, and support for ultrawide monitors up to 48:9. Players can now fine-tune their experience with an FOV scaling setting and enjoy reduced color banding thanks to the updated SDR 10bit. Further refinements include improved graphics adapter detection, resolution fixes for ultrawide monitors, and the ability to select rendering resolutions beyond 4K, alongside various texture streaming and ray tracing bug fixes.
DLSS
The update also brings significant enhancements to DLSS support. DLSS is now available for arbitrary resolutions, and DLAA support has been added. The DLSS version has been updated to 3.7, providing higher temporal stability, and film grain has been reintroduced to DLSS SR. Shadow resolution and mip map bias have been fixed, resulting in improved texture quality, particularly when using DLSS Performance settings. Finally, the update addresses general issues, including audio fixes for cinematics and end credits, and various bug and crash fixes, ensuring a more polished and stable gameplay experience.
March 2025 Update (1.30) Release Notes (PC)
OUTFITS
The following outfits are now available to all players. The outfits can be accessed and equipped from the Control Point in the Central Executive Sector area.
• Astral Dive Suit (formerly a pre-order exclusive)
• Tactical Response Gear (formerly a pre-order exclusive)
• Urban Response Gear (formerly a pre-order exclusive)
MISSIONS
All players will receive the mission Dr. Yoshimi Tokui’s Guided Imagery Experience, featuring voiceover by Hideo Kojima. The mission is playable when you pick up the Dr Tokui Tapes collectible in the Extrasensory Lab of the Research Sector. (This mission was previously exclusive to the PlayStation 4 Digital Deluxe version of Control.)
GRAPHICS
• Added HDR support
• Added new Ultra ray tracing preset, which gets you more rays per pixel and higher temporal stability
• Added ultrawide monitor support for up to 48:9 monitors
• Added an FOV scaling setting for the gameplay camera
• Updated SDR to 10bit (from 8bit), which reduces visible color banding
• Improved graphics adapter detection at startup, with automatic selection between DX11 and DX12
• Implemented screen aspect ratio fixes for ultrawide monitors
• Your current monitor resolution can now reliably be selected from the screen resolution and rendering resolution menus
• Added rendering resolution support beyond 4K
• Implemented texture streaming fixes
• Ray tracing bug fixes
DLSS SUPPORT
• Added DLSS support for arbitrary resolutions
• Added DLAA support
• Updated DLSS to DLSS 3.7, with higher temporal stability
• Film grain added back to DLSS SR
• Fixed shadow resolution when DLSS is enabled
• Added resolution dependent mip map bias for DLSS. This enhances texture quality, for example when applying the DLSS Performance setting.
GENERAL
• Updated the audio on cinematics and end credits to remove unintended channel mixing. You will no longer hear anything that isn’t intended to be heard. (It wasn’t the Hiss, it was us. Sorry.)
• Several bug and crash fixes
