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When taking control of Frey in the PlayStation 5 version of Forspoken, you may notice that there is a bit of delay between your inputs and the correspond action that appear on the screen.

To see how you can reduce the input lag for this action role-playing game, you can take a look at this tutorial from Seeking Tech.

1. For the first step, we recommend that you play this RPG in performance mode as the higher frame rate should make the controls feel more responsive.

If you television set or monitor supports 120 Hz and/or Variable Refresh Rate, then you should have them enabled as well.

2. If moving Frey and/or the camera around felt too sluggish, then you can try increasing the analog stick sensitivity by doing the following:

• First off, you need to head over to the Settings menu from inside Forspoken. You can do so by picking the Settings option from the start screen or pause screen.
• Inside of Settings, press the R1 button to switch over to Controls.
• After getting to the Control tab, move the cursor over to Left/Right Stick Sensitivity.
• You will be able to adjust the slider, in increments of 0.1, anywhere from a range of 0.5 to 2.0.

3. You can also try adjusting the rotating speed of the in-game camera. To do so, head back to the Settings menu of Forspoken and then switch over to the Controls tab.

From there, move the cursor down to Rotation Speed. You can then move the slider, in increments of 0.1, from a range of 0.5 to 2.0.

4. If you think that the adaptive triggers feel a little laggy, then you can turn off this feature.

5. If the game is responding slowly when you are opening a spell menu, then you can set this action to activate with a button press instead of a button hold.

In order to do so, go back to the Settings menu of the game. From there, press R1 until you get to the Accessibility Settings tab. Afterwards, move the cursor to Spell-Switching Menu Display in the Battle Setting section. Finally, you need to change Spell-Switching Menu Display from Hold, which is the default option, to Toggle.

6. Of course, you should also make sure you have the latest version of Forspoken installed on your PlayStation 5 as the new patch may fix some of the input lag problems with the game.

When playing Forspoken on your PlayStation 5, you may notice that the game will slowdown and/or becoming choppy at certain points. To see how you potentially get this game to run smoother, you can take a look at this troubleshooting article from Seeking Tech.

1. For the first step, you can try playing the game at a higher frame rate. In order to do so, you need to take the following steps:

• Open Forspoken and then head into its Settings menu from the start or pause screen.
• In Settings, press the R1 buttons several times to switch over to Display Settings.
• Move the cursor to highlight Image Quality Settings.
• Change Image Quality Settings to Performance-Focused.

2. If you have a television screen or monitor with a 120 Hz refresh rate, then you can also try using the various 120 Hz Display Modes.

You can find this graphics setting in the aforementioned Settings > Display Settings menu.

3. If your screen supports variable refresh rate, then we highly recommend that you use it as well since doing so will help smooth out the frame rate when the action RPG drops to as low as 48 fps.

In order to do so, make sure you turn on VRR on the settings of your screen. On your PlayStation 5 console, you then need to do the following:

• In you are playing Forspoken at this moment, press and hold the PS button to open the home menu of the PS5.
• From there, select the gear icon located on the upper right corner to go into Settings.
• Inside Settings, you first need to head into Screen and Video.
• You then need to select Video Output on the left column.
• On the right side of the same screen, make sure you set VRR to Automatic.

4. Restarting your console may also help alleviate the frame rate issues of Forspoken, especially if you have been playing for many consecutive hours and/or have been using Rest Mode instead of completely turning off the PS5.

To restart, make sure you save your progress in the action role-playing game. Afterwards, press the PS button to bring up the Control Center quick menu, where you can select the Power option located on the bottom right side. In the pop-up menu, you need to select the Enter Rest Mode option.

5. Make sure you keep the game updated as a new patch may improve the performance of the game.

In order to manually update, move the cursor over to the Forspoken icon in the home screen of your PS5. Afterwards, press the Options button on the DualSense and then select the Check for Update option.

6. Updating the system software of your PlayStation 5 may also improve the performance of the console as a whole.

You can manually update the firmware by going to console’s Settings menu and then selecting System > System Software > System Software Update and Settings > Update System Software > Update Using Internet.

When playing Forspoken on the PC or PS5, you may notice that it is kind of difficult trying to spot enemies and items in the open world. Furthermore, you may also find that the subtitle text size to be too small to read.

To see how you can make it easier to see in this action role-playing game, you can take a look at this tutorial from Seeking Tech.

1. The first step you can take is to adjust the HDR settings if you are using this display format.

2. If you have HDR set up correctly, then you can try reducing the camera shake effect, which prevents the in-game camera from constantly shaking when you are fighting against enemies.

In order to do so, open the Settings menu in Forspoken and then switch over to the Controls section. From there, make sure you set the Camera Shake setting to Off.

3. You can also try changing the Image Quality Setting by going to Settings > Display Settings.

The Quality-Focused option provide the sharpest image while Ray Tracing will change the lighting in the game. Performance-Focused offers a lower resolution but makes up for it with a higher frame rate.

Try to play around with these visual modes to see which one of them makes it easier on your eyes.

4. Furthermore, you can try disabling motion blur effect as well. In order to do so, you can follow these directions.

5. If you have some kind of visual impairment, then you can use the Color Filter Options.

In order to access it, go to Settings > Display Settings. From there, you can pick between different filter as well as filter strength.

6. There are also options where you can highlight items and characters, including enemies, in Forspoken.

To enable both of these features, head over to Settings > Accessibility Settings. In the World Settings section of this menu, you can set Item Visibility and Highlight Nearby Characters to On.

7. If you find that the subtitle text size to be too small and, therefore difficult to read, then you need to go back to the Settings > Accessibility Settings.

From there, you need to go to the Subtitle Setting section. Afterwards, set Subtitle Size to Large. You can also change the Subtitle Background to make the text easier on your eyes.

When playing Forspoken on PC, PlayStation 5 or PlayStation 5 Digital Edition, you may notice that there is an excessive amount of motion blur. While this will help make the game appear to run smoother, it may also cause the game to look a lot blurrier.

To see how you can reduce, as well as completely turn off, this visual effect, you can take a look at this tutorial from Seeking Tech.

How to reduce motion blur in Forspoken

In order to reduce the motion blur in Forspoken, we suggest increasing the frame rate for the game. By making the game run smoother, the action shouldn’t look as blurry.

In order to increase the frame rate on the PS5, for example, you need to take the following steps:

1. Open Forspoken and then head into its Settings menu.

You can do so by selecting the Settings option from either the start menu or pause menu.

2. Inside of Settings, press the R1 button twice in order to move over to the Display Settings tab.

3. From there, you need to move the cursor down to Image Quality Settings.

4. Finally, change this setting to Performance-Focused, which should help increase the frame rate for Forspoken at the expense of resolution and visual fidelity.

5. Finally, exit out of the Settings menu. Any changes you made will now be saved, which is indicated by the animated circle that should appear at the bottom right corner of the screen.

How to completely disable motion blur in Forspoken

You can also completely turn off motion blur in Forspoken by doing the following:

1. Start up the action RPG on your PC or PS5 if you haven’t done so already.

2. Next, you need to head over to the game’s Settings menu.

3. From there, move over to Display Settings. If you are using a controller then you can press the R1 button until you get there.

4. Next, you need to move the cursor down to the Motino Blur setting.

5. To disable this visual effect, set the Motion Blur setting to Off.

6. Back out of the Settings menu and any changes you made should be saved.

7. Start playing Forspoken. You should no longer see any motion blur if you turned it off from the Settings menu.

In the PC and PlayStation 5 action role-playing game, Forspoken, you will go on a long journey with a companion bracelet named Cuff, who is capable of talking. You may find the frequent chatter between Frey and Cuff to be annoying, however, especially when their dialogues repeat over and over again.

To see how you can lower the frequency of these exchanges, you can take a look at this guide from Seeking Tech.

1. If you haven’t done so already, turn on your PC or PlayStation 5 and then boot into Forspoken.

2. In the start screen of Forspoken, you need to select Settings.

If you are actively playing the action role-playing game at this moment, then you need to pause it and then select Settings.

3. Inside of Settings, you need to move to the Accessibility Settings tab. If you are using a controller, then you can press the R1 or RB button to switch tabs until you get to the desired location.

4. Inside of the Accessibility Settings tab, move down to the Cuff Settings section.

5. From there, move the cursor over to Cuff Chat Frequency.

6. You can then change this setting to any of the following:

• The Minimal option will disable all dialogue between Cuff and Frey with the exception of important conversations that are tied to the story of the game.
• The Low option will make the general chatter for the two characters less frequent.
• The Default option means that you will hear talks between Cuff and Frey at a normal rate.
• The High option will increase the frequency of the general dialogue between these two characters.

7. Once you are done making the change, back out to the previous screen. If you are playing the game on PS5 or using the DualSense, then you can press the circle button in order to go back.

8. On the bottom right corner of the screen, you should see an animated circle.

9. When the animated circle disappears, it should indicate that the changes you made in the Cuff Chat Frequency setting is now applied in the game.

So, if you lower the frequency, then you shouldn’t hear Cuff converse with Frey as much as before when you resume playing the action RPG again.

Forspoken on the PlayStation 5 takes advantage of the DualSense capabilities as the game uses the controller’s adaptive triggers for attacks, haptic feedback vibrations as well as the built-in speaker. You may find that these features to be an hinderance and/or causing the gamepad’s battery to drain quickly.

If you rather disable them, then you can take a look at this tutorial from Seeking Tech to see how you can properly do so.

How to disable adaptive triggers and rumble in Forspoken

In order to turn off both adaptive triggers and adaptive feedback in this PlayStation 5 game, you can take the following steps:

1. To start off, make sure you open Forspoken from your console if you haven’t done so already.

2. Next, you need to head to the Settings menu, which you can do by selecting the Settings options from the start screen or pause menu.

3. Afterwards, press the R1 button to switch over to Controls.

4. After getting to the Controls menu, scroll down to the Vibration Settings section.

5. From there, you will be able to turn off haptic feedback by setting Wireless Controller Vibration to Off.

6. You can also set Trigger Effect Intensity to High, Low or Off.

How to disable controller speaker in Forspoken

If you want to turn off the controller speaker when playing Forspoken on your PlayStation 5 or PlayStation 5 Digital Edition console, you need to do the following:

1. Go to the Settings menu of the game if you haven’t done so already.

2. Once you arrived in Settings, press the R1 buttons a few times in order to switch over to the Sound Settings tab.

3. From there, you can set the Wireless Controller Voice Playback to Off. By doing so, you will disable Cuff’s voice from being outputted by the speaker of your DualSense.

4. If you want to lower the volume for the speaker on the controller, or want to turn it off altogether, then you need to move the cursor all the way down to the Wireless Controller Volume slider.

From there, you can lower the volume from a range of 0% to 100%. To completely mute the audio from the DualSense’s speaker, you need to move the slider to 0%.

When playing Forspoken on your PlayStation 5 or PlayStation 5 Digital Edition console, you may notice that the HDR may look too bright in some scenes and too dark in others. The colors in this action role-playing game may also appear to be washed out.

To see how you can get a better HDR image from this Square Enix title, you can take a look at this tutorial from Seeking Tech.

1. To start off, we recommend taking a look at the HDR settings of your PS5 console. In order to do so, you need to take the following steps:

• To begin, you need to open the Settings menu on the PlayStation 5, which you can do by selecting the gear icon on the top right side of the home screen. You can press and hold the PS button on the DualSense to bring up the home screen if you are currently playing Forspoken.
• From the front page of Settings, go to Screen and Video > Video Output. Here, make sure you set HDR to either Always On or On When Supported.

• On the same screen, head into Adjust HDR.
• Follow the instructions that appear over the next three screens so that you can calibrate the HDR brightness output of your PS5 to your television screen or monitor.

2. You can also try adjusting the brightness and gamma settings in Forspoken by doing the following:

• To start off, you need to head over to the Settings menu in the game. You can do so by selecting Settings from the start screen or the pause screen.
• Inside of Settings, press the R1 button until you switch over to the Display Settings tab.
• You should now be able to see the Brightness slider, which is set to 1.0 by default. You will be able to adjust it from 0.2 to 4.0 in increments of 0.1.

• You should also see the Gamma slider, which is also set to 1.0 by default. You should be able to adjust this from a range of 0.5 to 2.0 in increments of 0.1.

• Make sure you test out the new brightness and/or gamma settings in the game so that you can get it just right. You may need to adjust these constantly as you visit new locations in Forspoken.

3. It is a good idea that you keep this RPG updated to the latest patch as a new release may help fix its HDR issues.

To manually update, move the cursor to the Forspoken icon on the home screen of your PS5 and then press the options button. Afterwards, select the Check for Update option.

4. Furthermore, you can also try updating the firmware of your game console as well as your television set or gaming monitor as the new software versions of these hardware may also improve the HDR picture quality.

5. If possible, you can also try playing the same game on a different HDR-supported screen to see if you can get a better image.