The PS5SX2 project has received a new update with the release of PS5SX2 1.85 (build vk-285-128), bringing several fixes and performance improvements to the PS2 emulator running natively on jailbroken PS5 consoles.
What’s New in PS5SX2 1.85?
This release fixes a crash affecting Need for Speed: Most Wanted and resolves full-screen flashing issues in Gran Turismo 4 when using the hardware renderer.
The update also improves Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 4, with better alignment for shadows and effects at higher resolutions. TimeSplitters: Future Perfect also receives a fix for GPU readbacks to prevent texture problems and additional input latency.
Performance Improvements
Performance has also been improved in several games. On a PS5 Pro, GTA Liberty City Stories with a 60 FPS patch can now maintain 60 FPS at 6x resolution, while improvements to GTA San Andreas and Vice City reduce CPU workload in certain situations.
PS5SX2 is a native port of PCSX2 for PS5, using a Vulkan-based renderer and allowing compatible PS2 games to run directly on the console rather than through streaming.
Conclusion
PS5SX2 1.85 is another important step for PS2 emulation on PS5, combining game-specific fixes with meaningful performance improvements. Users already running PS5SX2 can update through the included installer or manually replace the eboot.bin while keeping their existing settings, memory cards and save states.
Official release: PS5SX2 1.85 — GitHub
