Developer Naughty Dog has released yet another patch for The Last of Us Part 1 on PC – The Last of Us PC Patch 1.0.5.1, and here’s what it does.
Various patches for the PC port have been rolled out since the launch of the title back in March of this year. The most recent update, PC patch 1.0.5.0, improved performance and texture fidelity while also reducing shader build times. Fast forward two weeks, and developer Naughty Dog and porting partner Iron Galaxy have now released a hotfix, which includes general stability improvements. In addition, this new patch aims to address an Intel Arc GPU boot crash affecting all Intel Arc GPUs. Also included with this hotfix are stability improvements for some AMD graphic cards during extended gameplay. Additional details about which AMD GPUs haven’t been included in the official release notes.
“We at Naughty Dog and our partners at Iron Galaxy are closely watching player reports to support future improvements and patches”, the development team behind the PC version writes on the official Naughty Dog support page for The Last of Us Part 1. “We are actively optimizing, working on game stability, and implementing additional fixes which will all be included in regularly released future updates.”
The Last of Us Part 1 is available globally now for PlayStation 5 and PC. After releasing exclusively for PlayStation 5 last September, Sony released a PC version in March 2023. Unfortunately, this PC port hasn’t been the best example of a proper PC port with it suffering from numerous performance issues. As said, various patches have been released, addressing some of the reported issues.
Here’s what we wrote about the PlayStation 5 version of the title in our review last year:
“The consistent fidelity of Naughty Dog’s recent IPs on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 is nearly peerless”, Kai Powell wrote. “That sentiment is even greater with The Last of Us Part I. The foundation was already impressive even on PlayStation 3, but this full remake is clearly pushing the fidelity of the middle of the latest console generation. Both cutscenes and gameplay hold the same impressive detailing for everything from the pores on Ellie’s nose to the age and scratches on her short pistol. Save for the few cutscenes that lock the camera in place, players have free reign to slip into photo mode and have full control of lining up shots and playing around with the animations frozen in time (and a frame-by-frame advance to get that perfect shot). It isn’t a new revelation to have a Photo Mode in a Sony title, but this is the definitive game to just take a moment and take in all of that natural splendor.”
