PC Gamer’s hardware desk spent the Extended Look footage — about 26 minutes of PS5 capture — hunting lighting, reflections, and frame-rate limits. The piece notes the showcase runs around 30 fps on seven-year-old PlayStation 5 silicon while modern PCs sit far above that ceiling, even as RAM prices remain brutal. Editors flag selective ray-traced reflections (stronger in some cutscenes and wet surfaces, quieter in open world), hard shadows, and a lighting approach that balances a huge map against console budgets.
The forward-looking question is the PC SKU: softer shadows, higher frame targets, and fuller RT once Rockstar leaves the PS5 envelope. No official PC date is locked in the article — the point is demand. After official gameplay finally replaced leak clips, enthusiast hardware buyers have a concrete visual target again.