DLSS 5 in Sims 4 is amazing.

[DovahkiinX_X]

Leaked DLSS 5 seems to work very good for people already using alpha cc, and it's also improving contact shadows and ambient occlusion on the sims accessories like jewelry, clothes, between close body parts like breasts, legs, etc.

On some sims its changing the face a lot meanwhile on others its only doing shading enhancement.

Also enhances the lighting in the world without issues of MXAO and barely any performance hit on a easy to run game like Sims 4.

All screenshots taken in default settings.

Edited September 1 by DovahkiinX_X

[.Kállista.]

Yes, I've been experimenting with low intensity of it. I don't like full AI enshitification of it but moderate amount looks interesting to experiment. 

 

 

 

[DovahkiinX_X]

4 hours ago, .Kállista. said:

Yes, I've been experimenting with low intensity of it. I don't like full AI enshitification of it but moderate amount looks interesting to experiment. 

 

 

 

Yea, i am liking the contact shadows and ambient occlusion it adds to everything. MXAO always gave issues with alpha hair. If only there was a way to max out the shading stuff while keeping face stuff on low.

[Zasz]

Definately. But its really heavy on the graphics card. You really need something close to the 5k generation or one of those.

 

 

 

 

[TUKA100]

This is a comparison image taken on an RTX 40-series GPU. It doesn’t change the Sim’s face that much, although we’ll have to wait for better updates

 

[AvoidTheCrown]

I don't like it, I won't use it, and I don't think this crap should be the future of anything...but I wouldn't be mad if devs made an hypothetical The Sims 5 look like the last one with real human work (og in the spoiler for comparison)

 

 

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[Z0mBieP00Nani]

On 9/12/2026 at 7:04 PM, AvoidTheCrown said:

I don't like it, I won't use it, and I don't think this crap should be the future of anything...but I wouldn't be mad if devs made an hypothetical The Sims 5 look like the last one with real human work (og in the spoiler for comparison)

 

 

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What mod to get dem melons?...

[Z0mBieP00Nani]

On 9/1/2026 at 4:53 AM, DovahkiinX_X said:

Leaked DLSS 5 seems to work very good for people already using alpha cc, and it's also improving contact shadows and ambient occlusion on the sims accessories like jewelry, clothes, between close body parts like breasts, legs, etc.

On some sims its changing the face a lot meanwhile on others its only doing shading enhancement.

Also enhances the lighting in the world without issues of MXAO and barely any performance hit on a easy to run game like Sims 4.

All screenshots taken in default settings.

 

Agreed... it's just unfortunate that it's so hard on graphics cards though... I have a 4080, and it is definitely sweating when I run DLSS 5...