Elden Ring’s poor PS5 performance is due to one silly oversight according to modder Lance McDonald

[Darth Vader]

So they have optimization flags left off?

It might be "that simple" but there might also be a reason for it. I have a hard time believing that was just a simple oversight when it apparently was done for the PS4 version.

Can compiler optimization introduce bugs?

Today I had a discussion with a friend of mine and we debated for a couple of hours about "compiler optimization". I defended the point that sometimes, a compiler optimization might introduce bugs...

stackoverflow.com

There's probably something in their shitty engine / code that doesn't play ball with the PS5 SDK libraries and / or firmware, and rather than actually putting any work in it, they shipped the game with the optimisation flag off.

 

[Shmunter]

Wonder if the dude can recompile the exe somehow with the flag enabled to observe the difference

 

[Dr Bass]

There's probably something in their shitty engine / code that doesn't play ball with the PS5 SDK libraries and / or firmware, and rather than actually putting any work in it, they shipped the game with the optimisation flag off.

This is honestly exactly what I think too.