Daniel Vavra, director of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, tested the leaked version of NVIDIA DLSS 5 directly in the game.

According to him, the technology does not change character geometry or redraw their appearance. Instead, it uses existing data to enhance lighting and detail especially on faces and hero models.

Among the most noticeable improvements:

— significantly more detailed skin and faces;
— more realistic skin lighting;
— enhanced ambient occlusion;
— shadows from hats, helmets, hoods, and small details like buckles and bags;
— more pronounced and darker shadows within hair;
— minor improvements to shadows and textures of the environment and vegetation.

Vavra says that as a result, characters look much closer to how the developers originally intended them. And, in his opinion, this is by no means "AI-slop."