EA Sports PGA Tour performance mode added in latest update

EA Sports PGA Tour performance mode has been released as part of Title Update 4.5. The feature has been highly requested by the community and will make a big difference to graphics and gaming experience.

Alongside the new setting, EA has also introduced a host of other alterations into EA Sports PGA Tour. These include edits to the Los Angeles Country Club course, course branding, golfers outfits, and general stability issues that exist within the game.

EA Sports PGA Tour performance mode

As part of the latest update in the game, EA Sports PGA Tour performance mode is now available. The new feature is available to players using PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, offering them the choice between performance mode and quality mode.

Quality mode is the existing game. This mode provides the highest quality graphics and runs at 30 frames per second (FPS). EA Sports PGA Tour offers all the stunning visuals of some of golf’s greatest courses, so you may not want to stray from quality mode if that is your want.

Performance mode is EA’s brand-new rendering mode. The 60 FPS offers a much smoother camera motion and animation, but this does come at the expense of lower resolution and visual fidelity.

While there is not a vast difference in visual quality, it is noticeable. Ultimately this setting comes down to personal preference, so it is worth toggling it on and off in the visual settings screen to see what you prefer.

Title Update 4.5 patch notes

Gameplay

• “Round Settings” have been added to the scorecard screen, so that settings such as wind speed and course conditions can be referenced while in gameplay.

Courses

• Global: Reduce popping of bushes and tall grass during hole flyovers on a number of courses.
• Banff Springs: Reduce shadow popping during hole flyovers.
• LACC: Add grandstand behind hole 2 green and remove grandstand behind hole 11 green.
• LACC: Fix for missing stairs on the greenside grandstand at hole 14.
• LACC: Removed green awnings from the clubhouse.
• LACC: Removed all visible mow lines.
• LACC: Fix LACC flag on the right side of hole 1 not reacting to wind.
• LACC: Fix tree branches clipping through the concrete pillar underneath the bridge at hole 9.
• LACC: Replace USGA tee markers with U.S. Open tee markers.
• Oak Hill: Fix for shadow popping in bunkers.

Golfers

• Update Jessika Korda’s round 2 and 3 outfits.

Branding

• Fix for the “Dominican Open” tournament in Career mode showing “The Players” branding.
• Update logo on U.S. Open ball marker to be more clearly visible.
• Update caddie bibs to use the latest U.S. Open logo.
• Update images in the store on some gear to use the latest U.S. Open logo.

UI

• Event Info Screen now displays Gameplay Style and Swing Mechanic for the upcoming round.
• Equipment: Backing out of the select loft screen will now display specs for the selected type of club instead of always displaying specs for fairway woods.
• Quests: Fix for “Quest Complete” popup showing unlocalized text for items.

General stability

• Fix for a number of crashes and softlocks related to network disconnects in a variety of areas of the game.
• Improvements to crash reporting metrics.
• Additional crash and stability-related fixes.

Misc

• Visual improvements to some hairstyles, fixing instances where lighting was unintentionally reflecting off head texture which caused hair to look thinner than intended.
• Fix for rare occurrences where button spamming after restarting a match or requesting an unplayable lie would cause the golfer to move to an incorrect location on the course.