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CONTROL March 2025 Update Released, Full Patch Notes

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Remedy has released the March 2025 Title Update for CONTROL, and shared its full patch notes. So, let’s see what it brings to the table.

According to the changelog, the March 2025 Patch adds official support for HDR. Plus, it brings enhanced support for DLSS. RTX owners can now use DLAA. Moreover, they can use DLSS for arbitrary resolutions. DLSS has been updated to DLSS 3.7, with higher temporal stability.

The patch also fixes an issue with shadow resolution when using DLSS. Not only that, but it adds resolution dependent mip map bias for DLSS. This enhances texture quality, for example when applying the DLSS Performance setting.

And that’s not all. The March 2025 Update comes with some texture streaming fixes. It also adds rendering resolution support beyond 4K. Furthermore, it improves Ray Tracing. This Ultra Ray Tracing setting gets you more rays per pixel and higher temporal stability.

It’s also worth noting that the March 2025 Patch adds support for ultra-wide monitors for up to 48:9 monitors. It also adds an FOV scaling setting for the gameplay camera. Oh, and it also updates SDR to 10bit (from 8bit), which reduces visible color banding.

In short, this patch features most – if not all – of the features of the HDR Mod that came out in February 2023.

Like always, Steam and Epic Games Store will download this patch the next time you launch their clients. Below you can also find its complete changelog.

CONTROL March 2025 Patch Release Notes

OUTFITS
The following outfits are now available to all players. The outfits can be accessed and equipped from the Control Point in the Central Executive Sector area.

• Astral Dive Suit (formerly a pre-order exclusive)
• Tactical Response Gear (formerly a pre-order exclusive)
• Urban Response Gear (formerly a pre-order exclusive)

MISSIONS
All players will receive the mission Dr. Yoshimi Tokui’s Guided Imagery Experience, featuring voiceover by Hideo Kojima. The mission is playable when you pick up the Dr Tokui Tapes collectible in the Extrasensory Lab of the Research Sector. (This mission was previously exclusive to the PlayStation 4 Digital Deluxe version of Control.)

GRAPHICS
• Added HDR support
• Added new Ultra ray tracing preset, which gets you more rays per pixel and higher temporal stability
• Added ultrawide monitor support for up to 48:9 monitors
• Added an FOV scaling setting for the gameplay camera
• Updated SDR to 10bit (from 8bit), which reduces visible color banding
• Improved graphics adapter detection at startup, with automatic selection between DX11 and DX12
• Implemented screen aspect ratio fixes for ultrawide monitors
• Your current monitor resolution can now reliably be selected from the screen resolution and rendering resolution menus
• Added rendering resolution support beyond 4K
• Implemented texture streaming fixes
• Ray tracing bug fixes

DLSS SUPPORT
• Added DLSS support for arbitrary resolutions
• Added DLAA support
• Updated DLSS to DLSS 3.7, with higher temporal stability
• Film grain added back to DLSS SR
• Fixed shadow resolution when DLSS is enabled
• Added resolution dependent mip map bias for DLSS. This enhances texture quality, for example when applying the DLSS Performance setting.

GENERAL
• Updated the audio on cinematics and end credits to remove unintended channel mixing. You will no longer hear anything that isn’t intended to be heard. (It wasn’t the Hiss, it was us. Sorry.)
• Several bug and crash fixes