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Pacific Drive

Pacific Drive

74/100
68 ratings2024Moderate

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1080p performance

Pacific Drive estimated FPS at 1080p across 14 GPUs and 4 quality presets
GPUlowmediumhighultra
RTX 5090999 fps821 fps656 fps533 fps
RTX 4090952 fps762 fps610 fps495 fps
RX 7900 XTX855 fps684 fps547 fps444 fps
RTX 5080806 fps645 fps516 fps419 fps
RTX 4080 Super757 fps606 fps485 fps394 fps
RTX 4070 Ti598 fps479 fps383 fps311 fps
RTX 4070513 fps410 fps328 fps267 fps
RX 7800 XT452 fps361 fps289 fps235 fps
RTX 3080440 fps352 fps281 fps229 fps
RTX 4060 Ti415 fps332 fps266 fps216 fps
RTX 3070379 fps303 fps242 fps197 fps
RTX 4060342 fps274 fps219 fps178 fps
RTX 3060293 fps234 fps188 fps152 fps
GTX 1660 Super212 fps170 fps136 fps110 fps

1440p performance

Pacific Drive estimated FPS at 1440p across 14 GPUs and 4 quality presets
GPUlowmediumhighultra
RTX 5090769 fps615 fps492 fps400 fps
RTX 4090714 fps571 fps457 fps371 fps
RX 7900 XTX641 fps513 fps410 fps333 fps
RTX 5080604 fps484 fps387 fps314 fps
RTX 4080 Super568 fps454 fps363 fps295 fps
RTX 4070 Ti449 fps359 fps287 fps233 fps
RTX 4070385 fps308 fps246 fps200 fps
RX 7800 XT339 fps271 fps217 fps176 fps
RTX 3080330 fps264 fps211 fps171 fps
RTX 4060 Ti311 fps249 fps199 fps162 fps
RTX 3070284 fps227 fps182 fps148 fps
RTX 4060256 fps205 fps164 fps133 fps
RTX 3060220 fps176 fps141 fps114 fps
GTX 1660 Super159 fps127 fps102 fps83 fps

4K performance

Pacific Drive estimated FPS at 4K across 14 GPUs and 4 quality presets
GPUlowmediumhighultra
RTX 5090410 fps328 fps263 fps213 fps
RTX 4090381 fps305 fps244 fps198 fps
RX 7900 XTX342 fps274 fps219 fps178 fps
RTX 5080322 fps258 fps206 fps168 fps
RTX 4080 Super303 fps242 fps194 fps157 fps
RTX 4070 Ti239 fps191 fps153 fps124 fps
RTX 4070205 fps164 fps131 fps107 fps
RX 7800 XT181 fps145 fps116 fps94 fps
RTX 3080176 fps141 fps113 fps91 fps
RTX 4060 Ti166 fps133 fps106 fps86 fps
RTX 3070151 fps121 fps97 fps79 fps
RTX 4060137 fps109 fps88 fps71 fps
RTX 3060117 fps94 fps75 fps61 fps
GTX 1660 Super85 fps68 fps54 fps44 fps

Minimum Hardware

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Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB

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Intel Core i5 8600

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Memory
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16 GB

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About

Pacific Drive is a unique 2024 survival game that puts you behind the wheel of a car as your primary tool for exploration and survival. You navigate a haunting, reimagined Pacific Northwest while uncovering supernatural mysteries within the Olympic Exclusion Zone. The first-person driving experience combines exploration, resource gathering, and vehicle customization, making it a fresh take on the survival genre that stands out from traditional walking simulators.

Running Pacific Drive requires a modest entry-level GPU with a benchmark score around 9212 and 16 GB of RAM minimum. The game scales reasonably well across hardware tiers, meaning mid-range GPUs will deliver solid 60+ FPS at high settings, while budget cards can still achieve playable performance at lower graphics settings. This accessible performance profile makes Pacific Drive a good benchmark title for testing how older or entry-level hardware handles modern survival games.

With a 75/100 rating, Pacific Drive offers a compelling experience for players seeking atmospheric exploration and vehicle-focused gameplay. If you enjoy survival games with creative mechanics and don't mind a slower, story-driven pace, it's worth checking out.

Performance profile

February 2024 release. As a current-generation title, Pacific Drive pushes modern hardware — expect to need an RTX 40-series or RX 7000-series GPU to enjoy it at native 4K Ultra without leaning on upscaling.

Simulation titles like Pacific Drive are heavily CPU-dependent — physics, AI and world state dominate the frame budget. Prioritise a CPU with strong single-thread performance and fast RAM over raw GPU power.

Mid-range territory. An RTX 3060 or RX 6700 XT delivers 60 FPS at 1080p High in Pacific Drive. For 1440p Ultra you'll want an RTX 4060 Ti / RX 7700 XT; 4K Ultra needs an RTX 4070 Ti or faster.

Storyline

In 1955, the United States government seized a region of the Pacific Northwest by eminent domain. The Olympic Peninsula became the staging ground for promising new technologies, but these utopian creations came at great cost: severe radiation, environmental collapse, and supernatural horrors. The government walled off the area and established the Olympic Exclusion Zone. What happened inside was never disclosed. Rumors and stories about the Zone run rampant, compelling you to go and explore its perimeter. Your plans go awry and you’re now stuck inside – you don’t know it yet, but the only way out is through. You find a barely running station wagon deep in the woods, miraculously unlocked and able to make the trip down the hill into the valley. Here you come across an abandoned auto shop which becomes your base of operations, where you safely repair and improve your car between runs. Do your best to survive, solve mysteries, and search for a way out — or become part of the ongoing legends of the Zone.

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