Liquify tool is unusable in Photoshop 2022 and 2023

[vickim68445947]

I cannot remember which update broke the liquify tool. All I know, it works fine in PS 2021. There was an update that broke it. The forward warp tool does not allow me to make smooth adjustments. It ends up a with a "stairstep" effect that I have to use the smooth tool to try to

fix. But it doesn't really fix it.                                                                                                                                                        

[J453]

Go to Preferences > Technology Previews... and enable "Older GPU mode (pre 2016)" - Restart Photoshop. Does the problem persist?