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[Mature Content] r/JanitorAI_Official on Reddit: [NEW MODEL] My opinion on Deepseek R1 0528 and the information I’ve gathered from roleplaying with it

May 29, 2025 -

This model is officially made by the Deepseek team.
Available on OpenRouter and Chutes.ai.
The provider is Chutes, which supports a 164k context window. However, in my Janitor.ai generation settings, I limit it to around 16k–32k for optimal general LLM performance. If the chat goes beyond that, I usually perform chat transplants.
This version is an improved iteration of the original R1. Personally, I find it better in terms of writing style. One thing I appreciate is how R1 0528 takes prompts and OOC (out-of-character) instructions more seriously..it seems to “think” more deeply compared to OG R1.
That said, I still don’t think it surpasses Deepseek V3 0324 in terms of creativity.. V3 0324 often produces more realistic responses. But everyone’s experience may differ, so try it yourself and share your thoughts in the comments!
As for comparison with Deepseek R1T Chimera: I’d say it’s almost on the same level. Not necessarily better or worse.. just different. I enjoy using both depending on the bot or scenario.
Why do I prefer R1 0528 right now? Mainly because R1T Chimera’s ability to produce consistent “thinking” has dropped off recently. It doesn’t output like it used to and sometimes still talks over my persona, even when using OOC commands 🥲. Without the thinking process, Chimera starts to resemble V3 0324.. Hahaha. Still usable, though, especially for general RP on J.ai.
R1 0528 has a distinctive “thinking” phase before it responds. Don’t suppress this using regex or disable-think tricks.. this is a COT model and needs that step-by-step reasoning to produce quality outputs. If you remove the thinking phase, responses become bland, short, stubborn, or outright nonsensical. Instead, manually trim the thinking lines from outputs to save tokens if needed. If that's too annoying, stick to non-CoT models like V3 0324.
This model works well with custom prompts made for Deepseek. You can find those around this subreddit... lots of great prompt-makers here. And yes, this model respects custom prompts and doesn’t act overly stubborn.
Is it aggressive or too glued to character roles like the OG R1? Honestly, yes maybe noo..It’s still based on OG R1, so some of that “sticking” behavior remains. However, it does feel slightly better at reasoning and adapting.
- If the bot gets too locked in, use OOC to shift direction.
- Alternatively, steer the story naturally through your own responses (without OOC).
- Character development is possible with R1 0528 if you regularly update chat memory. That way, self-growth and changes are saved permanently instead of relying on temporary tokens.
Reminder: OOC instructions are just temporary tokens. They eat memory and get pushed out as newer messages come in. So rely more on things like custom prompts, bot personality configs, chat memory, and recent messages.
In general, this is a solid model. No big issues so far. If I find the responses too bland, I raise the temperature to 1.2 (my personal max). For more controlled replies, I lower it to 0.6–0.8, or even 0.4 when the bot starts talking as me. Temperature tuning really helps get the most out of R1 0528.
As for Max New Tokens, I set it to 0 (unlimited), because the <think> phase is usually longer than OG R1. That deep thinking helps with better output quality.
That’s all for now. I’ll continue testing, but so far I’m really liking this model. It’s like OG R1.. but more logical and less aggressive when used right. Definitely a good fit for serious roleplay.

If you’ve tried R1 0528, feel free to drop your thoughts below!

Top answer

1 of 5

I agree with everything, nothing can beat 0324 in his prime huh?.

2 of 5

I'm really enjoying it. I'm finding it a really good balance between R1's unhinged meanness and V3/Chimera's softness. It's got a bit of an edge to it without being fucking unhinged like R1 sometimes was when I was using that. And the writing style is very enjoyable. I'm finding the sentence structure and writing format much more varied than previous models, which is something that's important to me. Makes it feel a bit more active and alive. And SO FAR it hasn't picked up any "habits" like previous Deepseek models tend to (my current Chimera RP wants to start every message with the same two physical actions and end every message with "always", and I'm really struggling with getting it to not do that). It'll require more time to see if it starts doing that later, though. Knowledge of the canon universe I'm working with is solid. Ability to infer, read between the lines, and intuit emotional responses seems great. I'm looking forward to working with it more.

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