Custom shaders mod not looking too good...

[Chevronie]

Hey all, I've been using the Custom shaders mod for a while now, but it looks not as good as I was hoping. The visuals that I'm experiencing looks nowhere as good as showcased in their images, videos etc. I've got a pretty good pc so I could improve pretty much everything. Can you give me some settings that may improve how the game looks?

 

[Hoksu]

Hard to say what to improve since you are not saying what is wrong. Try being a bit less vague maybe? Post screenshots even? Maybe even some rudimentary information, like what resolution and settings you are using, and what are the specs of this "pretty good pc".

 

[Kevin Troschinski]

Hey all, I've been using the Custom shaders mod for a while now, but it looks not as good as I was hoping. The visuals that I'm experiencing looks nowhere as good as showcased in their images, videos etc. I've got a pretty good pc so I could improve pretty much everything. Can you give me some settings that may improve how the game looks?

Do you use SOL ? ppfilters?, do you have enabled all the possible options @csp ? For example ExtraFX gives better visuals. Did you download and install the config files for the tracks you are driving on?

Did you experiment with weather/time constilations? For example driving about 17-18h looks best when the sun is going down ingame....

 

[Chevronie]

Hey kevin, I use SOL, I use the SOL ppfilter, haven't enabled all of the possible options, and usually drive at noon.

 

[Chevronie]

Hard to say what to improve since you are not saying what is wrong. Try being a bit less vague maybe? Post screenshots even? Maybe even some rudimentary information, like what resolution and settings you are using, and what are the specs of this "pretty good pc".

For the first thing, I don't know much about visuals and all of that, all that I can say that it looks too bright. My res is 2560 x 1440 with 165 hz and an intel i9 and a rtx 2070ti
Also Here's a sc that I took
How can I turn this into something seen from the website?

 

[AccAkut]

best post a screenshot of this page first. From your screen it appears to me as if you have no or next to no filtering enabled.

 

[Stereo]

Your FOV is also really high, AC's autoexpose is fairly stupid and changing FOV affects how well it can expose the track. Aim for more like 30-40 fov and it should look more as intended.

 

[Billy Pilgrim]

as Kevin said, driving when the sun is lower is nicer too,

Clear blue sky isn't always the best too

 

[Chevronie]

Your FOV is also really high, AC's autoexpose is fairly stupid and changing FOV affects how well it can expose the track. Aim for more like 30-40 fov and it should look more as intended.

I'll try that

 

[Sascha Guenther]

Set AF in AC to 0 and enable it with 16x in NVIDIA CPL. Furthermore, set MFAA in NVIDIA to enabled.

 

[AmazingReflex]

I'm doing quite a bit of playing around at the moment with settings to get best looks / performance.

I'm starting to get good results, I will try and post my settings soon for you to try. A lot of my issue was with the 'fuzziness' of the image mainly due to the anti-aliasing that CSP provides.

My quick takeaway is turn off MSAA in AC settings and tick FXAA (needed for CSP to implement AA)
In CSP settings, graphics adjustments - select CMAA with extra sharpening Ultra, don't bother with AMD fidelity
In ExtraFX - set to active, play around with settings here.....

Basically, CSP AA relies on original FXAA being enabled, it then hijacks that and implements it's own versions of AA as you select them. I think there is even an 'original MSAA' option.

I didn't need to use Nvidia's Control Panel overrides except for AFx16 which I'm still not entirely convinced is better than in game AF.

From what I remember, Extra FX adds another layer to the AA but also does impact FPS a bit. I found Extra FX added a nice lift to the quality once I'd set it up how I want.

There are so many settings in CSP, it's a bit overwhelming at first.

I've updated this. What I said above is wrong in my mind. MSAA should be turned right up on AC tab and disable FXAA. Turn off graphic adjustments tab in CSP just use Extra FX with TAA at 50%

 

[Sascha Guenther]

You may tick MFAA in NVIDIA as well. Otherwise you already found the best possible setting for AC hence I have 4xAA set in AC original setting as well.

 

[Jim Layee]

I find driving at midday gives the poorest look whatever the setting.

 

[Deleted member 197115]

You may tick MFAA in NVIDIA as well. Otherwise you already found the best possible setting for AC hence I have 4xAA set in AC original setting as well.

If you don't use MSAA in game, MFAA does nothing. The problem with all the PP AA options in CSP is that none is working in VR, but at least flat screeners have slew of options, not sure we need that many though as most are junk.

 

[Hemmola]

Yeah, same as IRL, the sun is too sharp during the day. Golden hour ftw

 

[AmazingReflex]

Has anyone played around with LOD settings?

There's a MIP LOD bias setting in AC Video settings and there are some LOD settings in one of the CSP tabs.

I've read -1 for MIP LOD Bias improves detail for objects further in front.

I must admit I'm noticing other car detail drops away at the mid distance for me. I'll play around with some of these settings to see what they affect.

 

[ClimaxF1]

Hey all, I've been using the Custom shaders mod for a while now, but it looks not as good as I was hoping. The visuals that I'm experiencing looks nowhere as good as showcased in their images, videos etc. I've got a pretty good pc so I could improve pretty much everything. Can you give me some settings that may improve how the game looks?

I've just recently updated my system and did a clean install with Assetto, Sol and shader patch.

Try this ppfilter with the settings as seen below:

Blackcelica's 2020 Assetto Corsa Realistic Looking PPFilter

Hi, All. This is my personal filter which I created to achieve the realistic 2020 look of more modern PC games bringing AC up to speed without the need for Reshade etc. However you will need Custom shader Patch, Sol weather system and Content...

www.racedepartment.com

You can use these settings with any filter. In the end it's almost a personal thing I guess, everyone has their own style.

This should give you a decent look in game and replays.