HDR makes my game blurry

Stelios · Nov 24, 2013

Hey guys, when i turn HDR on (i am running triple screens) the picture i get has a nasty blur effect, which turns me off especially when viewing the car in a replay. All this focus and dof effects i dont like.

I was fine running the game with HDR disabled until i saw some screenshots with some nice lighting effects, anyone got a solution for this blurriness thing?
Any suggestions to make it look better?

Kristóf Kerekes · Nov 24, 2013

Weird, cause it's pretty much the opposite for me. When I turn HDR off, my screen gets extra bright and the textures kinda mess up, so I just eat up that 10 FPS loss for the HDR.

Paul Lock · Nov 24, 2013

Yeah I know what you are talking about.
Seems like everyone gets slightly different results. With HDR enabled I was getting a crazy over-bloomed over-exposed on track and it became annoying having to pop the photo app everytime, reduce bloom, reduce HDR filtering and turn up exposure a bit to compensate.
Anyway getting to the point here, I suggest you edit the same way I did, which made the adjustments I had to make become default.
Change DOF settings to 0 by editing the 'ig_config' within your steam>steamapps>common>assettocorsa>system>cfg .
Save the updated file, fire up the game and DOF should all be zero by default.

Luke Russell · Nov 24, 2013

It could be the depth of field which is turned on with HDR?

Stelios · Nov 24, 2013

Yes, it looks like it is the DOF , especially for the replays, but the DOF settings in that files are all 0 !

Paul Lock · Nov 24, 2013

Stelios Fevgatos said:
Yes, it looks like it is the DOF , especially for the replays, but the DOF settings in that files are all 0 !

And in-game when you are on track, pop out the photo app and does the DOF say 0 there?

Stelios · Nov 28, 2013

I will check for the ingame setting and let you know tonight

Harry James · Nov 28, 2013

I have HDR turned off and its crystal clear. HDR makes my game all blurry. So turning of DoF will fix this or have I misunderstood what has been said here?

Stelios · Nov 28, 2013

I get the same. Will check tonight Paul's suggestion.

Paul Lock · Nov 28, 2013

I noticed last night that despite the file I suggested (the one with the the 3 DOF settings) all being 0's, if I am driving the 458, the photoapp tells me DOF=3. If Im driving the P4/5, the photoapp tells me DOF=0. I need to investigate further because I was on different tracks. Maybe its a track thing - dunno.

Weird because the manual adjustments I made for Bloom & HDR filtering are rock solid and never change.

@Harry James - when you are on track (using the settings you say are blurry) does popping out the photoapp and adjusting the Bloom/HDR etc make it better? If so, you probably need to manually edit the hdr.ini file.

Harry James · Nov 29, 2013

@Paul Lock - Actually I've realised its only blurry at the pitstop menu (car rotating). Honestly I find the HDR exposure too bright in some cars, in particular the P4/5 and M3 GT2 when the sun is facing the windscreen. So I tried fiddling around with the hdr.ini in the steam AC folder, but I don't seem to notice any differences?

Edit: I forgot to say, I've turned off HDR for the moment. I must say, with HDR turned off the colour curve is quite natural. It seems like HDR makes the colours all washed out and oversaturated.

Stelios · Feb 16, 2014

I am reviving this.

I was the Depth of field effect REMOVED. DEAD. BANNED.
Forever

Shuey · Feb 16, 2014

Hi Is motion blur off in game menu as it states incompatible with triple screens.

Stelios · Feb 16, 2014

I am not talking about motion blur.
I am a triple screen user so that option is off by default.

Stelios · Feb 20, 2014

@kunos Please add an option to remove the DOF effect while keeping HDR on.
Thanks !

Simon Roberts · Feb 20, 2014

I dont have DOF with HDR.

Stelios · Mar 5, 2014

Guys, seriously now, it starts to hurt my eyes.
I dont know if it is the lighting method they are using, i just want a nice, crisp, CLEAR picture on my triple monitor setup.
When i turn HDR off, everything is nice and clear, but i miss the nice effects.
When i turn HDR on, its like there is a constant haze between my car and the world.
Any ideas or custom HDR profiles to fix this?
I had an idea, that maybe its the AA solution they are using. But since i just bought this nVidia 780 i am not quite sure which AA methods to use in the driver settings of the game using inspector, can some1 help me out here for the best possible solution performance / picture quality wise?
Also, i have noticed that some official skins have low resolution decals on them, it would be nice to have higher res versions of the skins....
I play @ bezel corrected (through the game's app) 5760 x 1200, all settings are maxed out except for FXAA which is off (since its introducing more smudgy effects) and also the reflections settings are kinda medium.

Halp!

Simon Roberts · Mar 5, 2014

Stelios Fevgatos said:
Guys, seriously now, it starts to hurt my eyes.
I dont know if it is the lighting method they are using, i just want a nice, crisp, CLEAR picture on my triple monitor setup.
When i turn HDR off, everything is nice and clear, but i miss the nice effects.
When i turn HDR on, its like there is a constant haze between my car and the world.
Any ideas or custom HDR profiles to fix this?
I had an idea, that maybe its the AA solution they are using. But since i just bought this nVidia 780 i am not quite sure which AA methods to use in the driver settings of the game using inspector, can some1 help me out here for the best possible solution performance / picture quality wise?
Also, i have noticed that some official skins have low resolution decals on them, it would be nice to have higher res versions of the skins....
I play @ bezel corrected (through the game's app) 5760 x 1200, all settings are maxed out except for FXAA which is off (since its introducing more smudgy effects) and also the reflections settings are kinda medium.

Halp!