HDR makes my game blurry

[Stelios]

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?

 

[Raig Strehlow]

Turn down bloom or edit hdr.ini

 

[Stelios]

Semi serious lol! Strange indeed, you any screenshots?

Here is a picture, its hard to tell from a still image, but the game appears "muddy" to me.
It is not THAT terrible ofc, otherwise i wouldnt stand playing it, but i am expecting a more clear picture.

Turn down bloom or edit hdr.ini

Turn down bloom? There is no such setting in the menu that i am aware of.
It certainly looks like the problem might be bloom and i found it in the hdr.ini , thanks.
Will change the 5.5 value to 0 and launch the game later today.
Thanks for the info.

 

[Simon Roberts]

Looks fine to me does that!

 

[Stelios]

So, editing the bloom out of the hdr.ini didnt fix it.

I took 2 pictures and i zoomed in on both to see the difference between HDR ON and OFF

HDR OFF - Crisp

HDR ON - Blurry

 

[Simon Roberts]

I see what you mean there, it looks like FXAA is running as the wheels do look less jagged with HDR on.

 

[Stelios]

I see what you mean there, it looks like FXAA is running as the wheels do look less jagged with HDR on.

Well, FXAA is not ON in my video settings. What the hell.

Edit: Maybe nvidia driver is messing this up? Just a thought.

 

[Simon Roberts]

Have you posted these on the AC Support forum mate?

 

[Stelios]

Have you posted these on the AC Support forum mate?

Nope, but i think i should.

 

[Simon Roberts]

Nope, but i think i should.

Yeah definitely after seeing them shots.

 

[Stelios]

Yeah definitely after seeing them shots.

At least my eyes are OK !

 

[Simon Roberts]

Im going to try mine later on, will post some shots for comparison.

 

[Maro_Marinov]

I have the same issue, here are the two shots that I have:

The blurring is most obvious on the wheels, the first picture is with HDR on.

 

[Stelios]

So, i posted this "problem" in official assetto corsa forum, and user @Alex72 solved my problem. Thanks.

He told me to use sweetFX injector, which i didnt want at start because its a 3rd party solution but i gave it a try. I followed the steps described in this thread:
http://www.assettocorsa.net/forum/i...r-ac-for-win-7-dx11-full-program-preset.6104/ and i made a couple of small changes to the config file of the sweetfx , i am attaching it here if anyone wants to try my settings. The result is an awesome picture with HDR on , many details are visible now, even the textures of the road are clean and the paint of the car looks awesome. I recommend it.

Here are a couple of comparison screenshots:

Ok, i just realised i cannot show the difference, because the screenshots are taken with sweetFX OFF no matter what i do.
Oh well i guess you will have to trust me, the result is REALLY good, i think triple screen users are going to have bigger effect than single.

 

[Simon Roberts]

Glad you found a solution! I'll give it a try when the W8.1 version comes out.

 

[Joco Gorenc]

Thanks! I preferred to have the HDR off too, due to the blurring. But I have 90-120FPS with it off, with HDR its 70-90FPS

 

[Jordi Oliva]

So, i posted this "problem" in official assetto corsa forum, and user @Alex72 solved my problem. Thanks.

He told me to use sweetFX injector, which i didnt want at start because its a 3rd party solution but i gave it a try. I followed the steps described in this thread:
http://www.assettocorsa.net/forum/i...r-ac-for-win-7-dx11-full-program-preset.6104/ and i made a couple of small changes to the config file of the sweetfx , i am attaching it here if anyone wants to try my settings. The result is an awesome picture with HDR on , many details are visible now, even the textures of the road are clean and the paint of the car looks awesome. I recommend it.

Here are a couple of comparison screenshots:

Ok, i just realised i cannot show the difference, because the screenshots are taken with sweetFX OFF no matter what i do.
Oh well i guess you will have to trust me, the result is REALLY good, i think triple screen users are going to have bigger effect than single.

If you use the print key in your keyboard the screenshots are taken fine

 

[Stelios]

If you use the print key in your keyboard the screenshots are taken fine

Funny thing is, i tried taking screenshot with F8 (AC way) and F12 (Steam) , both failed Never thought of using print screen. Will do that and post some SS as soon as i get back from work.

 

[Stelios]

As i said, i am back, with new screenshots.
I only took 1 scene, since it is so obvious i wonder how people can stand that blur with HDR on.

sweetFX OFF:

sweetFX ON:

You can see the difference on the asphalt, grass, shadows, car paint, everything.

 

[Stelios]

I was looking into dx11.ini today, and i found this line:

MIP_LOD_BIAS=0 ; GO NEGATIVE (ie. -1) TO SHARP THE IMAGE

Can someone try a negative value and let me know the results? (with sweetfx disabled) I wont be able to do it until later today or tomorrow evening.

EDIT : Actually dont bother, i just tried it and it has not the same effect as the sweet fx. I give up and will go on using sweetfx