Alan Wake 2 | OPTIMIZATION GUIDE | Every Setting Tested | Best Settings

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⏰Timestamps :
0:00 Intro
1:51 Upscaling and image quality
2:53 Post Processing
3:16 Texture Resolution
3:41 Texture Filtering
3:53 Volumetric Lighting
4:16 Volumetric Spotlight Quality
4:54 Global illumination Quality
5:30 Shadow Resolution
6:05 Shadow Filtering
6:20 Shadow Detail
6:40 Screen Space Ambient Occlusion
7:00 Global Reflections
7:45 Screen Space Reflections
8:10 Fog Quality
8:24 Terrain Quality
8:38 Far Detail Object (LOD)
8:54 Scattered Object Density
9:19 Ray Tracing
9:36 Direct Lighting
9:51 Direct lighting Denoising Quality
10:15 Path Tracing Indirect Lighting
10:54 Path Tracing Denoising Quality
11:19 Transparency
11:42 Config File tweaks
12:36 Optimized Settings
12:52 Optimized Vs Highest Settings (Forest)
13:12 Optimized Vs Highest Settings (City)
13:26 Outro
How to access the config file :
1-Win key + R
2-Type %localappdata% in the run window
3-go to Remedy\Alan Wake2
enderer.ini and open the renderer file with any text editor.
(false = Off, true = On)
"m_bLensDistortion" : lens distortion effect
"m_bVignette" : Vignette effect
"m_bDepthOfField" : Depth Of Field effect
"m_eSSAAMethod" : Changes Anti Aliasing method (0=No AA, 1=FXAA, 2=DLSS, 3=FSR)
"m_fSSAASharpening" : Controls the amount of sharpening.
"m_fFieldOfViewMultiplier" : This increases FOV as you raise it , max amount is 2.0.
(After changing the FOV , you have to enter the graphics settings menu and back out for it to take effect, It resets on reload & death so just enter the graphics menu again).
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●CPU : AMD RYZEN 5 5600X 6-Core 3.7 GHz (Up to 4.6GHz).
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Same just started and wanted the best settings without warming up my laptop.

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Let us know how far in you have to get before you get to play as Allan Wake

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@@curtishand6180 its like 3 and a half hours

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​@@curtishand6180An hour and a half i think if you go through everything at a decent pace.

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Post processing, volumetric lighting and transparency are by far the settings that affect performance the most, so if you're encountering lots of stuttering especially in open areas, make sure you set these to the lowest setting for a smoother experience

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ong so many other people just set the settings to low and call it an “optimization guide” but with him he actually favors performance and quality at the same time

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Full settings at 12:44.

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The post-processing quality Has huge improvements to image quality when using upscalers, especially fsr, when used on high the post processing effects are applied post-upscaling, so it gets rid of a lot of the shimmering mainly present when using fsr even in it's quality mode, hence the noticeable impact on performance.

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Good guide! Bottom line is playing this at 1440p with my 4070 Ti is just better with these settings more or less in mind and RT off. Too much instability and lag with RT on, even with DLSS. The software-based lighting and "RT" effects look pretty impressive as is.

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Great work! Digital Foundry for some reason released an Optimized Settings video but it's trying to match the PS5, that's not what optimized settings means. You also included config file tweaks which is going above and beyond. I also came across your Remnant II video as well. DF is releasing more videos on console versions which I don't care about.

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