"How does your iRacing look so good?" | Best iRacing Graphic Settings 2024

[@Duesseldorfer1986]

Great video as always, Dan! Thanks to your tips I changed my graphic settings and my iR went from 523 to 581 in less than a week because I finally clearly see the other cars I'm about to crash into

[@DanSuzuki]

that is amazing 🙃🤯

[@skillsetmaximum]

I followed this step by step the entire way through, and I'm absolutely blown away with the night and day difference. It looks, at least for my set up, like iRacing is using a completely different graphics engine. Very thankful and much appreciated, sir.

[@wilmajacki]

Mentioning it in Chat really paid Off big time, Ty 😂

[@SamKatakouzinosRacing]

👍👍

[@wilmajacki]

@@SamKatakouzinosRacing Sam ❤️

[@ch3m4w0w]

Quick tip, on 1:12 nVidia panel, if you play other games that requiere other graphics settings, you can click on "Program Settings" instead of "Global Settings" to make it behave like that only for iRacing

[@Flaux1]

Everybody loves the firewatch desktop backgrounds. 👌

[@DanielWilcox-s8l]

Thank you SO much for taking the time to create this great useful video!!

[@chasewalker3924]

my iRacing looks awesome now! Thanks so much!

[@iracer9395]

I had a terrible issue with guardrails and other objects shimmering and reshade cured that. A massive graphics improvement with a minor fps hit.

[@logo8009]

Dan thanks so much. I see you have moved back from the monitors a little. I wear glasses and with my prescription It was very hard to get that close. Please keep the videos coming and congratulations on becoming a father!

[@kl1m4xX]

this is the first time that I read "best graphics settings... " and they really are the best, thank Dan!

[@UncleEager]

Dan you can specify to have just the rearview screen on. If you set max mirrors to 1 and there’s a screen it will be the only thing on. The order is screen(if exists otherwise rearview), left, right, rearview as you increased max mirror count. You will have to turn the mirrors off for cars that don’t have a screen though.

[@rogerbraun7052]

Vielen Dank Dan für deine Arbeit, werde diese Einstellung ausprobieren 👍

[@tomessiR9]

Very nice settings where iRacing looks beautiful now :) Thanks Dan great job :D

[@weitdenken]

Very helpful. Thank you.

[@DaleJrBDWS]

I know in iRacing’s latest developers video on KZbin they mentioned they have a team working on the next generation or updated iRacing graphics engine. I wonder how much that’ll improve things, unless it’s just tweaks here and there.

[@n0sker]

New dx12 engine, they succès to import tracks and few others things but non shader ATM, but it's going thé right way I think, can't wait next years of iRacing updates

[@Panterluca]

You should try reflex to enabled only, enabled + boost gives lower fps, test it for yourself

[@-Ola-.]

Very good settings-video Dan 👍🏼 I run basicly same settings, only less visible cars just because i don´t notice it anyway, so just less taxing to render. But LOD settings ingame should probably not be set to OFF.. Apparently setting it to OFF disables the «new» way to do LOD, and enables the old LOD coding which is not good at all.. So i keep it at -world and -car, at a low number 90fps (i run cap 141, and rarely see sub 110.)

[@TobiwanKentobiSimracing]

With a nonchalant tone: "....and then I have the fake HDR enabled here" 😂 Great video! Thanks for these settings! 👍

[@TPA_JW]

Great for monitors. Is there a VR solution for reshade?

[@alenbaltic]

Thank you for this really helpful

[@Lubo_87]

gonna test it later, nice thank you

[@paytheman.gaming]

Great video Dan

[@xklopan]

I may give reshade a try in Iracing, I currently just use the Iracing internal gamma/brightness/contrast to good results with zero overhead.

[@frankalexandre]

This work great in VR with OpenXR Reshade install. Only thing i changed is that i disabled Iracing HDR. Looks better for me since you already use a HDR from Reshade.

[@iz_nevez1114]

good video. i wanted to ask which seat you are using and if it is comfortable?

[@gpmotorsport]

Would you recommend using these settings while you stream? I have a solo pc to play and stream on.

[@richdelmazzio9890]

Writing a comment to help. Thanks man

[@Flexium_GG]

How much of this applies to VR?

[@simracingden]

This is such a great video, Dan, and super useful. I'm going to try out ReShade tonight. Quick question: As I've been experimenting with this, are you running GSYNC only and no VSYNC? I also noticed you didn't have a cap on frames in iRacing. I'm just curious what you've settled on now and is working best for you.

[@DanSuzuki]

I do run G-Sync and cap at 3fps below the monitor refreshrate (disabled for benchmarking purposes in the video).

[@just_geek]

Hi Dan! What program do you use to make those cpu benchmarks with min/max/avg fps? Thanks, love your videos. Especially the product reviews 😁

[@DanSuzuki]

That’s done using CapframeX :)

[@C4pti0n98]

Hey Dan, erstmal vielen Dank für deinen geilen Content🫶🏼! Könntest du mir sagen welches Setup ich von dir auf der Simucube nutzen soll? Ich will 360Hz nutzen

[@DanSuzuki]

Ich benutz das ganz normale ... die 360hz version ist nicht mehr relevant weil ich keinen Grund sehe kein 360hz FFB zu nutzen :D

[@f1o7x9]

Great video. Looking at triples now and I saw in your settings is say 3 flat monitors. Do you prefer flat monitors over curve monitors?

[@DanSuzuki]

Yes, but even with curves you wanna use the flat option otherwise the fov will be wrong unless you follow the curve with your triples (don’t)

[@f1o7x9]

Awesome thank you .

[@cba0815]

No clue where else to ask, but what IEMs are you usind @dan? Are you happy with it and would you recomment them over overears?

[@DanSuzuki]

I’m using Xenns Top - can highly recommend them!

[@cba0815]

@@DanSuzuki any link by chance? I am struggeling to find them

[@DanSuzuki]

@@cba0815 www.linsoul.com/products/xenns-mangird-top

[@cba0815]

@@DanSuzuki wow that Price 🫰😳

[@fflores398]

Great video,What is your PC specs? And do you have launch Reshade before you login to iRacing.

[@DanSuzuki]

4090 and 7800X3D ... reshade automatically launches with the game

[@wiscious]

I just copied you as I went along, using a 57” Samsung 1000R (VA Panel) at 7680x2160 and it looks great! I can never get this monitor setup properly, I run at 120Hz and cap at 121Hz in iRacing - my entire graphics settings are as yours. Minus the 3 screens. But I’m getting flickering shadows and general aliasing (slight) plus distance pop ups. Do you think I should drop iRacing down to 5120x1440 and configure a single curved screen at 1000R + real measurements of the display and view distance? What do you think? Thanks man - love your channel and Discord ❤

[@jinglesmcgee7256]

Reflex and Boost actually costs me perf with 3080 and now 4080 Super with 4K triples

[@valuetime2492]

No home buttons on the keyboard!!How can i activate it???

[@mininoga]

I have the same issue. Can anybody help with this?

[@mikecropsey9877]

how do you get such a high frame rate? I have a 4070ti, I9-9900k. When I watch my stats as I turn up the settings I can see the GPU hit 99% but my CPU is in the 50's so I'm not CPU bound. When I set the settings to what you have I get FR of 54. If I slide the slider all the way to Max FR in iRacing I averate 144-160 and sometimes hit 200 but that's with everything totally turned down.

[@giord_ano9038]

Do these changes go only on three monitors or also on the single one?

[@TPA_JW]

Dan, if you install reshade for iracing for use with a monitor and then you run in VR, does having reshade installed have a negative impact on the VR session?

[@DanSuzuki]

Sorry i don’t know

[@andychicago8295]

Danke dir! Sehr hiflreich. Zeigt du auch mal deine VR Eimstellungen?

[@hectormiranda2863]

Yes I would love a VR version of this

[@andychicago8295]

@@hectormiranda2863 Ich meinte deine genrellen VR Einstellungen. Nutzt du auch die Crystal mit OpenXR?

[@v8st4r]

would u suggest to use "render scene using 3 projections" on 49' g9 odyssey monitor?

[@ryandavid8910]

I tried it but it looked a bit odd and stretched the car dashboard to a weird angle

[@cbobroy]

On triples what type of FPS are you getting? Just curious. Maybe in an AI race and Multiplayer

[@DanSuzuki]

Something in between 30 and 350 roughly 😅

[@runofthemillz]

Should you be using the “render as 3 screens” and SMP thing if you’re on an ultrawide monitor?

[@DanSuzuki]

I would recommend it. Will just look a bit better and since iRacing can't render a curved canvas it will look a bit better. It also will cost performance though (not insignifcant) ... if your PC can handle it I would recommend triple rendering.

[@runofthemillz]

@@DanSuzuki thanks Dan!

[@ryandavid8910]

@@runofthemillz Did you try it? I did and it stretched the car dashboard to a weird angle and dropped around 30fps

[@FlerkenFarts]

@DanSuzuki I can copy these settings and they will work ok with triples and a Ryzen 7 7700X/4080 Super? Asking because during the Indy 6 hour over the weekend my fps was sometimes dipping into the 40's.

[@DanSuzuki]

these settings are not optimized for best performance ... it's a good compromise on visuals/performance though.

[@GiosSimCorner]

why do you have Frame Rate set to "No Limit" in the graphics tab in iRacing? I was told that should check on.

[@yigitonayli]

Hi Dan. How is 390-400 fps possible at these settings? I have 4090 and 13900KS. I made the same settings as you. I see 130 fps with reshade turned on in the cockpit. When I turn off reshade I see 145 fps. I have a 3 screen 1440p setup. Are you using Nvidia surround?

[@RacingWithChuck27]

He doesn’t use surround but ya, I heard 390, wt…

[@yigitonayli]

I also have a stuttering problem. Even though I tried many things, I couldn't solve the problem. A solution is being sought in the forum and in many videos, but it has not been fixed yet.

[@DanSuzuki]

well, that was with the window minimized to a single screen to be able to show the reshade settings (as mentioned in the video :P)

[@raullopes7545]

Great Video, My control panel doesn´t open, can you tell me why?

[@scissors11]

Mine doesn't sometimes I have to reinstall control panel if it doesnt work still I reinstall the gpu drivers

[@biscuit8038]

Can't believe I didn't think of reshade for iRacing. I'm such a numpty.

[@BobbyMcGeePhoto]

I am havig permissions issues when I launch iRacing. My attempt to modify the foler permissions have failed. Did you run into this issue and were you able to fix it?

[@zzmadd]

You can disable Anisotropic in iRacing is it's enbaled in the driver.

[@ClaytonMacleod]

No point.

[@ericbaker2025]

My only concern here is how taxing all these changes that were made on the video card and how will it respond. I don't have a super big Nvidia card, I have an RTX 2060 Super 8GB card so wondering if these changes would be to much for the card?

[@DanSuzuki]

Only one way to find out - try it out :) can always revert back to old settings if it doesn’t work for you - reshade can be uninstalled super quickly as well using the same installer tool

[@Frietkotten]

does reshade also work in VR? thanks :)

[@davegriffiths8601]

silly question but how do you close reshade after doing the settings??

[@DanSuzuki]

same key that you use to open it (home is default)

[@19Tom79]

Hallo Dan, danke für das Video mit den Einstellungen. Finde es müsste nicht unbedingt im Schweins Galopp sein.....

[@DanSuzuki]

Einfach playback speed auf 0.75x oder so 😅

[@anonym8951]

My game stutters immediatly when i play with the iracing window active or fullscreen , if I click on another program (window) I have no issues . Very annoying

[@craiggregory2272]

Hi dan i always thought it was better to run anti aliasing in game?

[@DanSuzuki]

Yes of course, it looks like garbage if you turn it off

[@tonygeddes9558]

They’re working on a new graphics engine. That’s the good news. The bad news is it’ll probably take them 2 or 3 years 😭

[@notdreadyet33]

Don't your monitors refresh at 144hz and shouldn't you set your frame rate to that instead of 120 or 121?

[@DanSuzuki]

Monitors run at 120hz for me since that looks a bit better for the capture - I usually recommend to cap frames 3 below the refresh rate (don’t ask why 😅)

[@notdreadyet33]

@DanSuzuki ha I'll try that, it couldn't hurt. iRacing did something with an update recently that is really affecting my frame rate. I was getting 160s and higher with most everything maxed out. Now it has dropped 30fps

[@JanVitvar]

Hi Dan - what i did wrong i have on top of the monitor the red warning thats its not possible to safe those changes - into the iracing ...

[@DanSuzuki]

Run it as admin or give reshape the permissions for the iracing folder

[@Bruno63030]

Does the reshade work in VR?

[@BobTowne]

I tried but it just changes the display on the monitor for me. Not sure how to get it to impact the image inside the headset.

[@Besharkk]

oh god thank you, i don't know about dynamix cubemaps improve a lot of. On 0 : 144 fps ; On 1 : 55 fps 😂

[@atechcheck]

mind sharing your Reshade preset?

[@sabresimracer]

Do these settings work ok for single screen too?

[@DanSuzuki]

Yes of course - you can probably run a bit nicer settings on single screen 😊

[@SuperslowRacing]

Do you have HDR enabled in Windows Display settings? I'm running HDR and the reshade looks awful.

[@DanSuzuki]

no

[@chrisracing81]

@@DanSuzukitry „auto hdr“ in win 11 Looks much much better than without. But then you should not use hdr in iRacing graphics options

[@DanSuzuki]

HDR and OBS capture doesn't look very great unfortauntely :(

[@chrisracing81]

@@DanSuzuki that’s true, didn’t thought about that. But without streaming it is looking great to have auto-hdr in Win11

[@Simlife101]

I thought reshade stopped working in IRacing? When did it come back

[@chrisracing81]

Using it for years without problem

[@giuZ7]

Hi Dan, you use win11?

[@DanSuzuki]

Yeah!

[@Alec693]

Is it weird that these settings only get me like fps in the 70s on a triple 1440p rig with 13900k and 4090?

[@DanSuzuki]

depending on the scenario that's definitely possible.

[@jotacanosa4171]

Reshades stuff doesn´t open when i push "home" button 🤔😅

[@chrisracing81]

Would be nice if iRacing can look as good as Le Mans Ultimate

[@DanSuzuki]

agree!

[@LEmir_de_Passy]

Im curious to see how it will look after the dx12 transition

[@chrisracing81]

@@LEmir_de_Passy hopefully new graphics engine doesn’t need years to get done

[@LEmir_de_Passy]

@@chrisracing81 exactly. In any case, I'm not expecting fireworks. Maybe just some better lighting, reflections.

[@chrisracing81]

@@LEmir_de_Passy yeah, and for me this will be not enough - since i race LMU it is hard to go „back“ to iRacing - looks like iRacing has only 4 different colors 😅

[@bmwM3M5M6]

Drops from 390 FPS to 380 FPS and it’s called a performance loss 😲 I cry for 100 FPS on SPA & newer tracks ! 380 FPS is dream for me sadly even when I have a 240Hz monitor I totally can’t reach it, especially in race

[@jeremywiese6304]

What GPU are you running?

[@DanSuzuki]

4090 with a 7800X3D

[@jeremywiese6304]

@@DanSuzukiDayum

[@mrlalalala56]

Tried these settings and my rain fps is still struggling. I tried ssr low - rain only and my fps is in the 40-60 range in the wet. I have a rtx4070. Any ideas on what to change for rain to get better fps? No rain fps is good

[@jeremywiese6304]

ssr kills like 30-40% of the frames

[@taxi615]

Do you have hdr in windows on for this because fake hdr in game makes it look way too bright loads of blooming in the sky

[@kingston178]

same for me fakehdr looks terrible on my computer

[@taxi615]

@kingston178 take hdr off in reshade makes it better for me atleast

[@ClaytonMacleod]

Setting anisotropic filtering to 16x in the Nvidia control panel is redundant. You already had it set to 16x in iRacing’s settings. One isn’t better than the other. It’s the same thing.

[@DanSuzuki]

two is better than one 😅

[@offswitch1]

Terrible for me actually gave me a black screen and I could not do anything not even cotroll alt del would work

[@TharesYT]

Jetzt noch auf Deutsch bitte :-)

[@DanSuzuki]

einfach dem video folgen, funktioniert auch ohne das gelaber ganz gut :D

[@slaine6410]

I racing is broken with reshade on triples thank for nothing, now my iracing is broken

[@DanSuzuki]

You did something wrong then, works just fine on triples :) check if you have your permissions set up correctly in case iracing is in program files

[@Simlife101]

It’s due to the fact you’re watching on your phone which is either AMOLED or RETINA from apple that’s why

[@DanSuzuki]

I am very confused 😅

[@philipschneider602]

für den deutschen Kanal wäre das bestimmt auch hilfreich

[@DanSuzuki]

der lohnt sich leider überhaupt nicht :(

[@philipschneider602]

@@DanSuzuki schade ☹️

[@jufejufinho]

The correct question is "How does your iRacing look a bit less like crap than mine?" Because it still looks like crap with reshade 😂

[@DanSuzuki]

I don’t think that would work very well for the algorithm 🥲

[@jufejufinho]

@@DanSuzuki jaja true. Anyways, it can look like xbox 360, I still watch you for your skill

[@jimmy-the-bear]

iRacing looks and sounds 10 years old, for the thousands of dollars they charge it should be significantly better.