The Ultimate Guide to iRacing's Graphic Settings Part One: GPU Control Panel

[@thefourfourfour9512]

Just got myself a dedicated PC for iracing, I'm half way thru - and I must thank you immensely for your effort.

[@cbremer83]

Capping FPS is GOOD if you can go well past the refresh rate of the screen. This will leave GPU resources free for load spikes and keeps latency lower. If the GPU is pegged at 100% and needs more you get lag and latency spikes. In my case, I have a 120hz screen. Limit it to that and iracing uses 60-80% of my 4080 depending on tracks and car count. Buttery smooth and responsive at all times.

[@muirl99]

Cheers for all of the effort you put into this mate! This is exactly how i tweak/benchmark my own games so you've just saved me hourssss! Legendary

[@ChadGeidel]

Is there a reason you are changing these settings globally for just iRacing? I recommend doing this ONLY to the iRacing game (in the "Progam Settings" tab)

[@adamthompson8432]

Can you expand on this more or do a video Chad? I’m just so god damn dumb with computers. I like your thought process here. I would love to change it just for iracing and no the whole computer. Cheers

[@j3ffr0ck24]

BRO!!! I doubled my FPS from your info. Soooo good. Thanx man (5800x3D, EVGA FTW3 3080, triple 32" 1440p, NATIVE RES= 180+ FPS) BOOM!

[@SIMSTAGE]

Thanks bro, very cool work, regards from Russia, now iRacing looks great!👍✌👍

[@CaviDS]

you might want to suggest that people not change the global settings but change the programs tab, not the global settings, go to the programs tab and set the same things but just for Iracing

[@jensweber7106]

Thank you for your video. This get me 20 fps in iRacing and 20 to 30 fps in escape from tarkov. I don't know which setting brought this. But I like it :)

[@CinnibarNet]

The problem with changing SYSTEM settings in the Nvidia control panel is that you're impacting the performance of every game played on the system. Some of us use a single gaming machine for multiple purposes, and the changes you've suggested turning off in the NVIDIA Control Panel will cause issues.

[@insidethreewide7133]

Agreed. One should use program setting and find iRacing from the drop-down list to make the changes there.

[@birdman_of_bikini_bottom7325]

I always thought the same thing so I wasn’t going to change any of mine but I noticed he’s also in the global settings next to it in the Program Settings you can select iRacing and change some of the settings around. I’m gonna try that out and hope for the best, not sure it’ll work but 🤞🏻

[@liuyinzuo5765]

he explains what each one does, that still is very helpful, regardless

[@insidethreewide7133]

@@liuyinzuo5765 Absolutely. The fact that he takes the time and put in all the effort that he does benefits all who choose to view

[@CharlesK441]

@@insidethreewide7133 I was going to ask about this .... won't do it globally 👍🏾

[@-Ola-.]

So, leaving Anisotropic filtering to ‘application’, doesnt activate this filtering when running iRacing?

[@PauloRobertoElias]

To everyone complaining about setting on the whole system level instead of application level, I would like to remember that some of these configurations only exists that way

[@irongoatrocky2343]

I just ordered a 3080RTX card off Amazon as they really don't exist here in Thailand! for my dedicated PC so thks for the set up tips

[@aerialcam3604]

Great videos, very informative. Do you run Nvidia surround or windows borderless?

[@TheEars8]

really helpful video Tommy, thank you!

[@drumbri]

Very helpful thank you! I don’t play iRacing but…. My frame rate went from 65-72 fps to straight out flat 90 fps steady and consistent, in dirt rally 2.0 in VR! (reverb g2) AND I turned all my graphics up in the game that I had sacrificed before just to get a steady and less choppy experience. Awesome video I will share with my rally friends. I’m on the Rex 3090 😅

[@iRacerUSAF45]

Tommy, your videos are awesome, thanks for the help!!

[@schmettydogg]

Thank you very much for your really great and easy to understand explanation. Greetings from Berlin.

[@guillermoh.2496]

Awesome job, thank you. I have a question: iRacing also has anisotropic filtering and you recommend not to adjust the same settings in both places. Why do you make an exception with that one? Thanks a lot and keep it going!

[@Kpaxlol]

Yeah im wondering about that too.

[@scottmclean4535]

Great Video, Thanks for doing the heavy lifting.

[@rjy87]

A max frame rate can be useful to help games run smoother or in the gsync or freesync range of your monitor. It can also save gpu power. I have a 120 hz gysnc monitor and it works best limited to 116 so that it doesnt go out of range.

[@user-or9ur5pp1t]

But at 6:30 onwards you select the bottom option so it uses the slider, you need the middle option for it to use the values you then show us all 👍🏼

[@tonyhuffman5248]

Thank you very good information

[@SteveEwingFCR66]

so happy you did this video. Thanks!!!🙂

[@raymorgan5806]

Very helpful. Thanks 🙏🏼

[@natemorga]

you should have more subs so i subbed

[@rettmcbride8591]

Thanks Thomas , great videos!! Keep um coming!

[@henryjames3580]

Thanks for the wisdom it was a great video

[@airsiren]

Found!! Thanks

[@JasonBrooks-ox2hz]

That was grate .. can u please send me a link to your iracing settings please

[@afonsocaetano1942]

Thanks for the great video. I have one question... Im running iRacing with a rtx4070 with i5 13600kf in triple monitor (60 hz, I know its not ideal). Im running iRacing between 300/400 fps, and my graphics card is always close to 100% usage, but the temp is never more than 50ºC. Its good to have the GPU always running at 98/99/100% usage, or its dangerous and can cause damage to the GPU ?

[@hilariorodriguez4255]

Great video!

[@Yatzeck]

Very hepful thank you

[@robloyst4514]

Worst part for me is cars far off being blurry. Sponsors. Also the terrible shimmering. What causes the shimmer?

[@its_jakester]

How do these Nvidia settings relate to live streaming and using OBS studio at the same time? will it tax the GPU more when you have OBS running for a live stream?

[@BenFilley]

the short answer, yes. there are ways to minimize the drop though. easiest way is have a 2nd pc and run the stream over your network to the 2nd system via NDI plugin inside obs. it grabs the frame buffer and ships it over ethernet at insane quality for so little of a hit to your performance its kinda silly. but it definitely requires a 2nd computer to do it. its how i am able to stream/record in vr using the quest 2. the effect is the same though, it takes less than 1% of your performance from the main system, and offloads the actual encoding/streaming burden to a second system. vs taking (my experience personally) up to 20% of your performance, and still having stutters in the stream under heavy gaming loads. NDI and a 2nd system completely eliminated all my stuttering on stream, and gained me back a lot of lost performance vs not streaming. hope that all makes sense. the short, get ndi plugin for obs and a cheap second system to offload the burden.

[@adamthompson8432]

So I read you last sentence and was wonder, how big or cheap of a computer I need just to stream with as a second computer. How cheap can you go and would a laptop work? Just curious. Would you mind posting a link to a cheap second computer that you would buy yourself to use for streaming. Thank you!

[@BenFilley]

@@adamthompson8432 I personally use a laptop as my streaming system. It’s using an i5 6 core cpu and a gtx 1650 max q gpu. It’s plenty for a 10mbps stream at 1080p. I paid $550usd for mine at my local Walmart 2 years ago, and you can likely find something second hand for a lot less. Basically anything with 4 cores and hyper threading, and anything 1650 max q or higher for the gpu.

[@shawndoyle1139]

can we get a updated version off this if possible

[@jcsquared1111]

I am a computer noob, have an RTX 3080 and G9 Ultrawide started messing around with my settings and now iracing has started crashing and screen turns black on me mid lap, only way I can get it out of it is to manually force it to shut down. Hope this video can help me out. Lol

[@Phelps85]

This is a awesome video but the first section of the video where you open the nvidia control panel... i cant not find that idk why idk if it has to do with me having windows 11 but even searching the net i can not find it has nvidia deleted it?

[@mattanderson9375]

I couldn't find it either, then I updated the Nvidia drivers!

[@mattcampbell9171]

Just open the start menu and type "Nvidia"

[@TheAlans44]

I usually find it by right clicking on an empty space on the Desktop

[@ChrisMcGuire0]

what gpu do you recommend for a 5760x1080 resolution with 144hz refresh rate?

[@Daz555Daz]

Depends. What's the rest of your system specs, and what's your budget?

[@azzazz4549]

3090-4090

[@brandonpowellsimracing8005]

My recommendation is a 3080. I currently use a 2080 (MSI Gaming X Trio 8GB) at that resolution and it gets the job done (CPU: 8700K, RAM: 16GB 3500Mhz DDR4). Running 4x FXAA and tweaking several settings I got it running between 100 to 140 FPS (about 125 avg.) on all road tracks tested so far (Suzuka, RBRing, Nordschliefe, Long Beach) and it looks great and runs silky smooth. A 3080 would definitely help to keep it pinned at 140 FPS, but I don't think the extra VRAM in the 3090 will be that useful, and a 4090 for that resolution is overkill. I would only get a 4090 if I planned to upgrade my triples to 1440p; it was made for higher than 4K pixel counts, which Triple 1440p is.

[@jawmedia7575]

Ultimate guide to get all the frames in Iracing? Easy. Get a 5800x3d

[@mattsindoni7838]

I’ve tried everything and can’t get rid of flickering objects such as fences, trees, racing line. Have a 4090 :(

[@MasterChiefpettyofficerJohn117]

Will this settings help with VR?

[@JP-wu8ek]

Yeah, what he said...

[@chrisracing81]

I just use settings in nvidia control panel as they are, no changes - anything I tested didn’t give me any improvement - not in graphic quality and not in performance…

[@Terencemoore121]

I just wanna play my game I bought a pc and everytime I play it takes 20-30 mins for the track and stuff to load I get 30fps or less all the time and I been trying to figure it out for days it’s always laggy and doesn’t look good the graphics looks like a clay drawing I just wanna play my game and I can not figure out how to get it to work

[@TommyBrandon]

what pc did you get?

[@Turkson059]

You obviously have a very low budget pc

[@Terencemoore121]

@@TommyBrandon I have a 4 core 6gb ram 2gb gpu idk I just wanna play my game I’ve spent over 300$ on tracks and cars and Saved for so long and my pc just doesn’t like the game like I don’t even have a mouse I have to use my keyboard

[@Terencemoore121]

@@TommyBrandon I just wanna play but I just never do cause I have to wait 45 mins for once ai race can’t even load online cause it takes to long and I can’t get in with enough time

[@TommyBrandon]

@@Terencemoore121 ok, so I really hate to say this, but your system is way underpowered. Unfortunately, you are in a real need of an upgrade if you want to be able to play the sim at an enjoyable level.

[@user-rx6vi7js9f]

please setting for rfactor 2

[@regibson23]

I'm not sure I can trust a guy's graphic settings whose 60fps youtube video is juttering. ;)

[@saxxon66]

Also he is just wrong on aa transparency, this is a gpu hog but also the one that improves the quality most cause of many fences and other transparent textures. It is even mir important in VR!

[@robloyst4514]

@@saxxon66right on! Nothing bothers me more than fences and fence shadows flickering and jagged.

[@turdferguson1021]

Get to the f'ing point. I was done at the intro.

[@radarluv67]

none of these graphic settings made any difference on my pc.

[@OutisYT]

"first things first"....starts at 8, I repeat 8 minutes in.... This feels like a guide on how to waste half my day. I dont think I'll be finishing your video Tom. Thumbs down for me.

[@71datsun1]

So much wrong information in this video.

[@skltr21]

Ok so I have a 4060ti and a 4k 60hz monitor. I have gone through both of your videos and it definitely helped. One thing I’m having a problem with is the low fps. I have it set to no limit and i get such low fps the game really looks bad. Any idea how I could fix this? I feel like this gpu should be way more than capable for iracing even maxed out on everything, no?

[@iSoundpro]

can you do the same thing but for VR?

[@gaming-fuel6250]

is that settings also make sense if I drive in VR @tommybrandon