Everytime i experience a linear game like this, i wonder why open World games are so popular. This game is packed with atmosphere, exploration, action, horror, puzzles, shooting , resource management, and tells an interesting story on top of all that.... I wonder why people keep demanding open world games with a length of 270 hours where you keep doing the exact same thing over and over again. My only complain about this game is UE5, they really should stop building games in this engine until it has the bare minimum of optimization.
Most stutter issues can be solved by using a Vulkan mod. Though it will have some graphical glitches like reflection flickering, and missing shadows in interior areas (apartment and hospital). If you're willing to sacrifice visual presentation for more smoother gameplay and less stutter while waiting for a patch to fix the issue, go for Vulkan mod.
Within advanced graphics settings, there's another option for the resolution scaling. You might want to look into it since I couldn't notice a significant change in performance, but it allowed me to increase the scaling to 150% while dropping to the performance preset on DLSS for a little gain. Also I tried playing on DX11 to try and remedy the stutters and while it did work to some extent, there are still some stutters when entering new enviornments (Screw UE5!). On the upside, the visual quality is about the same and where I had around 90 unstable FPS WITH frame-gen outside on the streets, I now have 90-100 somewhat stable FPS inside the apartments and the reception area, WITHOUT frame-gen! There's something horribly wrong with this engine and the optimization here.
Okay throughout tweaking, I managed to scrap some extra performance and visuals out of the game with my "SH2 Essentials" Mod as of v2.1. I recommend trying it, it dosen't really hurt the image in fact it looks better. Good video!
@@sheffield8184 seems like it stutters no matter what you have. I used the vulcan mod and its a little better, but with a 2070s frames drop like crazy in 1440p. Only way to play it at this point is in 720 😂😭
@Valuehunter99 lol ye mine doesn't really drop below 60 not that I've noticed but the stutter makes it unplayable atvthe min shame game seems good just runs like 💩
The problem with the game is that most of the solutions I see are just reducing the quality, such as using dx11 and vulkan. Frankly, I don't like playing with these because they distort the quality greatly. I have high specifications and I face some light stuttering, but in the end, I'm not the only one who faces these stuttering, everyone does. I hate Unreal 5 on the PC. It's very bad on the PC. I don't know why they don't fix it. Damn them.
If you're trying to get the best 60+ fps config for a high end gpu without sacrificing any visuals at all, setting shadows to medium is the best thing to do. Second best would be to force a slightly lower draw distance in the engine.ini file and third best is setting the shaders to medium, although the difference is kinda visible at that point.
I love how this game still scares me even finishing it for 5 times now, and it only got 2 true jumpscares! for a a whole 20h from beginning to end! just freakin 2! it really scares me the whole game, not just in a moment but the whole game xD
It's very hard to give up shadows on low, cuz the jump in performance is just too big. Since I only have a 6600, I ended up just playing at 30 locked with a mix of medium and high, and even at 1080p TSR medium, so below native, sometimes performance in late game (apartments and later drop below 30, specially in weird areas like the pool in apartments). I also found that lightning internal areas are really jarring without lumen RT, specially in the very early game, when you're exploring stores, and you don't have a flashlight. Like, they should've just manually tweaked some areas, cuz it goes from extremely dark with RT off, to the point I thought something was going wrong with my TV, to looking like they should with RT on. I also ended up just using DX11 and TSR medium. That gave me some 5-7 fps more. Not sure what is being turned off in DX11 tho, if any, but late game is so dark I found hard to pinpoint these things.
@DMS_134 no shame in locking the fps to 30 if it's more stable. For dx11, software lumen raytracing is completely disabled as raytracing is only suppored by dx12
For those interested in applying the Engine.ini UE5 tweaks, go here: www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Silent_Hill_2#High-fidelity_upscaling Latest DLSS dll: www.techpowerup.com/download/nvidia-dlss-dll/ Place DLSS dll here: Silent Hill 2 Remake\SHProto\Plugins\DLSS\Binaries\ThirdParty\Win64
thanks for doing what digital foundry didn't, I love their content overall, and they shared some modding info on getting rid of stutter but for those of us who don't want to bother modding the game, I was so frustrated they couldn't at least provide some optimization guidance
@grimwatcher thank you. Glad to be of help. I am also not a big fan of modding when it comes to fixing performance as I am a huge proponent of prioritizing the intricacies of how the graphics options function first before anything else. This also gives you peace of mind as you are fully aware of what visual sacrifices/benefits you're getting in exchange of performance.
it's really weird, i got a rtx 3090, played RE4 max settings, native 4k, ray tracing and hair strands no problem 70 fps, i can barely bring 28fps on silent hill 2, and re4 looked way better. baldy optimized? or am i missing something?
@MrSiloterio 4k, epic settings, ray tracing on, hdr on, 18 fps. i have to put dlss on performance to get ~55 fps. but that kinda defeats the purpose of native 4k right? might aswell just play on 1440p and turn dlss off?
@ that is absolutely correct. It’s better of going 1440p and use dlss quality. The silver bullet for our performance is actually using the dlss to fsr frame gen mod. Turn everything to epic preset, enable dlss quality, and just enable frame gen. It solves the 60 fps drops in the most intensive sections in the game for me. There’s an input delay but it’s more tolerable than seeing frame rate drops without frame gen.
@@MrSiloterio alrighty guess that's my lot then, incredible differently optimized games can be. interestingly enough my gpu and cpu don't show more than 20% power used. which makes me think something might be foul here
@Rabstol oh wow really? Now that's really unexpected. But during the town benchmark, it was not noticeable even if the majority what I saw there was fog. Very interesting.
@@MrSiloterio it's really noticeable when you go outside at the initial staircase section in the first apartment building at 09:30, that's where i noticed it. fog was really blocky and pixelated on low shadows and changing to medium made it much better
please someone help me with my settings...i have rtx2050 4gb vram 75 watt asus tuf 15 and this game keeps giving me non playable frame drops and sometime later it goes back to normal (playing on 720p)
when i tried toggling ray tracing in the coffee shop where you get the neely bar coin, with RT off, the dark corners were just pretty well pitch black and couldn't see anything.
@Edmundostudios that really depends on your specs. For me it's a huge gap between ps5 as quality mode on there is 1440p without ray tracing and it's locked at 30 fps with drops below that on some scenes. It's far more smoother on PC at 60 fps and with higher settings. The stutter is there when entering new areas, but when you're just exploring in general, it's pretty normal to me.
Shaders Quality to medium gave ~10fps boost for me on RTX 3090 on native 1440p ;) Shadows to low it's not recommended because you lost some shadows here and there, not only quality lost like always. Thanks for video, cheers!
@@MrSiloterioFlickering happens everywhere due to Lumen. At the starting area on that wooden pool I see the shadow flickering for example, I can fix this with tweaks though but at a performance cost.
@@MrSiloterio that's out of consideration to begin with 😅🍻 Phenomenal game though. Hating 30FPS cutscenes. Some proper (not current, since it doesn't work properly) mod / patch should fix it.
Game looks grainy and smeary at the same time. Hair rendering and lighting is terrible. Face shadows often lacking in detail. Raytracing taking away a solid chunk of FPS for not so much benefits, a lot of raytracing light leaking ruining the scenes completely cause of further light propagation and bounces. I am overal quite dissapointed but not surprised. I've refunded this Unreal slop and would be sticking to good old Enhanced Edition.
Everytime i experience a linear game like this, i wonder why open World games are so popular. This game is packed with atmosphere, exploration, action, horror, puzzles, shooting , resource management, and tells an interesting story on top of all that.... I wonder why people keep demanding open world games with a length of 270 hours where you keep doing the exact same thing over and over again.
My only complain about this game is UE5, they really should stop building games in this engine until it has the bare minimum of optimization.
Most stutter issues can be solved by using a Vulkan mod. Though it will have some graphical glitches like reflection flickering, and missing shadows in interior areas (apartment and hospital).
If you're willing to sacrifice visual presentation for more smoother gameplay and less stutter while waiting for a patch to fix the issue, go for Vulkan mod.
Where can I download the mod?
@@nicolascheneaux2612 naxusmod
Within advanced graphics settings, there's another option for the resolution scaling.
You might want to look into it since I couldn't notice a significant change in performance, but it allowed me to increase the scaling to 150% while dropping to the performance preset on DLSS for a little gain.
Also I tried playing on DX11 to try and remedy the stutters and while it did work to some extent, there are still some stutters when entering new enviornments (Screw UE5!).
On the upside, the visual quality is about the same and where I had around 90 unstable FPS WITH frame-gen outside on the streets, I now have 90-100 somewhat stable FPS inside the apartments and the reception area, WITHOUT frame-gen!
There's something horribly wrong with this engine and the optimization here.
Okay throughout tweaking, I managed to scrap some extra performance and visuals out of the game with my "SH2 Essentials" Mod as of v2.1. I recommend trying it, it dosen't really hurt the image in fact it looks better. Good video!
Ohh interesting. Is it in nexus mods?
@@MrSiloterio Yes it is. Over 1000 downloads so far, and theirs 4 presets to choose from. The boost I managed to get on my PC was 16%
@@Hybred awesome thanks for sharing! I'll check it out
@@MrSiloterio managed to squeeze another 16% out of it! When version 2.2 uploads that will be the one. 32% extra performance now.
It's the stuttering that kills it for me
@@sheffield8184 what's your specs?
@@MrSiloterio7 7800x3d rtx4090 32gb ram
@@sheffield8184 seems like it stutters no matter what you have. I used the vulcan mod and its a little better, but with a 2070s frames drop like crazy in 1440p. Only way to play it at this point is in 720 😂😭
R7 5800X RX 7900 XTX 64GB RAM here.
@Valuehunter99 lol ye mine doesn't really drop below 60 not that I've noticed but the stutter makes it unplayable atvthe min shame game seems good just runs like 💩
The problem with the game is that most of the solutions I see are just reducing the quality, such as using dx11 and vulkan. Frankly, I don't like playing with these because they distort the quality greatly. I have high specifications and I face some light stuttering, but in the end, I'm not the only one who faces these stuttering, everyone does. I hate Unreal 5 on the PC. It's very bad on the PC. I don't know why they don't fix it. Damn them.
If you're trying to get the best 60+ fps config for a high end gpu without sacrificing any visuals at all, setting shadows to medium is the best thing to do. Second best would be to force a slightly lower draw distance in the engine.ini file and third best is setting the shaders to medium, although the difference is kinda visible at that point.
I love how this game still scares me even finishing it for 5 times now, and it only got 2 true jumpscares! for a a whole 20h from beginning to end! just freakin 2! it really scares me the whole game, not just in a moment but the whole game xD
It's very hard to give up shadows on low, cuz the jump in performance is just too big. Since I only have a 6600, I ended up just playing at 30 locked with a mix of medium and high, and even at 1080p TSR medium, so below native, sometimes performance in late game (apartments and later drop below 30, specially in weird areas like the pool in apartments). I also found that lightning internal areas are really jarring without lumen RT, specially in the very early game, when you're exploring stores, and you don't have a flashlight. Like, they should've just manually tweaked some areas, cuz it goes from extremely dark with RT off, to the point I thought something was going wrong with my TV, to looking like they should with RT on.
I also ended up just using DX11 and TSR medium. That gave me some 5-7 fps more. Not sure what is being turned off in DX11 tho, if any, but late game is so dark I found hard to pinpoint these things.
@DMS_134 no shame in locking the fps to 30 if it's more stable. For dx11, software lumen raytracing is completely disabled as raytracing is only suppored by dx12
For those interested in applying the Engine.ini UE5 tweaks, go here: www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Silent_Hill_2#High-fidelity_upscaling
Latest DLSS dll: www.techpowerup.com/download/nvidia-dlss-dll/
Place DLSS dll here: Silent Hill 2 Remake\SHProto\Plugins\DLSS\Binaries\ThirdParty\Win64
i just installed the latest nvidia GeForce Game Ready Driver 565.90 . Do i still need to download the DLSS dll and put it in that directory?
@edwardcandra2510 yes you need to. Nvidia drivers do not update the dlss dll files inside game folders so you have to do the copy pasting manually.
@@MrSiloterio got it,thanks dude
thanks for doing what digital foundry didn't, I love their content overall, and they shared some modding info on getting rid of stutter but for those of us who don't want to bother modding the game, I was so frustrated they couldn't at least provide some optimization guidance
@grimwatcher thank you. Glad to be of help. I am also not a big fan of modding when it comes to fixing performance as I am a huge proponent of prioritizing the intricacies of how the graphics options function first before anything else.
This also gives you peace of mind as you are fully aware of what visual sacrifices/benefits you're getting in exchange of performance.
Now you know how MGS3 Delta is going to look in PC
ive got my game running smoothly but when i move the camera whilst running i get severe fps drops and dont know how to fix it?
what are your specs?
@@MrSiloterio gpu: AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT, cpu: AMD Ryzen 7 5700g, 16GB Ram
Bro the Unreal Engine is just sucks.
Was all good till ue4
it's really weird, i got a rtx 3090, played RE4 max settings, native 4k, ray tracing and hair strands no problem 70 fps, i can barely bring 28fps on silent hill 2, and re4 looked way better. baldy optimized? or am i missing something?
@@Rojo1111 hmm what are your settings?
@MrSiloterio 4k, epic settings, ray tracing on, hdr on, 18 fps. i have to put dlss on performance to get ~55 fps. but that kinda defeats the purpose of native 4k right? might aswell just play on 1440p and turn dlss off?
@ that is absolutely correct. It’s better of going 1440p and use dlss quality. The silver bullet for our performance is actually using the dlss to fsr frame gen mod. Turn everything to epic preset, enable dlss quality, and just enable frame gen. It solves the 60 fps drops in the most intensive sections in the game for me.
There’s an input delay but it’s more tolerable than seeing frame rate drops without frame gen.
@@MrSiloterio alrighty guess that's my lot then, incredible differently optimized games can be. interestingly enough my gpu and cpu don't show more than 20% power used. which makes me think something might be foul here
@Rojo1111 it's ue5 as always. Sigh.
you missed that shadows setting also changes quality of volumetric fog
@Rabstol oh wow really? Now that's really unexpected. But during the town benchmark, it was not noticeable even if the majority what I saw there was fog. Very interesting.
@@MrSiloterio it's really noticeable when you go outside at the initial staircase section in the first apartment building at 09:30, that's where i noticed it. fog was really blocky and pixelated on low shadows and changing to medium made it much better
please someone help me with my settings...i have rtx2050 4gb vram 75 watt asus tuf 15 and this game keeps giving me non playable frame drops and sometime later it goes back to normal (playing on 720p)
when i tried toggling ray tracing in the coffee shop where you get the neely bar coin, with RT off, the dark corners were just pretty well pitch black and couldn't see anything.
@@tmp1k that is correct. This is also one of the instances where raytracing is really transformative.
How is the port in general? Worth getting it on PC over PS5 or are the shader stutters bad in this one as well?
@Edmundostudios that really depends on your specs. For me it's a huge gap between ps5 as quality mode on there is 1440p without ray tracing and it's locked at 30 fps with drops below that on some scenes.
It's far more smoother on PC at 60 fps and with higher settings. The stutter is there when entering new areas, but when you're just exploring in general, it's pretty normal to me.
@@MrSiloterio alright thanks I may get it there then.
get it on ps5.
Shaders Quality to medium gave ~10fps boost for me on RTX 3090 on native 1440p ;) Shadows to low it's not recommended because you lost some shadows here and there, not only quality lost like always. Thanks for video, cheers!
i have gtx 1080& FSR3 is good for me on performane or balanced for get 60 fps
ofc most settings are on low or meidum' & make sure turn offanti alasing
can someone help me, there is an icon of a lock on graphic setting how can i alow myself change graphics?
@@РоманМительман set the graphics preset to custom then go to advanced settings
On AMD GPU I don't see any reason to go for FSR when TSR seems to do a better job? Unless you want AFMF2 which seems to look pretty bad in this game.
@@kimchristensen453 ah i see. If TSR looks better that’s fine as well. But the performance advantage still goes to FSR 3.0
@@MrSiloterio You are right of course. TSR only if there's some overhead available.
@@kimchristensen453 TSR on low quality is actually a viable option if nothing else works.
There will still be stutters in the city
this game had no business being this gpu heavy :(
@imjakedeason it does use software lumen RT on dx12 at all times so it's understandable to me. Turning on RT only toggles hardware RT.
How about flicker?
which area are you experiencing flicker?
@@MrSiloterioFlickering happens everywhere due to Lumen. At the starting area on that wooden pool I see the shadow flickering for example, I can fix this with tweaks though but at a performance cost.
Unreal Engine = Stutters
Shadows low, shaders medium, done 😅
@@JohnnyBg2905 ray tracing off
@@MrSiloterio that's out of consideration to begin with 😅🍻 Phenomenal game though. Hating 30FPS cutscenes. Some proper (not current, since it doesn't work properly) mod / patch should fix it.
@@JohnnyBg2905 haha understandable 🍻 the mods I've on nexus mods are more crazy than actually helpful. Just saw ultraman and CJ there 😭
Game looks grainy and smeary at the same time. Hair rendering and lighting is terrible. Face shadows often lacking in detail. Raytracing taking away a solid chunk of FPS for not so much benefits, a lot of raytracing light leaking ruining the scenes completely cause of further light propagation and bounces. I am overal quite dissapointed but not surprised. I've refunded this Unreal slop and would be sticking to good old Enhanced Edition.
Girl the game still looks like shit for me 🥲🥲