Question Red Dead 2: shadows/flickering lights / shadows problem ?

[Italogin95]

https://www.reddit.com/r/RDR2/comments/18zln20/shadowslight_flicks/
https://www.reddit.com/r/PCRedDead/comments/190t8ll/shadows_problem/

Hi everyone, i need help! Please?!

Im having problems with my rdr2 shadows and lights flickering around, ill post my specs and game settings below:

Specs:

Win 11 home

I7 10750H

GTX 1660TI Mobile

16 GB Ram



Settings:

VIDEO

Resolution: 1080p (my screen is 1080p 144hz)

Borderless window

Vsync: No

Tripple buffering: No

Low latency NVDIA reflex: No

GRAPHICS

Textures: Ultra

Anitrosopic filter: 16x

Ilumination quality: High

Global ilumination quality: Ultra

Shadow quality: High

Far shadow quality: Ultra

SSAO: Medium

Reflex quality: Medium

Mirror quality: Ultra

Water quality: Custom

Volumetric quality: Custom

Particle quality: Medium

Tesselation quality: Ultra

AMD FSR 2.0: No

TAA: High

FXAA: Yes

MSAA: No

ADVANCED GRAPHICS

API: DX12

Near volumetric: Medium

Far volumetric: Medium

Volumetric ilumination quality: Ultra

Raymarching volumetric res: No

Particle ilumination quality: Medium

Soft shadows: Ultra

Grass shadows: High

Long shadows: Yes

SSAO(Full screen): No

Water refraction: Medium

Water reflex: Medium

Water physics: 2/4

Res scale: No

TAA sharpness: about 50%

Motion blur: No

MSAA(reflexes): No

Geometric detail: 5/5

Gras detail 6/10

Tree quality: Ultra

Parallax oclusion map: Medium

Decals: Ultra

Fur quality: High

Tree tesselation: No



I can run the game above 50 fps.

About drivers, im noob and i used Driver Booster to check it out, it said its up to date

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

Hey there,

Is this just with the one game, or all games?

Do not use third party apps to install your drivers. You can do this easily. Uninstall that junk.

Which exact model laptop is it? This is important.

 

[Italogin95]

Hey there,

Is this just with the one game, or all games?

Do not use third party apps to install your drivers. You can do this easily. Uninstall that junk.

Which exact model laptop is it? This is important.

Hi sir! Ty for the answer and ur time! Im willing to say it just on this one, other games like: wot, dmc, the evil within, tww3, nfs and god of war, i didnt see it.

I went to intel site and nvidia geforce exp to check my drivers, they´re up to date now, at least what comes to cpu and gpu.

My laptop is an Acer Nitro 5 AN515-55-705U

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

Hi sir! Ty for the answer and ur time! Im willing to say it just on this one, other games like: wot, dmc, the evil within, tww3, nfs and god of war, i didnt see it.

I went to intel site and nvidia geforce exp to check my drivers, they´re up to date now, at least what comes to cpu and gpu.

My laptop is a nitro 5 model an515-55-705u

Well, if it's just one game it could be a GPU or game bug. What power profile are you using?

 

[Italogin95]

Well, if it's just one game it could be a GPU or game bug. What power profile are you using?

Im using high performance throught windows and adaptive throught nvidia control panel.

What if it happens in other games? Could it be GPU problem?

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

Im using high performance throught windows and adaptive throught nvidia control panel.

What if it happens in other games? Could it be GPU problem?

Yes, it's possoble. It could be a lot of stuff, but given it's only in one game so far, I suspect a bug.

See how it goes on the next driver update for the GPU here: https://www.nvidia.com/download/index.aspx

 

[Italogin95]

Yes, it's possoble. It could be a lot of stuff, but given it's only in one game so far, I suspect a bug.

See how it goes on the next driver update for the GPU here: https://www.nvidia.com/download/index.aspx

I already have the latest version 546.33 i have installed throught geforce exp

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

I already have the latest version 546.33 i have installed throught geforce exp

Okay, well don't use Geforce Experience to 'optimize' games. This has can tank FPS, and cause issues. Manually change any settings you need through NVCP.

 

[Italogin95]

Okay, i have not used it for that, i have been choosing my settings using benchmarks from youtube benchmarks channel, very good one btw.

Anyway, i really need help to solve this, as i lack the knowledge. I have also opened a ticket with rockstar games to see if there is any answer from them.

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

Let us know if it improves, or the solution.

 

[Italogin95]

Let us know if it improves, or the solution.

Hi sir, i recently started playing outer worlds, and i can say its also happening in that game. But, before i get crazy thinking its a gpu problem, i also went to check other ppl playing rdr2, and i saw other guy with a 3060 and 3070 with similar problem, but they just dont care i guess.

Its sad to think that PC gaming is actually like this....

 

[Italogin95]

Hi sir, i recently started playing outer worlds, and i can say its also happening in that game. But, before i get crazy thinking its a gpu problem, i also went to check other ppl playing rdr2, and i saw other guy with a 3060 and 3070 with similar problem, but they just dont care i guess.

Its sad to think that PC gaming is actually like this....

Jagged Shadows,Pop in,Low LOD and jagged aa

linustechtips.com

I found this, it looks like ppl are having problem over the last years, all over the globe, all different rigs even phones, oh my god!

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

Jagged Shadows,Pop in,Low LOD and jagged aa

linustechtips.com

I found this, it looks like ppl are having problem over the last years, all over the globe, all different rigs even phones, oh my god!

Hmmm, yes, that doesn't bode well. It seems then that it is game related as opposed to the GPU. If those other posters have different hardware than yours, that tells me it's a game/dev/coding problem.

 

[SkyNetRising]

I found this, it looks like ppl are having problem over the last years, all over the globe,

Normal game behavior. LOL

About door changing color -
surfaces on different angles produce different reflected light.
In game this effect looks slightly exaggerated though.

And shimmering shadows - I wouldn't care about it at all.
Imagine it's because of heat induced air shimmering. Light passing though such air would produce shimmering shadows.
Again - normal game behavior.

BTW - it's not supposed to look photo-realistic in game.
I don't think RDR2 even supports ray-traced shadows. And you don't have RTX enabled hardware also.

 

[Italogin95]

Normal game behavior. LOL

About door changing color -
surfaces on different angles produce different reflected light.
In game this effect looks slightly exaggerated though.

And shimmering shadows - I wouldn't care about it at all.
Imagine it's because of heat induced air shimmering. Light passing though such air would produce shimmering shadows.
Again - normal game behavior.

BTW - it's not supposed to look photo-realistic in game.
I don't think RDR2 even supports ray-traced shadows. And you don't have RTX enabled hardware

Hi Mr.

SkyNetRising​

Ty for joning us!

Its really amazing to find out this is normal game behavior, i didnt really got into PC gamming since lil time ago that i got my rig, and i understand its far from the best but i thought i would play games like when i had my old 360, just with better graphics overall, thing is these "problems" make games look kinda stupid ina way, shadows popin in plants and moving with ur character are not something i remmenber to be honest.

I would also like to share this videos, because it will show when these "problems" happen and possibly also show how it doesnt really make sense for it to be happening:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytNZyuk2Iew&t=1s​

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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSeoNijXQpg


The second one around 3:00 mark u can see shadows poppin while character moves, its a very clear example of something that, well, shouldnt be happening?

I tested rdr2 ina ps5, and there are no shadow flicks or popin in the console, o, why would it happen in PC? I would understand that it is because of ray tracing(that i cant have). But i have seen 3060/70 cards with this same issue. and i think they support it.

 

[Unolocogringo]

Is there a reason you are playing in a border-less window instead of full screen mode?
I have had similar artifacts when playing at less than full screen mode. Not sure of the cause, just my experience.
Try the game in full screen1080p mode .

 

[Italogin95]

Is there a reason you are playing in a border-less window instead of full screen mode?
I have had similar artifacts when playing at less than full screen mode. Not sure of the cause, just my experience.
Try the game in full screen1080p mode .

Well, rdr2 i cant enable vsync when full screen because my fps for some reason drops to 1.

Outer worlds im playing full screen, and i get the similar problems, so id say its not that.

Nonetheless ty for joining and helping!