Sons Of The Forest: Optimized Settings

[LaBrie]

Minimal visual loss with significant fps advantages.

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Ultra Settings As Base

Quality Preset: Ultra

Ambient Occlusion: Ultra or Medium (Subjective. Ultra is more accurate in where shadows should be, but medium is more accurate in how dark the shadows should be)

Fog Quality: Off or Low (Subjective. Fog is low quality and looks fake at times so may look worse than none, plus some people prefer clarity)

Anisotropic Textures: On

Parallax Distance: Medium

Texture Resolution: Full (Highest VRAM Can Handle)

Feature
Anti Aliasing: TAA for better anti-aliasing - SMAA for less blur

Dynamic Resolution: Off (Native) > DLSS > TAAU > FSR 1 (Only use upscaling if more performance is needed. Start at highest preset and work way down)

Dynamic Resolution: Subjective

Bloom: Off (Subjective)

Screen Space Reflection: On

Motion Blur: On or Off (Recommended if framerate is low or inconsistent. Subjective)

Micro Shadows: On

Contact Shadows: On

Chromatic Aberration: Off (Subjective)

Film Grain: Off (Subjective)

Color Grade: Subjective

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Optimized Balanced Settings

Optimized Quality Settings As Base

Draw Distance: High

Fog Quality: Off

Clouds: Low

Grass: Medium

Water: Low

Billboard Quality: Medium

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Optimized Low Settings

Optimized Balanced Settings As Base

Shadow Quality: Medium

Grass: Low

Parallax Distance: Low

Screen Space Reflection: Off

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29% Performance Uplift (Depending on preset & hardware)

Made by Hybred @ Reddit

[LaBrie]

―― Ultra Vs Optimized ――

https://imgsli.com/MTU5MzY4/0/2

[gtamike_TSGK]

https://youtu.be/4Xho8MRq9f8

[gsw mer]

when the settings for Clouds are 'low' it changes the look of the entire game drastically and in bright sunny moments its too bright to distinguish anything