ProjectCars A tweaking guide for best gameplay - a work in progress

[SeeBurgDuo]

Start off by opening up steam go to your games list and right click on Project Cars.
Select properties.
In set launch options button type -fpscap 80.
This will cap off your system to 80 frames per second.
I like 80 because I have 75 hz monitor and thats plenty of headspace above 60 fps. So you may want to set it too 65 for 60hz etc. svae options and close the open windows.

Now go to your documents folder and select Project Cars folder.
Delete graphicsconfigdx11 and if you used raptor the raptor file too.
This will give you the games default setting for your hardware.
Start the game and turn vsync off
Reboot game if necessary
Now enjoy the default way your game should play. If you feel you want more graphics setting for the hit in performance do them one at a time and test.I myself just change the AF from 4x to 16x and I get the 75fps I want to play at. Good luck post issues here and I will try and help you tweak it for maximum performance and visuals.

Also, it has been reported and documented that Windows 10 may give you a 15-30 fps boost. If your savvy enough to install it(I only reccommend a completely new installation, not an upgrade.)you may find yourself with a cool lil fps boost. The windows is free and a quick google search on Windows 10 iso will lead you back to the microsoft website for safe download.

Anyways those are the known fixes I have researched and find that it works well for me and about 8 other people I helped tweak thier game.

[SeeBurgDuo]

Bump. Hope it helps

[MISTER WU]

You didnt mention what GFX card you are using mate?

[SeeBurgDuo]

If anyone was wondering, I run from 60 -80 fps I Have an :
AMD 9370 OCed to 5.1ghz
2 MSI R9 270x in crossfire Oced to 1175core 1475mem
Seidon 240M Watercooler
Corsair 540 Case
16 GB 1600 DDR3 mem
2 240 GB SSD 3D NOW Kingston SSD in Raid 0
1000 watt B1000M PS
1 2TB SSHD where the page file is on
Windows 10 ver 10074
Using the Win 10 engineering ATI sample driver

[pauldalton]

Nice rig. I think I will wait for the offcial release before installing Windows 10. I am looking forward to better gaming performance.

I read somewhere you can mix different gpu's from both AMD and Nvidia. Do you know if this is true?

I saw a post on facebook where someone was running Pcars with four different gpu's but they were all Nvidia.

[MISTER WU]

mmok
I have fx 8320 oc to 4.6
2 R9 290 cards (One MSi and other ASUS) in crossfire
Win7 Professional 64Bit

Most im getting is around 40-50 FPS.
Funny thing is it runs better with everything on ultra, if i turn the settings down it drops to 25-30 FPS.

[SeeBurgDuo]

引用自 pauldalton：

Nice rig. I think I will wait for the offcial release before installing Windows 10. I am looking forward to better gaming performance.

I read somewhere you can mix different gpu's from both AMD and Nvidia. Do you know if this is true?

I saw a post on facebook where someone was running Pcars with four different gpu's but they were all Nvidia.

Technically it will allocate any gpu and combine vram together. BUT who knows what the manufacturers come up with to stop that kind of free loving hippy goodness. :)

[SeeBurgDuo]

引用自 MISTER WU：

mmok
I have fx 8320 oc to 4.6
2 R9 290 cards (One MSi and other ASUS) in crossfire
Win7 Professional 64Bit

Most im getting is around 40-50 FPS.
Funny thing is it runs better with everything on ultra, if i turn the settings down it drops to 25-30 FPS.

YOu should try what i do with turning vsync off and setting fpscap to 65 fps. You'll free up processes and be able to use them not for fps but other graphic abilities.

[SeeBurgDuo]

引用自 MISTER WU：

mmok
I have fx 8320 oc to 4.6
2 R9 290 cards (One MSi and other ASUS) in crossfire
Win7 Professional 64Bit

Most im getting is around 40-50 FPS.
Funny thing is it runs better with everything on ultra, if i turn the settings down it drops to 25-30 FPS.

BTW I know you've thought about it, but windows 8.1-10 would help bigtime. Especially win 10.

[Markuz Juniuz]

IMHO the best way to get more FPS for AMD GPUs is to lower graphical settings for now: lower environment maps, reflections, particles, grass and track/car details. During rain the first 3 items mentioned eat the most FPS. On my end there's no noticeable difference between simple VSYNC and FPS cap to the performance of the game or to the utilization of CPU/GPU. So does changing number of threads. Doing DXMT makes performance even worse.

Doing Windows 10 is out of the question because my PC isn't just used for Project CARS. I no longer have enough time in my hands to experiment with it because the time I spend on that can be used to make money and bring food to the table. Besides, AMD's new drivers might be coming out next week. I bet that will bring more optimizations than the "tricks" we try to find out on our end.

Going back to the graphic settings, try lowering the environment map and reflections. The only thing you'd notice is a huge FPS boost during race starts. In motion you'd be hard pressed to tell that the environment maps and reflections on the cars and the water puddles have lower quality. When you're racing you shouldn't be focusing on those stuff anyway.

*** i5 2500K @4.4GHz, R9 280X, 8GB DDR3 @1600 ***

[MISTER WU]

Mate that launch option worked fairly well for me, atleast i dont get screen lag and stuttering now.
What does this command actually do?

[SeeBurgDuo]

It maxes out your fps..so the gpu can now instead of trying to go all out on your frames... do OTHER stuff. Like whatever it is. I dont know why it works I just know that it works :)

[SeeBurgDuo]

引用自 Markuz Juniuz：

IMHO the best way to get more FPS for AMD GPUs is to lower graphical settings for now: lower environment maps, reflections, particles, grass and track/car details. During rain the first 3 items mentioned eat the most FPS. On my end there's no noticeable difference between simple VSYNC and FPS cap to the performance of the game or to the utilization of CPU/GPU. So does changing number of threads. Doing DXMT makes performance even worse.

Doing Windows 10 is out of the question because my PC isn't just used for Project CARS. I no longer have enough time in my hands to experiment with it because the time I spend on that can be used to make money and bring food to the table. Besides, AMD's new drivers might be coming out next week. I bet that will bring more optimizations than the "tricks" we try to find out on our end.

Going back to the graphic settings, try lowering the environment map and reflections. The only thing you'd notice is a huge FPS boost during race starts. In motion you'd be hard pressed to tell that the environment maps and reflections on the cars and the water puddles have lower quality. When you're racing you shouldn't be focusing on those stuff anyway.

*** i5 2500K @4.4GHz, R9 280X, 8GB DDR3 @1600 ***

Thats why I say, erase the config and let the machine auto default your rig. and leave it alone.

[Markuz Juniuz]

引用自 dbLIVEdb：

引用自 Markuz Juniuz：

IMHO the best way to get more FPS for AMD GPUs is to lower graphical settings for now: lower environment maps, reflections, particles, grass and track/car details. During rain the first 3 items mentioned eat the most FPS. On my end there's no noticeable difference between simple VSYNC and FPS cap to the performance of the game or to the utilization of CPU/GPU. So does changing number of threads. Doing DXMT makes performance even worse.

Doing Windows 10 is out of the question because my PC isn't just used for Project CARS. I no longer have enough time in my hands to experiment with it because the time I spend on that can be used to make money and bring food to the table. Besides, AMD's new drivers might be coming out next week. I bet that will bring more optimizations than the "tricks" we try to find out on our end.

Going back to the graphic settings, try lowering the environment map and reflections. The only thing you'd notice is a huge FPS boost during race starts. In motion you'd be hard pressed to tell that the environment maps and reflections on the cars and the water puddles have lower quality. When you're racing you shouldn't be focusing on those stuff anyway.

*** i5 2500K @4.4GHz, R9 280X, 8GB DDR3 @1600 ***

Thats why I say, erase the config and let the machine auto default your rig. and leave it alone.

Buddy, I understand you're just trying to help other people but other inputs can be helpful too. I have already wasted 8 hours doing research, trying out different settings and drivers and those efforts landed me to the hospital. Believe me 80% of the time when I was awake there was spent researching and lurking on these forums.

Sometimes it's better to just do the simple things first and let life go on. In this case the simple thing is LOWER SETTINGS = HIGHER FPS. Spend the rest of the time playing and getting better in the game. Once AMD/SMS does their job in fixing this thing you'd be rewarded with better eye-candy on top of the simulated racing skills you developed while PLAYING THE GAME instead of PLAYING WITH THE SETTINGS.

[SeeBurgDuo]

引用自 Markuz Juniuz：

引用自 dbLIVEdb：

Thats why I say, erase the config and let the machine auto default your rig. and leave it alone.

Buddy, I understand you're just trying to help other people but other inputs can be helpful too. I have already wasted 8 hours doing research, trying out different settings and drivers and those efforts landed me to the hospital. Believe me 80% of the time when I was awake there was spent researching and lurking on these forums.

Sometimes it's better to just do the simple things first and let life go on. In this case the simple thing is LOWER SETTINGS = HIGHER FPS. Spend the rest of the time playing and getting better in the game. Once AMD/SMS does their job in fixing this thing you'd be rewarded with better eye-candy on top of the simulated racing skills you developed while PLAYING THE GAME instead of PLAYING WITH THE SETTINGS.

To each his own. But I'm a tinkerer and I'm sure others are too. No harm no foul. My suggestions WORK. They've sorted out at least 10 peoples machines that actually have said something and probably more that have not replied.

[Markuz Juniuz]

引用自 dbLIVEdb：

引用自 Markuz Juniuz：

Buddy, I understand you're just trying to help other people but other inputs can be helpful too. I have already wasted 8 hours doing research, trying out different settings and drivers and those efforts landed me to the hospital. Believe me 80% of the time when I was awake there was spent researching and lurking on these forums.

Sometimes it's better to just do the simple things first and let life go on. In this case the simple thing is LOWER SETTINGS = HIGHER FPS. Spend the rest of the time playing and getting better in the game. Once AMD/SMS does their job in fixing this thing you'd be rewarded with better eye-candy on top of the simulated racing skills you developed while PLAYING THE GAME instead of PLAYING WITH THE SETTINGS.

To each his own. But I'm a tinkerer and I'm sure others are too. No harm no foul. My suggestions WORK. They've sorted out at least 10 peoples machines that actually have said something and probably more that have not replied.

Yeah, no harm no foul. I've been a tinkerer too... 8-10 years ago. I actually appreciate the efforts you're doing. Some of the threads where you posted even have "very entertaining" stuff by other people.