Shadow appears to follow the car, Sun seems far away

[Cmdr_Sam]

The light/sun keeps moving away from the car which causes lack of visibility. I am attaching few screenshots as they might explain my problem more efficiently.

1: You can see light at the top of Raidillon turn in Spa
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2435940659

2: As I moved closer to the turn the sun moved backwards
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2435940782

Please help

[EDIT}
I downloaded CSP and disabled the features that I do not need and enabled the optimisations, turns out the game is running better than before and without that shadow bug.

[onearmedbandit]

Are you running the vanilla game, ie no mods?

[Cmdr_Sam]

Originally posted by onearmedbandit:

Are you running the vanilla game, ie no mods?

I may have installed a graphical mod to improve performance a long time ago, the thing is I haven't played this game for about 4 months so I don't remember the name.

If the problem is a graphical mod do I need to reinstall everything? I have lots of tracks and cars installed so It will be great if you can recommend a way where I don't have to reinstall all of them.

Thanks for the help

[onearmedbandit]

It looks like a shadow distancing issue. Are you running Custom Shaders Patch? Sol? Content Manager?

[Cmdr_Sam]

Originally posted by onearmedbandit:

It looks like a shadow distancing issue. Are you running Custom Shaders Patch? Sol? Content Manager?

Yes I am using Content Manager
Can you please help me?

[onearmedbandit]

I would suggest upgrading your game with Custom Shaders Patch and maybe Sol too. Whether CSP fixes the problem I can't tell you as it's so long since I played the base game but it may. And if not then I would suggest you join the AC Custom Shaders discord group as there are people there very knowledgeable in this area.

CSP download - https://acstuff.ru/patch/
Sol download - https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/sol.24914/
AC Custom Shaders Discord - https://discord.gg/VdgmaBVa

You don't need to download Sol straight away, but if you do ensure you download CSP version 0.1.68 as this is the required minimum for Sol 2.0.2. I'd still recommend CSP 1.68 if you don't utilise Sol.

[Cmdr_Sam]

Originally posted by onearmedbandit:

I would suggest upgrading your game with Custom Shaders Patch and maybe Sol too. Whether CSP fixes the problem I can't tell you as it's so long since I played the base game but it may. And if not then I would suggest you join the AC Custom Shaders discord group as there are people there very knowledgeable in this area.

CSP download - https://acstuff.ru/patch/
Sol download - https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/sol.24914/
AC Custom Shaders Discord - https://discord.gg/VdgmaBVa

You don't need to download Sol straight away, but if you do ensure you download CSP version 0.1.68 as this is the required minimum for Sol 2.0.2. I'd still recommend CSP 1.68 if you don't utilise Sol.

Thanks for the help, I will try these mods out. I have a low end system so which of the following are suitable for a bit lower end systems?

[onearmedbandit]

If you wind down a lot of the extra or enhanced features of CSP it may slightly improve performance. What are the specs of your PC?

[Vin Petrol]

I find when zooming in and out by changing FOV, the large shadow in the distance can move to a closer and unattractive place.
Not sure if related, but between moving camera, changing time and FOV, you can usually loose it.
Hope it helps

[onearmedbandit]

That could be worth trying, I'm using VR so FOV is not something I need to worry about therefore haven't experimented with.

[Cmdr_Sam]

Originally posted by onearmedbandit:

I would suggest upgrading your game with Custom Shaders Patch and maybe Sol too. Whether CSP fixes the problem I can't tell you as it's so long since I played the base game but it may. And if not then I would suggest you join the AC Custom Shaders discord group as there are people there very knowledgeable in this area.

CSP download - https://acstuff.ru/patch/
Sol download - https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/sol.24914/
AC Custom Shaders Discord - https://discord.gg/VdgmaBVa

You don't need to download Sol straight away, but if you do ensure you download CSP version 0.1.68 as this is the required minimum for Sol 2.0.2. I'd still recommend CSP 1.68 if you don't utilise Sol.

OMG It worked! Thanks

Originally posted by onearmedbandit:

If you wind down a lot of the extra or enhanced features of CSP it may slightly improve performance. What are the specs of your PC?

I tried to disable most of the things except Tire FX and few lighting tweaks, I think it runs better now, is that even possible? I thought CSP was a graphics enhancement mod, but it looks like it optimised the game a lot.

Originally posted by Vin Petrol:

I find when zooming in and out by changing FOV, the large shadow in the distance can move to a closer and unattractive place.
Not sure if related, but between moving camera, changing time and FOV, you can usually loose it.
Hope it helps

I will try that Vin, but the problem is already solved, thank you very much for the help though.

[onearmedbandit]

Originally posted by Cmdr_Sam:

OMG It worked! Thanks


I tried to disable most of the things except Tire FX and few lighting tweaks, I think it runs better now, is that even possible? I thought CSP was a graphics enhancement mod, but it looks like it optimised the game a lot.

Hey that's great news, glad it sorted it for you. Yeah the main selling point of CSP is a graphics enhancement mod but it really is a total game enhancement mod. Ilja (the creator) and the handful of other people assisting him have done a great job with optimisation.

Now slowly start adding features back in and see how it effects your rig. Shadows and reflections are the most costly, along with extrafx. But there is no harm in trying.