Windows Tuning Guide for ATS/ETS2

[Robinicus]

Hi all,

I am working on a Windows tuning guide for the SCS games and should have it completed in the next week or two. I have done a ton of testing and tweaking over the years to get these games running the way I want them to and thought I would share what I have learned.

Here is a teaser for you :)

From Windows 7 & newer, Microsoft decided in their infinite wisdom to hide many of the control panel options. To fully enable every option in the control panel and enable "God Mode", create a new folder on your desktop and rename it exactly God Mode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} and hit enter. This will allow you to adjust all 200 plus settings that are hidden behind the GUI version loaded by default.

Make sure you copy and paste that whole line starting with God Mode and include the parenthesis....no extra spaces or characters.

God Mode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

More to come....

Rob

[JDaremo Fireheart]

Windows 10: Make sure to Disable Game Mode and all X-Bone apps

[JDaremo Fireheart]

"Supposed to"
Many have noticed that it actually never lets the game use the resources it needs and recommend disabling it so they can.

[Robinicus]

For game mode, it really depends on your system and how you configure for gaming. Game mode helps performance on lower end systems and hinders it (albeit very slightly) on higher end systems.

For ATS/ETS2 on my system, it made 0 difference in any of the real time performance logging I did and it wasn't noticeable from a gameplay perspective if it was on or off.

[JDaremo Fireheart]

I have a 6 core Ryzen 5 2600 with 16gb ram and my games kept having micro stutters before I disabled it.

[Lord Tôre]

how dose one disable game mode in windows 10?

[Capt. Carrot]

what if there is no switch to turn off game mode

[Capt. Carrot]

Opprinnelig skrevet av KittyKat:

Opprinnelig skrevet av Capt. Carrot:

what if there is no switch to turn off game mode

There is There's always that one person

Nope, Not on my PC. All it says is "this PC supports Game Mode" and below that is a hyperlink for more information about Game Mode.

There is NO slider switch for turning Game Mode on and off

[JDaremo Fireheart]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Capt. Carrot:

Opprinnelig skrevet av KittyKat:

There is There's always that one person

Nope, Not on my PC. All it says is "this PC supports Game Mode" and below that is a hyperlink for more information about Game Mode.

There is NO slider switch for turning Game Mode on and off

Hold the Windows Key + X and search for Game Mode and then select Game Mode Settings.

[Capt. Carrot]

Opprinnelig skrevet av JDaremo Fireheart:

Opprinnelig skrevet av Capt. Carrot:

Nope, Not on my PC. All it says is "this PC supports Game Mode" and below that is a hyperlink for more information about Game Mode.

There is NO slider switch for turning Game Mode on and off

Hold the Windows Key + X and search for Game Mode and then select Game Mode Settings.

Have just done a web search and, according to several sites (including Microsoft's own site), a global game mode on/off switch no longer exists following a Windows update,

Apparently game mode now needs to be enabled on a game by game basis using the game bar. i assume that this is so that games can be individually optimised.

[Capt. Carrot]

That explains it.

I am only on Windows 10 (1803)

[Humpfester]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Capt. Carrot:

That explains it.

I am only on Windows 10 (1803)

You really should update, it's very easy just go here. It'll take about an hour more or less.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10