HELP! Graphics are a mess since the update

[seramarlowe]

The game was running beautifully before the update, but ever since then, I can't get my graphics to look like they used to. It reset to the lowest possible settings and everything was blurry, so I adjusted a few things until it looked the way it used to and now the motion while driving is juddery, laggy, and awful - I can't seem to find a happy medium. Has anyone else had this issue and have you found the right balance of settings? If I switch to anything other than Low, even my mouse arrow has a lag. Really frustrated. Thanks. Gamelog: https://pastebin.com/shy75vqg

[margalus]

First thing, at the top of Steam click on Help and then System Information, copy and paste all of the resulting text here.

[seramarlowe]

Computer Information:
Manufacturer: LENOVO
Model: 20FMS0BK00
Form Factor: Laptop
No Touch Input Detected

Processor Information:
CPU Vendor: GenuineIntel
CPU Brand: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6300U CPU @ 2.40GHz
CPU Family: 0x6
CPU Model: 0x4e
CPU Stepping: 0x3
CPU Type: 0x0
Speed: 2496 Mhz
4 logical processors
2 physical processors
HyperThreading: Supported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Unsupported
SSE41: Supported
SSE42: Supported
AES: Supported
AVX: Supported
AVX2: Supported
AVX512F: Unsupported
AVX512PF: Unsupported
AVX512ER: Unsupported
AVX512CD: Unsupported
AVX512VNNI: Unsupported
SHA: Unsupported
CMPXCHG16B: Supported
LAHF/SAHF: Supported
PrefetchW: Unsupported

Operating System Version:
Windows 7 (64 bit)
NTFS: Supported
Crypto Provider Codes: Supported 311 0x0 0x0 0x0

Video Card:
Driver: DameWare Development Mirror Driver 64-bit
DirectX Driver Name: igdumdim32.dll
Driver Version: 1.1.0.0
DirectX Driver Version: 20.19.15.4380
Driver Date: 3 14 2008
OpenGL Version: 4.4
Desktop Color Depth: 32 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 60 Hz
DirectX Card: Intel(R) HD Graphics 520
VendorID: 0x8086
DeviceID: 0x1916
Revision: 0x7
Number of Monitors: 2
Number of Logical Video Cards: 2
No SLI or Crossfire Detected
Primary Display Resolution: 1440 x 900
Desktop Resolution: 2806 x 900
Primary Display Size: 20.00" x 12.52" (23.58" diag)
50.8cm x 31.8cm (59.9cm diag)
Primary Bus Type Not Detected
Primary VRAM: 128 MB
Supported MSAA Modes: 2x 4x 8x 16x

Sound card:
Audio device: Speaker/HP (Realtek High Defini

Memory:
RAM: 7603 Mb

VR Hardware:
VR Headset: None detected

Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
Media Type: Undetermined
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 4290318 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 3238359 Mb
OS Install Date: Dec 31 1969
Game Controller: None detected
MAC Address hash: 62055265654f2f203522890371e5a0e13a2e4852
Disk serial number hash: 60a3f43b

[Reversoman]

HD520 Video card Driver - Dameware???

Looking Dameware up it seems to be a remote auto driver updating software.
HD520 is not a fast GPU anyway, so you will always have to run with low-medium settings.

First try updating using the real Intel driver. There's one just released in March 2020.
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/product/88355/Intel-HD-Graphics-520

If you got the laptop second hand, or it's not still under warranty, or part of warranty provisions I'd be getting rid of this Dameware. But that's just my opinion.

[Oz Gaming]

Intel(R) HD Graphics 520

[margalus]

Intel integrated graphics with 12 year old drivers? Once the drivers are updated you should be able to play with everything on lowest settings and get 20-30 or so fps maybe...

[seramarlowe]

Yeah, I inherited this thing from my old job, hence the weird Dameware thing. I know it's not a gaming rig by any stretch of the imagination, but I'm just confused as to why it worked just fine before the update and is now suddenly awful. I'm updating what I can to see if that helps at least.