ATS users that claims the color balance of this game is fine, how do I fix this ?

[GHKtruc]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2809794433

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2809794262

A soon as there's white on something it overpowers everything else, including details.
The sign doesn't look that bad on the screenshot, but let me tell you it's much worse. Probably didn't picked the right picture for this.

But the solid concrete slabs that are as bright as the teeth of someone who over-use dental whitener ? Come on...

[carllyngholm]

Well... at the risk of stating the obvious, if you find the whites a little too overpowering, maybe try taking down your brightness setting down a notch. Maybe it's called the Gamma Correction Slider, don't remember. Or maybe you could play with your monitor/gpu settings outside the game.

[Elijah1]

I have the same issue with alot of things
And i also noticed alot of things just in general get brighter in first person than in third person
Which causes this issue

[GHKtruc]

Originally posted by Elijah1:

I have the same issue with alot of things
And i also noticed alot of things just in general get brighter in first person than in third person
Which causes this issue

Glad to see I'm not the only one. Not too sure Cab vs outside make too much of a difference, but yeah...

[Aspen Ridge]

If you have an NVIDIA card there are many overlay settings that are available to help tone down (or up) your graphics...I recently found a very good one (for me) and my game has never looked better.......Here's a link that might help

https://forum.scssoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=292506

[HighPlains Drifter]

You can turn bloom off, which to me looks like the issue. By either using the dev console, or by using a text editor like notepad and editing the config file.

The dev console command would be :
g_bloom 0 (for off) g_bloom 1 (for on).

In the config file found here :
C:\Users\YOUR NAME HERE\Documents\American Truck Simulator\config.cfg

you're looking for the entry "uset g_bloom" ; Set it to :
uset g_bloom "0"
To turn the bloom off.

[GHKtruc]

Originally posted by HighPlains Drifter:

You can turn bloom off, which to me looks like the issue. By either using the dev console, or by using a text editor like notepad and editing the config file.

The dev console command would be :
g_bloom 0 (for off) g_bloom 1 (for on).

In the config file found here :
C:\Users\YOUR NAME HERE\Documents\American Truck Simulator\config.cfg

you're looking for the entry "uset g_bloom" ; Set it to :
uset g_bloom "0"
To turn the bloom off.

I just checked, and bloom is already off unfortunatly

[room217au]

TV cameras do the same thing.
From memory it's called white balance.

[GHKtruc]

Originally posted by room217au:

TV cameras do the same thing.
From memory it's called white balance.

Yes, it's the fault of Eye Adaptation being way over-tuned. But we can't tweak it because there's some ***hat at SCS that think his vision of the world is the only one correct. They will not let us tweak that, even trough console commands/config files.

I will try the link posted above, to change the color correction by using the Nvidia filters, but as the post author itself says it, "it's putting lipstick on a pig"

[Elijah1]

Originally posted by GHKtruc:

Originally posted by Elijah1:

I have the same issue with alot of things
And i also noticed alot of things just in general get brighter in first person than in third person
Which causes this issue

Glad to see I'm not the only one. Not too sure Cab vs outside make too much of a difference, but yeah...

I noticed this most in new mexico when switching cameras

[room217au]

Originally posted by GHKtruc:

Yes, it's the fault of Eye Adaptation being way over-tuned. But we can't tweak it because there's some ***hat at SCS that think his vision of the world is the only one correct. They will not let us tweak that, even trough console commands/config files.

I will try the link posted above, to change the color correction by using the Nvidia filters, but as the post author itself says it, "it's putting lipstick on a pig"

What they're attempting to do, is replicate the pupil's feed to the retina..
I agree, they have a long way to go.

[KaMe]

Same problem here. Deactivating bloom does almost nothing.

This issue only applies to the "cockpit" perspective. Just drive around Nevada, Arizona or new Mexico (ore any desert/ish place) and switch between "cockpit" and outside perspective and the difference is insane. I've been saying this is an issue for a long time but nothing is done.

And even worse, people in here being like: "This is fine. Must be a problem on your end."
NO it's not. And in ETS2 it is the EXACT same.

This is so much NOT on our end that at some point I saw a mod to fix it. Sadly it didn't work.

[Aspen Ridge]

Originally posted by GHKtruc:

Originally posted by room217au:

TV cameras do the same thing.
From memory it's called white balance.

Yes, it's the fault of Eye Adaptation being way over-tuned. But we can't tweak it because there's some ***hat at SCS that think his vision of the world is the only one correct. They will not let us tweak that, even trough console commands/config files.

I will try the link posted above, to change the color correction by using the Nvidia filters, but as the post author itself says it, "it's putting lipstick on a pig"

Read the post instructions carefully..he was referring to leaving certain in game settings activated before applying the NVIDIA Overlay settings...if you follow these settings you will see a drastic improvement...the over brightness (bloom) will be gone and shimmering will be
greatly reduced as well. There are also some NVIDIA Control Panel tweaks that can help too.
YouTube also has several tutorials about NVIDIA Overlay Settings.

[GHKtruc]

Alright so update, I couldn't replicate the settings exactly, mostly the color part because the sliders goes from 10 to 10 for some reason ?
It fixed some weirdness maybe, but I'll have to play more to see if some of my gripes are at least partially resolved. Garage road surface still looked way too bright imo.
Also his gamma's are at 35, mines are at 0. Anything above that makes the game wayyy too bright.

As for the lipstick part: He does mention to turn off HDR. Woops, too bad we can't turn it off in 1.40 and upwards xD Unless maybe I am wrong ? If anyone's in the know, please let me know

[Aspen Ridge]

Originally posted by GHKtruc:

Alright so update, I couldn't replicate the settings exactly, mostly the color part because the sliders goes from 10 to 10 for some reason ?
It fixed some weirdness maybe, but I'll have to play more to see if some of my gripes are at least partially resolved. Garage road surface still looked way too bright imo.
Also his gamma's are at 35, mines are at 0. Anything above that makes the game wayyy too bright.

As for the lipstick part: He does mention to turn off HDR. Woops, too bad we can't turn it off in 1.40 and upwards xD Unless maybe I am wrong ? If anyone's in the know, please let me know

Yes...you may need to tweak the settings a bit depending on what type of monitor you are using....I find the gamma ok on my laptop display.....There is a setting in Windows for turning off HDR as I'm sure you are aware...as far as sliders...it's a bit tricky..just rest your cursor on the slider bar and use the arrow keys to make fine adjustments...if it persists I find closing and re-opening GEForce works.

UPDATE:

Here's a preset I found that is on the less brighter side that may be helpful.
Also, Monitor and in game brightness adjustments can help tone down graphics as well.

Details:
Sharpen 15
Clarity 35
HDR Toning -10
Bloom 0

Brightness / Contrast:
Exposure -20
Contrast 15
Highlights -70
Shadows -40
Gamma 5

Color:
Tint Color 0
tint Intensity 0
Temperature -1.5
Vibrance -15.6

[ttower]

Originally posted by GHKtruc:

Also his gamma's are at 35, mines are at 0. Anything above that makes the game wayyy too bright.

Part of the difference you are seeing, including this, could very easily come down to the monitors you have. My secondary screens are basic LED displays, and my main screen is an IPS display. There is a staggering difference between them. Certain light gray colors on a white background will be easily visible on my main screen, but completely invisible on the side screens. There are also monitor settings for things like Brightness, and sometimes Gamma and other visual changes you can do to make the game look different, while having the game game settings as someone else.