HDR has less contrast than SDR

[grizz]

This is a known issue and has been covered by youtubers. Is the company going to fix its HDR implementation? Stinks to have to play with SDR.

[BrochachoTB]

Part of me feels like its a Control situation where the greyer look is intentional. I kinda exaggerated my HDR settings to get by it.
You might also have luck using NvTrueHDR instead of the game's native HDR

[Squiggly1]

I just use the RTX HDR from the NV app. The game's HDR implementation is broken. Black floor is raised substantially vs SDR. So either use SDR, NV RTX, or try reshade.

[[Despised_Icon]]

Correct, HDR is not working correctly. I am using SpecialK to convert sdr>hdr and it has been working very well until ID fix the native HDR

[Whargoul]

Hey guys check this article out https://www.pcguide.com/news/theres-already-a-quick-hdr-fix-for-doom-the-dark-ages-to-prevent-washed-out-colors/

Go to HDR calibration menu in-game (Display Calibration)
Change ‘HDR Max Nits’ setting to match your monitor
Enable any color blind profile in-game (under Video, Accessibility options)
Set strength and intensity to 0%
Adjust the contrast slider to your liking (around 80% recommended)
Set brightness to your liking (35-50% recommended)

[grizz]

Originally posted by BrochachoTB:

Part of me feels like its a Control situation where the greyer look is intentional. I kinda exaggerated my HDR settings to get by it.
You might also have luck using NvTrueHDR instead of the game's native HDR

No it’s not intentional as the black levels are raised unnaturally so that contrast is worse than SDR. There’s a youtuber who’s documented this well. I hope they fix it in a hot patch. No excuse to have hdr not working.

[grizz]

Bump hoping to get the devs to at least acknowledge this issue. It’s an easy fix so hope it happens soon.

[[Despised_Icon]]

Originally posted by Whargoul:

Hey guys check this article out https://www.pcguide.com/news/theres-already-a-quick-hdr-fix-for-doom-the-dark-ages-to-prevent-washed-out-colors/

Go to HDR calibration menu in-game (Display Calibration)
Change ‘HDR Max Nits’ setting to match your monitor
Enable any color blind profile in-game (under Video, Accessibility options)
Set strength and intensity to 0%
Adjust the contrast slider to your liking (around 80% recommended)
Set brightness to your liking (35-50% recommended)

I have tried this method and it does make it much better, however specialk's SDR>HDR looks better to me.