Does the sharpen setting reduces recoil ?

[Xenos]

Hi,

I had a lot of difficulty controlling the recoil.
I watched TGLTN's video where he explains his graphics settings.
Regarding the sharpen setting, I initially activated it because I found the game prettier.
TGLTN says to disable it because it finds it has more FPS and less input lag.
Well I tested it and the difference is huge.
Recoil is much easier to control for me.
I tested 3 times (see images). Left, sharpen on, right off.
https://yourimageshare.com/ib/hA4RrhcK4I https://yourimageshare.com/ib/y2UB60LxVJ
https://yourimageshare.com/ib/Zi6D8HqOs2
I really have the impression that the bullet holes are closer together on the right.

[ZEFIR001]

Placebo effect at its finest. Yes the bullet holes are really closer together on the right side.
But it has nothing to do with sharpness setting.
This setting is just a gfx filter on top of the rendered image. Its like downloading reShade and turning on Sharpness+ or setting monitor sharpness to 110/120%.
I've watched a lot of TGLTN videos and came to the conclusion that he is a good player that has absolutely 0 knowledge about hardware and game dev.

85% of input lag depends solely on how heavily loaded your hardware is and how much extra headroom it has to process frames. Good example is Nvidia reflex "technology" which limits GPU usage to 98% leaving 2% of reserve for input and eliminating the GPU render queue and reducing CPU back pressure in GPU intensive scenes. (still not enough in my opinion you need atleast 10% for noticable difference).

If we take a two systems which deliver stable 360fps,the system with 50%cpu/50%gpu usage will have much less input lag than system with 80%cpu/100% gpu load because of no render queues and input queues.

In case of pubg the only setting that affects input lag is "texture quality" and its only because of Unreal Engine texture streaming bug which is not fixed since Unreal Engine 3... Very hard to explain but basically UE has a size limit for a proccessed texture block, the "high" and "very high" settings exceed this limit by 2-3 times. So you might want to use low or mid textures.

Everything else is placebo.

But some placebo like reducing vertical fov (setting 1728x1080 on a 1920x1080) monitor actually works because it reduces the visibility of gun shake while spraying, so visually it becomes easier to controll your gun (less motion sickness for your brain). But it did not affect recoil in any way.

The best advice what anyone can possibly give you for better spray controll is :
1. Set your horizontal sens for 1.11/1.15.
2. Catch a first 1-3 shot bullets kick by pulling down more than usual (like in real life shooting). (key technique no one talking about)
3. Then pull down your mouse as even and smooth as possible but still fast. (key technique no one talking about)
4. Train your spray on shooting range with only scope module,dont use compensators or grips. (key technique no one talking about)

Additional ways of mastering spray controll (extreme p2w nolifer edition).
1. Buy mousepad with faster X axis than Y axis (artisan hien/MPC450 etc). You will have more tension when pulling spray down which results in smoother pull.
2. Buy a BenQ monitor with DyAC technology, it blatantly reduces gun shake and motion sickness with motion blur. You will see who you spray and what you spray MUCH better.

[Xenos]

One more test : https://yourimageshare.com/ib/9RJgyZ47JQ
It's clearly not placebo.