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l2thhour's avatar
l2thhour
8 years ago

Weird pixelated reflections on PC on all ultra settings

The title says it all. I really don't understand why it looks like this, it is all on ultra. The picture I provided doesn't really show how bad it looks. It gets extremely bad with an all black car. What I'm talking about is if you look at the car on the roof and hood the reflections are really pixelated. As I said, the picture really doesn't do it justice, hopefully, you understand what I'm talking about. Any solutions? It's super annoying and bothers me the whole time I play.

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  • EA_Barry's avatar
    EA_Barry
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    8 years ago

    @l2thhour

    The reflection maps (in probably all games) are generally of lower resolution for technical/performance reasons and is usually not an issue during gameplay. I can see how this might be a slight issue in static/beauty shots.

  • l2thhour's avatar
    l2thhour
    8 years ago
    Yeah, I totally understand that, but what weirds me out was when I changed my textures to high but left everything ultra it eliminated it, for the most part. So, I'll just keep that setting. However, thank you for your help!
  • l2thhour's avatar
    l2thhour
    8 years ago
    Yes! It would do that with black cars, but with any other color, the reflections would look extremely pixelated.
  • master2g's avatar
    master2g
    8 years ago

    Well then  it does it in my game to and It does it on chrome rims also.  Here is another example. I cant get rid of it ether. ☹️

  • l2thhour's avatar
    l2thhour
    8 years ago
    Yeah, Its super annoying, especially when doing cinematography. If you're running all ultra like me, keep the settings all max but change the textures to high. I didn't wanna do this because I thought it would make the game look "worse", but it actually made it look better because the weird reflections went away. I also couldn't tell the difference between ultra and high textures anyways. Like I said, keep the settings all ultra but change the textures to high. I'm not sure if it completely eliminates it, but for me it has (I haven't tried black cars though). After doing that I haven't seen it anymore. Good luck!
  • master2g's avatar
    master2g
    8 years ago

    I can imagine it would be annoying. I am running everything on max minus AO because HBAO gives the most realistic shadows around objects IMHO . I posted a comparison in another forum here some where. Anyways , yes i will defiantly give this a try.Thanks a bunch !.

    btw , if ever you have some cinematography videos you are comfortable sharing by all means share the links . I really like that stuff.

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